January 2012
11 posts
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So long...
There’s about 3 hours left in 2011 here in South Carolina. I’m probably going to do some new years survey thing in the next 24 hours or so. But for right now, I’d like to end this year. And so…
To everyone, my friends, my family, my co-workers, my wife, my God: I have not been all I could have been this year. I have probably let you down at some point this year, and for...
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“Here’s how Apple does marketing in a nutshell: Make a great product, then let...”
– John Gruber on why Apple is succeeding only because of “good marketing”.
December 2011
9 posts
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Is This #firstWorldProblems or #thatAwkwardMoment?
Either way, it involves twitter being down because of it being new years day in China and that part of the world, but you can’t tweet about it because twitter’s down.
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Toothless Scream Ringtone →
I’m just going to leave this here.
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How to make coffee when your house’s electricity... →
As we don’t have a gas stove, I don’t have a choice.
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Petition President Obama to veto SOPA →
The basic gist is this: I don’t trust my elected representatives to understand why this is so bad. I’ve already informed them that I, a lifelong republican, will vote democrat if they vote for this, but I’m not confident that will be enough. So let’s make sure that President Obama knows how important it is that this does not pass. With ~2000 more signatures this will be...
“The end of the day has a way of convincing you what you’ve done is good. The...”
– 37Signals via Shawn Blanc
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The New Twitter (R.I.P. Tweetie) →
This. Again. It’s not that I think the new app is bad, just that it’s a downgrade from the previous version (i.e. Tweetie). I’ll also add that they removed the swipe-a-tweet gesture, which means instead of a swipe and two taps to send a link to Instapaper, it’s now a tap, another tap, and then another frantic tap to bring up the “Send to Instapaper” button...
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