December 2010
121 posts
“Netbooks are dead because no one wants them. This year, though, there was a...”
– 2010 In Review: The Fortunate Winners And The Pathetic Losers
“Apple Stores worldwide saw 75 million visitors cross their thresholds in 2010....”
– 2010 In Review: The Fortunate Winners And The Pathetic Losers
“A small team of A+ players can run circles around a giant team of B and C...”
– TaoSecurity: Steve Jobs Understands Team Building
“If each piece is designed in isolation, the end result may be of separate pieces...”
– Living with Complexity: How Apple Reinvented Music Distribution
Our Top Ten HTML5 Wishes for 2011 - Sencha - Blog →
Nice wish list
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“The differences between “NoSQL” databases are much bigger than it...”
– Really useful work by Kristof Kovacs: Cassandra vs MongoDB vs CouchDB vs Redis vs Riak vs HBase comparison
“Perhaps this partially explains why Apple — a very prominent DLNA Alliance...”
– Right, DLNA sucks!
HTC Media Link DLNA streamer review — Engadget
“We can try and model everything: Mac sales, iTouch sales, song sales, margins,...”
– Why Apple Will Be The First Company to Reach a Trillion Dollar Market Cap - CNBC
“URLs are for humans — not for search engines”
– URL Design — Warpspire
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Delegation vs Inheritance in JavaScript →
I prefer delegation in a lot of cases, too.
What's In Store for Technology in 2011 →
Good read
“Paid content just doesn’t work on Android.”
– Interview with maker of Angry Birds
“I can’t help but think sometimes that it looks as if Google actually did the...”
– 2011 - The Year Android Explodes! Killing Innocent Women,
Children, And iPhone Users
“The iPhone changed the game. But Android did too. But both have done amazing...”
– 2011 - The Year Android Explodes! Killing Innocent Women,
Children, And iPhone Users
“Every Android device is at least 10,000 times better than any mobile device we...”
– 2011 - The Year Android Explodes! Killing Innocent Women,
Children, And iPhone Users
“Cut-and-paste is so simple that even I wrote a routine like that in a few hours....”
– The Special Relationship | Tablets | Macworld
“If I’m traveling for just a couple of days to give a talk, I don’t even really...”
– The Special Relationship | Macworld
“The problem is that users cannot calculate option value in their minds when...”
– The parable of the the PDA: predicting the smartphone’s future | asymco
“Early adopters are not the audience that should be consulted on how to improve a...”
– The parable of the the PDA: predicting the smartphone’s future | asymco
“There will never be an Android phone that people line up for like they did for...”
– Daring Fireball: Emotional Rescue
“The iPhone 4 hardware is decidedly superior to the Nexus S — better camera,...”
– Daring Fireball: Emotional Rescue
“Echte Kraft kann der Wettbewerb nicht entfalten, solange die...”
– Krankenkassen: Wandern lohnt
“Apple makes premium products. Accept it and move on. They’re never going to make...”
– Ten Apple Related New Years Resolution Ideas for the Technology
World
“Please stop with the Google vs Apple fight as being history repeating itself...”
– Ten Apple Related New Years Resolution Ideas for the Technology
World
“Inside an Apple Store, most of the devices could be picked up and played with...”
– Apple V Google
The Unbearable Inevitability of Being Android,... →
Must read.
“The software architect’s role is about 49% technical at best.”
– An Overly Long Guide To Being A Software Architect
“The problem of featuritis was solved by adding a feature which let’s you choose...”
– Worth reading!
Prevent feature-creep by focusing on users’ goals
“The GPU buffer will rarely support big images. An ideal document size for mobile...”
– About the limitations of mobile web development.
The Status of Mobile Browsing
“Das Beste an Marktforschung ist: Wenn das Produkt floppt, lag es am Produkt....”
– Prozesse: Mut zur Geschwindigkeit - Harvard Business Manager
“Kreativität lässt sich nicht standardisieren und jeder Versuch es zu tun, führt...”
– Prozesse: Mut zur Geschwindigkeit - Harvard Business Manager
“With qooxdoo’s cross-browser theming layer, you can create complex themes...”
– That’s cool!
Aristo Theme
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“Python is very effective, very expressive, and can cut out a lot of the bullshit...”
– A Dash of Technology: Python as an Alternative to Lisp or Java, Peter Norvig revisited
“Print publishers who wish to thrive in the new environment will not just have to...”
– Publishers take note - the iPad is altering the very concept of
a ‘book’
“No one’s going to buy a hardware gadget because it says Windows on it, though...”
– Windows Phone 7 Is Toast
“If everything you do works, then you’re not taking many risks and probably...”
– Paul Buchheit: Four reasons Google is still Awesome
Google’s Big Problem: It Ain’t What You Think:... →
Good article. Just not sure about why it’s not what we thought about before.
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Comic Sans Criminal - There's help available for... →
Lovely
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“Python contains everything you need for a completely functional approach to...”
– And it’s very nice: Charming Python: Functional programming in Python (Article series in 3 parts)
Is Google In A Dream World? If So, Just How Close... →
What’s wrong with Google. Must read. Lots of valid facts.
“Das Management eines typischen Unternehmens glaubt, dass ein guter...”
– Prozesse: Mut zur Geschwindigkeit - Harvard Business Manager
WatchSounds interesting. I definitely need more sparse time :)
Real Software Engineering – Glenn Vanderburg (by Engine Yard)
