Year: 2011
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Mobile operating system market share, Feb 2011.
papadimitriou: Mobile operating system market share, Feb 2011.
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iOS devices:computers::telephone:telegraph
Reading Gleick’s The Information, specifically his discussion about the telephone supplanting the telegraph, made me think of iOS devices and their relationship to general computers. Gleick argues that one reason for the explosion in telephone adoption compared to the telegraph was that no new skills had to be learned. Forget learning to translate from Morse…
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Program or be Programmed by Douglas Rushkoff
Rushkoff’s appeal for a wider understanding of our rapidly changing technological environment seems like it might be the typical anachronistic song for simpler times, heard throughout humankind’s history of technology. It is more subtle than that. Rushkoff broaches a commonly heard criticism in his final chapter when he asks, “We all know how to drive…
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stoweboyd: (via Gossip, Collaboration, and Performance in Distributed Teams « Skilful Minds) Larry Irons (@lirons) relates research from the MIT Media Lab, basically showing that the more time you build into people’s work where they randomly meet and chat with other workers, the more job satisfaction, and the better their work. Small talk is big again.
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stoweboyd: (via Gossip, Collaboration, and Performance in Distributed Teams « Skilful Minds) Larry Irons (@lirons) relates research from the MIT Media Lab, basically showing that the more time you build into people’s work where they randomly meet and chat with other workers, the more job satisfaction, and the better their work. Small talk is big again.
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We spent Mother’s Day in Steveston visiting the shops, park, Buddhist temple and old Britannia Shipyard, taking a tour through the Japanese heritage of the little community. Have a look at some of the photos.
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We spent Mother’s Day in Steveston visiting the shops, park, Buddhist temple and old Britannia Shipyard, taking a tour through the Japanese heritage of the little community. Have a look at some of the photos.
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The HIG is undead
Yesterday’s was a great episode of Hypercritical by @siracusa about Apple’s (lack of) UI consistency. This topic struck a cord with me as someone who spends their days teaching new computer users. As a teacher, my gut reaction is to hate apps that do not follow the HIG. I understand Tog‘s argument about GUI quote-unquote…
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akky: fyfyfy: kagurazakaundergroundresistance: gkojax: camei: qpci32siekqd’s fotolife – 静岡 – 20080707052929 (via kanal) アップル・ロゴ Drill Different.
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akky: fyfyfy: kagurazakaundergroundresistance: gkojax: camei: qpci32siekqd’s fotolife – 静岡 – 20080707052929 (via kanal) アップル・ロゴ Drill Different.