Give it five minutes
Give it five minutes: There’s also a difference between asking questions and pushing back. Pushing back means you already think you know. Asking questions means you want to know. Ask more questions. (Via Signal...
Grailbox Blog
Farewell, Anthony Shadid
Where bullets flew, he jotted notes. Where despots abused, he documented crimes. Where war raged, he skulked in its midst, shouting the stories of common people with torn lives. Armed only with his wits...
Easy with the alerts
Easy with the alerts: It’s like mistakenly asking for an extra fork with your ice cream and having the waiter just go ahead and bring an extra spoon, rather than needlessly correct you. (Via...
The mad dash to remove something before the deadline
The mad dash to remove something before the deadline: Just like you shouldn’t let sunk cost determine future decisions, don’t let sunk design trick you into keeping something in your product because you already...
Hey, Mobile! Let Me Change My Password!
Yesterday, my son’s iPhone 4 was stolen, which raises a cluster of inconveniences. Replacement cost, of course, is non-trivial. The pains don’t end there, though. He was planning to hold out for the iPhone...
Creator of iOS App Halftone Speculates on Success
I Have No Idea: My advice is to train yourself to recognize and note the small (but important) reactions that you have when you’re working with your own apps. Dismiss your professional knowledge about...
Why Apple’s A5 Is So Big, And Siri Is 4S-only — A Possible Explanation
Why Apple’s A5 Is So Big, And Siri Is 4S-only: Integration of Audience’s EarSmart on the iPhone 4S’ A5 could explain why Apple decided to not offer Siri on older devices, and why it...
Great time to be a developer–quick code solutions
Great time to be a developer: I am in awe of the free tools available to software developers today. It is amazing how fast, and cheaply, you can turn an idea into productive code....
Bespoke — Custom Tailoring Software
Bespoke: Can you imagine a future where, for a price, a key software tool that you rely on can be bespoke? (Via patrickrhone / journal) Interesting idea–one that would practically be limited to open...
Dr. StrangeUnix Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Mac
Dr. StrangeUnix Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Mac: But what the fact that “It’s just UNIX now” got us was the ability to create an X11 application that would...