Monthly Archives: February 2013

Here’s one of the fundamental rules of programming. You’re at the end of your day, you’ve gotten a lot of stuff done, and you have one more thing to get right before the feature is complete, and you’re searching for … Continue reading →

I actually do think people should learn to code, at least a little — just as you learn a little chemistry, biology and math in school. Learning how to program is imho easier than those things, but then I have … Continue reading →

A comment from Michael Markman: “I’m an older dog than Dave Winer — by about a decade. And I’ve managed to learn this new trick: move one finger, the pointer moves. Use two fingers and the window scrolls.” Necessary recital: … Continue reading →

We’re in constant Congress-induced crisis mode in the US. It’s gotten so routine, I don’t even pay attention anymore. I suspect a lot of other people do the same. I kind of hope the Republicans don’t back down, and let … Continue reading →

I’ve been watching Marco Arment’s publishing venture, called The Magazine, with interest and a little puzzlement. It looks like a high wall around writing, the kind of wall that was natural before publishing got cheap, first with laser printing and … Continue reading →

This is a basketball story, but not really. There was a time when bigger was better. If you worked at the biggest company you were smarter, more powerful, better looking, knew what was happening. You could see over our heads. … Continue reading →

I just plugged my iPad into my iMac and launched iTunes. A dialog appeared saying there’s a new version of iOS for the iPad. Would I like to download and iNstall it. Yes. A few seconds later a dialog appears … Continue reading →

Warning: Spoilers ahead! 🙂 I spent the day in Cambridge yesterday. One of my stops was the Shorenstein Center, where I was interviewed as part of a project to understand the transition of journalism to the Internet. At one point … Continue reading →

The “Lion” version of the Macintosh operating system removed what was, to me, a very important feature — the arrows at either end of scrollbars. I found this out when I bought a new laptop, which I’m using now to … Continue reading →

I’ll be in Cambridge, MA on Wednesday, staying overnight and am free for dinner, so let’s have a meetup! I posted an item on the Berkman-Thursday list (awkward because this is a Wednesday night event, but it’s the people that … Continue reading →