Learning something new every day.

GitHub – Announcing GitHub for Mac
It’s very nice looking and does a fair bit of abstraction towards the intricacy of dealing with Git on a daily basis.
June 22, 2011
The Filter Bubble – Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee weighs in: “There’s danger in the filter bubble”
For a long time I went back and forth on worrying about this and I’ve settled on worrying about it, I’m just not sure of a solution.
June 19, 2011
Mika Mobile – Android
It’s nice to see that Android has the potential to support developers, though the download and market problems really need work. Probably the most common complaint I hear about across any phone or any maker.
June 19, 2011
The Faster Times – AOL Hell: An AOL Content Slave Speaks Out
Highly depressing read, both into the writing practiced at AOL and what this business considers important (just generating stupid trivial trash to generate pageviews).
June 18, 2011
Ars Technica – Apple quietly drops special subscription requirements for iOS apps
The new rules feel much more balanced for both publishers and Apple.
June 17, 2011
BBC News – Capital One to buy ING online bank
I’m a huge fan of ING Direct, been using them for years so I hope this doesn’t hurt them in any way.
June 16, 2011
TechCrunch – Groupon Was “The Single Worst Decision I Have Ever Made As A Business Owner”
The more I read about Groupon the more I want this business to just go away.
June 13, 2011
Ruk – How to replace 30 laptops (and $10,000) with 150 sheets of paper
Sometimes technology is the wrong solution.
June 12, 2011
Mac Rumors – Apple Reverses Course On In-App Subscriptions
Good news for publishers and services like Amazon’s Kindle and Netflix.
June 10, 2011
NYTimes.com – Financial Times Introduces Web App in Effort to Bypass Apple
The first big name publisher to switch to a web app for publishing and not deal with Apple’s 30% cut.
June 7, 2011

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