Everything that is wrong with Facebook apps in one screenshot
Throw a spaghetti cat at your friends! →
September 2008
Spring is Sprung
Then the language changes, often around the time the outside investors show up. The people who are downloading and using your software are no longer your community, they're the ones who are taking your code without giving anything back. They're the free-loaders. →
A Work of Fiction
If I was going to write a political thriller, chapter two would go something like this: →
On Computer Games as Interactive Fiction
This year I had the pleasure of experiencing one of the coolest moments I can recall playing a game, one that actually left me wandering through the house saying "that was so fucking cool", and confusing my girlfriend whose taste in games runs more to beating the crap out of me in Soul Calibur. →
Mother's Maiden Name
I've always wondered how this became accepted practice. For decades we've warned people not to use easily guessable passwords—dates of birth, names of children or pets—but somehow this is acceptable for password recovery? →
Everything that is wrong with YouTube comments in one screenshot
I have no words. →
Beep Beep (Part Two)
Nowadays, Microsoft is looking to advertising because their brand is taking a beating from every front, and a clever advertising campaign is what you're supposed to do when you need to shore up your position. But Microsoft's biggest enemy is its own boring ubiquity. If their products spoke for themselves, Microsoft could just get away with buying another Rolling Stones song. →
Hi, I'm a Mac… Beep, beep!
It's pretty common, when reading discussion of Apple's “I’m a Mac, I’m a PC” ads, to come across the comment: “Sure, they're great ads but they don't work. John Hodgeman’s PC is far more likeable than Justin Long’s smug hipster Mac.” This is missing the point. →
Browser Wars: Episode n+1
Firefox got where it is today on the three-pronged attack of tabbed browsing, security and standards compliance, on the back of Microsoft's five year hiatus in developing Internet Explorer. Even with that compelling story to tell, eking even a low double-digit market share was a huge accomplishment. What is Chrome's story? →
Prior Art Due Diligence
I'm trying to track down whether I can claim credit for ”maven downloads the Internet” →