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So a sufficiently complex GUI is more like a CLI? When is a GUI complex enough to be "more like a keyboard of a CLI"? I'm sorry but the basic premise of GUIs being limited and CLIs…

Thanks Paul, I think you hit it right on the mark. The startup community there has been building up steam the past couple of years — and it has become more and more organized. I'll…

You had me at "I don't think Nokia's leadership thinks". They must have known this device was in the pipeline when they made the WP7 announcement. It really doesn't seem like they …

TLDR: yes

Exactly. http://yfrog.com/ki79jj

You can find everything about our apps and Enstore here: http://www.madebysofa.com/future/ We won't be taking on any more contract work (haven't anyway since the end of 2009) Cheer…

Hey Adam, thanks for the nice words, it means a lot :)

Having people report to one person usually empowers them more than having them report to a committee. It also ensures 'vision control' in a much better way. So yes, and no, they're…

Further specifying "good": you really need a lawyer who's seriously experienced in these kinds of matters, not just any lawyer. It makes all the difference. Also remember that ther…

Software has always been their edge. I worry more about shaking-to-undo on my iPad and faux leather buttons in my Calendar app than about other companies figuring out there is more…

Funny to find "open" in the 1-star list. (not saying that that actually means anything)

For concrete problem solving, sure. Esp. If the problems are small or common enough. But there's more that you get out of working closely together with someone who can teach you so…

This isn't good news at all. Nothing about it implies that when large incumbents imitate (or simply notice) something invented at a startup they won't patent it. This is a disadvan…

Hi Ray, I started typing a really long reply yesterday, but you're right, there's not a lot we can share in public about our plans right now. One thing I do want to share is that S…

Yeah that was really cool :) I vividly remember the Scherzo theme; who could erase that memory? ;) We emailed Greg and Arlo (authors of the classic Kaleidoscope) to see if they wer…

So that makes IE8 14.5 month old milk. yum.

There's absolutely no reason for it to turn out smaller. The meat of the app is in the media. I make cocoa apps, and I'm pretty sure that the 'native' part of the app — the part of…

what do you gain from that? - less control over interaction - less snappy animation - approval of some bloggers - easier ports to fictive multi-touch tablets on other platforms (Ye…

Because sending us 80% of our traffic is not enough help?

It all really depends on the implementation. None of the big players will want tech that doesn't give them enough control over minimum bandwidth/streaming performance. For small pl…

Wow, can't believe I missed out on this. Can I still give them my 5 dollars? ;)

I remember trying to read it way back when. It came recommended as 'the book' to read about Python. Besides the ODBC stuff etc. that Zed comments on (never dived into the book that…

Re. n>2: Except for some dabling in basic, max/msp and some proprietary scripting stuff, Python was the first language I learned. It was certainly the first one I learned to progra…

But it sure comes in handy for other stuff. If the contractor clause is not applicable to this work even releasing it under the GPL is questionable, because that's most decidedly n…

Maybe she (he?) has stumbled upon the single most important mechanism by which any single gender dominated industry self-compensates. (I'm assuming here that - since the author ema…