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People on the post's comments are suggesting that RSS only has technical followers. Really we should be talking about feeds and subscriptions. Wording needs to be friendlier: add m…

Summary: The author thinks Google+ could have been saved (or been electrified) if they had integrated Reader.

I still fail to really grasp what Google+ is. I'd actually rather a de-centralised platform. And prefer a glorious feed organiser. Very simple open comment/status feed APIs would b…

Multiple account use is borked. I was logged in under one account the other day, but wanted to leave a Youtube comment from another. But it just wasn't possible at the time. I gave…

The killer app for video calling, would be one in which you don't have to hold the camera. We'd rather place the phone to our ear. And the current alternative is probably nostril c…

I was really excited to read the idea about advert blocking, but when I donned my glasses, this is what I saw: http://blog.ctnews.com/meyers/files/2010/11/lethem2.jpg ;)

Other musings.... Remote options: * Connect on demand * Low bandwidth mode * Offline mode Shares: * Share file/directory (and some kind of authentication mechanism) * Resource uris…

Hypothetically: File Manager -> Settings -> Remote storage -> add remote Choose from: dropbox, google drive, skydrive, others..., other (some open api) Select > Authenticate > Moun…

It would be a good to compare apps to sites. The only app I installed on the Blackberry (my brief foray into smartphones...), was the independent app (newspaper), and I preferred a…

That and the apparent insecurity, or my own personal lack of understanding of application security that puts me off of even owning something like an Android device. For now I'm mor…

I have limited mobile/smartphone/app experience. It feels that Desktop apps are sorely neglected. Spotify for example feels really ancient, a weird UI for such a popular product. I…

That's a good thing though right? Isn't that how a URI/link should work?

That's funny. I've always found it very readable. I have also ridiculed it in the past. Probably unfairly. These days I actually have a soft spot for the font. I really like the up…

I guess if you have your liquid waste contained within closed loop then you can get around drought issues. Making black water potable I'd guess uses more energy and resources than …

It's suggested that there is no benefit washing your hands with hot water with regard to hygeine. http://www.smithsonianmag.com/ist/?next=/smartnews/2013/12/w... I pretty much alwa…

Ask a personal question... but do you use your other hand to scrub or just try and jet wash?

Not having foot taps is another huge bug bear of mine. Especially in public places.

I had a good book titled 'Humanure' that stated that the sitting posture is quite unnatural and drop toilets or rather throne-less were better for us. At university (UK) I couldn't…

There's some software called CoFind: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1084804500... Which was a bookmarking tool, that enabled you to create your own scoring syste…

I"d hardly say hitting one key with your finger is a keyboard shortcut. Some noobs, hate the pointer when they first encounter it, and will avoid it if possible.

On the plus side, it's a large key that does not require simultaneous key presses: holding down multiple keys at the same time is not user friendly, especially for noobs. The backs…