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Create high quality content that other people will appreciate, and put it out in the world for free.

Sorry, I wasn’t clear enough here. Objectivity in storytelling/journalism is a lie. Stories are ALWAYS biased by what the storyteller chooses to show. It impossible to show everyth…

Objectivity is a lie. I want to do a video about this at some point, but in learning to make videos, I’ve learned there’s no way to tell an unbiased story. That being said, I’ll be…

I’m here in Shenzhen now, after being in the US all summer. Not really feeling any anti-western feelings so far, though I was worried about that given everything that’s going on wi…

Scotty, the guy in the video here. Sorry I'm late to the party. It was 165 rmb, so about $25.

Yes, absolutely! More videos are on the way.

> With one caveat, those folks selling parts definitely treats me with a lot less friendliness than they do with foreign buyers, especially when you're buying just one. Yeah, that …

Scotty here, the dude that made the video. I'm not sure I can answer the first set of questions about why phones are fragile. I think it probably has something to do with consumer …

I think one of the huge differences in east vs west electronics/maker/hacker communities is the approach of DIY vs using production services. In the US, as a hobbyist with a limite…

That really means a lot, especially coming from you. I tried really, really hard to accurately portray Shenzhen and the markets, and it's nice to hear from a local maker that I've …

Hi, Scotty here - the guy that made the video. bspn pretty much nails it. I don't really know for certain, but I think a lot of the parts are used/refurbished from original iPhones…

My 92 year old grandfather is still a full time practicing doctor. My father and my aunts have talked to him about retiring for a while now. Being a doctor is who he is - if he giv…

Nope - I actually quite like it in this instance. I don't tend to like it in the general case though, as it's usually done poorly.

I agree - the autoplaying videos weaved into the text was really beautiful.

So, I didn't read the full article yet. However, the bit about Southwest really surprised me. Apparently, it's not acceptable to be an introvert if you work there. If you're not 10…

Public visibility of a Google product and the size of the team working on it often aren't correlated. It wouldn't surprise me if News is a very small team that's spending most of t…

Clearly someone at Google does:) In fact, I almost guarantee this change had multiple people involved, and probably at least several internal discussions. Source: Used to work on t…

Agreed. Dress nicely, but don't overdo it. If you're interviewing for Google or another company where jeans and t-shirt are standard attire for the interviewer, being way over dres…

This appears to work in iTerm2 as well. Neat!

Teleport me through time and space. On a more serious note, I think you're probably trying to do customer development, and trying to modify the question people tell you to ask "If …

Steelcase Think. About $300 used on craigslist. Worth every penny.

I don't think this is intended as negativity, even if it comes across that way from the outside. I'm the founder of a company that meets the criteria you've outlined: we're bootstr…