Archive for the ‘Intertubes’ Category

Coda release panic…

May 8th, 2008

Panic’s Cabel writes on Coda’s mailing list, after someone asks when the next release is gonna be:
A company like Adobe, which has hundreds of engineers working on Photoshop, releases ONE version every two or three years, and maybe a single bug fix release in the interim. For the most part, we’re all cool with that, […]

Geek template talk

May 3rd, 2008

When discussing hard science (e.g physics, chemistry, math etc) on a web forum or a comments thread, insert a random joke reference to the topic at hand —or a vaguely related one— to imply a deep understanding of science.

Sweating the details…

April 12th, 2008

A repost of the last posting, with some words crossed out and color-coded additions.
When I first saw it I thought mr. Gruber was giving us some sort of insight into his writing process.
Then I saw the exact same thing in some other feed and I realized it has nothing to do with mr. […]

Speaking out of one own’s behind: Michael Arrington

April 9th, 2008

Can you believe this thread?
Some Google employess released a blatant (semi-endorsed by Google) rip-off of 37 Signals’ Campfire.
When people all around the Intertubes complained, Google took it down.
Michael Arrington comments on TechCrunch:
Google showcased HuddleChat, a real-time chat application, as one of many test applications (directory here) to show off their new Google App Engine platform […]

3G iPhone : The plot thickens…

April 9th, 2008

Mossberg said he sees it sometime in the next 60 days (or, maybe he didn’t).
Gruber calls bull:
Mossberg’s the same guy who claimed in July last year that Apple would release an iPhone update with Flash support “within the next couple of months”.
Update: Regarding my “I have no idea why…” question, reader S. Ben Melhuish writes: […]