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Computers and gadgets has been a big part of my life. I grew up with a Commodore 64 nearby, so my interest in technology of all kinds shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone who snuck a peak through my bedroom window when I was a kid.
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Hi, HEY
Basecamp is doing something with email, called HEY. They have a glorious domain name for it too, hey.com. I’m intrigued, because although I’m not an active Basecamp user at the moment, I have been, and they’re doing a lot of things right. So I sent them an email, as requested. Hi HEY, I’m intrigued by […]
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So I sold a company
I started the Odd Alice web agency in 2010, as a spin-off to another company. The idea was to not say no to so many gigs, because it turns out that writing books about WordPress is a great way to get work. Malin joined as a founder, and we ran and owned the company up […]
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On the app subscription model
1Password, Day One, and now Ulysses, turn to the subscription model. I don’t think this is a good thing. 1Password started to push for their server sync feature, with personal and family accounts. Subscribe ($36 for personal, $60 for family), get your passwords in the cloud, that sort of thing. It works well enough, we […]
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Twitter DMs are dead
It’s no secret that I prefer Twitter (say hi to @tdh if you like) out of the social media offerings available. The short form format is something special, in my opinion. I don’t belong to the crowd that thinks adding more characters per tweet is necessarily a good idea. 140 characters might be a bit […]
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Dropping the tech giants
A widely spread NYT column talks about dropping the five tech giants – Apple, Amazon, Facebook, Microsoft, and Alphabet – and in what order. It’s an interesting premise, one that I’d like to dive a little deeper into, with my own reasoning.
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Longreads is thriving
Longreads is thriving under Automattic. It’ll be interesting to see where this ends. They’re using a member funded model to pay for original stories, with a bonus attached: Longreads has raised about $250,000 from “thousands of members” since it added memberships in 2012. The suggested monthly amount is now $5 a month or $50 a […]
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Moore's Law's days are numbered
From a Moore’s Law obsessed piece on computer improvement: As Moore’s law runs into the sand, then, the definition of “better” will change. Besides the avenues outlined above, many other possible paths look promising. Much effort is going into improving the energy efficiency of computers, for instance. This matters for several reasons: consumers want their […]
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Love it or hate it, The Outline hits a nerve
The Outline’s Joshua Topolsky: On the design front, it’s true that some people love the way The Outline looks, and some hate it. But no one is neutral about it. No one says “eh” when they see it. And no one thinks we’re another anonymous blog populated by random people churning out random content. But […]
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Facebook Instant Articles are flailing
I wanted to write “failing”, but I see too many of those blasted things whenever I’m on Facebook that it just wouldn’t be true. Anyway, from a Digiday story on the matter: Many publishers are deeply unhappy with the monetization on these pages, with major partners like The New York Times throwing in the towel […]
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No you may not, Linkedin
Fuck no.