Monthly Archives: March 2009

In Defense Of Twitter

I am on Twitter. Actually, that’s an understatement – I am almost addicted to Twitter. Because of this, I have the onus thrust upon me of defending Twitter when people criticise it.

My lack of aptitude for anything art-related continues to astound me, and no doubt you as well.
The most common argument I hear against using [...]

Come On Blockbuster, School Yo’self!

Blockbuster just posted a $350 million quarterly loss. Here’s what their CEO had to say:
We think the single biggest driver in the current marketplace the last few months has been title strength and this week is a classic example. Box office is down 56% this week versus the previous year. I think the titles say [...]

Text Editor vs IDE – Showdown

Pick a side – we’re at war!
There’s as much of an argument about whether a plain text editor is better than an Integrated Development Environment for programming as there is about whether Macs are better than PCs.

I can’t wait to see those ads.
In my mind, text editors (like Vim, Emacs and Pico) have always been [...]

Apple Is Its Own Market

I consider Apple to be a special case in the tech world because of their unique business situation.

(great picture, right? I’m a Software Design major, not a Graphic Design major)
Microsoft got some flak from the EU for bundling Internet Explorer with Windows – why doesn’t Apple get served with the same kind of lawsuit for [...]