November 2009
8 posts
Dell offers a custom build of Chromium OS for the... →
I gotta say, even though the build is completely unsupported, it’s this kind of attention to what your customers are interested in — basically that netbook owners are the tinkering/hacking type — that really affects people’s opinions of your company overall.
Dell wasn’t on my list for potential netbooks, but now they are.
“These PC makers are lacking in neither financial resources nor opportunity. What...”
– John Gruber
“What’s the easiest film to make? I claim the easiest film to make is to...”
– Chris Hecker, independent developer (via @ncroal)
Watchtldr is an interesting visualization and navigation system that allows users to quickly browse and scan threaded comments on a website.
I’m not a huge fan of the visualization — showing a tree diagram which primarily highlights the top rated threads is great for starting at the top rated threads, but it encourages the usual power curve of top comments getting the most attention. The...
Daring Fireball Linked List: Andy Ihnatko, Droid... →
Gruber:
I think the main problem with the ad is that it doesn’t make any sense to non-nerds.
I think the main problem is that they don’t have any other choice. Only the nerds will be swayed away from the iPhone by another phone that is so similar on the surface — it’s the details that might interest them.