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Textmate is still awesome, but it's getting stale on the innovation side. I can't say I've given Vico a try, but it isn't free ($40). And Kod looked great too, but it's stuck on version 0.0.3.

Then again these aren't completely valid complaints. Vim is as great as ever, even though you aren't seeing any shiny big and innovative releases.

Perhaps Chocolat will be worth the £30 price the developers plan. But I don't think I could move away from vi style navigation.

Now I subscribe, and it's worth every dollar (at least on a student subscription :) I appreciate it when the Times is more conservative on the whole “social media” idea. Compared to CNN, which is so full of webby 2.0 qr twat crap, it’s great. And blogs like the Open impress me in showing they are using some cool technologies (Sinatra) to make a better experience (election tracking).

[1] http://dl.dropbox.com/u/5055192/10111NYTSubscribeOpin.pdf

pwgen's ability to generate pronounceable yet random passwords is why I use it. As you said, they just seem to be easy to remember.

Posting more than 30 exclusive items a day is common. “We’re trying to build what they call addicts online,” Mr. Perel said

The model thrives off super low quality content, yet the websites are able to gain diehard readers. Even some of my favorite websites and blogs are useless to me without their rss feed.

Most of my friends are discouraged by having to create yet another account for a website they haven't found useful yet. It's a shame because so many services become useful when they have the social element---there would be no point to Facebook if none of your friends used it. I know that the login with Facebook option helped me coax a few people on to Convore to talk with me.

Also, consider making that picture of the time slider bigger and more friendly looking (centered!) It's an awesome feature that works really well with video. You could even advertise it something like ``Take a break! Watch [n] minutes of videos you've saved.''

I'm getting a few 502 Bad Gateway errors.

The system they are using (IC, ops, engineer teams, operational periods) is extremely similar to the Incident Command System. The ICS was developed about 40 years ago for fighting wildfires, but now most government agencies use it to manage any type of incident.

I've experienced it first hand and can say it works very well, but I have never seen it used in this context. The great thing about it is it's expandability---it will work for teams of nearly any size. I'd be interested in seeing if any other technology companies/backend teams are using it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incident_command_system

But I love the idea of it. I'm just north of SF (mill valley)---so close yet so far!

If Munchery continues to expand I could definitely see myself ordering from it.

Nonetheless, the result looks nice :)

I picked up LYAH because it looked interesting. Everyone says Haskell is such a weird language and I can't comment on that, but it certainly seems much more mathematical. I've been using it in parallell to my Algebra II class in school to solidify knowledge in both topics.

I recommend it to anyone, read it online at least! http://learnyouahaskell.com

If dropbox is claiming a false sense of security then that is an issue, but users that truly care about their data should resort to truecrypt or something where they are the only ones who control access. You can sync your files with dropbox and keep them safe with a truecrypt volume. Or if that is to much of a pain, only do so for sensitive files. Have your cake and eat it too!

Locking users down doesn't work forever though. iTunes did for a while, with DRM on every song. Finally users were able to pay to get rid of it, as other sources (Amazon MP3) were offering competition. The only way I can see Apple continuing to be so successful with iOS is through continued innovation, not by caving in to developers demands for features---what developer has refused to reach Apples enormous market because they weren't happy with development tools? Something like no garbage collection seems like a small issue when considering the upsides of developing for iOS. (I really hope better web technologies will change this.)

It reminds of a quote sitting in my high school journalism room: ``People like cocaine and prostitutes, but we don't give them that either.''

When I sit down to do work, it's usually around 7pm and it's homework. I don't like homework, but I dislike spending too much time on it even more. Often I'll go to check Facebook or HN after typing out a sentence or so, because it feels like a reward. It took me a while to realize how miserable it made the whole process.

Now if I want to get stuff done I'll remove distractions. No computer if possible---if I do have to use it I'll turn off Internet or edit my hosts file, which is usually a big enough roadblock to send me back to work. I turn off my phone. I also find that Tea helps me tremendously, in addition to tasting delicious :)

I feel like a lot of websites, especially the ones which want me to sign up or understand their service, throw way to much crap at me for it to make sense. Two sentence mission statements, ominous screenshots, and cheeky feature lists only go so far --- in this case I appreciate the straightforward mission statement.

I haven't used it but I like the idea. Being able to create your idea in programs your comfortable with (photoshop) and then actually clicking and feeling the design is a valuable thing.

It's also nice that it's open source. Contributing to an actual iOS app could be a nice way to get a taste of iOS development without having to start a whole project from scratch (if you have no previous experience.)