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Whining? Just make an app store? I don't know which is worse the stupid complaint or the absurd solution?

BIG space doesn't solve the exponentially-reproducing colonist issue though...

Agreed on it being a terrible article. Way too many 'clever' turns of phrase. Why make a statement when you can juxtapose some pop culture references? Seems much more of an act of self indulgence than the condemning of one...

But as for your list I think you left out the Occam's razor option:

5) Rare earth hypothesis

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

That first example is pretty terrible though, the cancel button looks like it's inactive in one version and like the app is broken in the second...

Understandable too. I don't want code that hasn't been curated breaking my ipad...

Just downloaded it, and it's fine with the software keyboard (even has a row of custom keys at the top for it's code editor, so in context it's a more featured keyboard for this specific app).

"we worked together for nearly 15 years and he still laughed at the way I said aluminium"

The more organisations turn to advertising to monetize their products and services, the more valuable products and services without advertising will become.

I wonder if there is a correlation between IQ points and the number of item in the 'no. of things I can do on a smartphone' lists that linkbait authors write.

"You can call people, browse the web, take photos, send text messages, and play Angry Birds."

5? Surely the author wouldn't be able to tie his own shoelaces with an IQ of 5...

You answered your own question - "Let's ignore entirely whether that's a contract violation and just focus on whether it's fair."

You're forgetting 3.)

Both these groups of people are happy to be, and be perceived as, creepy.

What is the thumbs up and thumbs down for?

The point is to have someone make a statement, on record, that they take responsibility for the issue.

This is great!

Though i'd contest the assertion that it uses my 'favourite graphics editor', my 'graphics editor' would be more appropriate ;)

Icons, logos and marketing stuff are all very different tasks. Many designers will specialise in just those particular disciplines. To take them all on and expect to execute them in a manner which is professional and not distracting, is a big ask.

There are plenty of on-line resources(1) to get started, but be aware that a lot of learning will be required. And that means a lot of failures. If you don't want your failures to be a part of your product/brand etc. then you should hire a professional(2).

(1)

http://webtypography.net/

http://www.thegridsystem.org/

http://www.alistapart.com/

http://www.typophile.com/

(2)

http://www.behance.net/

http://cargocollective.com/#/featured

http://carbonmade.com/examples/graphic-designers

I'd love to know if there was a list too.

That may absolve the app of responsibility, doesn't make the UI any better though.

That is an unfair caricature. I can't think of any designer who has ever said something so absurd.

I'm probably being a bit too pedantic.

I just don't see why the author would choose to use the loaded term 'normal people' instead of just 'people'.

edit: Unless he was being lazy and hanging his argument on an unfair caricature.

Which I believe he was.

'Muggles' I prefer, at least it's sincere. The problem I have with the term 'normal people' is that it is a polite way of referring to 'the unwashed masses'.

Which isn't a polite thing to say no matter how you phrase it.

In the context of this article in particular, in order to bolster a flawed argument, 'normal people' are presented as people so stupid as to be unable to comprehend a second brand of telephone.

This is simply untrue, and to imply that people don't have the power to choose between two products, because 'normal people' are too stupid to use more than one type of phone is absurd.

If you have a problem with Apple's 30% cut of in app purchases, that's fine. But please use something a little more substantive than a silent, and most likely non-existent, underclass of sub-humans as your justification.

'normal' people?

Normal people is a pointless term. You may as well just say people.

Saying 'These things weren't difficult for me, but they're a pretty big hurdle for people.' would sound horrible and arrogant, but at least it would be honest.

You, and the author of this article, shouldn't use such a lazy and condescending phrase.

Sorry I let this go a little too long without checking it, but just in case...

The sparrow UI only shows one label in it's main list view, and then only the colour of said label. If you use labels to assist in scanning your inbox, then multiple labels on messages in your inbox increases their usefulness considerably.

In it's current state Sparrow obfuscates what i consider to be gmail's most valuable feature.

I use labels a lot, Sparrow's solution for labels is inadequate.

I work at a large public library that actively encourages work of all kinds within.

Free wifi, power points for recharging laptops (indoors and in the gardens surrounding), free bookable meeting rooms, designated quiet and non-quiet areas, a cafe, and even a recording studio.

Libraries are torch bearers of civilisation, and in an age when Alexandria has been reborn in an ethereal form, they are devoted to sustaining culture and knowledge in whatever manner is required.

Those videos don't play on my iPhone, vimeo mentions there is no mobile version, so a text summary of those videos would be helpful for scanning...

I thought i saw a snake while i was cleaning out houses on haig rd. in milton, but it turned out to be a very confused fish!

that would be brilliant and uesful advice if we had a time machine...

I've been cleaning up after a flood disaster for the past few days, the most amazing technology i've seen in that time is the bobcats and their drivers. It takes 10-15 people a few hours to empty a house of all it's waterlogged belongings on to the street, and then 15 minutes for the bobcat to get it up on the back of a truck.  When I see a tech demo like this I'm very optimistic about it's potential for disaster relief, where simple structures, shelters, and platforms would be of great benefit.

Interesting read, I'd love to get the same insight in to the Assassin's Creed team's methods...