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Do you have plans to include screenshots of the graph output?

I'm unable to edit my blunderous original post, but as others have pointed out, Rob Conery is the host of This Developer's Life (an excellent podcast) and not Phil Haack. Honest mistake.

Honest mistake guys, I've listened to almost every episode and had no idea. All the jokes about the Hawaiian shirts and I've been thinking of the wrong person.

For anyone curious about any background on Phil Haack. Here are his notable accomplishments.

- MS Lead on ASP.net MVC framework vers. 1 through 3 (current)

- Lead on the NuGet package manager framework for Visual Studio

- This Developer's Life Podcast with Scott Hanselman

The Morning Brew http://blog.cwa.me.uk/

You make a series of good points, but I think there is a distinction which should be made esp. in the case of a very young child (< 2 y/o). Parents should not shelter or keep their kids from exploring, being with other kids, or generally operating independently on an impromptu basis. It should be noted, however, that this may be more applicable for an older toddler/child/teenager than it would be to a newborn/infant.

This may be too far out there, but does anyone believe that perhaps Poulsen has some closeted sympathy for Manning given his black hat history and subsequent history with law enforcement? I'm not saying that is his motive, but I do wonder if it plays into his decision at all. He once did also actively pursue freedom of information through non-legal means.

So if linux is open, why were restrictions imposed on non-mobile internet?

Probably too late to comment, but I can't get past why Microsoft still charges an exorbitant fee for Visual Studio. Eclipse and other development environments are free of charge. It encourages development by reducing barrier to entry.

More developers = better apps = more customers.

Digg still crushes reddit in traffic. I'm not saying traffic is an indicator of profitablity, but it's apparent they are either marketing it better, or more people prefer it. Either way, it's tough to argue "with the people" based on the author's indication of importance.

http://siteanalytics.compete.com/reddit.com+digg.com/

I had to check because I thought Microsoft still owned Slate, but apparently they sold it to Washington Post in 2004. Still, it is a bit difficult for me to swallow an opinion piece from a previously Microsoft owned non-technical magazine.

Karma?

Those who use Outlook will probably agree that the "Reply All" button is just a bit too close to the "Reply" button.

I noticed a while ago Jeff Atwood did this on codinghorror.com too (I believe citing a technical reason, although they have not yet come back). Also, Seth Godin does not have comments on his blog either.

Is this a trend going forward? I'm not against it...

I have a couple of concerns with this article, however, I do generally agree with most of the author's thoughts.

1. Title is deceptive, it should have been labeled 'Deceptive Pricing Scam' or 'A need for better product reviews' and not 'E-commerce Scam'. It's a blank statement with no meaning. Almost every website in the electronic shopping sphere offers orders of magnitude better than the brick & mortar alternative, which is zero, with regard to reviews. Additionally, this sort of price problem exists in both traditional retail and online shopping. How is the problem specific to online shopping?

2. Saying that Amazon returns 24,000 hits for Canon Digital Camera as a problem is like saying Google returns 12,400,000 for the same search (which it does). Search is evolving in all areas, not just e-commerce.

3. I'm going to assume that the statement 'no innovation has been made since the 90s' was in specific reference to product review/consumer option entitlement. Leaps and bounds of improvement have been made to user interface, credit card security, guided navigation, payment options, search (believe it or not), scalability, advanced marketing, etc.

If anyone hasn't checked out doubleTwist (www.doubletwist.com) this is the solution I am using right now, and plan to use for all my devices once I am comfortable with it.

Palm webOS application. It's top secret :)

Thank you for following up. I often feel people, news outlets, etc. often don't provide any follow-up to a complaint or poor service with a given company. I certainly don't drink the kool-aid of big business, but I still feel they aren't as evil as some people make them out to be.

Awesome!!!

Just sent this link to quite a few people I know and posted to Facebook. Lots of people I know will be thankful you made this.

Much appreciated.

Let's just say my parents are staunch Republicans and it hasn't been easy at family dinners when politics is the subject of discussion.

I despise arguing politics, religion, or money matters. That being said, I have no hesitation telling people this is the chief reason I voted for Obama in the most recent election.

Have been noticing an reasonable number of articles or advice from executives that emphasize not mixing family and business. Perhaps they didn't get the memo.

Personal opinion..... should be able to browse listings without being a member.

Nevermind - I just noticed the monthly pricing model. My apologies. Would be curious, if you don't mind sharing, what % of users convert to paid subscribers.

Love the idea, how do you intend to generate revenue? Didn't notice anything mentioned in the article.

Given my last experience with a realtor, and hearing similar stories from others, I can't say I'm surprised that a website is doing a better job than a good number of them.

I'm not going to blanket stereotype, but when certain realtors are basically just setting up MLS feeds, and then forwarding matching listings to a client, how do they assume that someone couldn't program a site to do the same thing?

My grandma hacks debian and changes source code all the time. I don't get why people use Windows either.

Does anyone know where I can find more Michael Jackson news on the internet? I have been searching all over for hours and haven't found anything.

For those unfamiliar with Johnny Lee, I highly recommend is YouTube videos on Wii Hacks ... he is a well recognized genius int the field and was recently employed by Microsoft after graduating Carnegie Mellon university. His involvement in this project ensures that it will have a better chance at survival.

Chase Bank does something similar. If your computer isn't cookied, then you are required to perform some sort of identity authentication (voice, text, email, etc). I'm surprised more important utilities like email don't follow this concept... it would at least weed out the brute force attacks.