aptimpropriety

I had a very similar reaction to the most recent facebook re-design - I felt that bottom line, I was able to view much less content/information at a given time. I never understood why facebook would want to do such a thing - to increase clicks, perhaps.

(Note, I only skimmed the article)

My initial reaction was to think about dealing with dirt. Ever try to maintain grip on a very smooth surface covered with a thin layer of dirt/dust?

On fingers, this stuff slides into the 'crevasses' of the print. Extremely pseudo-science, but in my 2 minutes of thinking seems like it could be worth a thought. I'm sure those scientists used clean hands on their testing papers.

The colors were fine for me, but I had a few other problems. I don't know if this is intentional, but it seems as if the data of this map is somewhat inaccurate. '8 cases in Queens high school' is reported at least 4 times (others seem like copy/pastes from different news stories about the same instance), in significantly different places. At best, less useful for prediction/comprehension of issue, at worst, alarmist.

Whenever I tell my friends about HN, I always call it "YCombinator news". Since that is what it was presented to me as from the outset (i.e., a url (http://news.ycombinator.com) with a 'hacker'-free endorsement), the "Hacker News" title has never really stuck. Even among people in the know, I still usually refer to it as YCombinator news.

>Everyone focuses on securing the bits, but no one worries about the wires. It's disturbing hearing about this kind of attack.

There's a distinct difference between obtaining information and destroying it. While being an anarchist can be useful to some extent, getting 'inside' is far more useful to the thoughtful deviant.

That being said, still agree with your point. It's still frightening how much said anarchists can shake up the world.

I was really only drawn to twitter following Guy Kawasaki's talk on Jelly about how important it is for companies to have a twitter account to answer random inquiries about their products and services.

Other than that, I've been rather reluctant......it seems like a great way to prevent companies or public figures from writing 'TLDR' posts - but why would you want to TLDR your own friends?

I'm sure in some cases (personally, many cases), the Idee Multicolr Search Lab, which searches purely by color, is still more powerful.

http://labs.ideeinc.com/multicolr/#

Also note that if you search for a white, then black, the url becomes [...multicolr/#colors=ffffff,000000;]. Your color choices are actually 16,777,216 - however well you know your web colors.

This can be more useful if you want a more specific hue, compared to generic 'red'. Subject matter, however, is a different issue.

I've heard it's very valuable for shopping for shoes where sizing must be very precise, i.e. rock climbing shoes. Order the 3 sizes you usually dance around, and keep the one that fits you best.

Not too long ago I discovered http://www.twitscoop.com/, and I realized that there's no better place to go if I ever want to partake in the droning about pop-culture 'now'.

Also, news summaries (i.e. one liners) seem to be better done when they're done by people rather than search engines/newspapers.

I'd remove the need for a log-in to vote on games. Regardless of 'abuse', which should be relatively easy to monitor, if someone feels particularly passionate about up-voting, perhaps they should be able to express it.

Considering a large percentage of individuals who play such games are likely underage, who would want to log-in and, essentially, confess to their crime?

In my experience, sites like this which are 'cool content' driven depend heavily on equally 'cool' design. Perhaps consider design overhaul, find a friend good with web design?

A read I found both insightful and interesting:

"How to talk about books you haven't read" by Pierre Bayard

Not only as a result of this book, but during the time of its reading (in my first year of college) I progressed to a 'style of schooling' in which I no longer read assigned texts for classes. Call it what you will, but I find myself learning a lot more, and having many more interesting things to say when I skip reading the textbook.

You know, reading that made me think not of start-ups, exactly (where the rules of the game are so indefinite), but more so video gamers.

People who endlessly analyze certain parameters in order to maximize productivity in a system - perhaps childhoods spent playing strategy games is an unacknowledged criteria for attaining certain kinds of success.

Reading that made my frustration with the "New Facebook Complaint-army" grow even more.

A new GUI that I don't know instinctively like the back of my hand? Definitely sucks.