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beigelightningon Introducing a new type of social

I'd be happy to try, but don't want to use my LinkedIn to login.

beigelightningon I don’t use a ring of any kind on my phone. Path CEO

beigelightningon Tell HN: Why I think responsive design sucks

I like how Tumblr implements it with mobile first and then a click to view normal site.

beigelightningon Google Reader: A Product vs. A Symbol

I completely agree. I am currently trying The Old Reader and Feedly. The Old Reader is close to the Google Reader experience, but lacks the mobile companion. Feedly is nice, but it adds too much Flipboard style functionality that I really don't want. Having Google Reader synced in the web browser and on my mobile devices is honestly a perfect product needing no evolution for me.

beigelightningon Inappropriate comments at pycon 2013 called out

It's interesting how Adria attaches the importance of dealing with these men since they were sponsors, but then when dealing with it went completely from her personal platform. As SendGrid, her company is a sponsor, shouldn't she have run her response/reaction through the proper channels? This of course had an effect (hopefully short term) on the comment maker, but I think Adria will find in the long run she just shot herself in the foot in the tech space as far as further employment is concerned.

beigelightningon Forking and Dongle Jokes Don't Belong At Tech Conferences

She references that she was twice a victim of domestic violence in this post: http://butyoureagirl.com/13871/success-against-the-odds-fill...

Obviously a horrible thing to go through, perhaps it has colored her perceptions somewhat?

I do agree that the reaction greatly outweighed the incident.