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vbl··on Uber vs. Lyft: From The Driver’s Seat
Holy hell is that off-putting. I had a few coupons for Lyft but I'll pass.

I should mention, though, that you can have the healthy culture of driver respect at a place like Lyft with the professionalism of Uber. Sounds like the sweet spot to me.

vbl··on Trailblazer: A new architecture for Rails
How is this not called Railblazer?
vbl··on Show HN: Projects from “Stupid Shit No One Needs and Terrible Ideas” Hackathon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8V74N64Q20
vbl··on Show HN: HTML5 online animation editor that exports to SVG and SMIL
I'd like to initiate an animation based on a button event (clicking another object). Am I missing that feature?
vbl··on Google announces Calico, a new company that will focus on health and well-being
...responsively.
vbl··on (Trying To) Face Down The Evil At TechCrunch Disrupt
Tell me more about these "viscous cycles."
vbl··on New iPad browser from Opera
Their website for a new browser is ironically aggravating.
vbl··on Boarding Pass Redesign
I have this nagging urge to take a step back and examine the necessity for a piece of paper in the first place.
vbl··on The Selfies are Coming. The Selfies are Here (Part 2)
Mandatory timeout means that even the best photos go away. No proliferation of the beautiful and perfect, no buildup of the quick and dirty.

Every one dies.

vbl··on Amazon's profits
They reinvest heavily. It's sad that my interview didn't result in an offer. I really love Amazon.
vbl··on “Weird Paranoia” at Valve, Says Former Employee
I'd add that trust is a critical component of flat structures. If you lose it, or feel threatened and react accordingly, it shifts power around in a way that will ultimately unbalance the ship.
vbl··on Show HN: An Open Source Number Game
Really needs an indicator that tells you how many moves you have in a given turn, which goes down as you click.
vbl··on Who Cares If It's Been Tried Before?
cough Smartphone-based loyalty cards cough
vbl··on The Beginner’s Guide to Quantified Self
Sweet ad for askmeevery.com.
vbl··on Poor Man’s Agile: Scrum in 5 Simple Steps
Short of actually making (good, working) stuff, informed and merciless prioritization is the most important thing you can do in producing software.
vbl··on EA apologises over 'dumb' SimCity launch
Nothing they have done or said strikes me as an honest admission of guilt, sorrow or concern.
vbl··on The new SimCity
Or the insanely small limitations on city size.
vbl··on Marissa Mayer had nursery built near office before work-from-home ban
It's partially a stealth layoff.
vbl··on The Chromebook Pixel
For that money I want a real OS.
vbl··on HTML5 color palette tool
Neat. How do I add grays?
vbl··on Flat Pixels
Took the words out of my mouth. I can't believe we're still debating this as if it's one or the other.
vbl··on Gamers deemed too fast for real-life race
An important clarification but I still feel great pride at fellow gamers showing people what's what.
vbl··on I’m Sick of Tiny, Tiny Type
16px is the new minimum. You START there.

http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2011/10/07/16-pixels-body-co...

vbl··on Why Would You Ever Give Money Through Kickstarter?
Really interesting point of view - thanks.

Do you participate at other sites, like IndieGoGo? I ask because I have a project that I think would get traction but KS has strange rules around some types of projects and mine is excluded.

vbl··on A mild case of borderitis
I call this "container hell."
vbl··on Almost Flat Design
I don't think we should avoid having opinions on this; I just think it's overdiscussed.

In the spirit of you calling me out, I will say that most of what Apple does (particularly in iOS) is beautiful and usable.

vbl··on Almost Flat Design
I've been doing "almost flat" for years because it's the simplest expression of a design without gutting affordances.

Things that are interactive look interactive, and these attributes are only used for that practical purpose and never for pure decoration.

I really don't understand why this is even a debate. Do we need a daily post talking about how Apple's overwrought, realism aesthetic is tacky (it often is) and how flat design is too flat (which it is)?

This issue has officially reached dead horse status.

vbl··on No One Will Steal Your Big Idea
Nice try, person-trying-to-steal-my-idea.
vbl··on I want the world to scroll this way
So it's basically incremental paging with a lot more work.
vbl··on Minimal wireframing tool - for free
I hunger for a version of this that can use sketching mechanics on a tablet.
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