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You don't have to design to care about fonts. I'm not a painter nor artist but I read about new paintings and artists. I don't play Starcraft 2 much but I still watch a bunch of Youtube replays.
"The players are just playing to win within the rules given to them and shouldn't be blamed."
Indeed. It seems kind of stupid to penalize them now instead of refining the rules afterwards as they didn't particularly break a hard rule.
I've said this before, but whenever I see these conversations on my Twitter and HN streams, huge segments of people are left out of the conversation.
In the U.S. at least, tech dialogue is about 'men' and 'women', despite the fact that a significant number of certain men are rarely represented in the tech industry. Asian/Asian America men might overrepresent their demographic in the tech industry relative to their % in the country, but they are rarely on leadership boards (especially compared to women). But more importantly, having worked in Silicon Valley and New York, I rarely saw African-American and Hispanic devs/engineers.
I just take exception to the idea that as a tech collective, we are supposed to 'fight' for one segment yet ignore other under-represented demographics.
Could you elaborate on this point?
I hate to say it, but I agree.
The commercials aren't the only red flag for me.
The recent releases (MacBook Pro Retina, Mountain Lion, rumored iPhone 5, iOS6) haven't thrilled me at all and I have been looking forward to the MBPR and iPhone5 for a long time.
Indeed. It's funny because I would argue that Asian men represent a notable minority in U.S. tech companies but have very little representation in executive positions at tech companies.
Really? I know a lot of people around the world who use Twitter, ranging from notable authors to famous physicists to fashion designers to hockey sportswriters. G+ MIGHT get there but for now, I know far more variety of disciplines who actively use Twitter over G+ and Facebook.
I feel like a fool for not knowing this earlier. Works with Alfred too.
I actually use it a few times a day to do simple things like calculations, conversion, weather forecast... then again I'm on a laptop with F4 as the Apple-set shortcut.
It's hard to say from an outsider's perspective whether or not they are 'swimming in cash.'
I suppose we do have some estimates for their revenue, but not how much profit they actually make.
http://www.businessinsider.com/2011-digital-100#10-craigslis...
http://articles.businessinsider.com/2011-10-07/tech/30253426...
Speaking of the UK, Foxtons also does a great job providing two interfaces for searching properties (list vs. map view) as well as organizing photos by room with specified dimensions. I wish their design was pretty much applied to Craiglist for property finding in the U.S.
Thanks for the piece. Reading the comments made me cringe.
Indeed. I've brought up this point numerous times yet no one (besides you) responds. It just seems easy to swath all men as having advantages over women when in fact, divided into subcultures one could argue certain demographics of men do suffer from numerous disadvantages over certain demographics of men and women.
"and whose priorities will shift wildly after she gives birth in October."
Are you insinuating that she'll focus more on her family than her job?
There are so many other demographics in tech that are also under-represented. African American men. Latinos. Heck, even though Asians are highly represented in engineering/comp-sci at top tech schools in the U.S. very few are in leadership positions in major North American tech companies.
Every week on Twitter or HN I see great stories about people trying to advance women's presence in tech. I don't disagree with that movement at all. But I hear very few talking about the other subgroups in the male gender that may have obstacles from going into tech.
What's interesting to me is that there are clearly a lot of Asians who study engineering/comp-sci at excellent North American schools (let alone schools around the world), yet very few represent CTOs/CEOs/execs of tech startups/companies on this continent. Tony Hsieh and Jerry Yang are literally the only guys I can think of in the U.S., while Google does have a number of Indians on their leadership committee.
It's kind of ridiculous that some mod or admin must've hidden this post because it's now missing from the front page.
"But yes, Kickstarter is selling dreams. It's helping start-ups take off simply by believing in their vision."
Funny. I applied to KS two years ago and they rejected me because "they don't fund start-ups."
Well for one the table top is aluminum and can support up to 2000 lbs. And it's a lot sleeker looking.
I've met friends travelling but the problem is I ended up making friends in cities outside of the one I moved to.
If had a bit more expendable income:
Indeed. Years ago, they took a bold choice to use one input box for both searching and url's and now it's one major reason why I use Chrome over Firefox and Safari.
Indeed. Not to mention a lot of agreements specifically state that the renter is not to sublet their apartment. If the person doesn't like it, just find a landlord willing to allow it.
Disagree.
The HN discussion on the Nexus had many users coming out of the woodwork discussing how they wanted to buy one, touting the virtues of the size. In SV, I also know of other techies who regularly use a laptop but rarely use their iPad (or choose not to buy one). The iPad is slightly too big to carry comfortably in bed or on a couch to read while the iPhone is too small. And since I already have a 13' Macbook (soon to be Air), there isn't much that a 10' iPad has over it with regards to portability and function.
I wouldn't want a bigger iPhone (even though I know it's going to happen) because it already seems bigger than I'd like for a pocket phone.
"There is simply no reason to go back - critical mass of talented, dedicated people. Interesting work. Ludicrous sums of money."
For a while, I had trouble working because of health issues so I decided to work part-time while getting medicated and going through physio.
Much harder to do that in the U.S. without a sort of group insurance. The cost of subscribing to an individual plan with my condition would probably be through the roof.
However, because of socialized medicine in Canada, I had far less financial pressure on myself as my medicine and visits were obviously covered.
Indeed. Big companies like Microsoft and Google tend to snatch a good portion of highly skilled engineers, while most designers (product and visual) tend to head towards New York City or San Francisco for better growth and money.
G4 cube was pretty influential design-wise for future iterations, specifically Apple TV and the Mac Mini.
"Why oh why do you browse with your browser maximized?"
Because white space is great.
"I don't see inclusion of 4G on any tablet devices as a plus."
For you.
For people like me, it IS a plus. That's why Apple makes two versions of the iPad. Not to mention tethering drains the battery.