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Posted by Fred in Fred on Technology on 10 28th, 2009 | No Comments

Why your site might need a redesign

Just when you thought it was over. Your site successfully renders for Chrome/Safari, Firefox, IE, the iPhone, Android, Palm Pre and more.. Well you’re not done yet. You see, Apple’s rumored to be coming out with this new slate thing, otherwise known as the Apple tablet, which could present...

Posted by Fred in On My Startup on 11 19th, 2009 | 1 Comment

A good cofounder is…

A good cofounder is: 1. A pillar. This person is nearly impossible to replace because you trust them and they add incredible value to the team. It’s even more so if you’ve built a friendship and/or working relationship with them over time. Imagine starting from square one and going to a cofounder’s...

Posted by Fred in Featured Articles, Fred on Technology on 11 2nd, 2009 | 2 Comments

Why Kindle will not suffer death by Apple’s tablet

0. The media loves a showdown “….with Apple working on a larger tablet form factor, running on the iPhone OS, we believe Jeff Bezos and team will face significant competition” With articles like this one popping up everywhere it’s no wonder everyone is pronouncing the Kindle...

Posted by Fred in Fred on Technology on 11 3rd, 2009 | No Comments

It’s the message, stupid

The curse and how it affects your message I’m not talking about the curse of the Billy Goat for all you Cubs fans.. It’s actually called the curse of too much knowledge. Sure, you know what your app is capable of. You know what it can do and what it can’t do. You know it inside out...

Posted by Fred in Fred on Technology on 11 9th, 2009 | No Comments

Delicious not powerful enough for my needs

With all due respect to Joshua Schachter and his brilliant contribution to the net I have just one major gripe with the most popular social bookmarking site around: Why can’t I bookmark multiple tabs at a time? It seems there’s been so much focus on sharing and building up the community...

Posted by Fred in Fred on Technology on 11 19th, 2009 | 2 Comments

HN to Chrome OS: “you can’t run Skype”!

If you haven’t already please check out this HN post and the corresponding coverage by Techcrunch of Google’s new Chrome OS here. In what could be hailed as one of the most significant developments in the tech industry for some time, an open source Google OS, the top comment on the HN post...

Posted by Fred in Fred on Technology on 03 8th, 2010 | 2 Comments

On Dropbox, the USB stick metaphor, & security

Just a quick UX gripe about Dropbox here: When using Dropbox for your own computers the metaphor holds. It does in fact behave like a USB replacement in this scenario. It’s when you use Dropbox on computers that you don’t own that the metaphor starts to fall apart and gives users a false...

Posted by Fred in Fred on Technology on 01 28th, 2010 | No Comments

One line musings on Newton II

1. I want Textmate on it. If I can code on it that would make it infinitely more valuable. 2. Why the hell does the accessory base only allow for vertical viewing? It looks like you’ll be able to hook this up to an external monitor so that might help. 3. Where the hell is Graffiti, the finger...

Posted by Fred in Featured Articles, On My Startup on 08 23rd, 2009 | 76 Comments

The number one reason my startup failed

Disclaimer: As you can tell I really like tea but my real passion is software technology so don’t be alarmed. I think the two go well together IMHO. Section 0: Startup Failure Anonymous? Hi my name is Fred and I failed at a software startup. Is there a Startup Failure Anonymous group I should post...

Posted by Fred in Fred on Technology on 10 13th, 2009 | 2 Comments

Google Wave’s Creepy Feature?

I haven’t been as lucky as some getting a Google Wave invite.. I am curious and want to know whether or not the “see as the other person types” feature is actually useful or just creepy… In my online chats I spend plenty of time going back over an IM before I actually send it.....