December 2010
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“For Google, nearly all of whose profits depend on advertising revenue, dominance...”
– Kontra (via Daring Fireball)
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A Diamond In The Rough
I thought i’d finally post some before and after photos of the transformation of the (premonitorily named) Epicentre co-work space I started this year, also home to Polar Bear Farm. Currently mother nature seems intent on slowly destroying parts of the building with continuing aftershocks from the magnitude 7.1 earthquake which hit the city on September 4th.
The building is located on the...
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WatchApollo 8’s Live Broadcast having rounded the dark side of the moon, December 24th, 1968.
Merry Christmas to all!
WatchUnbelievable footage of big cats in the wild.
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“No one owns being good. I’m good. I just don’t believe I’ll be rewarded for it...”
– Ricky Gervais on religion.
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NZ Herald for iPad Best User Experience?
So the NZ Herald for iPad app was just nominated as an ONYAs finalist in the “Best User Experience” category. A curious choice indeed. I thought I’d recap my ‘experience’ of the app, as a user:
First Launch: “Fuck where’s the mute button, this is a news app, what’s this movie doing playing?! Home Button. Oh it was an ad, lame, can’t I just...
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Office Hours
Last week at NZiDev, I floated the idea of holding a weekly “Office Hours” where anyone could drop by and ask or get help with virtually anything, from iOS related help, to taking a stab at what the hell Steve Gillmor is on (about) this week.
I’m not entirely sure where the concept of Office Hours started. I may be wrong, but I believe it’s a Y Combinator / Hacker News...
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