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Quote Usage Based Unquote
I brought some mathy snark last time for which I make no apologies, but this is the longer post promised on the subject of the Usage Based Billing controversy that has rightly been getting a lot of...
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Four Star Daydream
I was wondering the other day why investment banking, which is in theory a competitive service industry, appears to be so insanely profitable. A notion occurred to me, but not being an expert in the...
View ArticleAssorted Nerdery
First off, my colleague Donna wrote up a bit about the work we’ve been doing for the last few months. It’s been a pleasure to work with her, and I don’t really think of her as a crony but nobody tell...
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“Up To”
I’ve made a graph. This is Bell and Rogers current broadband offerings, their advertised “up to X” speed, and how long it would take to hit their stated monthly cap running at their advertised maximum...
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Taking Stock
@mhoye: Market indicators down on fears market indicators won’t rise… wait um what ca.reuters.com… These graphics are poached from a friend’s private journal, but I suspect they won’t mind; it’s...
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Windows Phone: Done (Update! Incorrect!)
“We are driving Windows down to the phone with Windows 8“, says Steve Ballmer, inadvertently strangling the entire WP7 ecosystem in its cradle as he telegraphs to Windows Phone 7 developers that...
View ArticleAnd By Raging I Mean Flailing, And By Light I Mean Relevance
A friend of mine points me to this incredible New York Times article in which publishers lay out the fact that they are fundamentally opposed to public libraries, detailing their struggles as they take...
View ArticleAmortifying
A friend I was having a conversation with the other day noted, quite correctly I think, that while Joel Spolsky has said many very silly things in his time, he’s also said about five very true things...
View ArticleHypothetical Laptop notes
Let’s say you wanted to design a laptop, preinstalled with Linux and for a linux-user audience. This is mostly my own notes about what I’d like, but I wouldn’t mind some feedback. Pixel Qi screen 14″...
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No Shirt, No Shoes, No Service
If you own a public establishment, consider putting one of these near the door. The keynote file it comes from is right here, under a CC-BY-SA 3.0 license, and you’re welcome to use it as often as you...
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I made a thing and somebody said “I want that on a shirt”. If that was you, here’s your chance. It’s a great game, incidentally.
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