Joel on Software has a brilliant article on why web standards are doomed.
To quote one of my favorite parts:
A few years pass; you’re still selling Qxyzrhjjjjukltks like crazy; but now there are lots of Qxyzrhjjjjukltk clones on the market, like the open source FireQx, and lots of headphones, and you all keep inventing new features [...]
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The consumer is not an idiot. She’s your wife. So stop laughing.
March 18th, 2008 · No Comments
Tags: Internet · Quotes · Technology
a comfortable population permits fascism to thrive?
March 7th, 2008 · No Comments
“Maybe netizens are too busy enjoying the new social and cultural freedoms offered by the internet to care about politics.”
-from The Economist, as quoted in this post to the Intelligent People mailing list
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universal deceit
March 1st, 2008 · No Comments
In times of universal deceit, telling the truth will be a revolutionary act.
George Orwell
thoughtcrime
February 27th, 2008 · No Comments
But if thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought.
George Orwell
