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Andrew Stone Responds

Wednesday, May 31st, 2006

I had an off-line chat with Andrew Stone, to see what his reaction was to my recent entry about the design of Videator. He agreed to let me publish his response here as a counterpoint to my pretty strong criticism. He makes some good points and at the end of the day, he’s right: it’s […]

Insane in the UI Brain

Wednesday, May 24th, 2006

(Note: Now updated with specific UI criticisms of Andrew Stone’s Videator application. Scroll down to the middle if you’ve already read the first part) John C. Welch has posted a scathing critique of Andrew Stone’s new Videator core video application. In fact, he’s used his reaction to the application as an opportunity to confess that […]

The F-Word

Wednesday, May 10th, 2006

What is the difference between FREE, Free, and free? You’ll rarely see the lower-cased version in marketing, rarely see the all-caps one in prose, and the one in the middle is downright tricky. There is such a plethora of meanings and implications associated with this common word, that it may be due the same awe-inspired […]

MBP: I Need a Hero

Thursday, April 20th, 2006

This post is part of the MacBook Pro Complaints series. Instead of (or in addition to) linking directly to this post, consider linking to the series link, which includes a summary of all findings to date and direct links to the pertinent downloads that users may find useful. Thanks for reading! The good news is […]