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Brett Slatkin ()'s status on Wednesday, 08-Aug-2012 19:42:00 EDT Brett Slatkin
Null Island dominates all
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Brett Slatkin ()'s status on Wednesday, 08-Aug-2012 15:30:00 EDT Brett Slatkin
We're really popular there
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Brett Slatkin ()'s status on Tuesday, 31-Jul-2012 18:21:00 EDT Brett Slatkin
The Mission Bikes tumblog is sweet. -
Brett Slatkin ()'s status on Tuesday, 31-Jul-2012 18:13:00 EDT Brett Slatkin
It's tricky.
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Brett Slatkin ()'s status on Tuesday, 31-Jul-2012 11:13:00 EDT Brett Slatkin
At Cafe in SF's South Park. Man at table next to me arguing strongly in favor of Reaganomics. So much for the liberal stronghold. -
Brett Slatkin ()'s status on Monday, 30-Jul-2012 16:07:00 EDT Brett Slatkin
From this Wired article: Apple is famous for eschewing market research and focus groups during the creation of new products. However, it turns out the company does research consumer sentiment on existing products in order to optimize future designs. Apple conducts detailed, quarterly iPhone buyer surveys, according to a joint motion regarding the sealing of trial exhibits. "The surveys reveal, c… -
Brett Slatkin ()'s status on Sunday, 29-Jul-2012 02:10:00 EDT Brett Slatkin
Today's Ultra/Magic and Technological Event Horizons During WWII there was information the allies had that they couldn't act upon. People died in air raids even when someone already knew it was coming. It was the legendary program of code breaking that let the allies read axis encrypted messages without their knowledge. Its level of secrecy was called Ultra in Europe and Magic in the Pacific. … -
Brett Slatkin ()'s status on Wednesday, 25-Jul-2012 02:49:00 EDT Brett Slatkin
Programming for Newbs: An Existential Crisis At a recently a family gathering a relative of mine mentioned how they were legitimately interested in learning how to program. I was extremely excited to indulge in this and teach what I usually explain in broken metaphors (e.g., "it's like very complicated dominos"). I wanted to provide the simplest introduction that would motivate someone to learn… -
Brett Slatkin ()'s status on Monday, 23-Jul-2012 22:41:00 EDT Brett Slatkin
Focusing on the Positives: Why I Have My Own Website This post title may seem obvious to readers here, but the data shows that the vast majority of US Internet users do not have their own website or understand why they would want one. Why is that? Fundamentally, I find that people aren't motivated by not having negative things (e.g., "don't lose your data"). People are motivated by directly pos…