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Why we removed on-site comments.

by F. E. Torkel on January 16, 2012

We’ve thrown this around in our head for some time now, and we finally decided to pull the trigger and disable site comments. There was no particular event that forced us to do this, and we weren’t encumbered by moderation problems like much larger sites are. So why bother nixing comments? Over the past several [...]

Not “getting” the iPad.

by F. E. Torkel on December 3, 2010

A lot of people still don’t understand how the iPad could replace a notebook. Mainly, this seems to be an issue of adopting new habits. Over at TUAW, Steven Sande doesn’t get it. I have to vehemently disagree with the entire idea that an iPad can be a true laptop replacement in times of need. [...]

Our iPad use experiment.

by F. E. Torkel on November 18, 2010

Lately, all the Apple talk has been around the MacBook Air’s ability to serve as one’s primary computer, but we say that’s not going far enough. When the iPad was released, we embarked on a revolutionary experiment: replace our 17″ MacBook Pro with a 3G iPad, and see if the much smaller, sleeker device had [...]

The Tweetie 2 fiasco: blame it on Apple?

by F. E. Torkel on September 29, 2009

The iPhone dramarama wheel landed on Tweetie 2 recently, to the tone of much annoyance regarding the fact that the Tweetie 2 upgrade won’t be free to existing iPhone Tweetie users. That is to say, Tweetie 2 is a totally different program than Tweetie, and as such, will require another $3 purchase for those who [...]

Comment moderation is a sin.

by F. E. Torkel on April 14, 2009

For most web-surfers, one’s inbox is the focal point for spam, but let’s be honest: the internet itself is one giant hodge-podge of spam. The very ease of setting up accounts at most every portal and site out there makes for both convenience and interconnectivity, though it just as easily creates a spawning pool for [...]

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