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Comment on In Defense of Comic Sans by Simon V

Simon V — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 11:08:21 +0000

Respect for using Comic Sans on your frontpage

Comment on Wallpapers by Advent Wallpaper « daverupert.com

Advent Wallpaper « daverupert.com — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 15:02:16 +0000

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Comment on What I’d like to see from Lithium #li3 by Nate Abele

Nate Abele — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 05:02:51 +0000

Hi James,

Typically, one’s choice among several options is based on an evaluation of those options, weighted against one’s priorities. If a new tool comes along that makes your work better/faster/smarter/whatever-your-priorities-are to a degree that’s significant enough to make a switch, then whatever temporary setbacks come from the up-front learning curve are more than made up for. It’d be like…. nevermind, I’m not even gonna bother with the analogy; you get the point.

And that said, I may be a little biased, but I think Lithium is going to improve your development *significantly*, over anything else available on the market.

Comment on NPR, NYTimes and the Future of News by Trent Walton

Trent Walton — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 04:00:52 +0000

Both NPR and NYT have taken some pretty exciting steps forward. I think framing this as “the future of distribution” is a great way to look at it. We all want news, we just don’t need it on paper.

BTW, I love the bottle rocket made NPR iphone app: http://bit.ly/4fLQVr

Comment on Whale Attack! by Ryan Patterson

Ryan Patterson — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:00:26 +0000

I already has it. It’s awesome.

Comment on What I’d like to see from Lithium #li3 by davatron5000

davatron5000 — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:08:32 +0000

i hear what you’re saying. but i think you may be reading into the “Other Ideas” part too much. I was just throwing out these add-on ideas because:

a) the kids love them! and it would build popularity rather quickly and
b) good add-ons promote quick development and frees up developers to tie things together and create rich apps, rather than re-invent the wheel every time.

i still think a sanctioned File Upload and Image class would be a good idea. instead of being app agnostic, it’s anticipatory of what 9 out of 10 apps are created for.

Comment on What I’d like to see from Lithium #li3 by Nate (not that Nate)

Nate (not that Nate) — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 23:31:04 +0000

Heh, I’m really not trying to be mean or joking. Drupal is more oriented towards giving you pieces to put together rather than a framework for creating new things. If you find yourself needing those types of components more often, maybe something like Drupal is the right tool for the job. It’s worth asking.

Comment on What I’d like to see from Lithium #li3 by davatron5000

davatron5000 — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 19:50:20 +0000

ZING!

Comment on What I’d like to see from Lithium #li3 by Nate (not that Nate)

Nate (not that Nate) — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 19:10:57 +0000

Sounds like what you really want is Drupal.

Comment on What I’d like to see from Lithium #li3 by davatron5000

davatron5000 — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 14:37:10 +0000

I can concede with you that the cliche is unrealistic.
I kind of actually hate it myself
I do, however, think that if we strive to be “agile”, that should mean we all have a few more tools on our tool belt. But overcoming my laziness to learn new syntaxes is an uphill climb. I think if I watched less Law & Order, I’d have the time to do that. But what can you do…