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Re:HOWTO: Be More Productive by Aaron Swartz (2005) on Wednesday April 11, 2018 @07:49AM (#16810163)
The rest of the article was good, but this wasn’t the best example and caught me off guard:

> Another way to make things more fun is to solve the meta-problem. Instead of building a web application, try building a web application framework with this as the example app. Not only will the task be more enjoyable, but the result will probably be more useful.

Re:Terraforming 1Password on Saturday January 27, 2018 @09:24AM (#16246314)
Interesting blog post, but AgileBits should have communicated planned downtime to their customers via email, which they did not. I’ve been a 1Password user for years and recently switched to their hosted offering. I know a massive infrastructure migration is rare, but that’s all the more reason to be transparent ahead of time.
Re:MIT no longer owns 18.0.0.0/8 on Wednesday April 19, 2017 @06:46PM (#14152464)
University of Michigan has a few /16s that they still lease to all devices on their network - wireless and wired.

Why is everyone so upset about the new MacBook Pro?

It seems like the entire tech community is up in arms about the new MacBook Pro. Let's remember stripping connectivity is nothing new for Apple. I have not missed my DVD drive for a day. It's increasingly rare that I find myself plugging in a USB drive, external display, or SD card. The SD card slot and HDMI port also ~~are~~ were fairly recent additions to the line. The running commentary...

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Re:Email copy from great companies on Tuesday April 12, 2016 @12:28AM (#11477267)
MailChimp's voice & tone guide at voiceandtone.com does a nice job of explaining the 'why'.

Google Inbox for Education?

With Mailbox shutting down, when will Google Inbox arrive for education customers?Why has it taken a significantly longer time to roll out compared to Google Apps for Work?

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