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Why would it be any different on Google's scale? I mean, presumably the solution is the same install-ssl-plugin-and-point-it-to-a-cert fare that you would go through for any web server. Am I missing something here?
Good question, but this still seems fishy to me. Why would they do something that would so obviously backfire? And unless I misread something, the ad doesn't even work without Flash. If they're trying to target iPad / iPhone users deprived of Flash, why would you make an ad that doesn't work without Flash installed? This seems very amateur-ish.
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Ah, I hadn't thought of it like that. Still somewhat ridiculous, and a bit slimy but I suppose rational.
I dont think .org will be so bad here. I think seeing the words appointment+reminder will be enough for them. Plus they are going to see the description which will likely have good copy.
I think you're missing how expensive it is to make SSL work on a large scale. That being the reason it isn't the default everywhere.
Very interesting that you coin the free products as 'arguably better' than the paid.

You'd think it would be the other way around, with the paid being arguably better.

So, how do you make it obvious why one product is superior to another and worth the cost?
Yep, me too... almost as if it's hard to get out of the programming "zone". But, having worked a few years now developing full time don't let it affect your career decision. I can't imagine it being much different than working a stressful job in any other industry.

... and alcohol helps.
I quite like "sufficiently unimaginative" as well.
Just out of curiosity, can you explain what you mean by that?

It means that, if you don't see a check in that column, you're on notice that HIPAA compliance is not guaranteed. (Looking at my competitors shows that some invest a lot of effort into HIPAA compliance and some insist that it is out of scope for simple appointment reminders. My approach is a little different: I'll deal with the lawyers and regulatory angle, but not right now.)

If in spite of the plain language of the table and eventual language in the TOS folks insist on putting sensitive information on a service which is not rated for sensitive information, I'll say the same thing Gmail or Facebook would: I had no idea they were doing that, did not encourage it, and if you want to sue someone please sue them.
As a developer who is taking on Android as his first mobile target, I have found that joining mailing lists for apps that are being group-developed helps a ton. Gina T (from lifehacker/smarterware) is starting a new app for her todo.txt idea that is totally OSS, so you can follow along, fork it and get into the code yourself, or use the community to find people to ask questions to.
Quite true. One standard solution is TMR:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triple_modular_redundancy

I doubt that Voyager used TMR, they probably used the best rad-hardened hardware they could build at the time (within power and weight constraints).
It's not unheard of in the US, either. Though I doubt most people who say it really know what it means.
> They seem to be behaving like a good citizen here.

They didn't look into the issue until forced by a (German) government investigation and then denied wrongdoing by claiming it was an "accident". How would a bad citizen have behaved?
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dschobel,

You are right that it's possible to drag and drop media into a web browser and mark things up, but a web based implementation would miss out a ton of key benefits a native app can provide, in terms of uninterrupted flow and time savings.

Here's a workflow using Storyteller:

1. Take multiple, consecutive screenshots (faster, with a shortcut key)
2. Immediately view your screenshots for annotation/re-arrangement/description
3. Click 'Create Story'
4. Get URL of new story (copied to your clipboard automatically), ready to paste anywhere

With it, you'll be able to skip mundane steps like:

- Locating where/which screenshot files to work with
- Juggling between local files to open for annotation (unnecessary decisions get painful after lots of repetition)
- Opening a browser window (Storyteller pops up when you need it)
- Locating the files to upload
- Waiting for the story to finish creating and copying the URL manually
- Closing the browser window/tab

I personally like the speed and general smoothness of a native app too.

I have been uploading step-by-step screenshots quite a bit to reply my customers for a previous product of mine called Freshlog, a tool that helps create screenshot-attached documents in project management services like Basecamp and issue trackers like Unfuddle, Github etc (http://freshlog.com).

My customers have found my step-by-step screenshot walkthroughs very helpful and it has always been a pleasure to go the extra mile to make these for them.

However, after doing this many, many times a day, it can get very time consuming and tiring, so I made Storyteller. :)
> I don't see why explaining more is necessary.

perhaps you and I should get clear on the word necessary. Here's a thought experiment: Imagine we poll some statistically significant number of users and ask them questions about their own settings like "Can your mother see this? Do you think you could be denied a job if you were to post this?" and so forth.

One possibility is that the vast majority of the people would get the answers right. They understand the implications and are happy with their choices. The other possibility is that some large number of respondents don't get the answers right, indicating that they don't understand the implications.

The standard I feel is appropriate for all companies trafficking in information with such serious potential outcomes is that their customers understand the implications of their choices.

How much explaining is necessary? I say enough to achieve understanding. It's flat-out unethical to conduct a business where a substantial proportion of your 'customers' do not understand the implications of doing business with you.

Of course, the plural of anecdote is not "data." Maybe the OP has it wrong and most Facebook users understand what choices they are making and simply don't value their privacy as much as outraged nerds on a forum.

I'm not saying it's wrong for Facebook to share people's data with "everyone," only pointing out that IMO it would be unethical to do so if a significant proportion of their users did not give their informed consent.
They needed proof that an unreleased Apple device belonged to Apple? Who else could it possibly have belonged to?
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I think it's worth reading further. He points out managers' preoccupation with morality, then says: "Measures own contribution to society by the extent to which he adds to rules and sees that people live by following rules. Tends to equate rules with morality or the good of society."

This is the morality of someone who wants to create the rules which others live by. When I think back to how managers react when someone ignores their rules, a lot of it could have been moral indignation. As if you rejected society's rules. (Which is kind of true, as they're among society's rulemakers.)

On the other hand, the hacker "Does not equate rules with morality or the good of society." A different moral view.
They've got to be simplifying this a lot for the sake of making a press report understandable. They don't even know there's only one bit flipped. If there is one, they will have to do some analysis to figure out that it would really cause the problem.
"Blackmail is such an ugly word. I prefer "extortion". The "X" makes it sound cool."
They aren't targeting iPhone/iPad users by default, they are only going after "Mac" and "Opera" User-Agents, that also have Flash 8 or higher.

They're calling out Apple through it's other core base, that can use Flash. The Flash also isn't in the add on Linux or Windows, unless of course you are using Opera. If you are using one of these systems or those without, or disabled, Flash, you only see a hyperlinked .gif.
> why would someone advertise for Adobe?

There may be a lot of reasons like business disruption, and fun. Or may be just Adobe going nuts!
Generally it goes hand-in-hand with being dumb enough to commit a crime in the first place.
Who only has 10 appointments per month.

A teacher who does tutoring twice a week for extra cash. Typical rates at suburban schools last time I was in them were about $40 an hour. You can do the math from here.

Alternatively, a young professional who wants to put in reminders for himself.

the second user should be a discount

Why do you believe this? I get the sense that you're thinking there is some moral significance to a pricing table. I do not believe there is moral significance to a pricing table -- this is simply a pricing discrimination question, and if you have two people who need access to the same account you have just graduated to Definitely A Business and by implication have things like revenue, payroll, accountants, and money to spend on solving business problems which I am happy to take.

unlimited appointments that are very low cost to your company

I charge based on value, not based on cost. My customers perceive value from making appointments and having them kept. This is similar to bingo cards: the marginal cost of a bingo card is zero, but the difference in 15 cards versus 30 cards segments the market, ergo I charge to go from 15 to 30.
1. A refresh button that does a POP fetch from other accounts. Currently I have to go to Settings > Accounts and then click fetch, and if I don't do this on an active email thread things get messy with replies to outdated messages.

2. A small one-click popup note feature. When I need to jot down something quick I write it as a new message and save it as a draft to come back to later. Or if I need to upload a document to access from a different computer I'll do that in an email draft as well. It would be nice to keep that kind of thing separate from actual email but close enough to be just as convenient.
It's hard for me to get too upset about this. The tone is off-putting. But, uh, they're right. They do know where you are. They do know how much you owe. They will ding you for not paying. You are better off paying now.

I think they thought this was funny. I get why it isn't. But if I lived in PA, I'd probably overlook that in exchange for amnesty on penalties and half off my interest, which is what the ad is offering.
I think pinboard is a great example of competing with a free product (delicious). Pinboard has focused exclusively on a core set of features, with a particular focus on being the minimal bookmarking web app. This page they created does a good job of comparing them to their competition http://pinboard.in/switch/ .

I mention all of this to say that I would focus on what exactly makes your app better. The goal may not be to win against the free app, but to make the best app you can while focusing on the paying users.
I find it hard to switch off the programming side when I get home after work.

I was a lot more sociable when I still smoked, stopping smoking has been like turning up the volume to what it was in my early 20s, programming wise.

A good whisky is the best medicine for turning off the left side though.
Does the cost of SSL grow super linearly when you scale up?
If Obama weren't born in Kenya, he would be denying it very strongly, almost as if his future depended on it.

No, wait, things do not work that way.
Weak and false dichotomy.
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In California, if your bank is also located in California, the state will just take the unpaid tax money out of your bank account.
> We currently live in a private-by-default society, and changing that would be a good thing.

To what? A public-by-default?

Do you tell your parents about your sex life?

Or share your health updates with your co-workers?

Or something more innocuous - do you tell your friends how much money you make?

Even if you answered yes to these questions, recognize that the decision to share that information belongs to the individual, not anybody else.
It's illegal to be looking for a "young" hacker, so I'm going to go ahead and assume that by that you simply mean "naïve".
Yes. I've run into Zuckerbergs over and over again in my career and they all have five properties, two good three bad.

1 - They are as smart as whips. There is nothing in geekdome they can't do or learn to do.

2 - They work like DEMONS. You can't flog people to make them work that hard.

3 - They are absolutely amoral. It never even occurs to them for an instant not to fuck somebody when given the opportunity. When you suggest that it's 'wrong' they look at you like you admitted to shagging sheep.

4 - They judge people entirely by their wealth and power. They'd spit on a beggar.

5 - They bust their ass to be arrogant and obnoxious. It's like they get points for it. They jeer a LOT.

Zuckerberg is just another example of this. There are LOTS of them. Most of these guys triumph. They advance in the company, they get the big bucks and they shit all over everyone. I find it anomalous that Zuckerberg is actually getting flack.
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If you click on the second "Corporation" link, you'll find that there's a whole post explaining why you shouldn't go with an LLC.

In any case, if you're going to incorporate "cheap and quick" as an LLC, you can do the same as an C-corporation. There are online services that will do it for you.
Also there was a comment, from an Adobe employee, than confirmed this was one of their projects, http://staynalive.com/articles/2010/05/14/adobe-and-google-s...
I'm really interested in hearing what the content marketing angle is for appointments though.

If I figure one out, I'll tell you. This is one of the things I'm less than sanguine about.
YOU MAY DOWN VOTE ME but:

First thing first: Gizmodo should have taken high road, and that email was certainly a mistake ...

But it is also important to note that Steve Jobs called Gizmodo after the whole story was published (I guess so) this puts Gizmodo in very risky position if they don't give an CONVINCING explanation to their readers regarding whereabouts of iphone ... nobody will believe if they said that Steve Jobs called them and they returned the phone ...

If I were Gizmodo, I wud have called Jobs before publishing anything and got myself in his good books and I guess Jobs would have certainly returned my favor in one or other way ... alternatively If he (Jobs) called me after details were published, even then I wud have returned the phone by being as humble as possible at the same time making sure that I dont loose face in front of my readers (again I guess Steve Jobs wouldn't have ignored my favor)...
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Not available on Windows yet, would be fun to have (to show others) but I suppose if I'm going to use it for anything serious then it'll be on Linux.
Perhaps. But just as Google offers gmail for free I think it would have been possible to design a business model that allowed the phone to be sold at a discount without a contract.

I think Google's pricing was targeted at investors (as in look, we can get top dollar for a phone just like Apple) rather than at consumers who would happily give Google lots of behavioral data for ads in exchange for a discounted phone.
Imagine for a moment that a private enterprise did something similar. Let's say that AT&T decided it would be funny to run an ad similar to this targeting their delinquent customers. Imagine the (totally appropriate) outrage that would ensue.

It's great that the state is offering penalty amnesty, but this was just a terrible way to do it. Were I a PA resident, I'd be incensed.
This privacy buzz is getting ridiculous.

Anything you listen to on Pandora is not confidential and is available to anyone who has or guesses your e-mail address.

So. what. It's music, just short of death metal advocating the overthrowing of a government, I don't think people really mind others knowing what they listen to. This is invariably the opposite of people being able to see a status update where you may or may not express certain negative viewpoints about an employer.

Furthermore: slow news day, Wired?
It's all about delivery. There's probably a better way to go about this and get the desired effect across.
What's the difference between me re-upping my contract for 2 years and someone else starting a new 2 year contract?

Google seems to think the former case deserves to pay $100 more for the phone.
It is pretty normal to request verification of ownership from somebody who claims to be the rightful owner of something lost. For example, let's say you found an iPhone (or bag of cash) on the street and posted a "Found iPhone" (or "Found Bag of Cash") ad on Craigslist. I bet somebody--probably multiple people--would reply that it is theirs pretty quickly. Are you going to ask them to verify in some way that it is theirs? If so, would your request for verification constitute a refusal to return it to the rightful owner? I don't think so. In particular, if you "returned" it to someone who wasn't the rightful owner, the rightful owner could sue you and/or worse, so it's in your best interest to verify that you are returning it to the correct people.

I think one aspect of this case is particularly interesting: I have the impression that the phone was much more likely to be returned by Gizmodo than by the "finder." And, I think Gizmodo paid for access to the phone, knowing that they would have to return it to Apple if it was Apple's. The thing I'm really curious about is whether the court thinks they really "bought" the phone, or whether they paid for temporary access to the phone and agreed to return it to Apple if it was theirs, or whether there's no difference legally. In other words, it seems likely that Gizmodo's payment for the phone enabled and/or accelerated its return to Apple. (Compare it to the case of the other lost iPhone prototype in Vietnam this week, which Apple will almost definitely never get back.)
Actually he confirmed that the Choice campaign was one of their projects and goes on to say that he doubted that Adobe would have wasted bandwidth on developing something so nefarious. At least that's my read of it.

"For what it's worth, this project was done with a rather rapid turnaround, and I'd be surprised if there was bandwidth to innovate new ways of disrupting popup disruptors within it...."
The NYT online does make all its money on advertising. The current reality is that we are the product.

> Most of the investigative journalism that has a national impact seems to originate from the New York Times and the Washington Post. If that isn't valuable to you, you're not paying attention.

This is an argument from authority, or something. "Big, respectable, nationally impactful investigative journalism." (like cheerleading the Iraq War?) Nowadays, we can get the facts from a hundred other sources, and the situation on the ground is more likely to show up on Twitter first, raw and undiluted.
I imagine they would offer it as an option in your Google account settings, similar to GMail before it was made default. That will certainly make censorship MUCH more difficult, and if they include Google cache in this (which was used for a time to get around the Great FireWall of China) we would have something of a winning combination.

On the other hand, the Chinese government might just ban Google search outright for such a move, although they haven't done this for GMail yet.
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The more I hear about this story the more I believe the phone was stolen and never lost.

What a coincidence that a bunch of characters like this would 'find' a phone.
I have truly enjoyed watching Facebook and Zuck get called out by mainstream media and members of congress. It's not just the geeks who care anymore. T -5 days until my account is deleted.

http://www.google.com/trends?q=delete+facebook+account
I agree wholeheartedly.
I'm trying things solo this time and don't plan on incorporating at all until I have traction. Just seems like too much hassle and unnecessary expense that gets me no closer to product/market fit.
scrypt is a key derivation function. As a demonstration of how to use it, I wrote a simple file encryption utility.
I think sometime poor design or horrible code is quite subjective. For example, when I write complex query for performance critical system, and no other colleagues understand, is that my fault?
Yeah, it's time to start using duckduckgo.com exclusively = )
At the same time though, this isn't an unfixable problem (I think I remember Mark Zuckerberg saying in a talk once that Facebook started out as a Florida (or something) LLC, and that was one of the first things the lawyers fixed for them when they raised money).
I would bump up the appointments on the $79 plan or add another plan well below the Enterprise plan with many more appointments.

If I were a potential customer that were near that many (and that's only not even 40/day even with weekends factored in), I'd look at that and say "if we expand a little and cross 300/month, we're going to be forced into a plan that costs 7x as much and doesn't exist right now. That's really bad."

That or do some kind of "overage" deal where they can pay n cents per extra.

I'm also not sure how I feel about you not having the .com
It's a gray area, but you usually have to show a pretty big difference that couldn't have been to due to anything but de facto discrimination of a kind that would've been illegal if it were official policy.

The main reason the idea was introduced was because, during the civil-rights era, a bunch of companies and even state/local governments abolished their official "no blacks" policies, but nonetheless unofficially still didn't hire blacks (or, if they had low-level black workers, had a de facto no-blacks-in-management policy). So the 1964 Civil Rights Act is intended to ban that sort of unwritten-rules discrimination. The background of Jim Crow laws was a motivator as well, since many didn't officially impose any restrictions on the basis of race, but used proxies that happened to correlate well with race; and the Civil Rights Act was intended to do away with all those roundabout methods, too.
You think "going volcanic" is a un-common occurrence for Jobs? For some reason I would think it happens to him daily, and unfortunately it essentially means Job's is a giant asshole. A very, very, very successful rich and powerful asshole, but an asshole nonetheless.

Love the fact that Brian had the stones to not take Steve's call that day.
We already done that, optimize out certain things into primitives, which are implemented in C++.

We support as subset of the MRI extension API, mainly we don't support anything using RBASIC(), RHASH(), or RREGXP() because those expose raw C data structures and we don't use the same data structures as MRI.