To developers at the Borg big apps like Word are seen as big ocean-going freighters that get launched every few years and are able to carry loads of new features. If you’re inside Microsoft on a product team, the goal is to get as many of your little things onto the next big freighter before it sails.

Posted at 12:26pm

To developers at the Borg big apps like Word are seen as big ocean-going freighters that get launched every few years and are able to carry loads of new features. If you’re inside Microsoft on a product team, the goal is to get as many of your little things onto the next big freighter before it sails.

—Fake Steve Jobs, confirming that he does, in fact, still got it.

AugAugust 7

SproutCore is an application framework written in Javascript

Posted at 7:51pm

SproutCore is an application framework written in Javascript

An MVC framework written by Charles Jolley, who started work on the project before being hired by Apple. Nifty.

Turns out that Baby Einstein actually makes your kid dumber

Posted at 3:28pm

Turns out that Baby Einstein actually makes your kid dumber

I’ve always assumed that, at best, these things were just a waste of money. Now it turns out that American hero Julie Aigner-Clark got rich making your kids dumb.

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The Seattle Times has a great article about how other cities deal with noisy neighborhoods

Posted at 10:08am

The Seattle Times has a great article about how other cities deal with noisy neighborhoods

Pay attention to the chart at the bottom - shockingly, Seattle doesn’t even bother with measuring the noise level, yet they simply side with developers and yuppie condo owners who don’t like the fact that they overpaid for a place right downtown.

AugAugust 6

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Amazingly, this is not satire but an actual 60-second spot meant to better inform an ignorant public about the many benefits of carbon dioxide. Brought to you by your friends at cei.org