Archive for March, 2008
The Fed – not that bad. The gold standard – not good.
I feel obligated to write this because I’ve seen so much talk on the Internet about abolishing the Fed and reinstating the gold standard. I find that in general, whenever a group on the Internet are alarmed, the panic is overblown or misdirected. I have some OCD hangups about this. Here goes. First of all, [...]
Where Do Choices Come From?
[14:38] Me: http://headrush.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2007/04/06/featuritis.jpg [14:38] Gas: lmao [14:38] Gas: funny thing about the downslope [14:39] Gas: the problem is that[sic] the features aren’t discoverable [14:39] Gas: in my mind though, that’s a solvable problem [14:39] Gas: the real problem [14:39] Gas: is that the more features you have, the more spread your engineering effort is [14:39] [...]
One Paragraph Blog: People Like DRM
…as long as it’s cheap. Ever since the RIAA crackdown on illegal downloading, there’s been quite a drop in CD sales. And iTunes sales have gone up substantially. But the reason isn’t that users feel that DRM is bad, just that illegal downloading and iTunes are both cheaper. The Kindle not selling enough? Maybe because [...]
Security in UI
One of the most common ways to secure a computer is by using a username/password combination. (In fact, we don’t have to look far to find an example). However, this system is clunky, primarily because it requires you to remember or write down the user name and password for every site (or alternatively use the [...]