Posts filed under “Liu’s Reviews”
An idea is not an egg
An Idea is Not an Egg: You Don’t Just Sit On it Until it Hatches A smart idea sounds great when it’s in your head. Even before it’s made, we can imagine how great it will be–there would be no iPod, no PC, and no Super Mario Bros. without imagination. But just because you can [...]
Hackers and Painters (What I’m Reading, Episode 15)
This seems to be the default plan in big companies. They do it because it decreases the standard deviation of the outcome. Only a small percentage of hackers can actually design software, and it’s hard for the people running a company to pick these out. So instead of entrusting the future of the software to [...]
What I’m Reading 14 (and Liu’s Reviews)
The Lonely American Just Got a Bit Lonlier AOL Said, ‘If You Leave Me I’ll Do Something Crazy’ [NYTimes article (needs subscription)] Mother duck makes annual traffic-stopping trip Google’s Secret Weapon Foreign Accent Syndrome Word. Columbine YouOS (still in beta) Reviews Sanitarium (4/5) Google Earth (4/5): Good at what it does, needs to do more [...]
Cool Stuff: What I’m reading 13 (Liu’s Reviews)
Liu has decided that no one needs to read a long review unless they have to, so he decided to create the quickie version. Reviews of stuff Superman Returns (3.5/5): Not bad, good, or memorable Click (3/5): Story unoriginal Code Monkey (5/5) Picasa (with Web Albums) (3.5/5) Mr. Bucket (5/5) Draw a Pig! (4.5/5) Opera [...]