Topics Stuart joined

• • ISPs responsible for tracking illegal P2P downloads. Insanity?

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• • Does the iPhone mark the first mobile platorm really worth developing for?

  With the right business model it has been financially worth developing for the mobile web before. However, the iPhone is the first mobile…  more

  With the right business model it has been financially worth developing for the mobile web before. However, the iPhone is the first mobile platform it's a pleasure to dev for.

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• • beatboxing

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• • How to create a topic on yabb that lots of people then join?

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• • Which will be the best tech conferences and events to go to in 2008?

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• • id cards. which side of the fence are you on?

  Centralisation is always a net loss in terms of security (http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/12/04/bruce-schneier-blazes-through-your-questions/), nevermind the expense and potential for abuse. The recent leaks are…  more

  Centralisation is always a net loss in terms of security (http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/12/04/bruce-schneier-blazes-through-your-questions/), nevermind the expense and potential for abuse.

  The recent leaks are a good thing. Now the general public has a better grasp of the dangers and a better understanding of the incompetence of organisations that operate outside of a system of real feedback.

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• • Was facebook a better user experience before it introduced "applications "?

  Yes, but I am glad they are trying.

  Yes, but I am glad they are trying.

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• • Should user generated content sites have mechanisms in place to filter "bad" content?

  1. Very low traffic - Don't bother 2. Low traffic - 'Flag as inappropriate' but it will have to be your Admin flagging…  more

  1. Very low traffic - Don't bother

  2. Low traffic - 'Flag as inappropriate' but it will have to be your Admin flagging mostly

  3. Medium traffic - 'Flag as inappropriate' will clean up latest streams to an acceptable level. Community participation in this process is a plus, as it builds a sense of participation and ownership.

  4. High traffic - 'Flag as inappropriate' and a concept of reputation (user has upload inappropriate content before)

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• • why it took an outsider like Apple to make a decent phone interface

  because http://www.businessweek.com/innovate/NussbaumOnDesign/archives/2007/06/ceos_must_be_de.html

  because http://www.businessweek.com/innovate/NussbaumOnDesign/archives/2007/06/ceos_must_be_de.html

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• • Who is behind the Storm worm?

  The potential for disruption is massive but because it doesn't work as conventional news story (small updates daily - a la Maddie) it…  more

  The potential for disruption is massive but because it doesn't work as conventional news story (small updates daily - a la Maddie) it is largely ignored.

  So who is running the Storm network and why? The Chinese for cyberwarfare, russians planning to sell access to the network? Inquiring minds demand to know!

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• • How far will the dollar drop?

  I'm certainly not an economist, but I try to maintain a reasonable understanding of macro. If I had to bet (I don't -…  more

  I'm certainly not an economist, but I try to maintain a reasonable understanding of macro. If I had to bet (I don't - none of my assets are dollar denominated) it would be on the dollar falling up to 30% further against a G8 basket over the next 5 years.

  This is the start of the US current account deficit self-correcting. The correction was delayed by collective eagerness to continue to have one dominant currency worldwide, but the end of that dominance is now too apparent to ignore.

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• • Hillary or Obama?

  Obama unquestionably. Would you want your country to be run by only 2 families for 24 years?

  Obama unquestionably. Would you want your country to be run by only 2 families for 24 years?

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• • new features for Yabb..

  I've done a fair amount of the design work on yabb so I'm very curious about what people think is missing. A large…  more

  I've done a fair amount of the design work on yabb so I'm very curious about what people think is missing.

  A large amount of skepticism is always healthy when considering any feature requests, otherwise you end up with a confusing, bloated mess of incoherent functionality.

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• • Boris or Ken?

  Boris is tempting just for the entertainment factor. However, the lesson of Bush 43 is that competence is more critical than many imagine.

  Boris is tempting just for the entertainment factor. However, the lesson of Bush 43 is that competence is more critical than many imagine.

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• • design patterns for social software

  very early days for this whole field, but it is consistently fascinating

  very early days for this whole field, but it is consistently fascinating

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• • When will I be able to buy a decent burrito in Soho?

  How hard can it be?

  How hard can it be?

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• • why basketball is the most poorly designed mainstream sport

  The shot-clock is a hack, used to cover up poor basic design. http://www.snopes.com/sports/basketball/24second.asp

  The shot-clock is a hack, used to cover up poor basic design.

  http://www.snopes.com/sports/basketball/24second.asp

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• • why javascript is the most underrated language of all time

  Terrible core libraries and awful initial implementations. Fortunately Eich provided enough rope for later library creators to pull us out of the hole.

  Terrible core libraries and awful initial implementations. Fortunately Eich provided enough rope for later library creators to pull us out of the hole.

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