links for 2008-12-27
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"iPhone apps can compete on price, coolness of screen shots and name and icon, but they can’t compete on quality. They can compete on quality only second-hand — that is, you can hear from other people (via user ratings or other means) but you can’t try an app yourself before buying.
"It’s self-evident, I would hope, that a free market in software allows you to try before you buy.
"This is how it works pretty much everywhere. This is the overwhelming consensus that software developers, vendors, and users have reached." Someone just needs to mock up something better. It's obvious that the current one sucks, but … man.
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I was one of our goalies, and I got pulled during the game because my coach realized I was getting very frustrated with our famed "Swiss Cheese Defense" when I punted the ball out after a goal about a foot from one of my fullbacks' head. I think we lost that one 9-0. We were 0-17-1 that year. TERRIBLE.
Posted December 27th, 2008 in del.icio.us Links by del.icio.us Linkdumper.
