October 2011
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What is wrong with a bad analogy?
Quoth Ben Archer,
You could make snide comparisons to see-ability in art and hear-ability in music, but I think the best analogy might be livability and architecture. Can a house be excellent if it is not also livable? If you find yourself stumbling on the stairs because they’re not big enough for your feet, or if you get wet when it rains because there are cleverly carved holes in the roof, I...
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You are mourning the wrong way
When a celebrity passes away, there is public mourning. In the case of a visionary who has had such a long-lasting and important impact as Steve Jobs, this mourning is even more widespread and deeply felt. * However, there is a tone to some of this mourning that strikes me as extremely distasteful, self-serving and insensitive.
Upon Steve Jobs passing, one hash-tag that was continuously...
