August 2012
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Svbtle Post: Briefly: Apple v. Samsung →
A common response to the verdict in Apple v. Samsung is that this is great for Apple and bad for consumers because the patent system in the United States is fundamentally flawed and allows large companies to wield their patent portfolios like hammers, smashing innovation and stifling the market. While I completely agree the patent system can lead to some truly horrendous and unfortunate...
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Svbtle Post: Kickstarter's Spam Problem →
Kickstarter has been hugely successful and I love it. I’ve written about it at length before, and while the results of many of the projects I’ve supported have been less than stellar, the idea and the service are terrific and they fill a gap that has existed in the creative world for a long time. Recently, however, spam has become a serious issue.
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Red Sweater Software: Subscribe To Feed →
Great little Safari Extension for adding an RSS button back to the Safari toolbar (with a nice Retina icon to boot). Apple doesn’t care about RSS anymore, but it’s still the way I prefer to read most websites, so it was annoying when Mountain Lion completely removed the feed button. This brings it back.
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