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Designers really need to hear the following, loud and clear: The iPad browser is fully capable. It doesn’t need you to treat it differently. You’re fighting with users when you get fancy. Just stick with what works on the desktop.
When a user speaks to Siri on a 4S, the phone records the audio and compresses it with the Speex codec, an open audio format that is optimal for voice. The recording is transmitted to Apple’s servers as part of a specialized HTTP request. The servers send back a zlib-compressed binary plist that contains the response data.
via ars technica - How Applidium reverse engineered Siris protocol.
Do you remember when the internet didn’t own your identity? Before Facebook. Before Twitter. The most it had on you was an article from the local newspaper telling your neighbors about how you won the soap box derby back in 3rd grade. Your identity was decisively off-line.
Now it’s not.
via Can We Really Trust Facebook With Our Online Identity? – by Dumb Little Man.
If a better team is facing an underdog, and both teams perform exactly at their typical level, the favorite will win every time. To maximize its chance of winning, an underdog needs variance, even if it means risking a blowout. The reason for the extra risk involves the math of relative score distributions, and those interested can find a more complete analysis here.
via Redskins need to take more risks on offense – The Insider – The Washington Post.
The sad news of the death of another tech great has come. Dennis Ritchie, the creator of the C programming language and a key developer of the Unix operating system, has passed away. For those of us running Mac OS X, iOS, Android and many other non-Windows OS, we have him to thank. Many of those running Windows do too, as many of the applications youre using were written in C.
via Dennis Ritchie, Creator of C Programming Language, Passed Away – Slashdot.
Ethan Marcotte, the father of responsive web design, has compiled a whole folder of responsive sites, each as flexible and foxy as the last. Here he rounds up 20 of his favourites
via Ethan Marcotte’s 20 favourite responsive sites | Feature | .net magazine.
Guy Kawasaki on Steve Jobs:
Many people have explained what one can learn from Steve Jobs. But few, if any, of these people have been inside the tent and experienced first hand what it was like to work with him. I don’t want any lessons to be lost or forgotten, so here is my list of the top twelve lessons that I learned from Steve Jobs.
Read more: How to Change the World: What I Learned From Steve Jobs.
25 Lessons Learned from Steve Jobs
Jobs has paved a powerful path of innovation, excellence, passion, and prosperity and has modeled a way of leadership that’s all his own. Here are some of the key lessons we learn from his journey: