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Metafaux

  1. Can We Please Move Past Apple’s Silly, Faux-Real UIs? fastcodesign.com/node/1669879 via @FastCoDesign
  2. Goodbye to Windows Live (and Whatever It Meant) nyti.ms/Lojqb5
  3. OH HECK YES! Xbox 360 gets Amazon Instant starting ... right now! aol.it/LC5CGG via @joystiq
  4. Please disregard previous link, it's self indulgent rambling crap. Just read Donald Norman instead.
  5. Tim Rogers: How Bad User Interfaces are Ruining Bathrooms, Buses, Video Games and Other Wonderful Things kotaku.com/5913296/the-bu…
  6. In the #Windows8 start screen you can just type the name of the app, it works like the Win7 start menu search field.
  7. So tragic to see an expensive design college with a horrible web site.
  8. An artist should not try to reinvent the UI that presents his work any more than he should reinvent the architecture and doors of a gallery.
  9. Oh, it is not a good day for Lua.org to be down.
  10. Everything I was bitching about with foursquare for Windows Phone is pretty much fixed by 4th & Mayor.
  11. @ActiveNick One has Starfleet super-encryption and the other is set to "private browsing"
  12. Foursquare is a cool idea but I'm pretty disappointed with their execution, particularly their live tile.
  13. How not to Brand 101: I have heard enough horror stories about PayPal, Allstate, and DirecTV that I will never do business with them.
  14. Gee Outlook, I'm real glad that you included the feature that allows me to reply to myself, because that's so incredibly useful.
  15. PayPal freezes out other groups, who turn to WePay (UPDATED) | SF Politics: bit.ly/tvoyGa
  16. Apple's Siri no longer telling users Lumia 900 Windows Phone is best smartphone | Microsoft Pri0 | The Seattle Times: bit.ly/KnNqoa
  17. Wanted: More apps for Windows Phone | Business & Technology | The Seattle Times: bit.ly/KmQb9h