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  1. @LKM Some people intend on keeping their notebooks for a very, very long time. From this perspective the extra cost makes sense.
  2. I find that I recoil every time I'm offered something for nothing.
  3. Most of the time I'm pretty content with my job and then I see something like this: http://bit.ly/OoT2B
  4. @rockhymas Do most people say, "Wow, I got a D in Math, I wonder what that says about me?" or "Wow, I got a D in Math, I must suck at Math."
  5. @rockhymas So there's good and bad in this surrogate measure for learning, but on the whole which is the default response?
  6. "The constructive thing about grades is that they facilitate you learning about yourself through the assessment of others." - @rockhymas
  7. The destructive thing about grades is that they facilitate you judging yourself by the assessment of others.
  8. @nherring You might enjoy this: http://tr.im/sP3R "Miguel characterizes Silverlight as “the good parts” of WPF"
  9. [this is beautiful] http://vimeo.com/5471619 (via @scottstevenson)
  10. When the goal is to sell great apps, you can censor "bad apps" or make a tool to easily find "good apps" and let people choose.
  11. Time to Boldly Go Once More by Buzz Aldrin http://tr.im/sEWm
  12. http://wechoosethemoon.org/ reminds me of this talk by Burt Rutan. http://tr.im/sEVa Inspiring.
  13. It inspires confidence when someone can tell you what they know AND what they don't know.
  14. Microsoft plans to open retail stores this fall, but their problems are not sales related. With salesmen at the top, it's what they know.
  15. "When a law is right, it can be used to find another one." - Richard Feynman
  16. The Messenger Lectures by Dr. Richard Feynman free and online! http://tr.im/syIQ
  17. @geddesign Go for it! Where are you thinking to study HCI?
  18. @wilshipley That must be why the touch-to-focus indicator keeps showing up. http://bit.ly/1IwmvZ
  19. Just realized I'm 2^5 years old. Sweeeet.
  20. When I meet someone new what I most want them show/tell me: This is what I do and this is why it matters.