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Aral Balkan
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I mainly post on my blog at https://ar.al  (RSS: https://ar.al/index.xml ) and interact on my Mastodon https://mastodon.ar.al . Please follow me there.

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    1. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 30 Sep 2014

      You gotta feel sorry for Microsoft, it’s not easy to fail at being evil. #sad

      2 replies 3 retweets 10 likes
    2. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 30 Sep 2014
      Replying to @aral

      It’s telling that the most interesting bit of the whole Windows 10 thing that I didn’t know was happening today was that they skipped 9.

      3 replies 4 retweets 5 likes
      Aral Balkan‏ @aral 30 Sep 2014

      Seriously, I mean how is Microsoft even relevant in the consumer space today?

      10:31 AM - 30 Sep 2014
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        2. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 30 Sep 2014
          Replying to @aral

          Meh, maybe they are still relevant (Xbox?), who knows… I’m beyond caring about that cesspit of mediocrity. Life’s too short. #microsoft

          3 replies 1 retweet 5 likes
        3. Matteo Spinelli‏ @cubiq 30 Sep 2014
          Replying to @aral

          @aral oh c'mon don't be so biased. keep an open mind! there must be something good down there!

          1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
        4. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 30 Sep 2014
          Replying to @cubiq

          @cubiq Ah, that’s what I spent about 20 years of my life saying (I can be stubborn). Enough time lost, me thinks. & plus they’re closed.

          1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
        5. Matteo Spinelli‏ @cubiq 30 Sep 2014
          Replying to @aral

          @aral you mean "closed source"? I agree on that. Watch this when you get 20 mins https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFZGpES-St8 … (it is enlightening)

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        2. Bernard Tyers‏ @bernardtyers 30 Sep 2014
          Replying to @aral

          @aral They make killer rollerball mouse cleaner fluid.

          1 reply 1 retweet 5 likes
        3. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 30 Sep 2014
          Replying to @bernardtyers

          @bernardtyers rotfl — I take it all back ;)

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        4. Bernard Tyers‏ @bernardtyers 30 Sep 2014
          Replying to @aral

          @aral Incidentally, I have 25L of rollerball mouse cleaner fluid. Going cheap.

          1 reply 2 retweets 2 likes
        5. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 30 Sep 2014
          Replying to @bernardtyers

          @bernardtyers Don’t tell me, you’re here all week? ;)

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        6. Bernard Tyers‏ @bernardtyers 30 Sep 2014
          Replying to @aral

          @aral Try the fish!

          0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
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        2. randall g. "straight blue" arnold  🌊‏ @texrat 30 Sep 2014
          Replying to @aral

          @aral they're daring to present a very different UI/UX paradigm than Apple or Google, for one.

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        3. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 30 Sep 2014
          Replying to @texrat

          @texrat Indeed. I believe it’s called “we wouldn’t know good UX if it repeatedly smacked us in the face with a wet fish”…

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        4. randall g. "straight blue" arnold  🌊‏ @texrat 30 Sep 2014
          Replying to @aral

          @aral we'll have to disagree on that

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        5. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 30 Sep 2014
          Replying to @texrat

          @texrat (Seriously, though, they’re just not set up to compete on UX. It’s not a talent issue, it’s an organisational structure issue.)

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        6. Vishal Dharankar‏ @vdharankar 30 Sep 2014
          Replying to @aral

          @aral exactly doing different doesn't help always and for MS is like change direction every two year they are killing dev interest @texrat

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        7. randall g. "straight blue" arnold  🌊‏ @texrat 30 Sep 2014
          Replying to @vdharankar

          @vdharankar @aral I'm a Microsoft dev. I've been frustrated and discouraged, never disinterested. I'm confident they're now on proper path

          1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
        8. Vishal Dharankar‏ @vdharankar 30 Sep 2014
          Replying to @texrat

          @texrat i just wish being a mobile dev was your primary occupation you would understand @aral

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        9. randall g. "straight blue" arnold  🌊‏ @texrat 30 Sep 2014
          Replying to @vdharankar

          @vdharankar @aral I was a paid mobile dev evangelist for Nokia until January. I understand well. I'm just very patient & see the long game

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        2. Andreas Monitzer‏ @anlumo1 30 Sep 2014
          Replying to @aral

          @aral MS also recently bought the company making the biggest gaming hit ever for $2.5 Billion.

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        3. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 30 Sep 2014
          Replying to @anlumo1

          @anlumo1 Yes, that was a shame.

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        1. David Dixon‏ @daviddixon 30 Sep 2014
          Replying to @aral

          @aral legacy.

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