Linkology: The Best of the Internet for 9/10/2010
In case you’re one of those readers who think the Internet is “big” and there is “lots” of information out there and you don’t have enough “time” to read everything you want because you have “obligations,” here is the very best of what you missed this week. Now you can cram all this stuff into your brain this weekend before next week begins and your “real life” again prevents you from being a total information wonk like me.
MG Siegler with a great read about how Android’s ‘openness’ is nothing more than an invitation for the wireless carriers to muck up the user experience as they see fit. It’s too bad, too: I love the idea of Android, but now we’re seeing really stupid stuff (like an Android phone with Bing as its default search engine), and you know it’s because the carriers are making their own deals with third parties for default install favors. Is this the Windows OEM bloatware carnival all over again? Too early to tell, but this sort of stuff isn’t promising.
Google released Google Instant this week, claiming that its new instant results technology saves 2-5 seconds per search. If you haven’t already, try it. I love it. (Side note: more and more, I’m liking Google’s sense of design, even though some call it ugly and unpolished. Why? If you’re a Google power user, you begin to notice everything is built for speed. I dig that.)
Monstrous Discrepancies, an unusually poignant web comic.
This has been linked to before, but I don’t care who you are, this is some flat-out amazing driving. (You can jump to about 1:00 to get right to the good stuff.) Or maybe it’s just an excuse to link to a 566 WHP STi. I don’t know.
Apple recently surprised everyone by publishing their App Store Review Guidelines. I applaud their transparency. I also applaud their sense of humor. If only all business writing were this clear.
Happy you’re now fitting into your 36” waist jeans? Sorry, but your pants are lying to you. This is vanity sizing run amok.
Note to would-be iPhone thieves: Find My iPhone works.
Finally, Kevin Nguyen takes it upon himself to explain some of the obvious domestic tension found in stock photos.
Have a good weekend, everyone.
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