couchwire's comments

couchwire | 11 years ago | on: IBM Design Language

As a design language/guide/framework etc, I've spent 5 minutes on that link clicking around and I still don't really know what I'm looking at.

couchwire | 11 years ago | on: Single-Pilot Cockpits Floated in NASA Study

I know that planes are mostly automated these days but I wouldn't run a large website with N+0 redundancy, let alone get in a plane with the same resilience. Not sure how I feel about this.

couchwire | 11 years ago | on: The Programmer as Navigator (1973) [pdf]

> This movement toward the data base is in its infancy. Even so, it appears that there are now between 1,000 and 2,000 true data base management systems installed worldwide.

Imagine what technology right now exists where the numbers are small, which over the next few decades will be so common place. I would love to be an investor with foresight.

couchwire | 11 years ago | on: Tech-Savvy Teens Remain Fans of Print Books

Although not mentioned, the elephant in the room is that teens dropping the TV for the Internet. I have three cousins, all between 13 and 17, none watch any tv. Why watch something when you have no choice the the programming. YouTube killed the television star.
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