Moritz

36 are Gtalk users. Of those 36, who appear online and active, I cannot talk to about 20 and that number is expected to grow in the coming days. Why? Because Google hasn't entirely killed XMPP Federation. I can see these buddies online; I can even see them online when they use the Hangouts app. If I attempt to send them an IM, however, it never goes through.

Estimated reading time: 6 min

Moritz About Google (mostly) killing of XMPP support in their new Hangouts eco system. Big ouch.

4 days ago | 0

Not only does it conjure up all the leftover post-traumatic jitters from 9/11 – which for many of us will be there for the rest of our lives – it also makes clear that our Faustian bargain was completely bogus, and the devil never intended to hold up his end of the deal. We surrendered our rights to a government of war criminals, who promised us certainty and security in a world that offers none. We should have known better, and in fact we did. At the literal birth moment of American democracy, Benjamin Franklin summed it up in a single sentence: “Those who would give up essential libert[…]

Estimated reading time: 6 min

Moritz Sad but true.

April 22, 2013 | 0

Daher legen wir Wert darauf, unseren Nutzern noch einmal klar öffentlich zu erklären, dass Links auf und kurze Textausschnitte/Snippets aus unseren Publikationen weiter höchst willkommen sind und dass dies weiterhin keiner Erlaubnis des Verlages bedarf oder gar Geld kostet. Selbstverständlich werden wir auch niemanden deswegen abmahnen oder auf eine andere Weise dagegen juristisch vorgehen. Als Richtlinie hier gilt: Erlaubt ist zum Beispiel die Übernahme der Artikelüberschrift nebst Anrisstext oder eine vergleichbare Textlänge.

Estimated reading time: 2 min

Moritz Der heise-Verlag nimmt Stellung zum (weiterhin unklar gefassten) Leistungsschutzrecht.

March 5, 2013 | 0

Moritz recommended “Skeuomorphism” from mantia.me:

Skeuomorphism is a word that everyone disagrees on what it means (or suggests it means all of the above), but is often used to discriminate apps that use realistic textures for the sake of joy, beauty, and delight. When you’re talking about an app that uses realistic textures, call that “theming” or “skinning” because before last year, that’s what we called it, and that’s what it is.

Estimated reading time: 4 min

Moritz Louie Mantia nails it.

February 21, 2013 | 0

If you’re hiring for technical positions, hiring remotely is the best-kept, blindingly obvious secret for finding people.

Estimated reading time: 7 min

Moritz Great article about StackExchange's experience with remote workers. #homeoffice

February 4, 2013 | 0

Moritz recommended Humans, Shoes and eCommerce from medium.com:

Finally I had to drop out of college, as I wasn't attending any class at all. But, a new person had born inside me. I started learning about how people are building companies around the world. I would spend hours on computer, making notes of how organizations like Zappos, Google and TED are impacting world in different ways. All this lead me to either join a creative gang, or start something new. I followed the second and riskier thought.

Estimated reading time: 5 min

Moritz Inspiring read about a shoe-selling startup in Pakistan.

February 1, 2013 | 0

You would be surprised at how much processing some databases do just to tell you that the thing you queried for doesn’t exist in the database. A data structure that sometimes can help reduce wasteful work like this is a Bloom Filter.

Estimated reading time: 3 min

Moritz Didn't know about the Bloom filter. Nice idea.

January 25, 2013 | 0

Moritz recommended About App Icons from mantia.me:

Consider walking down a candy aisle at a drugstore. If you have a craving for Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups, you know how to find it. Of course, it’s the bright orange wrapper with a bubbly yellow word on it. Instant. Most candy bars have very distinct brands which can be instantly recognizable at a glance of the entire aisle. This should be precisely how you approach your app icon design.

Estimated reading time: 7 min

Moritz Louie Mantia on App icon design. Great examples!

January 25, 2013 | 0

The problem is that school drives all that curiosity out. Instead of letting you explore things for yourself, it tells you that you have to read these particular books and answer these particular questions. And if you try to do something else instead, you’ll get in trouble. Very few people’s curiosity can survive that. But, due to some accident, mine did.

Estimated reading time: 7 min

Moritz Swartz remained curious to the end.

January 16, 2013 | 0

Moritz recommended Instagram from instagram.com:

Some or all of the Service may be supported by advertising revenue. To help us deliver interesting paid or sponsored content or promotions, you agree that a business or other entity may pay us to display your username, likeness, photos (along with any associated metadata), and/or actions you take, in connection with paid or sponsored content or promotions, without any compensation to you.

Estimated reading time: 1 min

Moritz The new Instagram TOS. Ouch.

December 18, 2012 | 0

A British study called One False Move, investigating the mobility of children, found that the average eight-year-old saw its ‘home habitat’ shrink to one-ninth of its size within a single generation. In 1970, 80% of British kids 7 or 8 years of age were allowed to go to school unsupervised; by 1990, this figure had dropped below 10%.

Estimated reading time: 2 min

Moritz Includes a depressing map.

December 5, 2012 | 0

QUOTE.fm for iPhone just hit the AppStore. Now you’re able to read, save and quote articles from your iPhone.

Estimated reading time: 1 min

Recited from QUOTEfm

Moritz Nice and clean.

December 5, 2012 | 0

But looking at the profiles of other people is even more revealing. It’s a visual representation of someone to an extent that hasn’t been achieved before. And it’s created without the user having to do any work beyond what they’ve already done (taking the initial picture). These profiles say a lot about a person — all without saying a word.

Estimated reading time: 5 min

Moritz Siegler about the new Instagram web profiles and why they are a great window into someone's life.

November 7, 2012 | 0

So to sum up, this video highlights the following ground-breaking features: 1. A laptop that basically looks like a MacBook Pro, and which is made out of the same material. 2. A 1990′s era volume wheel that sticks out of the side of the computer and has “interaction gravity” so you can… interact with it. 3. Red highlights. 4. A multi-touch trackpad, which Macs have had for years 5. A backlit keyboard that has an LED under each key, which I’m sure is great for battery life. You aren’t going to beat Apple by copying their designs.

Estimated reading time: 6 min

Moritz About HP's awkward recent Apple ripoffs.

September 12, 2012 | 0

Moritz recommended The First Apple Channel from furbo.org:

While you’re looking for meaning in the shadows of an Apple press invite, you’re missing something important: Apple is producing content for its own distribution channel.

Estimated reading time: 2 min

Moritz About Apple sneaking into original content production *and* distribution.

September 6, 2012 | 0

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