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Mike Cane
Personal blog · ipadtest.wordpress.comhardwarebusiness
Mike Cane's personal blog at ipadtest.wordpress.com covers hardware and business. Since 2010, 3 different Hacker News readers have linked it 37 times, most often “Who Fatally Wounded Microsoft? It Was Bill Gates.”. The last post was in 2010, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Linked posts are short opinion pieces on tech and consumer culture. One commenter cites a post about the clutter of stickers and badges on Windows PCs as an example of their complaint; another gives a bare link.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 2 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Most-linked posts?
- Who Fatally Wounded Microsoft? It Was Bill Gates.2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2010-03-11
- The Cancer Of Microsoft’s Tastlessness2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2010-04-21
What Hacker News says?
People still don't understand all of the things they are agreeing to on sites like this: Scribd Creator Terms Of Service http://ipadtest.wordpress.com/2010/05/06/scribd-creator-term...
Comment linking /2010/05/06/scribd-creator-terms-of-service/
on “Scribd Puts My Old Uploads Behind a Paywall and Goes Onto My Shitlist”Submitted Out Of Nowhere, The iPad Has A Real Competitor as a story · 174 points
HN discussion- nl · 2010-09-20
For example, they could create some "Windows Experience" (i.e. solid usable box) and "Windows Ultimate Experience" (i.e., reassuringly expensive and stylish) badges for notebooks and desktops that Not MORE badges on a windows machine? I hate all those stickers and badges, and I'm not alone. See http://ipadtest.wordpress.com/2010/04/20/the-cancer-of-micro... for example.
Comment linking /2010/04/20/the-cancer-of-microsofts-tastlessness/
on “Ask HN: What do you want to tell Microsoft?” Submitted Who Fatally Wounded Microsoft? It Was Bill Gates. as a story · 62 points
HN discussionA few weeks ago, this was called the ePad. The link at my post still goes to the same site. http://ipadtest.wordpress.com/2010/03/10/apple-ipad-meet-and...
Comment linking /2010/03/10/apple-ipad-meet-android-epad/
on “5" Android Tablet $155”Submitted The Cancer Of Microsoft’s Tastlessness as a story · 35 points
HN discussionWhat I saw: http://ipadtest.wordpress.com/2010/05/04/something-like-earl... And I have someone claiming it does not work on the iPad. And someone I trust says it did work on his Droid. Weird. Update: I now have a screensnap there showing it not working on an iPad.
Comment linking /2010/05/04/something-like-early-tv/
on “CSS3 recreation of the intro to the 1967 Spiderman Show”Submitted Apple Versus Google: Total Frikkin War as a story · 8 points
HN discussionJust three words needed: One million sold. http://ipadtest.wordpress.com/2010/03/27/one-million-ipads-s...
Comment linking /2010/03/27/one-million-ipads-sold/
on “Why the iPad Will Change Everything”Submitted Barnes & Noble Is For Sale: Amazon Should Buy It as a story · 4 points
HN discussionharel kodesh. http://ipadtest.wordpress.com/2010/03/11/who-fatally-wounded...
Comment linking /2010/03/11/who-fatally-wounded-microsoft-it-was-bill-gates/
on “Google is bringing Android to TVs”Submitted This Settles It: Kindle eBooks Are The Standard Now as a story · 2 points
HN discussionWell, the thing is there is rumor of a KindlePad of some kind coming, so think of that. Also, did you see the Amazon Kindle news for today? Massive sales. I've never been an Amazon fan but I had to acknowledge what just happened today: http://ipadtest.wordpress.com/2010/07/19/this-settles-it-kin... And, here's a post from a writer publishing directly through Kindle who is very pleased with the money he's making: htt…
Comment linking /2010/07/19/this-settles-it-kindle-ebooks-are-the-standard-now/
on “Ask HN: Amazon asked me to develop for the Kindle, shall I?”Submitted Cheap Chinese Android Tablets: Do Not Buy as a story · 2 points
HN discussionNew Archos Mini-Tablet Challenges iPad, Kills eInk http://ipadtest.wordpress.com/2010/03/01/new-archos-mini-tab...
Comment linking /2010/03/01/new-archos-mini-tablet-challenges-ipad-kills-eink/
on “Sub $200 Android tablets arrives: is the iPad doomed?”Submitted It’s Not The Device Or The File, It’s The Internet, Stupid as a story · 2 points
HN discussionI just addressed an aspect of this issue today: http://ipadtest.wordpress.com/2010/06/22/its-not-the-device-... And it's worth reading the App Store post on the front page of HN (which is also linked to in my post). I think apps are crutches and I think even Apple understands that. I wouldn't bet against the Internet at all. How much traction do you think any device would get if it could access only a portion of the…
Comment linking /2010/06/22/its-not-the-device-or-the-file-its-the-internet-stupid/
on “Do independent web apps have a future in world divided into walled gardens?”Submitted Will iAd Kill Paid Apps? as a story · 2 points
HN discussionOh! I like this! Just tried it here: http://ipadtest.wordpress.com/2010/05/05/blackbird-twitter-q... I wish it could surround the tweet with a box, to offset it more from a post's text.
Comment linking /2010/05/05/blackbird-twitter-quote-test/
on “Twitter Blackbird bookmarklet: embed a tweet in html”Submitted ITunes 9.1.0: Add But Not Read ePub eBooks as a story · 2 points
HN discussionFunctionality is what the program does. The GUI is what helps the user exploit that functionality in the least number of steps and with clear prompting. See this for an example of UI/UX importance: http://ipadtest.wordpress.com/2010/04/20/when-will-lenovo-an...
Comment linking /2010/04/20/when-will-lenovo-and-asus-learn/
on “Ask HN: When are GUIs important?”Submitted Author’s Guild Slapped Down By Copyright Office as a story · 1 points
HN discussionJesse Schell’s Monstrous Bonus-Point Police State http://ipadtest.wordpress.com/2010/02/28/jesse-schells-monst...
Comment linking /2010/02/28/jesse-schells-monstrous-bonus-point-police-state/
on “The future of games and reality and weirdness and points and things like that”Submitted Your ePub eInk Device Will Be Obsolete Soon as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Abominable Kindle Wins? as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Kobo’s eBook DRM Hydra as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Pandigital’s Strange Android Tablet as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Why Borders Will Go Out Of Business as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted When Steve Jobs Wrote A Letter as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Hp Acquiring Palm: The Picture Version as a story · 1 points
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