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Owened on Svbtle

Personal blog · owened.co.nzculturebusiness

Owened on Svbtle is a personal blog at owened.co.nz about culture and business. Since 2012, 22 different Hacker News readers have linked it 54 times, most often “The Windows ecosystem reboot is bad news if you plan to move country”. The last post was in 2017, but the archive is still widely read.

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54mentions?
22HN people?
2012–2014first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 27 in 2013

Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?

Why HN links it

Linked post argues that Microsoft might sink its own ecosystem. The only HN comment is a bare link with a short remark about trouble when moving internationally.

Summarised by Claude from a sample of 1 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.

Owened | The writer behind Charged, and ex-TNW editor.

Most-linked posts?

  1. The Windows ecosystem reboot is bad news if you plan to move country
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2012-10-04
  2. Why can’t Microsoft get their products right on the first try?
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2013-05-30

What Hacker News says?

  1. kefs · 2012-10-25
    ..until you have to move internationally. http://owened.co.nz/how-microsoft-might-sink-its-own-ecosyst...

    Comment linking /how-microsoft-might-sink-its-own-ecosystem

    on “Webcast: Windows 8 Launch (Live)”
  2. owenw · 2012-10-04

    Submitted The Windows ecosystem reboot is bad news if you plan to move country as a story · 174 points

    HN discussion
  3. owenwil · 2012-11-07

    Submitted Windows 8 is just another way for Microsoft to show you ads as a story · 105 points

    HN discussion
  4. dirtyaura · 2012-09-24

    Submitted Coca-cola nails social media by releasing personalized bottles as a story · 82 points

    HN discussion
  5. owenwil · 2014-06-12

    Submitted Signing up for a new Twitter account shows why the company is struggling to grow as a story · 65 points

    HN discussion
  6. owenwil · 2013-05-30

    Submitted Why can’t Microsoft get their products right on the first try? as a story · 33 points

    HN discussion
  7. namzo · 2012-10-02

    Submitted Why I use Windows 8 as a story · 24 points

    HN discussion
  8. olalonde · 2012-11-04

    Submitted Internet Explorer is evil as a story · 18 points

    HN discussion
  9. owenwil · 2014-07-20

    Submitted Misleading interface design as a story · 6 points

    HN discussion
  10. owenwil · 2013-07-17

    Submitted The incredible intangible value of Twitter as a story · 5 points

    HN discussion
  11. owenwil · 2013-08-14

    Submitted Android is better? Not if you look deeper as a story · 4 points

    HN discussion
  12. cpuload · 2013-04-26

    Submitted Too busy consuming to create as a story · 4 points

    HN discussion
  13. the_reverend · 2012-09-12

    Submitted Why I won’t be buying the iPhone 5 as a story · 4 points

    HN discussion
  14. fragmented · 2014-04-18

    Submitted The curious case of the fake Steve Ballmer as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  15. hellointernets · 2013-09-11

    Submitted Smoke and mirrors: The iPhone 5C was never the ‘cheap’ phone as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  16. owenw · 2012-10-03

    Submitted New Zealand 4G LTE rollout delayed by cultural rights grab for airspace as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  17. owenwil · 2014-09-10

    Submitted People are reacting to Apple’s Watch the same way they did to the iPod in 2001 as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  18. rajeemcariazo · 2014-06-13

    Submitted Why can’t Microsoft get their products right on the first try? as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  19. owenwil · 2013-09-22

    Submitted Smashing media hype: iPhone 5s biometrics not really “less secure” or “hacked” as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  20. owenwil · 2013-08-28

    Submitted Twitter design tweak alienates existing user base but prepares company for IPO as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  21. owenwil · 2013-07-11

    Submitted NZ govt trying to quickly allow spy agency to intercept communications of public as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  22. owenwil · 2013-07-03

    Submitted Leaving Facebook was the best thing I've ever done as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  23. owenwil · 2013-07-01

    Submitted IOS 7 isn’t bad, change is just difficult as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  24. shawndumas · 2013-05-31

    Submitted Why can’t Microsoft get their products right on the first try? as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  25. abijlani · 2013-04-29

    Submitted Google Now for iOS highlights sad state of Android as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  26. owenwil · 2013-03-25

    Submitted Windows Blue is how Windows 8 should have been from the start as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  27. owenwil · 2013-02-11

    Submitted The Surface Pro is an answer to a question asked two years ago, not today as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  28. mwilcox · 2013-01-08

    Submitted Xperia Z: Something useful (and awesome) out of CES? as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  29. paupino_masano · 2013-01-07

    Submitted A few thoughts on the Lumia 920 as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  30. owenwil · 2013-01-03

    Submitted Microsoft still doesn't "get" consumers as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion

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