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Watts Martin
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Watts Martin writes Tumblr, a personal blog at tracks.ranea.org about culture, career and startups. Since 2012, 13 different Hacker News readers have linked it 18 times. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-09-28, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
The linked posts are about technology devices, such as a 2010 post describing the iPad as an "app console" and a related debate over whether that term matches "appliance".
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.
Watts Martin's collection of thoughts and shiny objects, mostly (but not always) related to computers and technology. And occasionally cocktails.
What Hacker News says?
I was describing the iPad as an "app console" back in 2010 ( https://tracks.ranea.org/post/1432038656/geek-luddites ). It's not at all impossible Gruber read my blog post on that back then, in fact, as it was linked around a few places. I think you're getting a bit hung up on the language -- "appliance" and "console" are trying to communicate basically the same thing, e.g., a device which on a technical level could…
Comment linking /post/1432038656/geek-luddites
on “Fortnite seems to have been removed from the Play Store as well”Submitted Sorry About Your Startup as a story · 18 points
HN discussionSubmitted Does Microsoft need a turnaround expert? as a story · 18 points
HN discussionSubmitted Dear Recruiter as a story · 10 points
HN discussionSubmitted Ferret-induced developer fatigue as a story · 7 points
HN discussionSubmitted Panic's Nova text editor (a review) as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted What tradeoffs does Gatekeeper force you to make? as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted The full-time job is dead, says company invested in killing full-time jobs as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Privacy happens at the endpoints as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Trucks, Cars and Vespas as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Coyote Tracks - The Default Narrative (Apple) as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Culture Fit as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Coyote Tracks - TextDrive, R.I.P. as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Two contradictory thoughts about Apple and Path as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Private clubs and open bars: on App.net vs. Twitter as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Apple makes the left turn at Albuquerque as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Open infrastructure and the common good as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted The enemy of my enemy as a story · 1 points
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