Linked List: March 20, 2011

Sunday, 20 March 2011

Marco Arment:

The Quick Bar isn’t offensive because we don’t want Twitter making money with ads, or because we object to changes in the interface.

It’s offensive because it’s deeply bad, showing complete disregard for quality, product design, and user respect, and we’ve come to expect a lot more from Twitter.

Nailed it.

Jeff Rock on Twitter’s Dickbar ★

Jeff Rock:

If Twitter wants to run an ad at the top of the scrollview, Twiterrific-style, I’m all for it. It’s your platform. Monetize away. But the problem with the trend bar implementation is that I’m being subjected to what I find to be the poor taste of millions of mouth-breathing buffoons in my own timeline.

Om Malik on the AT&T/T-Mobile Acquisition ★

Om Malik:

It doesn’t matter how you look at it, this is just bad for wireless innovation, which means bad news for consumers.

AT&T Agrees to Buy T-Mobile USA for $39 Billion ★

Two bad carriers don’t make one good one.

Xkcd’s Radiation Dose Chart ★

Radiation levels, in context. Excellent work (as usual) by Randall Munroe. Bonus points for the use of Monaco 10px.