Ceklog
ceklog.kindel.com · Personal blog · on HN since 2011
Chris Kindel writes about career choices, APIs, mobile platforms like Windows Phone and Android, and hiring, drawing on his time in the tech industry.
What HN saysHN commenters link it for career advice, job decision frameworks, and an explanation of why carriers downplayed Windows Phone.
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Most-shared posts
- 1You are Thinking about your Career Trajectory Wrong3 people · 6 points · first shared 2012 · discussion on HN
- 2Don't Build APIs2 people · 117 points · first shared 2012 · 57 comments on HN
- 3Google will abandon Android2 people · 38 points · first shared 2012 · 16 comments on HN
- 4Windows Phone is Superior; Why Hasn’t it Taken Off?2 people · 23 points · first shared 2011 · 43 comments on HN
- 5Be Either an App or a Platform, Not Both2 people · 9 points · first shared 2011 · 1 comments on HN
- 6Apps Must Be Cross Platform2 people · 4 points · first shared 2012 · discussion on HN
- 7A Mouse and Keyboard Don’t Make a Hardware Company2 people · 3 points · first shared 2012 · discussion on HN
- 8Experience = Stuff / Time2 people · 1 points · first shared 2012 · discussion on HN
- 9My Best Hiring Stunt to Date (2011)2 people · 1 points · first shared 2014 · discussion on HN
- 10Got a 4? You just got fired from Microsoft1 people · 39 points · first shared 2012 · 62 comments on HN
- 11Microsoft shipped a broken DCOM CD-ROM and no-one noticed1 people · 23 points · first shared 2020 · 5 comments on HN
- 12Fragmentation Is Not The End of Android1 people · 12 points · first shared 2012 · discussion on HN
- 13Paying Developers is a Bad Idea1 people · 11 points · first shared 2012 · discussion on HN
- 14Why Surface is Not a Microsoft Business1 people · 11 points · first shared 2012 · 9 comments on HN
- 15Apps are Dead. Long Live Experiences.1 people · 9 points · first shared 2012 · 7 comments on HN
What HN people wrote when they linked it
cek · 2019-12-05
Write more. Read more. Seriously. It just takes practice.
https://ceklog.kindel.com/2018/04/24/be-a-great-reader/
mistercow · 2012-08-15
>The whole 64-bit Adobe CS for OS X debacle comes to mind, it took them about 5 years too long to transition from Carbon to Cocoa, even though it was clear from the very first OS X version that Carbon was going to be replaced and would never have a 64-bit version.
I think Adobe really believed they could strong-arm Apple on that. I think they were spoiled by Microsoft's dedication to backwards compatibility at all costs[1], and thought that surely it would hurt Apple more than Adobe to let PS languish. I think they were so sure of this, in fact, that they made few arrangements for the contingency that Apple might just call their bluff. So when that happened, they had an uphill battle to fight.
[1] This story comes to mind: http://ceklog.kindel.com/2012/04/18/dont-build-apis/
jimbobimbo · 2012-05-09
Here's a nice article on figuring out what's important for you when you are looking for a job: http://ceklog.kindel.com/2012/04/26/the-job-decision-matrix/
corysama · 2012-04-17
This article has a good breakdown of why carriers are strongly motivated downplay Windows phones.
http://ceklog.kindel.com/2011/12/26/windows-phone-is-superior-why-hasn…