"Facebook didn’t become Facebook by being the next Google or the next MySpace. It became the first social network that really appealed to people in a broad way and didn’t overdo it with ads."
So Facebook was totally different from Myspace, except it was exactly the same but with less ads. Gotcha.
Dreamweaver CS6 is actually an awesome web IDE. Yes they have features that are "for beginners" that automate some code generation, but you don't have to use them. For the "advanced" build-by-handers out there their suite of code editing features are very deep and frankly their syntax highlighting, hinting, auto-complete, and customization tools are better than almost every other web IDE out there, and I've used many of them.
It's funny how Dreamweaver got such a reputation, but I wonder if in this case the blank looks he was getting was because he still thinks Dreamweaver is for for point-and-click build my first website designers.
Edit: What made me change away from DW was a persistent memory leak that was unfixable/unbearable.
It's not a rebuttal, it's just pointing out that while it is useful to know about logical fallacies, simply citing them does not an argument make. Worse, citing a logical fallacy is often employed by those who are lazy and aren't genuinely addressing a given argument.
But we just need to 'unleash' all the awesome private sector entrepreneurs who are successfully tackling the problem of the lack of affordable healthcare for millions of Americans.
Oh wait, there are no private sector entrepreneurs who succeeded in solving that problem? It must be because of all the 'big gubmint' and their regulations.
“I’m facing a crisis in this industry, said Mr. Ma. “Young people, the things they like on the Internet, increasingly I don’t understand it. This is my biggest worry.”
No, it's not too formulaic. These "formulas" are very helpful to average web users because they are instantly able to understand a given website because it's following the norms.
Are car designs too formulaic? After all, they all have steering wheels and pedals. They all share characteristics so as to allow any driver to immediately know how to operate the vehicle without having to re-learn every component for every new car. The same is true for websites.
In fact, we've finally gotten to the point of understanding this, thanks to usability research, please don't try to reverse the trend.
This is a worthwhile, yet lacking perspective in our conversation about tech workers. No, the answer is not issuing millions of new STEM immgration visas, the answer is investing in supporter employees so they can reach their full potential.
This is less a deconstruction of Krugman's article than it is a self-promotion of Crap Genius.