Posted by jpluimers on 2024/11/25
Often it can take a long time for first getting 100 votes, then via milestones 1000, 5000, 10000 and a long review phase to become an actual set.
Hopefully by now [Wayback/Archive] LEGO IDEAS – This Is Fine has become a set or at least someone used Bricklink Studio designer and uploaded the model or instructions.
Edit 20241125:
Nope, LEGO decided they didn’t want to make money of this set as communicated in their [Wayback/Archive] LEGO IDEAS – This Is Fine: Official LEGO Comments
Unfortunately, the LEGO Review Board has decided that we will not produce this project as a set.
But others did:
Looking at the price difference between these two, LEGO could have made quite a bit of money.
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Posted by jpluimers on 2014/02/17
Basically, stackstatus.net is not actively updated when severe things like DDoS happen. So the best way to be kept up to date is watch these links:
–jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2013/07/06
Earlier this week, I already tweeted that Douglas Engelbart passed away:
RIP Doug Engelbart. Inventor of many computer things we now take for granted: Mouse, GUI, hypertext, etc. http://gigaom.com/2013/07/03/doug-engelbart-american-inventor-computing-legend-passes-away/ …
XKCD published a comic – numbered 1234: coincidence? – about it that includes some a bit of pun about the importance of inventions (see 1234: Douglas Engelbart (1925-2013) – explain xkcd).
The first slide refers to the Mother of all Demos (coined in 1994, the original was just called The Demo, and you can view it here).
The others make a bit of pun, on what part of his inventions were used for.
All in all, an important figure that has inspired many people and events passed away. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by jpluimers on 2012/09/23
Frank Borland is back. You can meet him at Micro Focus now – they acquired Borland a while ago – where he relates to things from the past:
Frank Borland first appeared in advertisements and on the cover of the SideKick manual in 1984. Later on, Frank appeared in the first version of the Turbo Tutor manual.
He is talking about powerful and affordable, has Facebook as well as presence on LinkedIn, Twitter and Google+.
But I when I look at the MicroFocus product portfolio, I don’t see any that are both affordable and powerful.
Todays software days are different than 30 years ago, but I do agree with a couple of the points he made:
- Keep it open
- Don’t make it big, make it better
- Focus on the user experience
- Listen to the community
I don’t think you necessarily need to meet these two though:
- Meet every platform need
- Make it affordable
As those two tend to contradict each other.
What do you think?
–jeroen
via: » Frank’s Story Meet Frank Borland.
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