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Apple's random rules for iPhone app approval are a recipe for trivial apps and alienated developers
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R. Clayton Miller's 10/GUI is probably one of the most dramatic reimaginations of the desktop user interface I’ve...
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In this paper, we address the problem of
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Good programmers know that a lack of superficial code quality and consistency is the best indicator of deeper systemic problems...