I agree that toughness can be taken too far. But to me, a person who sacrifices their empathy for "toughness" is a sorry and weak individual.

Skribble, isn't it entirely possible that rather than deliberate omission on Melanie's part, she's merely reading what she has access to?

If you are so troubled by this, why not *assume* she has good intentions and point her politely in the direction of the sort of work you'd rather have her read and share? By your own…

Totally the first thing that came to mind.

Especially since I initially misread it as "Milk Nut Bag" and became concerned that that was instructive instead of descriptive.

This comment vastly improved my day, and frightened my cat thanks to my loud and sudden laughter.

What a bitter comment. Perhaps your lack of dictionary use indicates a poverty of ongoing education.

What a bitter comment. Perhaps your lack of dictionary use indicates a poverty of ongoing education.

Lifehacker always has such timely posts.

I'm working right now on building up my photo library and am stuck with my iPhone 5 camera which, while not awful, is definitely short of what I might hope for.

Hey Walter,

Just wondering... When it comes time for you to begin working within Scrivener, how do you maintain the synchronization between your work?

I'd love a bit of a breakdown for how Scrivener actually figures into your Evernote workflow.

Poor decision, and a mega missed opportunity. They would have benefitted more by putting together a vision for where they wanted to take Feedly and making a Kickstarter campaign for a Pro feature set.

Just showing that they have a vision for the future would encourage many to pay up for Feedly's ambitions. As it…

I understand what you're trying to say here, but I think your comparison is a little too simplistic.

With a condom, you're preventing sexually transmitted diseases. You're not protecting against getting a cold. That would require both of you wearing a mask. Or maybe an oral dam. Oh, and you don't wanna get lice, so you…

Depending on the situation, this can backfire. When the conversation you are having is emotionally loaded and you mention yourself in order to gain common ground, you run the risk of having the other person think that you are only interested in talking about yourself.

Sure, I agree. But you have to know yourself (and your readership) well enough to be able to tell when you are being too harsh and when what you have written truly *does* suck. This isn't always easy, so when in doubt, publish it and see what happens.

Some thoughts:

I frequent Engadget and The Verge, but for the last few months I have seen mostly Fandroids. The Apple Fanboys remained silent. Every so often I see one pop up, and a year or two ago I'd have agreed that Apple fanboys are incorrigible. Lately they've been in the minority.

Rarely. I avoid Gizmodo primarily because of the comment sections. Tons of trolls, most of them not very insightful.

I see a big whiteboard in the picture, which leads me to wonder: how do you personally handle the offline/online divide? How do you prefer to get content from the offline world 'online'? Do you even bother with that?

Hang on, that's just not true Mark. We now know that Steve Jobs, while still involved with everything going on at Apple, had started handing off major aspects of his job to Tim Cook and others for at least a couple of years before his death.

Sweet. I'm on a jailbroken iPhone so this won't work so well for me. I'm going to see what I can do to mimic the idea. Once I figure out how, I'll be sure to share on this thread. Thanks!

I love your 'push-up' app idea. How would I set something like that up?

Agreed. Alanis Morissette needs to read this.