Stories by amichail

Is twitter's user interface intentionally bad to encourage creation of third-party apps?

How can I make my iphone/ipod touch app look more professional?

Has web 2.0 made lying to users acceptable?

Coolest "related work" section in any computer science research paper.

Treaps: Using randomness to balance binary search trees.

SimRank: Two objects are similar if they are related to similar objects.

Would many people buy an iphone app from an individual developer?

Why is Microsoft helping OS X by encouraging people to buy game consoles?

What is your pie in the sky project? Mine is something like Wolfram Alpha but for ideas.

In the computer age, why are people still asked to do their own taxes?

Hacker News is more of an experiment in sociology than reddit is.

Computational Complexity for Dummies

Did you know that there's an algorithm for symbolic integration that always works?

A trick for getting your app to rank highly in the iTunes store.

Is swine flu panic caused primarily by people who are not egocentric?

Can you get sued for software that some people think encourages users to do bad things?

An idea for an iphone app to combat the swine flu.

Quitting in style to do your own thing via computer game.

Are famous people super conservative when it comes to the latest Web 2.0 phenomenon?

My app is now in the iTunes store. Besides submitting a lite version, what else should I do?