Comments for Joshua Nozzi

Comment on Just a Cat by Josh

Josh — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 23:52:09 +0000

Interesting that you should say so.

In the US, a corporation now is a considered to be a person in the legal sense. So if we’re willing to bestow upon a business – a non-living logical entity – our recognition as a “person”, why the hesitation to label other living things as such?

I’m not arguing for exactly the same legal rights (that it’s right and proper to will your cat your estate, for example); I’m only asking people to consider their non-human companions as more than “pets” – a word that suggests they’re mere objects. The “you-can-always-get-another-one” mentality offends me.

Comment on Just a Cat by Rolf Hendriks

Rolf Hendriks — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 23:33:33 +0000

Well, a ‘person’ to me is a pretty clear term – it’s a human being. A homo sapiens.

As for being TREATED like a person – yes, any living being that is part of your life deserves to be treated like a person. And any living being in general – right down to that icky spider/bug you wanted to squash yesterday or that chicken you just ate – deserves be be treated with at least a basic respect for life.

Food for thought:
What if you treated non-living things as if they were people? What if you treated your current project or even your company as if it were a living breathing thing with its own will + volition? My theory is that the great innovators or business leaders instinctively do because they are personally invested in the success + failure of what they create. Does that make sense?

Comment on Per-File Compiler Flags in Xcode 4 by Josh

Josh — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 00:38:24 +0000

Happy to help. I’ve found lots of little gems along the way. The hard thing is remembering to post them.

Comment on Per-File Compiler Flags in Xcode 4 by John Fox

John Fox — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 00:36:38 +0000

Many thanks for this: it helped me enormously when integrating some classes that use ARC, and therefore therefor needed the -fobjc-arc flag.

Comment on Citations Galore by Tristan Cuschieri

Tristan Cuschieri — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 17:07:55 +0000

Rockin’. Nice one, Josh.

Comment on SPICE Published in the Journal Cytometry by Citations Galore

Citations Galore — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 17:06:05 +0000

[...] & Reviews Add commentsDec 082011 A minor boast: it’s gratifying to see the hard work Dr. Roederer and I have done on SPICE is being put to good use. The paper has been cited* a number of times. This week I went back to [...]

Comment on Canceling Privacy Assist and Asshole Tactics by Josh

Josh — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 14:46:37 +0000

Though this seems to have become the most popular blog post on the subject, I still see plenty of recent reports of the same old tactic around the web. More than likely, the lady you spoke to was new and was either indoctrinated into the hard retention/up-sell mindset or lost her job due to poor numbers.

I’m just a tad bit hard-headed, so sparks tend to fly when I not only receive poor customer service but am actively blocked from firing a service. That just won’t fly with me.

Comment on Canceling Privacy Assist and Asshole Tactics by Aimee Giles

Aimee Giles — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 14:06:40 +0000

OMG! I am so glad to read these accounts, I was going to sign up, not now! —– thanks for the 411!

Comment on The iZON Wireless Video Camera by Josh

Josh — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 17:46:48 +0000

Thanks for making me aware. As you’ve responded publicly to my public review of your competitor’s camera, I’ll assume that means you’d consider sending me a product for review? I believe the CM2040 contains the feature set I was looking for in the iZON camera. Contact me on my contact form for shipping address…

Comment on The iZON Wireless Video Camera by Erich Volkert

Erich Volkert — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 02:27:07 +0000

Josh – we have truly wireless cameras, an intuitive UI – and, oh by the way, our app gets 4 stars. I’m the product manager. Let me know if you’d like to learn more.

Best,

Erich Volkert

Comment on Ziplight Superfluous, Josh Saddened by Thanks for Ziplight

Thanks for Ziplight — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 16:30:15 +0000

[...] nice e-mail arrived in my Inbox this morning from a gentleman who used my Ziplight Spotlight plugin well past its prime. “Chris” writes:…I noticed you’re the ziplight developer, so I just wanted [...]

Comment on Zendesk Third Impressions by Zendesk CEO Mikkel Svane: Complaints Are Good for Business | Global Advisors

Fri, 14 Oct 2011 17:16:36 +0000

[...] fixing the problem. However, the company did not respond to individual complaints immediately and Svane even took heat for tweeting, "I hope all the new sexy Zendesk features don’t drown in today’s noise."He [...]

Comment on Love Meeeee! by Josh

Josh — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 14:31:35 +0000

I almost believe society tends to label this need to be liked as undesirable behavior for the same reasons they label any passion-motivated action. The (Victorian?) idea of “polite society” seems to label any emotional action as giving in to animalistic tendencies. This “enlightened” view forgets one key fact: we are animals. Granted, we’re (arguably) more civilized animals, but this black-and-white behavioral judgment is harmful, I think. It’s an outdated system of thought that we acknowledge as silly these days. Case in point: “A lady does not shout excitedly.” (and every variant thereof)

Even if there is no God, afterlife, spiritual consequence, whatever, do we still want to spend our lives feeling bad about our actions (or others’) because “in polite society, one does not apologize as it makes one seem needy.” Seems ridiculous when you look at it that way, doesn’t it?

Comment on Love Meeeee! by Tristan Cuschieri

Tristan Cuschieri — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 14:12:54 +0000

Like you said, we all want to be liked to a certain degree. However, I disagree with the notion that atonement stems from that desire, alone. It’s entirely possible to simply feel remorse for treating someone badly, and wanting to share those feelings with them.

I appreciate it when someone genuinely apologizes to me. When I apologize to someone, it’s partly for my benefit, but also partly for their’s. Does a heartfelt apology not provide both parties with a feeling of relief, whether you’re the one getting it off your chest, or the one whose feelings have been acknowledged?

Comment on Unrolled Loops, the Debugger, & YOU by Per-File Compiler Flags in Xcode 4

Per-File Compiler Flags in Xcode 4 — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 22:24:29 +0000

[...] Compiler Flags in Xcode 4 I had written previously (twice) about missing debug symbols and strangeness related to compiler optimization in Xcode. [...]

Comment on My Other Writing by Josh

Josh — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 01:39:28 +0000

(slack, emotionless face) “God I love you.” (THWACK!)

Comment on My Other Writing by dunk

dunk — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 23:10:52 +0000

Remember – *I’m your #1 fan* (reaches for the axe)…

Comment on Mastering Xcode 4 Available for Preorder by Josh

Josh — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 18:00:37 +0000

I don’t have one easily accessible yet but if you create a (free) account on the site and go to the Errata page, the entire TOC is basically there as a placeholder for future errata. I’ll likely spend some time on the weekend adding more information about the book to the site, including available e-formats (and where you can buy them). Stay tuned.

Comment on Mastering Xcode 4 Available for Preorder by Rob Warner

Rob Warner — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 17:45:49 +0000

Congratulations! I checked both Amazon and Peachpit and didn’t find a Table of Contents — do you have one available?

Comment on Mastering Xcode 4 Available for Preorder by Josh

Josh — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 11:53:52 +0000

That? No.