Mike Lee

Good night and good luck

Fri, 13 Mar 2009 11:39:34 -0700

As I announced on Twitter last Monday, I’m taking a position at Apple in Developer Technical Support. I’d like to talk a bit about what I’ll be doing in my new role, the thought process that lead me there, and some answers to the inevitable questions the news has brought. What is Developer Technica

Contest Epidemiology

Tue, 24 Feb 2009 17:59:46 -0800

In a competitive market, in a stalled economy, it’s all about getting noticed, and keeping people engaged. Getting noticed by the press is a good start, but to convert eyeballs to dollars, you need it to catch on. You need to achieve a critical mass of good reviews and word of mouth to achieve viral

But a Whimper

Wed, 31 Dec 2008 00:01:16 -0800

Programming is the sort of thing where you can lift your head and find that days or weeks have gone by. It’s hard to believe it’s been two months since I slunk off to my little work hole. The archive will look really weird if there’s not at least one more entry for 2008, so I might as well give an u

Butterflies

Wed, 29 Oct 2008 13:03:18 -0700

There’s a theory that the very act of living generates toxic waste that builds up in the body until specific measures are taken to flush the system. Indeed, there’s a whole industry around supposed detox solutions. Personally, I think this is crap. In normal conditions, the body is perfectly capabl

Everything illuminated

Fri, 17 Oct 2008 03:01:04 -0700

I don’t think anyone out there quite understands everything about United Lemur’s launch, Puzzllotto, and Fundware. I readily admit that this is entirely my fault. I took an already insane release schedule and scooped half of it out to dedicate our time to Obama ‘08. I felt this was more important th