I want to write deep, usable applications that have a shelf life of more than a few months. It can take years for an update to come out (hello VoodooPad 5!) and while the warm fuzzy feeling when folks love your application more is great, it doesn’t really feel the same as being able to make a living off your work.

Trials and paid upgrades are things I’d like to see in the App Store as a consumer. I believe they are needed to support applications with deep functionality. The current model of “buy everything and see what works” just doesn’t jive for me. Perhaps I have too much old school baggage.

(thanks Michael)

Subscribing to Chuck & Beans was one on my best, underrated choices of 2011. (thanks Shawn)

Devin explains why I have both a Kindle and an iPad.

A very cool “Hobbit House” project. Beautiful photos too.

It was someone from GoDaddy’s abuse department, who informed me that they were “turning off” weebly.com due to a complaint.

That’s scary. (thanks Brad)

Some incredible photos, taken from color slides. (thanks Jim)

How did I now know about this before now? (thanks Charles)

The first step is fully admitting that the code you write is riddled with errors. That is a bitter pill to swallow for a lot of people, but without it, most suggestions for change will be viewed with irritation or outright hostility. You have to want criticism of your code.