Lanyrd solves a real-world problem and Twitter is a great choice of enabling platform. Why the short-sighted critique? I'm appalled at the response that Simon and Nat have received on this site, given that they've taken the time to involve themselves in this community.
Personally, I use Linux for everything, when given the choice - except the occasional game or two for which I use Windows. Couldn't ever get used to Mac. It feels a bit like linux (being BSD based and all that), but gets touchy when you actually try to do something with it. Though this may simply come from my lack of experience with the platform. And im not convinced that the productivity increase from switching from linux to mac is worth the investment(in short i can do the same thing on a system that is twice as cheap ,and without any extra learning).
However I do agree that Windows is very often disastrous in terms of productivity.
I tried a mac briefly, and they don't work well for me anymore. In particular, I couldn't find a combination of keyboard layout and application hotkeys that didn't annoy me somehow, frequently, all day long. I managed to get it down to "tolerable" but that was it.
I think I eventually could have adjusted to the different keyboard layout and application defaults, but it didn't seem worth it to me.
Hysteria about the financial sector "taking money" out of tech is unfounded paranoia.
The financial sector moves money from idle hands amongst the rich to working hands.
Investors lose access to their cash for an agreed amount of time, and risk losing it altogether. For that risk, they are compensated by some amount of return.
This is not an immoral thing. This is the mechanism that allows people with great ideas and skills to build businesses.
If you don't like capitalism, then go sample the delights of communist North Korea.
Capitalism affords us an excellent quality of life, full of opportunity. Don't take it for granted.
