Jure Cuhalev

Posts Tagged ‘Rant

04 Nov, 2009

“Running is bad for your knees”

Posted by: Jure Cuhalev In: Rant

It always amazed me at how two-faced our society is. On one hand, everyone is talking about exercise and healthy living/eating/etc, while on the other they’re criticizing and discouraging anyone who actually decided to follow the advices everyone is so full of.
The first one I always hear is:
running is bad for your knees, you’ll have [...]

18 Dec, 2008

A rant about companies outreach and how accessible they are

Posted by: Jure Cuhalev In: ideas

Studying branding and marketing of youth, you can see a few trends and patterns that everyone tries to exploit: personal image (e.g. clothes) and entertainment (e.g. movies, games and  music).

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As such, music plays an important role in my everyday life, be it a car driving to work, listening to it while [...]

29 Sep, 2008

Why Slovenia won’t get iPhone anytime soon

Posted by: Jure Cuhalev In: Tech| ideas

The short answer to Why Slovenia won’t get iPhone anytime soon is that it wouldn’t make sense.
When Apple failed to bring iPhone 3G to Slovenia earlier this year, a thousand fanboy voices cried in frustration. Yet when analyzing the ecosystem around iPhone, it makes complete sense.

iPhone is not just a fancy smart phone. It’s also [...]

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A few days agoo Vimeo, popular service for video hosting, announced on their staff blog, that they’re no longer going to allow gaming videos on their service. The full policy of their removal is:
The Vimeo staff has decided that we are no longer going to allow gaming videos on Vimeo. Specifically, we are [...]


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jure100px_colour Jure Cuhalev is an Open Source Hacker, with background in Social Sciences and Usability and User Experience (UX).