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st3fan on April 10, 2010 | parent | context | favorite | on: Twitter Acquires Atebits, Maker of Tweetie

Pile of gold, eh? I guess this is why Tweetie for the Mac is still so extremely minimal. The developer got lazy because of his pile of gold. Bye bye motivation. Money makes people lazy.

blahpro on April 10, 2010 | [–]

Wh... what? Minimal applications aren't a result of laziness, they're designed that way. One of the many reasons why, IMO, Tweetie is the best Twitter client for OS X.

bradendouglass on April 10, 2010 | [–]

I do believe this quote came from Leonardo da Vinci:

"Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication"

I don't recall him being lazy.

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