Precisely!
When i read this article my first reaction was 'what the hell!'. Be it any social network, you will have to spend quite some time to getting used to and then trying to make the most out of it. Like in case of twitter, it took me quite some time to arrange my contacts in lists, and same goes for yahoo messenger (when i used it!).
Simply critisizing the product on the basis of something which is quite efficient and noteworthy is sad.
I have not tested the OS so i will not comment about how snappier it is, but it just looks to me like one trying too hard to get OSx on Ubuntu. I applaud their efforts to build apps for it but still it would have been much better if they could have put their efforts in building something new, beyond already existing native desktop, may be an enhanced and better tiling wm to add to their os or something out of the box.
Being a active participant of 'Karate' I would also like to add some points
1. Confidence: Karate or any form of martial art bestows you with confidence, not just optimism that you can achieve what you desire and work towards it, but also the zeal and belief within oneself to achieve your goal.
2. Patience is a virtue, you need it when you are writing huge lengths of code and you need it utmost when you are in a ring waiting for the opponent to strike so that you can counterattack.
3. Resilience : Be it any app developer, businessman or any profession, you learn resilience from martial art which you can use anywhere you go or in anything you do.
A good use case for Google wave.
Though Google wave has not been much of a success, but it has really helped a lot of small virtual companies like the ones mentioned in post to collaborate. Its totally free of cost and saves a lot of bucks!
