I'm already not disappointed that we didn't get Amazon's HQ but I'm still disappointed about the Regional Transit vote. Luckily it might be on the ballot again in 2018.
Udacity has done what any good start-up should and launched a solid MVP and iterated on it, delivering free, in-demand courses in a short amount of time. No, the materials and scripts have not always perfect but they are still more valuable than many college courses I've taken. If he is in fact leaving to focus energy on Udacity, isn't that a positive move in regards to your critiques?
Yes, you make a good point. My opinion - and that's all that it is - is that his (many) abilities lie in the Google [x] direction, not as a poster boy for MOOCs.
I've recorded my self and many others teaching: there is only terrible teachers, and people who survive the humiliation of seeing themselves try more than twenty times. I would never let anyone watch any of their first five takes first.
Colors are certainly a significant part of user experience, so although I agree that these issues exist, I disagree with the solutions.
Comments shouldn't be pink/red because they are not necessarily a bad thing. Just make them bold and opaque.
Changing to blue and yellow for diffs is equally as wrong as red/green but more confusing. Blue signifies safe information and yellow signifies warning. It would be better to use the same color for deletions and additions but make deletions darker to show they are stale/rotted and additions brighter to show freshness.
