It took me maybe 3 weeks (3 to 5 hours a day) but I experimented many solutions (APIs, sharing, Vine...). I used RubyMotion and I had prior experience with the iOS environment.
HA... "Hey boss, I finished a feature that will allow Syrians to go to Twitter and voice their displeasure!". Boss: "Does it increase revenue?", You: "No.. it might increase traffic costs a bit though. But think about what this will do for democracy, human rights and freedom! doesn't that make you proud?" Boss: "You crazy"
Having been a part of similar conversations to this at Twitter, I can say with complete confidence that you are wrong. The "...in a way that makes us proud" part of that company value is taken very, very seriously.
I totally disagree. And yes, it is just a logo. Google logo is still looking like it was made by a 10 years old. Sounds like the author is trying to justify his daily rate. Come on. And when big companies pay millions for a logo, it's not just for the logo itself, it's for all the identity of the company. Yahoo! changed its logo but the majority of the people won't even notice.
The webpage is a monstrosity because of a problem on the back button? Wow, hackernews comments never cease to amaze me when it comes to finding something negative to say.
