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by 54mf 14y ago
Mostly, I just find it frustrating that you and the author are presuming that taking Bootstrap and, as self-proclaimed non-designers, "making it not look like Bootstrap" is a good thing. Good design isn't just a thing that happens when you
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by 54mf 14y ago
Perhaps I'm being nostalgic, but 24 Ways is sacred to me. It's a yearly list featuring the best-of-the-best sharing insight in to their specific areas of expertise. Christian Heilmann on localStorage ( http://24ways.org/2010/html5-local-st
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by 54mf 14y ago
"I am a programmer. I am not a designer." Then perhaps you shouldn't be giving design advice. "I am a designer. I am not a programmer. Here's how to build a half-decent web application in half an hour. First, download PHP..." All due resp
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by 54mf 14y ago
I think everyone deserves the very best. Why don't you think so? And how did 20-somethings come up? Personally, I'd rather pay $80 for a hoodie that lasts 10 years than $8 for 1 hoodie a year. Less waste, less exploitative labor, shorter sh
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by 54mf 14y ago
Don't get too hyped by "tenfoot": http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/10-foot_user_interface Just a clever reference to the UI paradigm.
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by 54mf 14y ago
This. It's read-only, as far as I'm aware.
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by 54mf 14y ago
Oh wow! I stand corrected, very useful to know. Looks like these folks are even smarter than I thought. Still hope they tune up the design, though. Even beyond aesthetics, the usability leaves a lot to be desired.
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by 54mf 14y ago
Speak for yourself, I'm more likely to murder someone if I don't get enough caffeine. ;)
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by 54mf 14y ago
Love this idea, but as I understand it, their iOS app will be rejected unless they go through the MFi Program licensing process. Apple doesn't allow open access to the Bluetooth stack for anything besides audio hardware. Hope they have some
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by 54mf 14y ago
You can fake it with some pretty simple Javascript.
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by 54mf 14y ago
Your Gmail account is not necessary to retrieve your credit card, phone, and Social Security numbers. And finding someone's home address is trivial, usually for free.
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by 54mf 14y ago
"I agree configurability can be a cop out (and iOS is almost a monument to that view) but there are some things where there are really good reasons why you might make it something the user can work with..." Totally agree! For example, allow
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by 54mf 14y ago
Personally, I think the "Padgram" font is nice. Didn't work well for "Instapin" - made the "I" look funky - but looks suitable for Padgram. I'd tighten up the space between the "P" and "a", and between the "d" and "g", but that's just my ow
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by 54mf 14y ago
It's definitely possible to build a Facebook-like app with HTML5 that's fast. I won't assume why they couldn't - my instinct is that the app is significantly more complicated than it appears - but I am a bit confused by some of their conc
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by 54mf 14y ago
Yes, I'm sure Facebook and their stable of developers just never thought of that. How silly.
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by 54mf 14y ago
Seconding this. Any books or articles worth reading?
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by 54mf 14y ago
Oh, absolutely. Between Vimeo, Svpply, DIY, and his Cabin Porn blog (SFW, you should check it out if you haven't yet), he seems to have impeccable taste for things the internet could use. Huge props to him for everything.
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by 54mf 14y ago
There are definitely exceptions to the rule. Unfortunately, I'm pretty sure eBay isn't one of them.
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by 54mf 14y ago
Sigh. They even had a business model, too. Disappointed. Looking forward to Svpply either (a) being slowly destroyed, or (b) shut down all together so the team can work exclusively on eBay's awful site. Congrats in advance to the team on ca
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by 54mf 14y ago
Stripe. http://stripe.com
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by 54mf 14y ago
"Yeah, but, merchant services are hard!" Bullshit. If you're going to process payments, you have to solve hard problems like fraud prevention, and PayPal is doing a dreadful job solving them. Freezing accounts isn't the problem; the problem
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by 54mf 14y ago
Came to post this. The only redeemable value in 4chan, in my opinion, is that the fact that posts aren't archived makes for a very interesting social experiment. An API firehose pretty much puts an end to that.
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by 54mf 14y ago
I've been using Instapaper since pretty much the first day, and my information is not in the file. Not to say they don't have it, but, it's not in that file, FWIW.
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by 54mf 14y ago
Ah, appears we're both correct: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walled_garden_(technology) "... refers to a carrier or service provider's control over applications, content, and media on platforms..." "More generally ... refers to a closed o
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by 54mf 14y ago
A walled garden lets anyone in, but not out. You're thinking of something more along the lines of a gated community.
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by 54mf 14y ago
Windows Chillfish, Enterprise Plus Edition [Edit] I take that back. Judging by how their legal department utterly dropped the ball in making sure "Metro" was a usable name, they probably would have gone with a name like "iFish", or "Fishoog
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by 54mf 14y ago
Indeed. When I say "just about", I'm referring to the Xbox division. Some good stuff happening there too.
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by 54mf 14y ago
Metro is just about the only thing Microsoft has going for it these days, as far as I'm concerned. What a blunder.
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by 54mf 14y ago
At the risk of adding MI to your TMI, I completely agree on both counts.
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by 54mf 14y ago
No one ever has gymnast's block. They spend time reading about the Top 5 Ways To Lose That Belly Fat instead of putting on running shoes because running is hard work and they don't really want to be doing it. If they wanted it bad enough, t

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