BenSS

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by BenSS 14y ago
Neat, You and I had similar things in mind when building our HN apps. What prompted you to build one too? In my case, it was the lack of login and vote support in every other app I'd tried.
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by BenSS 14y ago
One of the things I added to Hacker News Padreader was to mark what's been read. Give it a shot: http://itunes.apple.com/app/hacker-news-padreader/id42833141...
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by BenSS 14y ago
Different goals! The OP's aim is a "Minimum Viable Kitchen (MVK) for creating gourmet food".
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by BenSS 14y ago
Remember, CS2 won't run on OSX Lion and above.
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by BenSS 14y ago
Testflight has made it a LOT easier, granted Apple could change things entirely one day and leave them dead in the water. XCode has significantly improved in auto provisioning too, still painful when something breaks, but not as bad as it w
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by BenSS 14y ago
Great rundown of the process for your first app! I do disagree that knowing web UI instantly qualifies you to build an iOS interface. I've seen some bad app designs from people very good at the web. Generally, I think the problem is not res
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by BenSS 14y ago
Shotgunning isn't the best approach either. Ideally, you should be in contact with reviewers BEFORE launch.
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by BenSS 14y ago
This is really fustrating, especially with the return to even crazier prices for the BTO options. I happily paid the extra to boost my iMac graphics when I bought it, but that's not even an option now. Want all SSD? Better have deep pockets
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by BenSS 14y ago
Well, Amazon also has the exact same ability to add anything on the web - add-on/extension available for most browsers. Importing my existing amazon list would be an incentive for me to at least try it in more depth. However, I might view i
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Cool implementation, but wouldn't use it personally. Mostly because my immediate family already knows about Amazon wishlists, which also let you add anything (even not on amazon). I'll admit the interface is a lot cooler here. Have you look
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by BenSS 14y ago
Which drives me crazy. If I want to zoom, let me. I don't care of the designer wants a pixel perfect layout, that's not the web.
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by BenSS 14y ago
Is everyone forgetting that you can easily zoom on any iOS device?
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by BenSS 14y ago
Agreed, It wasn't until recently I actually realized how badly a lot of my stuff fit! Since then I've been more picky about it, and it is hard. Some retailers are better about it (lands' end canvas) and some carry a slim/tailored fit option
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by BenSS 14y ago
I develop for iOS and chugging that koolaid, but Surface really doesn't deserve such a scathing article. There's a definite lack of polish and kludgey details, but I'd rather have surface over an android tablet right now.
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by BenSS 14y ago
"Presentation Zen" gives you the keys to making great decks like this. My presentations improved drastically. There is a ton more work involved but it shows.
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by BenSS 14y ago
Better yet would be to get supported by CPanel/SimpleScripts (provided with millions of hosting accounts).
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by BenSS 14y ago
The root of it is that most things still assume ASCII, etc by default. I griped about this a while ago, as a whole, we should be moving all our tools to being UTF-8 by default, and ASCII being the 'odd' case instead of the other way around!
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by BenSS 14y ago
Far too unstable for my tastes, especially with an iMac. I paid slightly more and got an 11" high coffee table from Ikea for $40 to drop on top of my existing desk. it has worked out really well for me, and provides more storage under. Clea
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by BenSS 14y ago
Aha, thank you for that tidbit of information. That explains why converting with QT took two hours for a particular file format, and I re-did the same thing with Handbrake in 20 minutes.
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Perian is shutting down(perian.org)
212 points by BenSS 14y ago|63 comments
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by BenSS 14y ago
The apple docs are pretty comprehensive. I think of it as you're not going to learn English by reading a dictionary. The specific example apps that apple provides that demonstrate one particular thing are great though.
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Silicon Valley, Watch Out For Glastonbury(ctnewsjunkie.com)
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Gamification and Learning: Two Truths and a Lie(blog.softwareadvice.com)
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Future Proof: HTML5, Native Client and the Battle for the Browser(gamesindustry.biz)
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by BenSS 15y ago
I've admittedly seen a lot of 'why' type companies in the education space, but I think it's more the lack of familiarity than an intent to snow people. At KinderTown we do have actual teachers working for us, and even though I've been readi
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by BenSS 15y ago
KinderTown Philadelphia Area - Fulltime We're looking for a developer with iOS/Webapp xp to add to our startup, targeting early childhood education. Neither skill is a hard requirement, but being interested in the edu/kid space is! Complete
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by BenSS 15y ago
KinderTown Philadelphia Area - Fulltime We're looking for a developer with iOS xp to add to our startup, targeting early childhood education. Complete info: http://www.kindertown.com/careers/ios-programmer-with-additi...
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Study of the Day: Humble Leaders Are Better Liked and More Effective(theatlantic.com)
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by BenSS 15y ago
I also started using pinboard, and the 'killer feature' for me is saving and tagging all of the links I've posted to twitter. I actually started rolling my own before I discovered that they already do it.
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Not every company has this fear. In fact, some large companies are the most progressive with the ability to work remotely and have a huge investment in infrastructure to support this. On the negative side, the employees become more replacea

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