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by blownd 13y ago
"Stop looking at social media websites, and instead work out what contribution you can make to the world, and go and do it," he says.
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Thomas Flohr: The high-flying multi-millionaire(bbc.co.uk)
4 points by blownd 13y ago|1 comments
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by blownd 14y ago
You might like to take a look at my Mac app, it allows you to switch between Chrome and Safari tabs with cmd-tab and type to search for a tab by name: http://most-advantageous.com/optimal-layout/
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Sharing My Kindle Highlights(avc.com)
2 points by blownd 15y ago|0 comments
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by blownd 15y ago
An app I developed, Optimal Layout, lets you switch to a window by typing it's name: http://most-advantageous.com/optimal-layout/ It doesn't solve all the problems in this post, but if you are trying to find an open window I think it's th
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Footage from camera attached to shuttle rocket booster as it falls to Earth(youtube.com)
2 points by blownd 15y ago|0 comments
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by blownd 15y ago
The best: http://www.crikey.com.au/
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by blownd 15y ago
The layouts you save are monitor agnostic; so if you save it on one monitor then apply it on another it will be applied proportionately the same. It's also really easy to rapidly apply any kind of custom position using the grid. This isn't
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by blownd 15y ago
Can I piggy back on this to spruik my Mac window manager here? I posted a separate submission this morning but it hasn't seen any attention and I thought it would really appeal to HN's: Window & tab switching with 'type to search' for O
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by blownd 15y ago
Hi HN, this is my OS X window management application and it's got some unique features I thought fellow hackers would enjoy: the latest update adds tab browsing for Safari, Google Chrome and Terminal, combining this with 'type to search' ma
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Window & tab switching with 'type to search' for OS X(most-advantageous.com)
19 points by blownd 15y ago|5 comments
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by blownd 15y ago
History of the World - J. M. Roberts http://www.amazon.com/History-World-J-M-Roberts/dp/019521043... This was my lunch time reading for many months whilst doing contract web development. I was working with the most offensive tech lead I'v
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by blownd 15y ago
Absolutely! I develop Mac window management apps and every time a new OS is released I half expect Apple to come and wipe out my product line.
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by blownd 15y ago
Ludicrous link bait headline and tabloid trash article from The Register. Apple didn't copy the app, it sound like they were maintaining control of their interests; no one should be surprised by that given Apple's track record. That's not t
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Sony forecasts annual loss of $3.2bn(bbc.co.uk)
1 points by blownd 15y ago|0 comments
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by blownd 15y ago
I'll share some numbers: I've got three utilities in the Mac App Store, two currently free: WindowFlow[1] & Window Keys[2], and one paid: Optimal Layout[3]. Firstly, from what I've seen, only the US store really matters for paid apps. I
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by blownd 15y ago
There are loads of great resources out there for learning Cocoa for Mac development but because Xcode 4 is so new you aren't going to find much aside from Apple's own documentation. But I strongly recommend you check out Programming iOS 4:
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What do military operation names mean?(bbc.co.uk)
2 points by blownd 16y ago|0 comments
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by blownd 16y ago
Apparently the state of New York has roughly the same GDP as Australia. This chart matches each state to a country with equal GDP: http://www.economist.com/blogs/dailychart/2011/01/comparing_... Texas GDP = Russia's GDP!
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by blownd 16y ago
Check out http://macdeveloper.net/ You offer a incentive to testers there and they give you feedback on you app. I've used it a couple of times with really good results.
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The world's largest theme park & fastest rollercoaster(news.bbc.co.uk)
1 points by blownd 16y ago|0 comments
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by blownd 16y ago
Working alone from home I've found myself enjoying playing with the kids toys during a break. Last year I played a lot of swing-ball (or totem-tennis as it's also known), I recently picked up a trampoline which is great fun and incredibly e
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by blownd 16y ago
Mac Developers might like to take a look at my project: Optimal Layout. It gives you very flexible keyboard commands to control windows as well as a window switcher: http://most-advantageous.com/optimal-layout/ It includes an option to re
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by blownd 16y ago
I always thought TL;DR was more dismissive than "Summary"
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by blownd 16y ago
OK, be honest with me, does my voice suck on my app screencast & does my website make sense? http://most-advantageous.com/optimal-layout All feedback is appreciated.
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by blownd 16y ago
Hit me up. My site / product: http://most-advantageous.com/optimal-layout Email: b(at)lowndes.net
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by blownd 16y ago
I'm working on an app to make window management as easy as possible: http://windowflow.com It's about to relaunch with a significantly improved UI and more flexible tiling methods, so check back in a week if you don't like what you see no
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by blownd 17y ago
Great feedback, thank you! Yes being able to get one window to jump to a particular position would be really handy. There's a shortcut to center a window on screen, I'll add ones for the edges.
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by blownd 17y ago
A direct link: http://windowflow.com
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Ask HN: Review my Mac App - WindowFlow
7 points by blownd 17y ago|3 comments

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