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by boucher 18y ago
Thanks, glad you liked it.
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by boucher 18y ago
The notion that this needs to be a plugin is mistaken. There are several apps out there that built a compatibility layer on top of VML in JavaScript and do it with plenty of speed. The author himself notes Google Maps. 280 Slides does th
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by boucher 18y ago
An interesting REST read: http://tomayko.com/writings/rest-to-my-wife Anyway, the point is not GET, PUT, and DELETE so much as it is making use of the HTTP architecture as it exists, rather than rebuilding features on top of it. As we mo
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MobileMe and (lack of) encryption(tlrobinson.net)
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by boucher 18y ago
"Apple's approval process ensures at least a basic adherence to expected UI behaviors and acts as an effective filter for malicious software." It's not a very effective filter, since several apps on the store have been taken down because th
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by boucher 18y ago
I'd also recommend this interactive guide to programming (also done in JavaScript): http://eloquentjavascript.net/
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by boucher 18y ago
It's not at all equivalent to supporting different hardware. Providing an SDK for the iPhone is like providing an SDK for Mac OS X. In fact, it's exactly the same -- and the SDK for the iPhone (Cocoa Touch) is a direct derivative of Cocoa
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by boucher 18y ago
This is version 2 of a year old product. It's marginally different than version 1, but significantly more buggy.
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by boucher 18y ago
Actually, I think you wouldn't be far off the mark by saying that one of Y Combinator's most important contribution to its companies is morale. Tuesday night dinners really turned us around when we were feeling particularly demoralized.
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by boucher 18y ago
The quote comes from Aaron Hillegass's book, "Cocoa Programming for Mac OS X", which is a great read for anyone wanting to learn Cocoa.
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by boucher 18y ago
Hex Fiend is incredibly well done. And, although I've never met ridiculous_fish, and he writes way too infrequently, I think his blog is great.
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by boucher 18y ago
Surprising, but necessary. Apple kept its mouth shut for a month about the issues. For a whole month some people couldn't get to their e-mail at all, and during the entire time Apple refused to comment to the press. Not to mention that the
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by boucher 18y ago
The way Apple keeps secrets is by keeping information strictly need to know. Anything that gets sent out to the whole company is usually leaked pretty quickly.
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by boucher 18y ago
I find it amusing you singled him out. Of the three, he's without a doubt the most well known.
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by boucher 18y ago
I think the counter-point was that it may actually be different content. How often that is the case, I don't know, but assuming it will never happen doesn't necessarily seem like a great idea.
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by boucher 18y ago
Actually, that seems like comment overkill to me. Almost every line has a comment.
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by boucher 18y ago
"UI design != UI function" I would say, UI design != Graphic Design. UI design is inseparable from UI function. They are one and the same. Design isn't how something looks. It shouldn't be confused with graphic design though, which is re
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by boucher 18y ago
having three different X's in the playlist view gets pretty confusing. perhaps use "clear" for the clear playlist feature and a trash can for the remove item feature.
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by boucher 18y ago
Several times the song has started, but then whatever method is used to determine if its working caused it to stop and keep looking for another source.
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by boucher 18y ago
Even if you read about and then discover this feature, its still pretty inconvenient. I'd suggest making the playlist always visible somewhere on the site, and if you want you could add a hotkey to jump to it.
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by boucher 18y ago
You should autofocus your search bar onload.
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by boucher 18y ago
I think sometimes (but not always) shipping is the enemy of good.
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by boucher 18y ago
Seems to me like you should just pick a company you'd like to work for who you think is in need of your skills, and then prove it to them by doing exactly what you suggest. Why wait for them to come to you?
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by boucher 18y ago
Ad companies already use cookies all over the place to track users, I'm not sure this would be that much bigger of a deal.
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by boucher 18y ago
I would be pretty surprised if people weren't already doing this.
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by boucher 18y ago
"Amost a decade later, still without [another IPO], the number of skeptics are growing." This is bad writing. To claim that Google's IPO was KP's last great deal, and that they haven't done anything for a decade since is ludicrous. Google'
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by boucher 18y ago
It DOESN'T send a message to everyone in the phonebook. It only sends to people you select .
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by boucher 18y ago
I'm completely underwhelmed by all the iPhone Loopt bashing. A slew of people have reported accidentally spamming their friends, but nobody has been able to describe what happened. When I used the Loopt iPhone app, it was pretty obvious wh
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by boucher 18y ago
I have commented before on how offensive posts like this are for so many reasons It's one thing to disagree, its another thing entirely to claim this post is offensive. Plenty of people don't drink alcohol, or coffee, because th
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by boucher 18y ago
The iPhone makes better use of the data plan than anyone has before. Disagree with anything else about it, but MobileSafari is by far the best browser on any phone.

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