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by bscofield 18y ago
Not really sure why people keep calling this a Wikipedia clone - seems much closer to Squidoo than to Wikipedia, to me. Granted, that's a debate that's already been had and done (back in December, if I recall correctly). * disclaimer: I hav
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by bscofield 18y ago
At least with iPhone web apps, you can bring up the numeric keyboard by default - and with two fingers, it's much faster and more accurate for entering digits than the scroller (I use alarm clock quite often, and can't stand it - overshooti
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by bscofield 18y ago
Well, that's true. In this case, however, testing with novice users isn't exactly critical. The target audience here are repeat users, after all, so learnability is probably a lower priority than raw performance for a regular user. That mea
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by bscofield 18y ago
I'm going to repost here what I did there, so sorry to anyone who reads both: I’m sorry, but I’ve read his defense – and this analysis – and I still say FAIL . If speed’s the primary concern, why would you use the scrolling widget to enter
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by bscofield 18y ago
This just reinforces my impression that Carsonified is more of a marketing shop than a web development shop - they had as many PR people on the project as they did designers and developers combined??
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by bscofield 18y ago
Well, we've got 32 employees right now, but I wouldn't call us "large," really. Large to me is ThoughtWorks, or Sapient.
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by bscofield 18y ago
I'll be there - I'm speaking about REST and Rails on Saturday
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by bscofield 19y ago
Why late? I don't think the SDK will kill iUI (or iPhone web application development more generally) - it's targeted at a different developer audience.
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Nerdfotainment(randsinrepose.com)
8 points by bscofield 19y ago|1 comments
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by bscofield 19y ago
I won the solo division for the Rails Rumble a few months ago. For me, the most valuable part of the competition was how inspirational it turned out to be. Seeing how much was accomplished under severe constraints (48 hours, max 4 people pe
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PHP vs. Rails on Squidoo(squidoo.com)
4 points by bscofield 19y ago|1 comments
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by bscofield 19y ago
BA Philosophy & Biology - UNC Chapel Hill MA Philosophy - University of Maryland, College Park
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by bscofield 19y ago
I'll be speaking there, and at least three of my coworkers from Viget Labs will also be attending.
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by bscofield 19y ago
Plenty of benefits; improved support for REST is a major one, but there are tons of little fixes that make life much easier. The link in chaostheory's comment is a good overview, or (if you feel like spending $9 more) you can buy Ryan Daigl