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Flat design, yada yada. Here's what I need from iOS 7 as a developer(medium.com)
13 points by davidkatz 13y ago|52 comments
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by davidkatz 13y ago
Here's to another round of correlation/causation errors. Brace yourself.
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by davidkatz 13y ago
It's not a genuine worry for me, just something I think about from time to time, when I realize that an interaction (either a hand shake or a hug) was slightly awkward for one of the parties. Other people don't need to give something the sa
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by davidkatz 13y ago
This has been bothering me for a while, and I generally come down on the side of hugging. Hand shaking with a woman always seems to me like I'm forcing a male to male ritual on the situation. No matter how formal the meeting is, it always s
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The Fable of the Dragon Tyrant: Nick Bostrom on Death(nickbostrom.com)
19 points by davidkatz 13y ago|1 comments
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by davidkatz 13y ago
Templates are tool. They can be used or abused. Used well, they can save you weeks of work. There is a lot of convergence in website goals. Blogs aren't that different from each other, portfolios aren't that different from each other. Sure,
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by davidkatz 13y ago
I actually like it. It takes some getting used to, but it helps me fumble less when I start a search. Now I just go direct to Omnibox everytime.
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by davidkatz 13y ago
Interesting. I checked with a few people that have my version, and they don't see it. Seems like a test.
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Google Removes Search Box From Results Page? When Using Chrome's Omnibox
13 points by davidkatz 13y ago|7 comments
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by davidkatz 13y ago
Parse is handling 10 million requests for our app per month, and I'm very uneasy about this.
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by davidkatz 13y ago
Recording people without their knowledge is unethical, and letting people know they're being recorded all the time is also not feasible, so, I wouldn't use this. Good luck.
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by davidkatz 13y ago
That's exactly as it should be, but not everyone has jumped on that wagon yet. I've heard a "a woman mostly taking care of her kids at home could not be truly happy" sentiment expressed often enough.
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by davidkatz 13y ago
Because it's possible that the way our society behaves and judges success is modelled more after men's natural inclinations and needs than women's, and that the liberation of women was seen as women pursuing the same goals as men do, when p
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by davidkatz 13y ago
I am a developer, and having the option to communicate real time with someone doesn't mean they get interrupted all the time.
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by davidkatz 13y ago
Sure, I should have clarified what I mean. Responsiveness in remote environments should be like in a physical office. If you need to, you can walk up to someone and talk to them. Sometimes they're on a break, sometimes they left early, some
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by davidkatz 13y ago
I think this is an unnecessary over reaction. You're confusing an acknowledgement when someone knocks (basic human communication) and being interrupted all the time. Acknowledging communication can also be: "I'll be with you in 20 minutes"
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by davidkatz 13y ago
I'd disagree, just because people should respond fast when needed doesn't mean they get interrupted all the time. In a physical location, you have the option of interrupting someone when necessary, and you have the option of carrying ou
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by davidkatz 13y ago
"A 'designer' and a 'developer' are made of the same stuff, all that separates them is the label they place upon themselves." I'm also made of the same stuff as heart surgeons. Want to get under my knife? Didn't think so. I'm all for expand
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by davidkatz 14y ago
Absolutely. Working remotely and responding within 24 hours is a complete non starter. Teams need to work tightly together. I'd even go as far as saying 'acknowledge all messages within 1 minute'. Being able to talk to people immediately is
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by davidkatz 14y ago
Your marketing materials clearly use phrases like "forget about servers", "easily scale to millions of users", "scale effortlessly" and so forth. You're making it very easy to misunderstand you.
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by davidkatz 14y ago
I'm with you, but given that no one does this yet, if I am going to be paying $3-$6 to watch something, I'd rather do it on my Apple TV.
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by davidkatz 14y ago
The aspect of Rdio which most appeals to me is their subscription model. Vdio doens't have that, so I'll stick with the Appleverse thankyouverymuch. Has better integration into my life.
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by davidkatz 14y ago
My company has been building apps for startups for years, and I can confirm that Heroku is consistently perceived as a "I never have to worry about scaling" solution.
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by davidkatz 14y ago
aesthetics gets in the way of usability? that sounds too wrong for anyone to believe. i mean, i'm the first to call out the current ridiculous 'design for the sake of design' trend. abuse of "pretty" interfaces abound, but clearly there can
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by davidkatz 14y ago
Yawn. That's a pretty non impressive redesign, especially for a company that deals in user experience. Did they forget that aesthetic factors into experience?
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by davidkatz 14y ago
I like it, but I gotta say - a decent logo would take this a long way forward. Can I volunteer to make something for free that's at least better than what you have now?
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by davidkatz 14y ago
Don't take money from friends, the potential problems there are countless. For one thing, your chances of success are low and your friends can't properly estimate that. They hear too many startup success stories in the news. A professional
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by davidkatz 14y ago
Amongst other things, this is a great lesson for how naming can affect mass market marketing. As a product guy and general geek, I want to believe that naming doesn't matter. It's the product and the value it creates that counts. I'm increa
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by davidkatz 14y ago
Beautiful. One thing though, I believe the OP is mistaken when he implies that Steve Jobs didn't affect how computers work on the inside: "On the one hand, I can imagine where the computing world would be without the work that Jobs did and
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by davidkatz 14y ago
This makes little sense. Say only 7 people died from inhaling cyanide last year, does that make cyanide 100 less dangerous than guns? Nope, because 100% of the people who inhaled it died. The real questions is, of the people who are within

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