davidwhodge

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   Embark Plans 1.3M Transit Trips Since Apple’s Release Of iOS 6(techcrunch.com)

   68 points by davidwhodge 14y ago|40 comments
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   Transit app developers see iOS 6 Maps as a chance to shine(arstechnica.com)

   6 points by davidwhodge 14y ago|0 comments
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   by davidwhodge 14y ago

   David from Embark here. Yes, this is true. No busses presently. Stay tuned. We're working on it.
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   by davidwhodge 14y ago

   Hey Jof, Thanks for the feedback. Generally people have been very happy with our apps, but we pay close attention if people have problems. We have a number of changes in store for London based on our user feedback. I'd really like to discus
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   by davidwhodge 14y ago

   We've found that Google has historically had a very hard time in San Francisco, and many other big cities for that matter. The results often seem reasonable at first, but end up being impractical in practice. We've found that getting good r
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   by davidwhodge 14y ago

   Hi zbowling, great to hear you like our apps! Thank you for the suggestion. We'll keep that in mind for the future.
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   by davidwhodge 14y ago

   Hey guys. David Hodge here from Embark. I just wanted to let you know that we've got you covered for transit directions in many large cities. (And more being added all the time) Look for Embark in NYC, Washington DC, Boston, London, Chicago
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   by davidwhodge 14y ago

   Congrats guys!
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   by davidwhodge 14y ago

   probably only ones that had no choice.
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    by davidwhodge 14y ago

    They probably actually closed this a while ago.
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    by davidwhodge 14y ago

    I hear they made a rule internally that WWDC is supposed to pay it's own way. I certainly agree that it doesn't need to, but just thought you might find that interesting.
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    by davidwhodge 15y ago

    Congratulations to Sam & team. A brief conversation with Sam was what convinced me to apply to YC in the first place, and I'm very glad I did. Sam has shown himself to be an expert, a smooth operator, and an excellent teacher. Green Dot
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    by davidwhodge 15y ago

    Thanks for your insights on your app choice for MUNI + BART. For what it's worth, we do have a separate Caltrain app called Ride Caltrain.
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    by davidwhodge 15y ago

    True. Though the built-in maps app definitely leaves something to be desired. One big benefit it does have is its coverage. What Maps is missing is a decent list of stuff though... offline routing, real-time arrivals, alerts and system maps
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    by davidwhodge 15y ago

    untog, we hear you there. Though there are three things we should note to put this in better context. 1. The MTA's goal ultimately was to get apps to help their riders as much as possible, regardless of where the apps came from. 2. We're re
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    Embark (YC S11) wins "Best transit app" award(thenextweb.com)

    32 points by davidwhodge 15y ago|15 comments
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    by davidwhodge 15y ago

    he's probably not stressing about it too much.
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    by davidwhodge 15y ago

    Seconded.
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    by davidwhodge 15y ago

    Congrats guys!
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    by davidwhodge 15y ago

    Thanks for the feedback. We'll do what we can to make things more clean. Can you explain which links don't go anywhere? FYI, the third word on the site is "free". We certainly could make that more clear in the video though.
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    by davidwhodge 15y ago

    We're all super pumped with how this video turned out!
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    Run-and-gun in New York City(forbes.com)

    19 points by davidwhodge 15y ago|4 comments
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    by davidwhodge 15y ago

    We fixed it! Thanks for the heads-up.
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    Dutch Railway Commuters Slide to catch their trains.(cleantechnica.com)

    8 points by davidwhodge 15y ago|7 comments
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    by davidwhodge 15y ago

    I've contacted the site owner and I'll see if I can get a mirror set up for those files.
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    by davidwhodge 15y ago

    Maps on iOS was written by Apple. They get their tiles from Google, but they wrote the client code.
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    by davidwhodge 15y ago

    Look towards the end. They claim Dropbox has received $4 billion in a recent round of funding. Don't think they have a clue what's going on.
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    by davidwhodge 15y ago

    Congrats guys!
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    by davidwhodge 15y ago

    The majority of problems we've seen come in the form of existing API calls that have some slightly new/different behavior. They seem to do a decent job with versioning major changes. But our App breaks on iOS5 because of subtle changes. Poi