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by dirkdk 13y ago
One should be able to compile a web app into a downloadable package, with capabilities to run the app completely offline. Until that web will always be second best to fully native. Performance is getting close enough though.
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by dirkdk 13y ago
Dont be a negative force in the team. No technology exist outside of a business context. Be proactive, take control: cut the project up in parts and focus on those that you can deliver in time. Ever heard of agile?
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App engagement is a much better metric than downloads(blog.mobtest.com)
3 points by dirkdk 13y ago|0 comments
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March for Innovation in support for immigration reform is on(marchforinnovation.com)
1 points by dirkdk 13y ago|0 comments
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'Why The Hell Do I Have To Keep Updating Apps On My iPhone?(businessinsider.com)
4 points by dirkdk 13y ago|1 comments
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by dirkdk 13y ago
yep, thought that too. As Exchange has an easy way to send calendar invites
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by dirkdk 13y ago
awesome! so how many other clients will support this? Gmail is pretty big, but if functionality is limited to Gmail it won't take off
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by dirkdk 13y ago
interesting, it is not so much speed as lack of debuggers and diagnostic tools that lead them to abandon HTML. I guess that in the end supporting two mature platforms (iOS and Android) cost them less time than one not-so-mature platform (mo
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by dirkdk 14y ago
I personally prefer Prototyper by Appgyver ( http://www.appgyver.com/prototyper ), editing your mockups from your computer with a mouse and keyboard.
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by dirkdk 14y ago
oh yes, no doubt about that :). They might be better so serve content to you by knowing more about you. Lots of (young)users will not care. Still it would be good to educate us more about how they use our data. Maybe it requires some body l
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First Time iPhone Users Should Be Jealous Of Android: Facebook Home(blog.mobtest.com)
2 points by dirkdk 14y ago|2 comments
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by dirkdk 14y ago
Interesting. So it is not an OS or UI layer baked into the OS, it is an app with deep integration. In theory you can do it on any Android phone. Starting out with only 5 phones though, so it requires probably a lot of testing and high end s
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by dirkdk 14y ago
Well yes, but for startups that doesn't work. Every day you need to look at the results of your product, talk with your team and adjust course. Having remote workers really kills your ability to do that.
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by dirkdk 14y ago
because it is cheating to the judges, competitors and to possible people that join up with my team and would put in hours for free. I am already out there with my company. The number of successful startups that come out of a hackathon is ac
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by dirkdk 14y ago
What I don't get so much is the push to take the result of a hackathon and turn it into a company. Several occasions I have seen investors promise to invest in winners, but most of the time it is just a group of people together for the week
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Adria Richards fired by SendGrid for outting developers (venturebeat.com)
99 points by dirkdk 14y ago|31 comments
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“The AT&T Hacker” Sentenced To 41 Months In Prison(techcrunch.com)
129 points by dirkdk 14y ago|170 comments
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by dirkdk 14y ago
awesome! Just proofs that against all odds, traction is still the most important metric to show success for an early stage startup good luck Nikhil
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Unified Inbox acquires iOS app HelloInbox to revamp platform on mobile(thenextweb.com)
1 points by dirkdk 14y ago|0 comments
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by dirkdk 14y ago
wonder how they store their credentials, seems like an old repository? Or shard 1?
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by dirkdk 14y ago
I once had a user complaining on twitter "HelloInbox sucks" (that was my company in those days). I responded "Sorry to hear that, what is the problem?". Guy asks for email address. Sends a 2 pager, starting that he really liked HelloInbox b
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by dirkdk 14y ago
totally!
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by dirkdk 14y ago
Just disabled. Too much HN love? :)
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by dirkdk 14y ago
Yep, running a web site in an hybrid iOS app will slow down your app, as the Nitro Javascript engine is not available. That has been the case for a while, because of security reasons, and won't go away any time soon
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by dirkdk 14y ago
yep, Objective-C sucks. But Javascript, is that such a straightforward language? You might think that because you are familiair with it, but I remember learning it after Java and that was not a good experience.
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by dirkdk 14y ago
in due time, not really. However, as mobile is a very much evolving platform, for the next few years native code will have earlier access to new features before html through additional api's has.
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Web Developers, Don’t Be Lazy And Learn A Native Mobile Language(blog.mobtest.com)
13 points by dirkdk 14y ago|45 comments
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User Experience of The New Google Maps For iOS App(blog.mobtest.com)
1 points by dirkdk 14y ago|0 comments
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As embarrassed as Apple should be right now, will it buy Tomtom?(news.cnet.com)
1 points by dirkdk 14y ago|1 comments
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by dirkdk 14y ago
Already 967 reviews on US iTunes Store, 4.5 (?) average. Surprised iTunes didn't break down under the downloads. Only 6.7 MB, quite small!

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