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by edster 16y ago
Better yet, have the new name ready before getting this press! A huge opportunity has just passed by.
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by edster 16y ago
I have to say that I'll be very disappointed if the iPhone 4 comes with only 256MB of RAM. You would think the iPad experience would have taught them that 256MB is not enough RAM to accommodate the significantly increased amount of RAM need
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by edster 16y ago
we always called it seagull management too. Especially when the manager makes an appearance, eats all the "snacks" around the office and then shits all over everything before taking off.
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by edster 16y ago
Here's the bonus... If you read the article that sourced this video the author claimed "It runs Adobe’s Flash and Air apps flawlessly." I actually laughed out loud reading that after seeing the video. http://zedomax.com/blog/2010/05/04/and
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by edster 16y ago
Siri uses Nuance, but loads it with it's own vocabulary. But you are correct, Apple would not acquire Siri for this reason. I think the real reason is the ip in this area and the natural language processing built into the server.
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by edster 16y ago
Detroit (like many big cities) already taxes commuters. If you work in the city, you pay 1.5% income tax to the city. In the extreme case of Detroit, a huge percentage of the city tax revenues come from people who have no ability to be repr
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by edster 16y ago
You assert that white flight has to do with issues of class, mobility and race. However, that's only true to the extent of the real reason why you would "Flee" one place for another. It boils down to basic animal instincts to protect and pr
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by edster 16y ago
Obviously, if you like physical keyboards, I respect your opinion that it's important to you. However, I don't think you can say a device without has lower usability. What you gain in potential typing ability is offset by either a larger ov
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by edster 16y ago
Anybody notice the picture of the woman standing up and holding the device? I think it's the last picture in the roll. Not only does she appear somewhat uncomfortable holding it but she is using a pillow in her right hand while standing to
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by edster 16y ago
Wait, link didn't seem to go to article referenced, but was interesting anyway. I would undo my upvote if I could.
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by edster 16y ago
The most fascinating part of the article is that he admits his best selling phone is a low end model as evidence of what customers really want. Apparently it didn't occur to him that he's not selling higher end phones because his competitor
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RIM CEO doesn't think people really want touch screen phones or tablets(electronista.com)
11 points by edster 16y ago|18 comments
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by edster 16y ago
Wouldn't sending metrics to my own server still be the second party. In fact, the device doesn't need to be involved at all. The server could record the hit to its API from a device and generated the metrics entirely server side. I assume o
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by edster 16y ago
The iPad crash reports claim to be ARM. symbolicating an iPad crash report with the wrong architecture would produce garbage.
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by edster 16y ago
Great article. I've never done a formal two weeks pair programming exercise like this. Like most, I've been involved in hours or even day long exercises where the goal is to solve a specific and troublesome problem, but never for regular da
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by edster 16y ago
Interesting that you see such a huge improvement between 10.6 and 10.5. (To describe it as great) In my day to day life, I haven't really noticed any practical difference. Maybe expose on the dock, which I haven't developed a habit for usin
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by edster 16y ago
I've worked at so many of the largest companies as an employee, contractor and even overpaid consultant and this is completely true. These companies are completely mired in their own structure that there is nothing they can do to get out. E
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by edster 16y ago
Here is my best story about business consultants... I was contracting at a big three automaker and they had retained just such a firm, possibly even BCG, to "restructure" the IT department. So they had a team of overpaid consultants come an
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by edster 17y ago
thanks, I added my email to my profile. It should be available.
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by edster 17y ago
It is currently my full time job and sole source of income. When I first started, for about the first 4 months or so, I had a full time job and worked iPhone projects on the side. Since then I have been dedicated full time, once I realized
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by edster 17y ago
As a person whose is in a position similar to his, I agree with the spirit of his comments. Basically, what are things of value in this world? Scarcity is probably the biggest driving force, especially when coupled with demand. It's what dr
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by edster 17y ago
I think they missed the point. There are already apps in the store with banner ads. It's one choice of many for a business model for the app. The purpose of the iAd platform is to make the user experience better for applications which are a
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by edster 17y ago
It's amazing how fast even the big dudes run. That's what blows my mind.
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by edster 17y ago
I'll be happy to talk to you about your app. I've been developing freelance iphone apps since day 1 of the beta. I've had apps featured at the All Things D conference, NY Times, all of the gadget websites and one of my apps was chosen as on
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by edster 17y ago
It's not just with the consoles. I used to develop Lotus Notes applications. The problem with Notes was that the barrier to entry for developers was too low such that it hurt the platform, and it made it hard to distinguish good developers