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by ftio 7y ago
There’s something to be learned from Toyota’s practices — the metaphor isn’t completely useless — but I think I agree that the auto manufacturing analogy has been stretched too far. Making software is not at all like making a hundred thousa
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by ftio 7y ago
100% in agreement. Same exact experience. The expectation is 30% YoY growth with 30% margins. At any cost. No excuses. Your entire company, all of your software, your assets, your people? You’re a single line in a spreadsheet. You’re a stoc
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by ftio 7y ago
The title is clearly a bit of marketing, but this is really a great piece nonetheless. It's not actually about building a browser. What it is about is building an MVP (perhaps unwittingly), scratching your own itch, iterating based o
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by ftio 7y ago
The premise is good, I think (I'm not the target audience), but the copy and positioning need a lot of work. The positioning reads to me like: "Look at all the awesome features we've built!" Gems! Coins! Filters! Profile
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by ftio 7y ago
Not only is Apollo the best Reddit app for iOS, it might be one of the best 3rd-party iOS apps out there, period. It’s incredibly well-designed, very fast, and it’s updated very consistently. Christian, the developer, is a former Apple guy,
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by ftio 7y ago
Can't deny your subjective experience, but I love it: - I can click anywhere on the surface and receive the same feedback — it's highly realistic - Fewer moving parts — in the past, I've had to replace trackpads on nearly all
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by ftio 7y ago
For the record, I looked it up, and the phone I was remembering was the LG Voyager: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LG_Voyager
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by ftio 7y ago
The devil’s in the details with haptic feedback. It can be good, but many implementations are bad. Apple’s implementation on the Magic Trackpad, for example, is incredibly effective. On iPhone, it’s...fine but not great (it’s not usually
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by ftio 7y ago
This is an absolutely phenomenal 'explorable explanation'. It methodically layers concepts to foster understanding, deploys interactivity to build intuition, and on top of all that provides crisp, clear narrative on top of all of
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by ftio 7y ago
We're in the exact same boat. Our families will just not stop buying gifts for our three-year-old. We have two 'solutions,' which are sorta kinda working but are not totally satisfying: - We end up making a lot of donations
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by ftio 7y ago
I watched this video more than five years ago (probably 2013), and I still shake my hands out twelve times every single time I wash my hands. This is a phenomenal, memorable presentation.
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by ftio 7y ago
Like with all things, it depends! Since HTML5’s introduction of a bunch of new elements, I like to think markup has the potential to be a lot more readable and semantic now than it ever did when I first starting making websites in the 90s,
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by ftio 7y ago
What does “unbiased” mean in this context? Who am I trusting with a definition of “high quality”?
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by ftio 7y ago
Thank you! TL;DR Since I use Heap Analytics for basic user analytics stuff, I just use Heap's built-in click tracking mechanism to track "waves". Some ad blockers will block the analytics data from being sent — others let it
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by ftio 7y ago
Thank you! :) I did it myself.
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by ftio 7y ago
Sure! https://www.ft.io I use the awesome Lektor static site generator and publish to Netlify, which is one of the best products I’ve used in a long, long time.
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by ftio 7y ago
This sounds like it might be faster, and I might like it for solo business trips, but getting on/off with my family is not optional for me. Assuming most multi-passenger groups feel similarly, and assuming solo business passengers repr
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by ftio 7y ago
Eminent means famous.
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by ftio 7y ago
This is spot on. I'm working on a blog post about a superset of this: the product IS the go-to-market. Messaging, sales/marketing strategy, pricing are just as much The Product as any feature. Ideally you maximize value/exper
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by ftio 7y ago
For flowcharts, check out code2flow.com. (I'm unaffiliated — just a fan!)
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by ftio 7y ago
Anti-developer? Sure. But anti-consumer? How is this anything but good for 99% of Mac users? It keeps totally un-savvy users safer, puts savvier users on high alert, and doesn’t affect power users at all (other than the minor inconvenience
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by ftio 7y ago
I took technical drawing classes in high school and haven’t written a lowercase letter since! Don’t hate! :)
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by ftio 7y ago
Thanks!
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by ftio 7y ago
I've been reading a lot about NLS/Augment (and Engelbart in general) lately. Any more information on your setup? If you're interested in bragging/chatting more about it, my email is in my profile. I'd love to learn
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by ftio 7y ago
This is fantastic, but they really need to work on the accessibility of their site. All of the most important text is locked away in images. No reason to do that in 2019.
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by ftio 7y ago
The few times I’ve been in TRU in the last ~5 years, half the families in there were seemingly doing exactly this anyway. Kids running around with toy swords, skateboarding, and generally wreaking playful havoc, as they’re wont to do. Embra
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by ftio 7y ago
I hear you. Hard to disagree with that assessment. I didn't paint quite as bleak a picture because so far they've shown that they can execute really well, but I tend to lean in your direction when I think about their future. Inves
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by ftio 7y ago
They're entertainers and motivators. They know exactly what to say and when to say it to help you push hard at times when you're feeling ready to give up (at scale — they can't see you if you're not in the studio). They
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by ftio 7y ago
Peloton's business model is breathtakingly good, but I wonder about the size of their TAM and their ability to have sustained, multiplicative growth in the future. First, the business model. They sell you a $2000+ bike, which includes
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