illdave

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   by illdave 15y ago

   I learnt Ruby this year, because I read Why's Poignant Guide to Ruby and it made me really excited about it's simplicity and readability. I used it to build Hackerbuddy.com.
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   Why it's important to respect your customers(penny-arcade.com)

   52 points by illdave 15y ago|4 comments
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   Kidsruby - Learn Ruby for kids(kidsruby.com)

   93 points by illdave 15y ago|22 comments
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   by illdave 15y ago

   Hi - no it's nothing malicious. I'm running it, maybe I should add a bit more to the contact details page..
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   by illdave 15y ago

   Hi, I showed the Eightbit.me designer before I launched, and he was happy with me using those characters.
6. 186.▲
   by illdave 15y ago

   Hi, thanks - that's definitely a bug I need to fix.
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   Find Hackers Near You(hackerbuddy.com)

   89 points by illdave 15y ago|23 comments
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   Skandanavian payment startup Klarna nabs a huge $155M round(venturebeat.com)

   1 points by illdave 15y ago|0 comments
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   How to survive a tweet from Stephen Fry(hackerbuddy.com)

   1 points by illdave 15y ago|0 comments
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    Kern Type, the kerning game(type.method.ac)

    2 points by illdave 15y ago|0 comments
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    Zappos employee running an AMA(reddit.com)

    2 points by illdave 15y ago|0 comments
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    by illdave 15y ago

    Thanks for the feedback - I know the slider doesn't work on the iPad, so it's definitely one to fix. Good idea about the live feed - I tried adding an auto-suggest bit but I couldn't get it to play nicely with the rest of the JavaScript, bu
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    by illdave 15y ago

    Thanks very much, glad you like it. I like the /username idea too so that's on my list of things to update (I'll make sure that everything redirects properly so you won't need to update your links if you don't want to). I did the back-end a
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    by illdave 15y ago

    I am really impressed that you did that :) I'll make sure when I'm updating the CSS to leave <pre> styled the same way it is - if I change anything that messes with your formatting, let me know - I don't want to break what you've do
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    by illdave 15y ago

    Ahha, thanks - and you're right, /:user would look cooler. I'll add it to my list of things to do. I might add a quote from you to the homepage saying "I god damn love this", if that's ok?
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    by illdave 15y ago

    Thanks!
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    by illdave 15y ago

    It's running on Rails, and using Heroku - it looks like it's holding up fine (although if you have any issues or notice any errors or downtime, let me know)
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    A better Hackerbuddy(hackerbuddy.com)

    64 points by illdave 15y ago|21 comments
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    American Airlines, AMR file for bankruptcy(moneycontrol.com)

    1 points by illdave 15y ago|0 comments
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    by illdave 15y ago

    I really like the look of this, and I can definitely see it being useful. I'm not 100% sure on the pro version idea though - the thing that I love about it is it's simplicity, and "more features" sounds like it might take away from that. Ha
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    Sleep deprivation is not a badge of honor (from 2008)(37signals.com)

    3 points by illdave 15y ago|0 comments
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    Boosting conversion rates on Twitter's signup page(gaarf.info)

    1 points by illdave 15y ago|0 comments
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    The Umbrella Man(video.nytimes.com)

    3 points by illdave 15y ago|0 comments
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    Microsoft will make a Kinect just for Windows hackers(venturebeat.com)

    2 points by illdave 15y ago|0 comments
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    Code School releases jQuery Air for free(blog.codeschool.com)

    4 points by illdave 15y ago|0 comments
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    Electronic contact lens displays pixels on the eyes(newscientist.com)

    125 points by illdave 15y ago|66 comments
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    eBay Acquires Hunch(businesswire.com)

    2 points by illdave 15y ago|0 comments
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    by illdave 15y ago

    Actually no, I've got some other logos designed for other projects from Dribbble designers, but not Typecast or Hackerbuddy (those sites actually don't really have proper logos..at least, not the first versions of them)
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    by illdave 15y ago

    I've found great logo designers by looking through http://www.dribbble.com and getting in touch with designers whose logo work I like.
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    WolframAlpha can now tell you which planes are flying above you(blog.wolframalpha.com)

    4 points by illdave 15y ago|0 comments