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by j_b_f 16y ago
That, and more and more browsing is done using easily zoomable browsers like Mobile Safari. It's becoming less likely that users will experience your site at its "native" resolution, so anything that moves away from poorly-scalable images i
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by j_b_f 16y ago
I love how the common user suggestion to "just make it a setting" is immediately downvoted. Hacker News FTW.
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by j_b_f 16y ago
Everything is dependent on your market. To paraphrase Dharmesh Shah, "enterprise products are sold, not bought." Part of that selling process is making sure prospects know you exist, and understand the value you provide. Cold calls are one
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by j_b_f 16y ago
In this example the Mercedes also costs the same as a Honda, right? Look, Apple sets expectations super high, and to a certain extent that's their fault. But they're also innovating like crazy and, unfortunately, there are bound to be some
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by j_b_f 16y ago
It's a little weird that the iPad-ish device on the homepage appears to be running the Windows version of Firefox.
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by j_b_f 16y ago
Great, I just lost like 20 minutes.
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by j_b_f 16y ago
If you have an iPhone or Android device with GPS, I'd suggest Runkeeper ( http://www.runkeeper.com ). The app and site is top-notch.
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by j_b_f 16y ago
This is absolutely going to get scribd bought by Adobe. It's a no-brainer. Case closed. Amazing work, guys!
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by j_b_f 17y ago
All I know is that I love being part of a community that gets that joke.
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by j_b_f 17y ago
In my experience Apple has pretty high quality refurb processes (replacing excessively scratches chassis, etc) - so while it might not be brand new you might end up with something better than what you started with. That said, given some of
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by j_b_f 17y ago
Just to clarify something that appears to be a common misconception - Apple doesn't ever replace the iPad battery, it just gives you a whole new iPad for $105.95: http://www.apple.com/support/ipad/service/battery/ As a point of comparison
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by j_b_f 17y ago
Less space than a Nomad.
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by j_b_f 17y ago
Sounds a lot like the people who said they would move to Canada if George W Bush won. It's one thing to make threats like this, it's another thing completely to follow through with them.
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by j_b_f 17y ago
His complaints: (1) You don't know how it will _feel_ (It's Apple so that's pretty much the one thing that is guaranteed to be fine) (2) You don't know which iPhone apps will run correctly (get over it, the software will be buggy and under-
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by j_b_f 17y ago
I'm also super impressed. You could have gone in any number of crazy directions but you kept it simple (dashboard, incoming, searches). I love it. It's like Campfire on steroids. Personal feature request: preview youtube URLs, images, and t
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by j_b_f 17y ago
Hawaii is already doing this: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/oct/21/hawaii-schools-f... It's been very problematic for parents who have to find childcare on Fridays -- it basically just shifts that cost back on to the taxpayer.
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by j_b_f 17y ago
A pretty good write-up about what went wrong. I like the mitigation procedure of implementing recovery drills that "include the rare and complicated procedures"... whoever runs that is going to have a wickedly fun job!
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by j_b_f 17y ago
I have no idea what this guy is talking about.
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by j_b_f 17y ago
I've never actually seen Larry Ellison speak before. He's pretty hilarious.
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by j_b_f 17y ago
The speaker argues that your memory of an event is based largely on the end of the event itself (such as the pain at the very end of a colonoscopy). Hilariously, the end of the speech itself ends strong but then there's a crappy question-
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Daniel Kahneman: The riddle of experience vs. memory(ted.com)
2 points by j_b_f 17y ago|1 comments
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by j_b_f 17y ago
Too bad Google isn't marketing or branding these devices. If your strategy as a vendor is "hope our OS provider's branding sort of rubs off on us" I think you need a different approach. Also, does anyone else hate killer/doomed/war linkbait
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by j_b_f 17y ago
Related Sivers article: http://sivers.org/trust-but-verify
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by j_b_f 17y ago
Joel's early writing really gave us a solid model for building our company 9 years ago (for better or for worse) and inspired us to start the thing in the first place. For that I will always be grateful.
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by j_b_f 17y ago
That was already true for what they're now calling "Windows Phone Classic."
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by j_b_f 17y ago
The Microsoft and Linux search "special" searches definitely predate the CSE product. Not sure how long they've been around for, but they're really, really old.
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by j_b_f 17y ago
Weird, that blog post reads just like a Steve Jobs keynote, albeit a pretty unimpressive one.
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by j_b_f 17y ago
I'll believe it when I see it (that said, I really hope to see it).
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by j_b_f 17y ago
Yeah, it's a little over the top. I don't like how articles like this always fail to put forward the theory that maybe Google did the N1 to avoid Windows Mobile's fate by creating an in-production reference platform that commits them to bac
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by j_b_f 17y ago
Wow, that's actually great. Thanks for the info.

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