jonstjohn

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by jonstjohn 14y ago
I had a major issue with my Nexus One. I called, they suggested a reset, after the reset didn't fix it they sent me a replacement immediately. The entire process was as painless as can be. The support rep seemed knowledgeable and reasona
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by jonstjohn 14y ago
Really fantastic conference last year! Looking forward to 2013!
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by jonstjohn 14y ago
I just built something very similar on top of bootstrap for my company two weeks ago. Even some of the methods and naming are the same! Oh well, we needed something slightly more customized and it only took a day or so to write.
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by jonstjohn 14y ago
I agree. Reading through the comments I see that many people say that every develop should be an architect. Although I agree that developers should be able to think in terms of the larger picture, in my experience, certain developers eith
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by jonstjohn 14y ago
There are number of different ways to access the NWS data and graphs - not surprisingly it is hard to discover them! They do have an XML web service for daily and hourly forecasts http://graphical.weather.gov/xml/ but you can also downlo
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by jonstjohn 14y ago
Nice! Thanks for downloading the app! My next front burner project involves another niche weather site but focused on outdoors more generally. The outdoor climbing community is relatively small, so although I get decent traffic to the si
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by jonstjohn 14y ago
Definitely. I think I may have met you at PyCon last year(?).
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by jonstjohn 14y ago
I run my own niche weather site http://www.climbingweather.com that focuses on weather for climbing areas in the United States. It's not full-featured like Weather Underground, but I've often wondered if it would be worth my time to gene
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by jonstjohn 14y ago
I work with PHP everyday at my job. Is it my favorite language? No. Are we in a position like others (e.g., Facebook) where we have a ton of code and infrastructure build around PHP? Yes. Do I love my company? Yes. We have strict cod
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by jonstjohn 14y ago
Absolutely. It is so easy to poke holes in somebody project, blog post, etc, and takes some contrarian angle. I just don't quite understand why they get voted up to the top.
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by jonstjohn 14y ago
Or maybe people expect to interact exclusively through the ORM and when they have to do something more complex, conclude that the ORM is useless. When using an ORM increases the complexity of the code substantially over direct SQL, I'll us
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by jonstjohn 14y ago
I agree that this is probably a bit of an exaggeration, but probably not too far off. My brother who was a key part of mp3.com in the late 90s, was more or less working constantly for a couple of years. I lived with him for part of that t
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by jonstjohn 14y ago
Strive to test on three levels: 1 - Unit tests, low-level method testing w/ mocked or no external dependencies (such as db) 2 - Integration tests, test against external dependencies, such as db, apis 3 - System tests, front-end testing that
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by jonstjohn 14y ago
Size would be one, Peity is 5k uncompressed, sparklines is 119k - big difference there.
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by jonstjohn 14y ago
Agree, but I guess it depends on the work you're doing. When I'm working on something in my spare time, by 13" macbook air has plenty of real estate. At my day job, however, I have 3 main screens and one off to the side. The three usuall
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by jonstjohn 14y ago
I was moved by the simplicity of the letter, even if it was from a different era. I felt there was more to it than just 'go through the motions' and you'll be fine.
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by jonstjohn 14y ago
Nice job! Looks awesome! Will have to try it out with my little one. I haven't seen the other apps that people say are similar, and kind of surprised by some of the not-so-positive comments. As far as real coloring books vs apps - I rea
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by jonstjohn 14y ago
Cool, thanks Ryan. I currently work remotely for a small company and lead a 4-person team. We use some of the tools that you mention and a handful of others to accomplish essentially the same thing. I think figuring out the tools is a bi
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by jonstjohn 14y ago
Good summary of tools, but would love to hear more about the process challenges. Tools are obviously just a small part of the challenge.
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by jonstjohn 14y ago
Convenience and (the perception) of safety, both from law and malware. Paying a reasonable amount for a movie that is easy to find and watch is a no-brainer for me. Of course, my time to income ratio is low.
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by jonstjohn 14y ago
One thing that people overlook when trying to improve their work ergonomics is where they are resting their hands and elbows. You can subtly pinch the nerves in both your hands and elbows leading to restricted blood flow and eventually pai
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by jonstjohn 14y ago
I use a left-handed Evoluent mouse, even though I used a right-handed mouse for years (funny enough, I'm actually left handed but it still took some getting used to). This made a huge difference when I was developing some issues in my righ
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by jonstjohn 14y ago
Totally agree that caffeine can have a huge impact on energy. I used to drink very strong coffee first thing in the morning (probably equivalent 3-4 shots of espresso), be highly productive until mid-morning, crash, have lunch, then do it a
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by jonstjohn 14y ago
I've started getting packages delivered to work, as well, but I actually bike to work so if it can't fit into my panniers, I'm out of luck.
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by jonstjohn 14y ago
I think the main problem here is that I can no longer release liability for smaller packages (which appears to be a punishment by the driver who probably caught a lot of flak and not a necessity). Most of my packages are < $50 and I'm
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by jonstjohn 14y ago
My big gripe right now with UPS is that the person who delivers our package has put us on her black list, and I've tried several times to get things sorted out to no avail. Here's what happened: I ordered a fairly pricey vacuum for my wife
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by jonstjohn 14y ago
We currently have 7 developers and two teams, but have not yet divided the teams along specializations. I suspect this is probably a good direction to go, though, especially as we continue to grow. I find that developers really like owner
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by jonstjohn 14y ago
For me the night-time is the only quiet time to get work done (full-time job, family), but I still need to get up about 5:40 AM. I aim to get to sleep by 10:30 but usually work up until that point. I know I sometimes suffer when trying to
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by jonstjohn 14y ago
I'm a green tea drinker and I've actually read that small amounts of caffeine throughout the day are okay. Seems to be working for me. Went from coffee to black tea to green tea and have been primarily drinking green tea for 2-3 years now
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by jonstjohn 15y ago
I'm assuming 'miles apart' is working from home or cafe? I really like the idea of two spatial configurations. Personally, I work remote for a small company that is mostly local - I visit the office a couple times a year and love the perso

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