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Case Study: Red Hook WiFi Mesh and Tidepools(oti.newamerica.net)
2 points by larakerns 12y ago|0 comments
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by larakerns 12y ago
They also use tidepools ( http://tidepools.co ), a platform designed alongside the Red Hook mesh, for local apps on the network (stop & frisk, maps etc.) Case study: http://www.scribd.com/doc/147627564&#x2
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Healthcare startups, how to not screw over our users?
10 points by larakerns 12y ago|2 comments
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by larakerns 12y ago
This kind of article is so much more realistic than any glamorized startup story. As the article says: "Here’s what people never tell you about startup life. A lot of it is mundane, boring, grunt work. Imagine being stuck in an MMO gam
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by larakerns 12y ago
I think this article says a lot about the tribulations of doing your first startup from scratch. I particularly love this part: "Here’s what people never tell you about startup life. A lot of it is mundane, boring, grunt work. Imagine
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by larakerns 12y ago
Project Tango is going to be revolutionary, but I'm also interested in how psycho-geographic (situationist) style landmark mapping might complement 1:1 3D representations of the real world…humans tend to navigate based on abstract geom
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by larakerns 12y ago
This is super smart – Soundcloud needs to integrate more deeply with the hype / discovery abilities of Twitter. Soundcloud songs overlaid on Vine vids, etc. could prove amazing as well.
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by larakerns 12y ago
This is theoretically interesting! I want to see this become ubiquitous – connected device apps should be consolidated into one interface, indexed by place (do you need your one lightbulb app outside your home?) When you walk into a new r
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by larakerns 12y ago
People love to complain about how NYC "used to be," but it is always changing. When a city is so compacted, the changes will be more noticeable.
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by larakerns 12y ago
We use CouchDB for distributed instances, using Digital Ocean droplets with backups there as well…might not be best practice.
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by larakerns 12y ago
Thinking like a designer is so important in coding. Designers spend most of their time observing a problem then deriving a simple, efficient patch. I'm always looking for ways to patch, by observing closely and listening to what others
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by larakerns 12y ago
I would go with writing directives over using global scope in general, though it's more time consuming to me.