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by matthewjames 12y ago
I really like the idea of a beacon, but I wonder how far out that beacon could be picked up by a user driving down the highway towards it? Or maybe relating to my last comment above, use a 3G/4G device to broadcast information to a &qu
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by matthewjames 12y ago
That is a great idea, but by crowdsourcing I assume you mean the end-users reporting the accident, the work zone, etc. correct? I love that idea and it is a old/tested one, but from a safety perspective do we want people touching their
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Ask HN: Urban Tech - Ideas to improve our cities
5 points by matthewjames 12y ago|8 comments
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by matthewjames 12y ago
Hello friend. I would highly recommend taking a look at www.ghost.org I use it for my online presence to essentially talk about the same thing that you are. It is very simple to use and made for a great, clean reading experience. I am just
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by matthewjames 12y ago
If you are looking for someone trying to learn rails as well. I am your man! I also know html, css, js/jQuery, php/laravel framework and some node.js/express.js
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Rails or Laravel?
2 points by matthewjames 12y ago|4 comments
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by matthewjames 12y ago
In my experience, I would highly recommend Digital Ocean. Their experience is boiled down to what matters to dev's: simplicity and speed in setup. You can get started with a Droplet (what they call a dedicated virtual) for as low as 5$
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by matthewjames 12y ago
P.S. I was admiring your pen before you put it up on HN, small world!
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by matthewjames 12y ago
Wow this is a really interesting style of navigation. I honestly have never seen this befor, well done! I really like how smooth transitions are. Also, the action of dragging down to match your menu item is very "fun" for the user
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by matthewjames 12y ago
If you like my contribs, please up-vote, I need some of that so-sweet karma.
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by matthewjames 12y ago
Hey guys, I want to keep this thread going. This concept jump-started my noggin and wanted to gen-up a quick concept. The mockup has not been made responsive yet as I do not have the resources where I am currently. Thoughts? http:/&#x
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by matthewjames 12y ago
This sounds like an amazing idea to me as well. I have half a mind to make this. Maybe a simple version at first with HN type style then progress to talent matching and more. Thoughts?
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by matthewjames 12y ago
The nice thing about having someone unqiue to each area is they should "theoretically" be an expert in that area. Most of the time that really isnt the case and I suggest you search for some that is disciplined for the most part i
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by matthewjames 12y ago
I would reccommend looking at www.codeacademy.com and getting a good introductory grip on js (javascript). A lot may disagree, but learning Objective-C can be a long process compared and there are more and more frameworks out there to devel
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by matthewjames 12y ago
Since you are familiar with web languages already, you should go check out impactjs. Very cool little javascript game engine with a lot of flexibility. Has been used for small and big projects, one person even recently produced an infinite-
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by matthewjames 12y ago
I think that you could scale this idea better. Setup a Google Docs workflow, start with defing your abstract and key features and continue from there. They key is to differentiate, how will you become different and provide more value, than