mike_h

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by mike_h 14y ago
Just some stuff to consider. I wasn't thinking of them as "mistakes"; that's up to you. Congrats on the nice work and feedback session!
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by mike_h 14y ago
App Store marketing suggestion: say what makes you distinct as near as possible to the beginning of the description text. Which here I think means, get your sketch-recognition feature as near to the beginning of your description as possible
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by mike_h 15y ago
Has anyone moved from a vim workflow to a tool like this and stuck with it? I've found IDEs useful in the past when getting onboard an existing project that's new to me, but I pretty quickly jump back to my text shredder and terminal window
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by mike_h 15y ago
Problem is, some limits are hard to detect until you've exceeded them; "listen to your body" really must be augmented by details and rigor around safe progressions through the practice (which, to complicate things, obviously vary by individ
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Mixed-race marrow donors needed (now), really hard to find(sfgate.com)
4 points by mike_h 15y ago|0 comments
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by mike_h 15y ago
Hard to say: it hasn't had much of an opportunity to become popular, because it hasn't been a real option so far ;) That said, my sense is similar to what yours sounds like -- the audience will remain small, just because it'll never be as f
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by mike_h 15y ago
Killer leverage there. Also: mobile (touchscreen UI) development.
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by mike_h 15y ago
The main point is always worth reiterating (take care of your body), but before a bunch of people run out and buy wrist supports I just want to add that things like this are not universally endorsed by physical therapists (or fellow injury-
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by mike_h 15y ago
I've also noticed generational differences. The baby-boomer-age folks who managed to emigrate after spending their youth in re-education camps tend not to be very quiet in their contempt for the regime. But Gen-X'ers that I've met swing i
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by mike_h 15y ago
You should put your portfolio link in your user page. I found a link by viewing your comments, but that'll get hidden if you post more. Looks like nice work.
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by mike_h 15y ago
This was my first thought too -- when I saw the icon at the top of your page, I was bracing myself for an awful-looking game and saying to myself "well there's the problem right there". But then the game looks great, compelling even. Talk
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by mike_h 15y ago
Hm, I missed that link to the chart before, and I was trying to respond to the "cognitive diversity -> effectiveness" discussion. You're right: it's hard to see the chart supporting my claim. (There are some hints at a sweet spot ther
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by mike_h 15y ago
When women are around, there's more at stake for men. They need to be more competitive but also more well-behaved (they're being judged not just on performance but also on character). There could be an analogous effect on the women, I don'
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by mike_h 15y ago
Sorry to see this and respond late, but yeah, mine is pretty big too. Most of that doesn't change hour-to-hour in my use case luckily, so incremental backup to disk is good enough for the bulk. If you work mostly with code or other text,
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by mike_h 15y ago
"The future is already here, it's just not evenly distributed" is the Gibson quote that often gets applied to technology, but it applies as well to knowledge in general. Who is arguing against any of this? Maybe not anyone at a certain le
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by mike_h 15y ago
Dropbox is an awesome way to offset the failure risk. I keep all my development projects on Dropbox, so the moment I write to disk, it's syncing with at least one other running workstation plus the Dropbox remote storage. (The brains of my
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by mike_h 15y ago
btw, pdx: don't get too neurotic about "making" yourself sit straight. Stick in any one position for too long and you're going to get stiff and cause other problems (the nice thing about finding the right chair is it will keep you in a goo
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by mike_h 15y ago
I've owned a few ergo chairs and used each for long periods of time. Here's my take as a 6'2", 185lb male: - Aeron: be wary of considering this as any ergonomic standard. The mesh is great for air and comfortable on your butt, but the back
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by mike_h 15y ago
It's like it's gone from a cherry-picking exercise to an actual reading exercise. It requires more of a commitment, and it seems to keep the dialog on a more contemplative level. We're all speaking about "seems" and "feels" here, so it's c
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13 Ways of Looking at a Ruby Symbol(randomhacks.net)
2 points by mike_h 16y ago|0 comments
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by mike_h 16y ago
Usefulness is complex: "top 50" was a hack that made sense in a small and novel app world; it makes little sense now that so many tastes are represented in the iOS user base. Pay-per-install is one way to shake more material into view and s
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by mike_h 16y ago
My understanding: The fee is nominal, calculated mainly to filter the applicant pool for commitment. Since it's a nights-and-weekends program and wasn't as well-known before, it was vulnerable to people approaching it more casually than th
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by mike_h 16y ago
Met seriously world-class folks and had life-changing mentoring in the winter session. Jessica from YC came by and talked with us one night. Many others in the star-studded cast.
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by mike_h 16y ago
Zeo actually doesn't use an eyemask: it's a headband that stays on your forehead.
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by mike_h 16y ago
When you're on a regular schedule, your body gets in a rhythm where you'll usually end up waking up at the exact same minute every day, even without an alarm. When you don't maintain a regular schedule (or you're in sleep debt), your body c
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by mike_h 16y ago
For Sleep Cycle, you just leave the phone on the mattress so you can charge at the same time. For something like Circadian Alarm you need to plug in for 20 mins before bed to get enough juice for the night.
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by mike_h 16y ago
If you're willing to attach an iOS device to your body while you sleep (between two socks works great, or with an armband) you can try an actigraphy-accurate smart alarm with my app: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/circadian-alarm/id3307216
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by mike_h 16y ago
The overall UX isn't going to be as nice as with WakeMate, and there aren't currently any analytics, but if you want to take the technology for a spin you can use my app Circadian Alarm (has a silent feature): http://itunes.apple.com/us/ap
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by mike_h 16y ago
I usually come out pretty strongly against programmer-culture misogyny, however subtle, but here we're talking about a pretty famous quotation and I would answer to your question, "yes". There's a difference between sexism and historically
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by mike_h 16y ago
This actually left a bad taste in my mouth -- the "I should call more often" leading directly into press-release tone conveys anything but familial warmth and respect. Is your audience geeks who don't call their mom? Then maybe it's OK. I

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