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by mtrichardson 16y ago
I can read my Kindle books on my iPhone, iPad, BlackBerry, Mac, and Windows computer (and soon Android). It's still Amazon's software (which, for the desktop computers, sucks), and it's still DRM'd, but you don't have to have a Kindle to en
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Some versions of Unreal3.2.8.1.tar.gz contain a backdoor(sourceforge.net)
24 points by mtrichardson 16y ago|7 comments
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Gracious E-Mail Bounce Handling in Django with Postmark(rossp.org)
2 points by mtrichardson 16y ago|0 comments
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by mtrichardson 16y ago
We user Tender and absolutely love it. They've occasionally have issues with delayed jobs, but they were minor quirks. We use it all the time and cannot recommend it enough.
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Super heroes start as side projects. And sometimes they become startups.(siliconflorist.com)
4 points by mtrichardson 16y ago|0 comments
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by mtrichardson 16y ago
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/gnxp/2010/05/people-of-cla... Summary of that comment: Attitudes towards scripture is the primary predictor, though WORDSUM and education still have significant effects.
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by mtrichardson 16y ago
We're hiring at Urban Airship ( http://urbanairship.com/ ). We're located in Portland, Oregon. We do push notifications and content delivery for mobile devices - currently iPhone and BlackBerry, but (very) soon Android and others. We ha
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by mtrichardson 16y ago
Direct link to the contest (I thought SF had a better explanation of what it's about): http://civicapps.org/
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Portland introduces CivicApps: contest promoting usage of their open datasets(siliconflorist.com)
2 points by mtrichardson 16y ago|1 comments
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Portland pitch day: April 22 pitch True and/or Funding Universe CrowdPitch(siliconflorist.com)
5 points by mtrichardson 17y ago|0 comments
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Dan Grigsby (Mobile Orchard) abandoning iPhone development(mobileorchard.com)
141 points by mtrichardson 17y ago|56 comments
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Five Portland startups looking to hire developers and technical talent(siliconflorist.com)
30 points by mtrichardson 17y ago|8 comments
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by mtrichardson 17y ago
No - a Notifo or Prowl or other similar services could use us to deliver their notifications. They are enabling push on web apps and other items and creating a consumer app that serves as a central point for the notifications, whereas we p
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by mtrichardson 17y ago
Thanks! Metalab ( http://metalabdesign.com/ ) did our initial site and identity, then we got our friends Refresh Media ( http://refreshmedia.com/ ) to revamp it to its current state. Cannot recommend both of them enough.
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by mtrichardson 17y ago
Awesome, thanks for using UA! At the bottom of http://urbanairship.com/products/airmail/ , there's a signup form - we'll be emailing that list first with early access. Or, you can email me ( michael@urbanairship.com ) and I can get you o
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by mtrichardson 17y ago
Thanks for the submission! I'm one of the cofounders of Urban Airship - I'd be more than happy to answer any questions if you have any.
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Cloudkick starts charging for (some) simple cloud management(venturebeat.com)
1 points by mtrichardson 17y ago|0 comments
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What entrepreneurs and startups can learn from the whole Conan O’Brien debacle(siliconflorist.com)
3 points by mtrichardson 17y ago|0 comments
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by mtrichardson 17y ago
A friend of mine, influenced by CrossFit, just launched a startup of his own: http://www.paleoplan.com/ I love the concept, and want it expanded to other things (how many people have tried vegetarianism only to end up eating nothing but p
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by mtrichardson 17y ago
http://scie.nti.st/2007/11/14/hosting-git-repositories-the-e... is what you're going to want to do... but I'd just use Github. EDIT: Though, to be fair, we don't use Bitbucket (we're a Mercurial shop) for our private repos. Part of that
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by mtrichardson 17y ago
They use us ( http://urbanairship.com/ ) to deliver their in app content. Huzzah! We've seen some good use of in app purchase (ChristmasfyMe included, of course) and I'm definitely excited about the platform; however, it would be nice to
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by mtrichardson 17y ago
Just sold Bac'n ( http://blog.bacn.com/2010/01/bacn-acquired-by-baconfreak-com... ). Focusing 100% on Urban Airship ( http://urbanairship.com/ ) now, which is fantastic fun.
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by mtrichardson 17y ago
If you're wanting to be more RESTful, you should be creating tasks with POST instead of GET, since you're creating new resources. How do you cancel tasks? Might I suggest a DELETE to a URL, specified in the return?
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by mtrichardson 17y ago
That's not multi-factor authentication. True multi-factor authentication involves a combination of something you know (eg, your password), something you have (your phone, a fob, etc.) and something you are (generally biometric things, which
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by mtrichardson 17y ago
Focus on collaborative editing for things like school reports, round robin novels, etc. Support TeX eventually, images sooner. Then hook it up to print on demand and allow people to sell beautifully bound copies of their stories/theses/wh
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by mtrichardson 17y ago
I'm in Portland. We're not exactly a thriving metropolis. However, I've been living without 3G simply due to the horrible reception, the astonishing number of dropped calls and - even worse - the calls that I just never get. Edge, it tur
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by mtrichardson 17y ago
Thanks for the feedback! that's actually something we did after our contract with them, so it's no surprise that we didn't do that well :)
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by mtrichardson 17y ago
We have been incredibly impressed with the work Metalab has done for us - http://urbanairship.com/ and our admin interface at https://go.urbanairship.com/ . Couldn't recommend them highly enough. Also, totally love Refresh Media - htt
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by mtrichardson 17y ago
I really, really hope that the team that's in charge of Apple's app review process doesn't start emulating these guys, with legal things instead of technical things. Though it seems like they kind of already have.
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by mtrichardson 17y ago
Agreed. (there's also http://www.ccsync.com/ )

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