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by nc 15y ago
That's not the only reason either, if you can pay the cost back later & it's a field you're interested in it will broaden your horizons
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by nc 15y ago
You're right. Though, look at it this way: this is a battle in the war against SOPA and a victory here does help get people who are standing at the bylines get motivated enough to take action.
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by nc 15y ago
Considering BERG is a design consultancy, I'd say this is more of an ad for their services first. It looks cute, and I'm sure there are people who would buy it for the novelty factor. I'm not sure how you can compare that to CueCat? Which w
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by nc 15y ago
You're right that I'm judging it prematurely. I haven't tried the app out yet (apparently it's not in the AppStore). But from the screenshots, and having used Instapaper - it definitely looks like a good contender.
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by nc 15y ago
Similar service that supports more platforms at a lower price (free).
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by nc 15y ago
This is better than Instapaper.
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by nc 15y ago
Ha, it looks like it! They're competing head on (.. will be soon).
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by nc 15y ago
Possibly, but I'd say if you know the places a person goes to - that's enough information to figure out what they like. Foursquare wins there with check-ins and tips (which tell you which dish to order)
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by nc 15y ago
Hard for them to maintain, or they wouldn't be as inclined to, if it were written in their language du jour?
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by nc 15y ago
We're actually working on this, really early stage but you can register your interest @ http://getchirp.com
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by nc 15y ago
Yup. Live in London & I code on the tube sometimes, only if it's quiet and I can get a seat. I use a Macbook Air which makes it a ton easier than if you have something hefty to carry around. It's really useful for ticking of small bits
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by nc 15y ago
What about starting everyone off with a balance of say $5-10, and running it down after the first call with an option to top up via PayPal once over?
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by nc 15y ago
Wow, love love love this idea. It's like Automator for the Mac for the web, but on steriods. Perfect for people using well known apps but for a specific repeatable purpose.
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by nc 15y ago
Any idea on how to upgrade from the GM seed to final. It says I have a newer version and can't install it.
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by nc 15y ago
Wow... love the design & the UI realism. I would iterate on the font for the actual to-do though. It's very hard to read.
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by nc 15y ago
It's still less familiar than the bottom tab bar which is optimal for 5 or less tabs. (fewer taps required to browse between screens).
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by nc 15y ago
See http://cl.ly/0J082m04082N1G3C1C2o For 5 or less tabs it requires two tabs to browse between tabs, vs. 1 tap for a bottom tab bar that is persistent. Also as mentioned in the talk the user has just arrived from a launcher, which is wh
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by nc 15y ago
Can't believe they went for the same Facebook style launcher, when it's a) used by Facebook b) only got 5 icons c) it's explicitly regarded as bad UI design by Apple (at this WWDC).
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by nc 15y ago
Quora is extremely useful. It eliminates a lot of my visits to about.com style websites and replaces them with structured q&a. It also adds a layer of transparency (you can see who has answered a question, their 'credentials') and get
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by nc 15y ago
Agreed. The framework looks fantastic but that is definitely a deal breaker. Zooming in on the web to see text larger is such a huge use-case.
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by nc 15y ago
This. See spotylist.com, discovery through non-friends playlists beats algorithms as you can understand why songs are grouped together and get a feel for a persons music tastes.
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by nc 15y ago
while will_paginate works fine on rails 3 it pollutes Array which kaminari doesn't. it's an easy switch as well (unless your doing some really custom stuff)
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The Gamification of Fast-Food(blog.bonapp.com)
6 points by nc 15y ago|0 comments
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by nc 16y ago
ZeroMQ is fantastic for low latency communication between processes, but probably not the best choice for building 'actor' based systems. The slides don't really provide much basis for the argument. Erlang & Scala (for a more object-ori
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by nc 16y ago
IIRC you can use cell tower loc only when using background location & geo-fences on the iPhone for local notifications. Maybe notify a user only for 'popular' punch'd locations?
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by nc 16y ago
The new MacBook Airs are 'Instant On' the few seconds difference that the SSD makes compared to other Macs is actually noticeable and very much appreciated. It makes quickly turning it on to check something a lot more fluid. TLDR lower resp
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by nc 16y ago
Premature optimization much?
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by nc 16y ago
I'm sure they crunched the numbers to figure out the optimal price that allowed them to profit on an upsell later ;)
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by nc 16y ago
Scala is cool.
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by nc 16y ago
What about Scala and Lift?

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