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721.
by ryanhuff 17y ago
Its always good to zig when others are zagging. As dollars chase the flavor of the month, there are likely voids in other markets. Perhaps enterprise software?
722.
by ryanhuff 17y ago
Don't forget to block their Like iframes too.
723.
by ryanhuff 17y ago
It happens all of the time. For many situations, there is considerable risk in letting somebody hang around for two weeks. The employee's mind is going to be elsewhere. He will be excited about the new job, and eager to talk to co-worker
724.
by ryanhuff 17y ago
You don't think its a big deal that I can crawl FB to capture the names and pictures of people, regardless of their privacy settings?
725.
by ryanhuff 17y ago
Maybe not (don't know him), but teaching is an entirely different skill set. Perhaps he's not a great developer, but is a great teacher?
726.
by ryanhuff 17y ago
Looks like the full article is behind a paywall. :(
727.
by ryanhuff 17y ago
Its interesting (to me) that some of the funding for this work was provided by the Department of Defense. Is this common for the DoD to fund this type of research?
728.
by ryanhuff 17y ago
I enjoy most Mixergy interviews. Andrew does a very good job at cutting through the boilerplate biography. The long form doesn't bother me at all. Its great for the car. With that said, I am also looking for content that addresses more t
729.
by ryanhuff 17y ago
Profitability at this point seems unrealistic. I understand they have around 150 employees. Assuming a conservative $100k per employee, that's $15M annually just for salary and benefits. Add server costs, etc, and its must be well north
730.
by ryanhuff 17y ago
They also announced their own android app. Photo sharing is likely next.
731.
by ryanhuff 17y ago
I am also pessimistic about Titanium on the iPhone, as the seems to be in the same boat as Adobe, etc. I am following your same path with using obj c for iPhone development, but using Titanium for Android, and Blackberry when support for it
732.
by ryanhuff 17y ago
I am primarily a tweet consumer, and I find that my twitter feed already contains too much noise, from 4square check-ins miscellaneous ramblings, etc. I have purged followers for the issue in the past. If Twitter adds advertisements to th
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Twitter supposedly using private API's in BB client
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734.
by ryanhuff 17y ago
I agree, and that's why I think its hard for Google to do high-touch consumer services, and why I am pessimistic about their ability to pull off a mass-market consumer oriented tablet.
735.
by ryanhuff 17y ago
There is a distinction between the physical hardware that you purchased, and the electronic services that you access using the device. The argument of whether you should be able to install any app you want is another matter.
736.
by ryanhuff 17y ago
Can you expand on your Titanium Android comment? I am about to embark on building an android app, and was leaning toward using Titanium, so would appreciate hearing about any roadblocks I might encounter.
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by ryanhuff 17y ago
The difference is that a huge portion of the smarts that goes into rendering the page happens off-device. Opera isn't a typical web browser. My understanding is that its more like webex or something that pushes most of the work to a serve
738.
by ryanhuff 17y ago
If you view this in the context of a shopping mall, then its certainly their property, and within their rights to choose who can have a presence within their property. That's how I think Apple views the Appstore.
739.
by ryanhuff 17y ago
Unfortunately for Opera, some of what their "browser" does is within their own servers. So, Apple can never have complete visibility into what the application (service) does.
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by ryanhuff 17y ago
Can you summarize the tech you're using to build the site?
741.
by ryanhuff 17y ago
Funny watching the stream. Somebody just checked into a Walmart in CO.
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by ryanhuff 17y ago
True. The benefit of buying is eliminating one of the big pic players, and thereby disrupting the other twitter client apps. You also get an inventory of pics and a site where you could promote your new twitter properties.
743.
by ryanhuff 17y ago
The move to buy Tweetie surely ratcheted up the pressure for the likes of Twitpic to sell. As the uncertainty begins to spread in the minds of these developers, the price will likely drop, and make a sale more palatable to Twitter.
744.
by ryanhuff 17y ago
Exactly. I don't know why more haven't been doing this. Ev must have been very persuasive about the ecosystem that everybody was building. Funny, the Twilight Zone episode "To Serve Man" just came to mind.
745.
by ryanhuff 17y ago
The first thing any of these platform-dependent app companies should be doing is looking for a way to exist outside of the platform. To sit idly by and wait for the master to claim manifest destiny is just dumb. Unfortunately for the Twit
746.
by ryanhuff 17y ago
They are changing the rules, yes, but they are changing it along with a new set of circumstances. With multitasking support coming, the consequences for user tracking is growing. Considering Apple's zealous focus on user experience, I can
747.
by ryanhuff 17y ago
I understand the angst that this is causing, considering the news from yesterday, but really, who wants their location data sold to some 3rd party for the purpose of ad targeting? Not me! I think this is a good move for consumers, despite
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by ryanhuff 17y ago
Why does that really matter? If I sold chocolate covered bagels, and I was the only chocolate covered bagel store in town, do I have to serve you? Or, if you wanted to open your own chocolate covered bagel store in the only mall within 30
749.
by ryanhuff 17y ago
I don't think people care about the technical difference. In practical terms, if you are an "official representative", you should keep your personal views to yourself, as people will assume your "view" is influenced by the company that pay
750.
by ryanhuff 17y ago
While that's certainly a reasonable interpretation of his comments, the enthusiastic chatter from Twitter employees in support of his comments speaks to this being a common view from within Twitter's ranks.

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