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Examining Programming Language Framework Popularity(redmonk.com)
1 points by sogrady 14y ago|0 comments
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The Apple Maps Lesson: Build a Data Moat Around Your Business(redmonk.com)
2 points by sogrady 14y ago|0 comments
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by sogrady 14y ago
[disclosure: i'm the author of the above] opinions differ, I know, on the performance (e.g. https://twitter.com/derekcollison/status/245530906067095553 ), but ultimately you're correct that Go represents a compromise. it won't offer the pe
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The RedMonk Programming Language Rankings: September 2012(redmonk.com)
9 points by sogrady 14y ago|4 comments
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by sogrady 14y ago
no! it's crucial to my daily usage. its loss is killing me.
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IaaS Pricing Patterns and Trends (w/ data)(redmonk.com)
5 points by sogrady 14y ago|0 comments
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by sogrady 14y ago
i've had no issues with ad-hoc hotspots working off a Galaxy Nexus and a Xoom, FWIW.
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by sogrady 14y ago
GPS location is, agreed, not technically impressive. but successfully leveraging location history alongside of real time traffic data to intuit home and work addresses and the drive times between them with zero user input and an acceptably
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by sogrady 14y ago
that was actually one of the things i didn't like about the tablet, now that you mention it: Google Talk got turned on by default. probably just a personal preference, but i really don't want to receive IMs on a tablet. but if you do, then
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by sogrady 14y ago
it will fit in the front pocket of my jeans, a pair of adidas shorts and another set of khaki shorts. the fit is tight, however, meaning that while i'm fine walking to a coffee shop with them in there, i'm not walking around all day or goin
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by sogrady 14y ago
what i meant by "pure" Apple households was those that are not only running Macs, but things like Apple TV, AirPlay etc. if you've heavily invested in Apple media, the benefits to an Apple device would probably outweigh any individual featu
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by sogrady 14y ago
you can also occasionally correct Google now via the non-obvious settings icon in the card, but i'm hoping they'll allow for more explicit settings in future. it's technically impressive that they can reasonably intuit locations and so on,
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by sogrady 14y ago
worked for me in Boston, Portland, ME and Portland, OR
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by sogrady 14y ago
> Especially Google Now, while certainly interesting, seems to be useless to me so far (or I just don't get it?). this is interesting, because for my usage, Google Now was one of the most useful additions in Jelly Bean. i use it all the
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by sogrady 14y ago
> The Nexus 7 is my first table and I'm still sitting on the fence about the whole experience. The version of Chrome is superb and it's a pleasure to surf, but there really are a lack of tablet specific Android apps. Some Android apps a
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by sogrady 14y ago
> The best computer is the one you have with you. best summary i've heard of the device's utility. the nexus 7 may well be the cameraphone of tablet devices.
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by sogrady 14y ago
[i'm the author] i'll check out Twicca, but the primary reason i use the official client over nice alternatives like Tweet Lanes [1] is the integration with Android itself, i.e. notifications, and so on. they just keep sucking me back in. b
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Seven Days With a Nexus 7(redmonk.com)
47 points by sogrady 14y ago|59 comments
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by sogrady 14y ago
we're waiting until we have a couple of quarters of data, but then yes, a time series is indeed in the works.
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by sogrady 14y ago
[disclosure: i wrote the piece] @showerst: there are unquestionably partnerships and other confounding variables which can act to skew the data, particularly when the sample size is smaller and/or the context is narrow. But as you say, it w
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Mining New Relic Data for Developer Usage Data(redmonk.com)
11 points by sogrady 14y ago|2 comments
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AWS, Y Combinator and the Startup Boom(redmonk.com)
2 points by sogrady 15y ago|0 comments
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by sogrady 15y ago
Oh, the Java / JVM languages chart, gotcha. Out of that subset, Clojure is indeed the second fasting growing language. To be clear, however, that's just a subset of Java related platforms. Clojure's overall growth amid the wider language la
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by sogrady 15y ago
[disclaimer: i'm the author] not sure where you got the second in growth point, but Clojure does perform well by some metrics. Ohloh's data suggests cause for concern, however: http://www.ohloh.net/p/clojure/factoids/15688840
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The RedMonk Programming Language Rankings: February 2012(redmonk.com)
15 points by sogrady 15y ago|4 comments
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Amazon DynamoDB: First Look(redmonk.com)
1 points by sogrady 15y ago|0 comments
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by sogrady 15y ago
Assuming that's true - there's evidence the other way, of course - the question is why devices are permitted on board at all. If there's even a possibility that an active device can interfere with navigation and/or operation, the policy sho
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What’s Holding Back the Age of Data(redmonk.com)
7 points by sogrady 15y ago|0 comments
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by sogrady 15y ago
I did find it ironic that one of Thiel's major complaints about education was the exclusivity of universities like Harvard given that his solution was a program that admitted a mere 20 would-be entrepreneurs. jwz is right: be alert to the a
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You Won't Get Fired for Using Apache(redmonk.com)
3 points by sogrady 15y ago|0 comments

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