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by steverb 14y ago
What I've seen is that testing is done via traditional methods, and for math we actually had to purchase a calculator specifically for test use since they are not allowed to use the iPads during math tests. I believe it varies with the teac
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Yeah, except they need to be able to do a lot of those things. They need to install apps, but there are certain apps they definitely do not need. Also, I (the parent) don't have full access to the device to do whatever, as it belongs to the
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by steverb 14y ago
Not that I can tell, but we took the controversial tack of telling the kids not to install any games on there. So far, it's working for us.
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by steverb 14y ago
My kids' high school ( http://knoxcountystemac.knoxschools.org/ ) has done this as well. I'm still not sure how I feel about it. On the one hand, the kids aren't hauling 30 pounds of books to and from school everyday, school lockers are pre
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by steverb 14y ago
I use the Moleskine's with the cardstock paper. No bleeding and the paper just feels nice. The only downside is fewer pages, but I don't have an issue with that personally.
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by steverb 14y ago
To Do: Spend an hour updating my to do list. I kid, but for me personally, these sorts of things always end up consuming more cycles than they save me. That includes GTD and a bunch of other get organized tools of the month. The only thing
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by steverb 14y ago
Cellular Sales - Knoxville, TN Help us make the process of selling a cellphone easy. Along the way you'll get to deal with the challenges of replacing a fast growing companies legacy software without bothering the customers and sales people
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by steverb 14y ago
I'm not a great node developer, but I personally don't like CoffeeScript for the same reason I don't like UI interfaces for Git. I'm never sure what it's going to do. Yes, I could go look at the output, or go really learn it, but if my goal
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by steverb 14y ago
The edge matters for investors. Yes, Apple can continue to trundle along making about what it does now for a good long while, but their stock is generally priced for growth (although that has been changing lately). In the meantime they have
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by steverb 14y ago
As far as I can tell, those charts don't break down the usage between iPhone and others. Doesn't matter though as your first point trumps it. But good point about the reverse commissions arrow. I'll have to go check what current commissions
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by steverb 14y ago
They USED to make way more money. I don't know that that is still true, based on gripes from sales people about commissions I'm pretty sure it's no longer true. I do know that carriers are pushing Android (and even Windows) phones a lot har
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by steverb 14y ago
There's a problem if your technical edge is disruptive devices. In order to maintain that edge you have to keep disrupting. I think the iPod, iPhone, and iPad were fairly obvious choices (although I was surprised that it was Apple that rele
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by steverb 14y ago
I think that the rise of Android is enabling carriers to push back a lot harder on the subsidies too. From their point of view, there's good demand across the board for Android phones and they can sell them with better profit, which would p
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by steverb 14y ago
I think in this case they mean losing their edge as an investment/profit wise, not their technical edge.
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by steverb 14y ago
I was being slightly facetious. I use OS-X for iOS development, I just prefer Windows.
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by steverb 14y ago
I've already decided that I will be buying a Surface Pro as soon as I can lay hands on one. But you're wrong about the MacBook's Windows support. If anything, Apple has better drivers for the Mac than a huge swath of PC manufacturers (I'm l
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by steverb 14y ago
Active Directory integration is huge for the enterprises I deal with.
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The only problem is that the RT also runs Office. I think the Pro looks good and I can't wait to get hands on one, but I suspect that if MS doesn't figure out how to market things it will die a swift death. On the other hand, MS is famous f
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by steverb 14y ago
As I said, understandable confusion, and MS has done a very poor job of making a distinction between the two. I suspect that in two to four years there will be no distinction. I used the Surface for a few days and was quite happy with it, b
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by steverb 14y ago
You appear to be confusing (understandably) WindowsRT and Windows 8. WindowsRT is the OS that runs on devices intended to compete with the iPad (using ARM processors), the only one of which I have actual knowledge of is the Surface. Windows
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by steverb 14y ago
Second that. I would also recommend "Dealers of Lightning: Xerox PARC and the Dawn of the Computer Age" and "Show Stopper!: The Breakneck Race to Create Windows NT and the Next Generation at Microsoft".
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by steverb 14y ago
Sounds suspiciously like my last company. The advice I received from my boss was to be honest, but not compare myself to the top 1% of my peers outside the company. Compare yourself to your peers inside the company. If Bob is Javascript +5,
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by steverb 14y ago
I personally don't see a huge difference between the traditional skilled trades and being a software developer. One of my brothers, who is a carpenter, cares as much about wood (species, age, drying method, etc) and his tools as I care abou
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by steverb 14y ago
>Programming is one of the only skills I can think of that free you from having to find a "job". You're ignoring carpentry, sewing, knitting, smithing, machining, writing, cooking and a host of other non-STEM related skills. I'm the onl
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by steverb 14y ago
It's not so other people can see them, your phone will probably be at lock screen when you put it down anyway. It enables you to quickly glance at your phone and see the crap you care about. From the home screen tiles I can instantly see if
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by steverb 14y ago
Minor quibble, there is a difference between being in a state of shock, and being shocked by an occurrence. Makes no difference, most articles about this sort of thing tend to be on the level or reading tea leaves anyway.
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by steverb 14y ago
Can you please make it clear on the register page that there is no publicly available product yet? I had three guys from my team sign up so we could test it out, and only after signing up did we find out that it's not live yet.
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by steverb 14y ago
Well, that was deflating. Sent out the link to several co-workers (since we are looking for this sort of tool right now) and then we all get the "We'll let you know when we go live" email. So thanks for making me look like an idiot.
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by steverb 14y ago
Agree about the article. Learning other languages and thinking differently gives you entirely new ways to solve problems, and can't really be encouraged enough. Beyond that, there's the analogy of the carpenter. If someone working at a carp
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