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by swilliams 15y ago
One of the big concerns that Marco raises though is that an app direct from the Internet has the potential to really ruin your day, especially if you don't know anything about the field you're searching. With the App Store, you have a reaso
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An iPad success story(marco.org)
28 points by swilliams 15y ago|11 comments
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by swilliams 15y ago
I looked for both that link and the pdf, but didn't see it in the first 2 pages and New. Nuts. I felt that the pdf had more useful info than the associated blog post, so I submitted that one.
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by swilliams 15y ago
In the attached blog post (that mwsherman linked to) Joel states: "The only thing that is not public is the actual, final computation that determines each individual’s paycheck, because we have to balance our own philosophy of openness agai
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by swilliams 15y ago
No idea if this is possible, but what I'd like to see is just the subreddits that I subscribe to. Or possibly choose my own list of tops to see.
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Stack Exchange Developer Compensation [pdf](blog.stackoverflow.com)
43 points by swilliams 15y ago|19 comments
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Winklevoss twins abandon Facebook suit(csmonitor.com)
3 points by swilliams 15y ago|1 comments
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by swilliams 15y ago
My understanding of the argument is that someone, or some entity, with a certain amount of money should not sue a significantly smaller person for another amount of money that would cause a hardship on the smaller person. Is there a point a
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by swilliams 15y ago
What would the reaction be if, for the sake of argument, EMI took a photo that a small independent photographer made, ran it through what looks like a basic Photoshop filter, and slapped it on the next Coldplay album? Internet outrage right
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by swilliams 15y ago
DirecTV pays $700M/year for Sunday Ticket exclusivity. Good luck getting past that.
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by swilliams 15y ago
Apparently 2KGames has severed ties with The Redner Group now. https://twitter.com/#!/2KGames/status/81056724546633729
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Interview with Bill Gates(dailymail.co.uk)
10 points by swilliams 15y ago|1 comments
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by swilliams 15y ago
I don't think he realized that Reading List was going to be on iOS too. Here's his exact response during the keynote: https://twitter.com/#!/marcoarment/status/77796293510037504
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by swilliams 15y ago
Sinofsky is really good at running Windows & Office, but is he the right guy to successfully expand beyond that? MS is getting its butt kicked in mobile, social, and consumer electronics, all of which Sinofsky doesn't have direct experi
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by swilliams 16y ago
I tried to like Haml, but every time I've tried it on a semi-complex page it get's way too annoying. I don't think it solves the kind of problems that Sass does.
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by swilliams 16y ago
It reminds me of the great lengths people will go to defend the honor of their favorite sports team. Once people put their identity into something, they'll do and say crazy things to strengthen that.
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You Are Not the Average Smartphone Consumer(blog.yafla.com)
4 points by swilliams 16y ago|2 comments
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by swilliams 16y ago
Back to Work ( http://5by5.tv/b2w ) is one of my favorites too. It's not tech-centric, but offers some fantastic insight into life outside of the text editor. And if you're lucky, Merlin might do a Dr. Phil impression.
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by swilliams 16y ago
The marketing for Windows Phone 7 was pretty extensive in the US. I don't watch much TV, but I definitely saw plenty of the "We need a phone to save us from our phones" ads. Was it really that much smaller in the UK? And have there really b
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by swilliams 16y ago
That's an interesting problem then. If tablets are going to be a big part of the Android ecosystem, then I would still argue that they would need some kind of special section in the market. Would the market app be able to read your devices
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by swilliams 16y ago
How are you supposed to know to search for "HD", etc? What makes the iOS store easy is that there are completely separate tabs for iPhone and iPad apps. And when you do search, it displays results for both in separate boxes on the results s
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by swilliams 16y ago
You can force quit iOS apps. Double tap home to bring up the menu, then tap and hold the offending app icon. This will bring up the "jiggle" and a kill icon.
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by swilliams 16y ago
The company name is RAPISCAN? I'm guessing they don't pronounce it rape-i-scan. That's just a little too on the nose.
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Microsoft PDC10 attendees get free Windows Phone 7(istartedsomething.com)
1 points by swilliams 16y ago|0 comments
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by swilliams 16y ago
That it's not typically blocked by crappy Internet firewalls/filters is a big bonus. This is a big deal for me since plenty of the places I consult at tend to be a little overzealous in the "security" department.
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by swilliams 16y ago
In that you can video chat with someone with the proper iOS device.
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by swilliams 16y ago
I'm completely in the dark about the development, but the UI looks a LOT like 37signals' Campfire app ( http://campfirenow.com ). Was this intentional or a coincidence?
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by swilliams 16y ago
See also, Scott Guthrie's blog: http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2010/10/06/announcing... And the CodePlex site: http://nupack.codeplex.com/
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Introducing NuPack, Microsoft's Package Manager(haacked.com)
4 points by swilliams 16y ago|1 comments
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by swilliams 16y ago
Sounds more like an agent, in the sports/entertainment sense. There might just be a market there. Let the masses of mediocre/average programmers dink around with mediocre/average recruiters, while the quality ones have someone who actually

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