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by tomkin 15y ago
Of course, I don't doubt that. We just don't use it for that, so for me it makes sense not to have it from my point of view.
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by tomkin 15y ago
Firstly, great products. I use Basecamp everyday as well, but we are also dependant on "Time", although I side with the philosophical argument that the "Time" feature is essentially useless. I would want to get rid of it, too. Here's why:
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by tomkin 15y ago
OK. I watched the whole interview and, I have to say, Sherman seems to understand technology better than I had figured. He even appears tolerable, approachable and maybe even someone who would listen to reason. Is it a front? We have every
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by tomkin 15y ago
> Apple emphasizes that iOS and OSX fundamentally different platforms and will stay so, and says they're borrowing relevant ideas from one and bake them into the other (and vice versa). I agree. But I think you think that this mentali
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by tomkin 15y ago
Heh. I think they are going the right way, too, but they're up against the types of those who think Facebook or YouTube should never change the UI and leave it alone forever. Apple is slowly converging OSX and iOS into one platform, "insp
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by tomkin 15y ago
I'm not exactly sure why I was down voted. I am open to criticism, but I don't see anything overtly negative nor misleading. If you don't agree, please state why.
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The first thought I have is the echo of Steve Jobs, cursing Google for getting into the smartphone business. The whole "We did not enter the search business" quote in particular comes to mind. We're seeing Android@Home and in the car and I
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by tomkin 15y ago
> media industry would scream piracy That's actually a pretty great insight. If you think of the library as a potential piracy haven, you might even consider going as far as calling them a storefront of The Pirate Bay if libraries wer
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by tomkin 15y ago
As JF said, you can't really fully judge the sheet UI idea until you see it in action for yourself. I'm one of those people who opens a new tab while using Basecamp for each item of interest. To me, these sheets could either solve that fo
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by tomkin 15y ago
After listening to Hypercritical's take [1], I have to agree with Gruber on this one as well. Some of the errors in this book aren't your run-of-the-mill misinterpretations, or lost in translation. They are glaring, fundamental errors regar
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by tomkin 15y ago
I was just about to post something to that effect. The site feels like Microsoft MSDN. In the case of documentation or technical information, you'll never go wrong by using a large, easy-to-read font with a strong contrast between backgroun
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by tomkin 15y ago
One issue I always have is the various path env variables (GEM_HOME, etc) that you have to set on a per-directory basis on hosting environments. Right now, I have an alias command in my .zshrc that sets the path based on the current directo
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Pick a License, Any License [2007](codinghorror.com)
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by tomkin 15y ago
When I first saw Rovio[1] for sale on eBay, one clever eBayer decided to charge $1 to let you use it. Since you could control it remotely through wifi and the camera, you were able to roll around his house. So then I thought, what about tak
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by tomkin 15y ago
I see what you're saying. But I can flip that back at you and say that if you don't do your own design, you didn't bother to understand Photoshop or fundamentals of UI/UX.
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by tomkin 15y ago
Well said. I've also struggled a bit since a lot of my talents are in design. I am one of those "designgeneers" that you sometimes hear about. The downside to being a hybrid coder/designer is that you never really have a deep understanding
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by tomkin 15y ago
> People did produce vlogs and responses from their webcam. You got that right. But this has nothing to do with Flash It has everything to do with Flash. Flash was the only reliable way to record via webcam and have it instantly availab
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by tomkin 15y ago
I agree. Problem is, this Flash vs. HTML5 rhetoric has people mixing in "it can do everything Flash does" and "Flash doesn't work on mobile" leading the implication that if you want to do an elaborate, highly interactive experience, it'll w
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by tomkin 15y ago
In YT's early days it was mostly people recording vlongs and responses from their webcam. You Tube. Get it? Certainly professional vloggers would rather use a nicely cut, professionally edited version. But that doesn't represent the majo
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by tomkin 15y ago
If you're an iOS user, HTML5 is a magical place where you can do anything – outside of iOS, it's hit or miss. And if it's hit or miss, it might as well be Flash. Remember that a client's perspective is often neat, cool and fun rather than
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> People who used it because it was easier than HTML5. Having developed both HTML5 and Flash applications, your use of the word was shows a bit of ignorance when it comes to Flash. It is still easier in Flash to do a high-velocity,
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by tomkin 15y ago
I think in an effort to categorize himself, the OP has created layers of knowledge that only apply to him. Personally, my expertise slides up and down all of these types , proving you can't really nail this one down. There are going to be
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Photoshop-like blending modes in HTML5(blueblau.dk)
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Sure, but we're not all about taking out the industry. The raison d'etre is undignified by the motivation.
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I'm probably way off, but this is my understanding of this whole "kill Hollywood campaign" that we've got ourselves into. Step 1) Create a company that destroys Hollywood. Stick it to Studio X by way of Y tech advantage. Step 2) Become a
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by tomkin 15y ago
As a near-border neighbour in Hamilton, it's great to see Roswell Park and Buffalo get some much deserved attention on the biomed front.
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Whomever said it, said it for their time. Topics of scale can't be glossed over with a one-size-fits-all approach. If you ran a corporation that catered to thousands of people you'd be X size, and at millions of people the workforce, distri
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by tomkin 15y ago
It's about small government vs. large government when it should be about good government , regardless of size.
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by tomkin 15y ago
Canadian: http://www.thecomedynetwork.ca/Shows/TheDailyShow?videoPacka...
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Last time I read this article, I remember my perspective of Courtney Love shifted from "Possible Murder Suspect Courtney" to "Underdog Courtney" in only a few minutes. I found the psychology of it pretty fascinating. At the time of writing,

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