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by warwick 16y ago
Do you honestly believe they were sitting there thinking "Hmm, well, I could buy a family rice for several days, or I could register this amusing but ultimately useless domain name..."? Don't bring false dichotomies into arguments. They di
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by warwick 16y ago
I sell downloadable Mac software. My conversion rate is 1-2%.
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by warwick 16y ago
In a C4 talk a few years ago, Wil Shipley said that he's asked things like "How can I launch my app to 10,000 people on day one?". The answer is "Well, you can't." If you haven't put the time into creating a reputation (either for yourself
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by warwick 16y ago
"That more people are entering than leaving doesn’t. It’s what logicians call “vacuously” true. It’s true, but meaningless. It tells us nothing. And the same is true of overeating as an explanation for why we get fat. If we got fat, we had
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by warwick 16y ago
Tapping the history link shows that the ingredient in question was added in the last day.
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by warwick 16y ago
I wouldn't claim the jargon file as an authoritative source, but the entry on music claims that at least one study found a correlation between music skills and programmers.
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by warwick 16y ago
In the iPhone HIG, there's a section on bringing a desktop application to iOS[1]. The entire HIG spends a fair amount of time talking about the different needs of mobile and desktop users. Until Apple releases a document tailored for them
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by warwick 16y ago
“Reports of the death of the Web have been greatly exaggerated,” Mr. Beckstrom said. “It’s going to be alive and kicking for a long time.” Of course reports are greatly exaggerated. For something like 'the web is dead', which is essentia
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by warwick 16y ago
I had to sound out Snapalytics the first time, but other than that I like it. AppThrob sounds like it'd be better for an app review website. "AppThrob, Apps You Love".
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by warwick 16y ago
Practice. Run through it until it's smooth. Great demos that look like they're off the cuff are actually the result of hours of rehearsal. Your passion will shine through, but only once you're so comfortable running through the demo that
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by warwick 16y ago
If you're looking for a boolean answer, there isn't one. Web apps are superior for the reasons you mentioned. As a developer, it's just easier to deploy a web app. That being said, I think you ought to be thinking about the users experi
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by warwick 16y ago
A couple of things you might want to include: The rule about having to be here for a year before you can even talk about if we're turning into Reddit. It's in the guidelines, but I think it's worth mentioning under "Is HN becoming like Red
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by warwick 16y ago
I love chalkboards. It's a tactile thing. They're more work to keep clean and slower to clean, but I keep a blackboard at home instead of a whiteboard.
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by warwick 16y ago
Can someone explain what "Working Session" means to me? There's nothing listed for them to work on.
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by warwick 16y ago
That looks fantastic. The current situation with climbing guidebooks varies between out-of-date, having to buy a new guidebook for each area you climb in, and passing around photocopied informal guides. I know this isn't meant to be a ful
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by warwick 16y ago
Perhaps if anything that wasn't just a 'wrapper match' could be farmed out to Mechanical Turk. You could charge a monthly fee high enough to cover the identification, and increase your profit margin as your recognition gets better.
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by warwick 16y ago
Ping is not US only. I have a Canadian iTunes account and had no problem creating a ping account.
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by warwick 16y ago
If he were going to comment on this, is there some reason why one of the existing comment threads isn't sufficient?
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by warwick 16y ago
It doesn't seem to. I put three videos on: an avi, an rmvb, and an mpg. Only the avi is showing in the app, and it's only playing audio properly, though it does generate a thumbnail correctly for the menu. (Edit: wrote 'auto' instead of '
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by warwick 16y ago
Other than cookies and local storage, none of those would be effective on iOS. Flash and Silverlight are out, and given the lack of a plugin architecture and no user installed fonts, fingerprinting wouldn't work past browser version.
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by warwick 16y ago
The initial thought is to see if users are more likely to correct profile fields from incorrect values than they are to just leave a field empty. To avoid incorrect profile data, it might be implemented so that if a field is never given foc
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by warwick 16y ago
From the business side of things: remember to sell benefits, not features.
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by warwick 16y ago
The comment about empty input boxes brought forth a possible UI idea. What would happen if you showed users a profile page full of information taken from other random users and asked them to correct it?
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by warwick 16y ago
I know it's a nitpick, but there are three dragon books. Yes, the red and purple books are only different editions, but with 20 years and an extra author between them I tend to consider them different books. I'm suspicious of anyone who cl
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by warwick 16y ago
Keep a pad and paper on your bedside table. I can't count the number of times I've woken up to find that somebody with my handwriting has solved something that was bothering me.
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by warwick 16y ago
Willie Crowther. Worked on ARPANet, wrote colossal cave, caver and climber.
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by warwick 16y ago
I've made a habit of taking a walk around 2 pm every Sunday. No matter how busy things get between school and business, an hour or so walk helps keep me grounded. In much the same way that starting the day with breakfast gives my days a se
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by warwick 16y ago
It's interesting that the article talks about avoiding addictions, rather than making beneficial things more addictive. If we're in some sort of addictions arms race, we need to strive for balance, not isolation.
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by warwick 16y ago
I also credit HyperCard for really getting me started. Yeah, I learned a little BASIC, but I could write real programs in HyperCard. It was amazing and breathtaking. HyperCard was to the Mac as Applesoft BASIC was to the Apple II. Since
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by warwick 16y ago
I don't think I'd get any work done without my todo lists. Here's what works for me: - Make the list a manageable size. I find more than 30 or so items overwhelming. - Never let the list run out. I add new items constantly. The last ten

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