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It's built. What now?(willgrant.org)
2 points by wgx 15y ago|0 comments
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by wgx 15y ago
I'll give it a whirl - although, using the apps keeps me nicely shielded from "Promoted Tweets" and the Trending topics, neither of which I have any interest in.
543.
by wgx 15y ago
I either use Twitter on OS X or Tweetbot on the iPhone - I can't remember the last time I saw the twitter.com site at all...
544.
by wgx 15y ago
I actually really like the size of the UI - it's a site that will get used infrequently to set up and change settings, so it needs to be instantly obvious. If you were to spend all day in it, yes it would drive me insane, but that's not the
545.
by wgx 15y ago
I've been using this for about 6 months in beta and I really like it - I wrote a mini-review on my blog back in March: http://willgrant.org/if-this-then-that/
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by wgx 15y ago
Just checked, and you can't use Guest accounts if FileVault is on (makes sense of course).
547.
by wgx 15y ago
Love these stories - but, although I have Prey installed, my account is passworded and full-disk encryption is on too. So I guess it would be a reformat for the thief and no Prey for me?
548.
by wgx 15y ago
"Go to mysite dot tripl'x" ?
549.
by wgx 15y ago
tl;dr: The soaring value of bitcoin forces those holding currency to hoard it. The Bitcoin economy has, in effect, experienced massive deflation.
550.
by wgx 15y ago
Now THAT is awesome. Needs an HN thread of its own.
551.
by wgx 15y ago
tl;dr: "As long as you have a good browser, your device won't become a brick." Great post - while web apps are 'behind' native right now, it'll only take a few more APIs to make webapps the natural choice. And, developers to start working w
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by wgx 15y ago
Yep - pretty much straight away I made the edit, but I guess it takes time to reflect in the RSS?
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William Gibson talks briefly to BoingBoing about his novel, design & the web(boingboing.net)
40 points by wgx 15y ago|5 comments
554.
by wgx 15y ago
+1 for YC London. :)
555.
by wgx 15y ago
I share your thoughts around finding a problem 'big enough' for undivided attention... Similar, but this hit the app store about a month before: http://trailrsapp.com/ * Its revenue model is simply selling the app . Which does make me wo
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by wgx 15y ago
Remember that Hunch piece about the demographics of Android vs iOS users? http://pinoytutorial.com/techtorial/wp-content/uploads/2011/... Maybe that's a factor over and above adoption numbers.
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by wgx 15y ago
Nice, except Chrome doesn't update at all for a lot of Mac users (myself included)... http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=update+server+not+available... So, hilariously, I have to totally remove the app and re-install to update.
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by wgx 15y ago
Great job - feels really good. One thing... *.clnt.me doesn't really say anything to me. Part of the reason that many jumped to adopt about.me was the domain name, it made sense. I note your company "2 Tablespoons" - that sounds better to m
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by wgx 15y ago
What surprised me was the human element, I'd expected it to be more data-driven with less human debate.
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Trailrs for iOS - movie trailers presented beautifully(trailrsapp.com)
2 points by wgx 15y ago|0 comments
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by wgx 15y ago
I can see Parse being acquired by Amazon, Salesforce or the like - maybe even Google for Android. But, a billion-dollar valuation? Not so sure.
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Seedcamp 3-day Seedhack in London w/ Facebook, Paypal mentors(seedcamp.com)
1 points by wgx 15y ago|0 comments
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by wgx 15y ago
>"...building the product was the easy part" A new 'thought experiment' I've been working with lately is: "Imagine the (minimum viable) product was already built - what now?" It's easy to get caught up in the challenge of 'The Build' wh
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by wgx 15y ago
Downvoted! Harsh. I know I'm swimming against the tide here, and actually I think there are huge problems with the patent system globally. BUT - I find it a little strange that company A invents something, protects it, then company B does
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by wgx 15y ago
>Patenting phone unlock and how to browse through pictures is a douche move. But they did invent the "Swipe to Unlock" interaction did they not? Previous to that it was always a clunky button combination (Menu + * on the old Nokia hands
566.
by wgx 15y ago
I have authentication on after every screensaver and I've never been able to bypass the password. Weird.
567.
by wgx 15y ago
>there probably needs to be a new branch of the military to recruit, train, and deploy new kinds of hacker-soldiers. Agree, but I'd suggest it likely that this branch is already well-established and operational, if hidden from the publi
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by wgx 15y ago
That's the benefit of hindsight. Facebook was built as a startup and grew fast. G+ is being developed in a fully-fledged company with way more resource. Agree, though that Fb could be working harder on this!
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by wgx 15y ago
Related: SPDY - Google's always-encrypted application-level protocol to augment HTTP: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SPDY
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by wgx 15y ago
Software / Service is just treating the symptoms, not the underlying problem.

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