jem_nz

Re:Show HN: Fun, simple feature tours for your website or app on Monday October 29, 2012 @07:23PM (#4715116)

Nicely done. One thing: I think you need to be careful it doesn't get frustrating for users - perhaps have the messages dismiss when you click on website elements, and try to place the bubble so it doesn't hide the wrong part of the app?

Performing rapper breaks stuff at Microsoft store; taken offline

Posted by jem_nz on Wednesday October 03, 2012 @05:48PM
from the appleinsider.com dept.

http://appleinsider.com/articles/12/10/03/rappers-performance-at-microsoft-store-event-cut-short-after-destruction-of-several-pcs

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Draw on any webpage

Posted by jem_nz on Tuesday October 02, 2012 @08:52PM
from the markup.io dept.

http://markup.io

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Re:Responding to Recruiting Emails? on Wednesday September 19, 2012 @10:00PM (#4546601)

If the company exists (a quick google search should show this) then they typically stop and remove you from their lists if you respond. It can also be a slightly kinder thing to do IMO.

I sometimes respond, but only if I'm in a good mood.

Live, in-browser demos of hadoop, git, riak etc

Posted by jem_nz on Wednesday September 19, 2012 @09:34PM
from the testdrive.ubalo.com dept.

http://testdrive.ubalo.com

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Run code in the cloud within 10 seconds using our lightweight virtualization

Posted by jem_nz on Thursday November 17, 2011 @07:09PM
from the self-post dept.

We're building Ubalo, a platform for humans that makes cloud and parallel computing much simpler. You can run anything you like, and it's fast and lightweight. We start our virtual machines in less than a second, and all traces are gone as soon as computation is complete.Our first demo (live at ubalo.com) lets you enter arbitrary code (currently in Ruby, soon also in Python and R) and see the...

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