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Re:Apple Reports Record Second Quarter Results on Monday April 27, 2015 @05:30PM (#9449213)
Some are arguing that the death of the iPad means that Apple is now basically a one-product company which could be an achilles heel no matter how many phones are sold.
Re:Project Management for Startps: Thoughts and Musings on Tuesday May 29, 2012 @08:37PM (#4040760)
Good project managers are rare but such regimentation can stifle the free flow of ideas if the PM is not careful. The good ideas come from nature and leisure, not from where the Deadline looms.
Re:Facebook acquires team behind YC alum Caffeinated Mind on Thursday March 01, 2012 @02:11AM (#3651272)
Expresso is a nice idea. Somebody should fill this vacuum, definitely.
Re:Retailers Shut Facebook Storefonts Amid Apathy on Saturday February 18, 2012 @10:45PM (#3608591)
I think you nailed it with 3. A constantly changing UI makes people hesitant to submit their credit cards. Whereas Amazon has looked pretty much the same for twenty years.
Re:Backbone 0.9.0 released on Tuesday January 31, 2012 @07:47AM (#3533002)
Rewrite one of your existing javascript-heavy apps in backbone. Having a clear goal will help.
Re:Show HN: derecha.de, play logic games in the browser on Monday January 23, 2012 @05:27PM (#3502461)
Thanks. I should change it so that it automatically resets when a user submits a wrong answer.
Re:Poll: Did you shutter a startup in 2011? on Monday December 26, 2011 @01:40AM (#3392378)
Nicely put.
Re: on Sunday December 18, 2011 @04:18PM (#3367505)
not quite working but it does seem like a fun sunday morning project.
Re:Chrome 15 Is Now World’s Most Popular Browser (Version) on Thursday December 15, 2011 @05:17PM (#3358299)
LOL
Re:Learn Knockout.js in 30 minutes on Thursday December 15, 2011 @04:04AM (#3355487)
My favorite is still Cows and Closures. http://nathansjslessons.appspot.com/lesson?id=1000
Re:"I've got an idea for an app" on Tuesday September 06, 2011 @02:14PM (#2966558)
I'm with you. I lie about what I do to half my friends to avoid their hurt expressions when they find out that I'm not going to bunker down for the next 2 weeks writing their app for free.
Re:Why Ubuntu Linux is now ready for primetime on Saturday August 27, 2011 @01:34PM (#2931973)
>Also, when I run into a hitch during development, Google takes my operating system into account. Googling answers to development questions provides me much more relevant results on Ubuntu than it ever did on the Mac.

This isn't said enough. Type a coding question into google and 9 out of 10 hits seem to be good tutorials involving the linux terminal.

Facebook too. Can't think of many recent instances where the winner of the early adopters won the space. Netflix?
Re:I Like PHP on Wednesday August 10, 2011 @05:43PM (#2870347)
The SF2 docs have really come along since the early beta. As a beginner looking at both for the first time SF2 seems more clear.
Re:What's a Closure? on Saturday August 06, 2011 @05:41PM (#2854982)
Agreed. Once I converted all the exercises to coffeescript (syntactically similar to python) they made more sense.
Re:Progressive Internet Explorer on Wednesday July 27, 2011 @03:48PM (#2813793)
"twelve handwritten steps on Post-its for how to open their timesheet on the intraweb" It's funny to watch this in action.