August 2011
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GitHub Flow →
Scott Chacon has a nice write-up on Github’s workflow with Git: GitHub Flow. In his post he describes how GitHub deploys to production several times a day and how that clashes with Vincent Driessen’s excellent git-flow.
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One of the bigger issues for me is that it’s more complicated than I think most developers and development teams actually require. It’s complicated...
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It has a cursor! →
After realizing Flash wasn’t as big of a selling point as they initially expected, Android tablet makers have to find new unwanted features to market their products with. Lenovo, is the first to uncover a new ‘iPad-killing’ feature to include in their Android based ThinkPad: A cursor/mouse. Check the second video in the source link around 01:48 to see for yourself.
And boy does...
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“While some see them as the crazy ones, we see genius. Because the people who are...”
– Think Different (via minimalmac)
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WatchSteve Jobs:
”I think if you do something and it turns out pretty good, then you should go do something else wonderful, not dwell on it for too long. Just figure out what’s next.”
(via Dave Morin)
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Facebook partners with Stackoverflow →
This partnership replaces our existing forums, which, while worked effectively at the beginning of Platform, have begun to show their age. We spent many months looking at the right long-term solution and decided that a partnership with one of the best technical Q&A sites on the Web was the best approach for our community.
Good move.
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UX Job Title Generator →
Need help coming up with a job title for your UX job opening? Use this generator.
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Mozilla takes on PhoneGap →
Joe Brockmeier:
Robert Nyman, technical evangelist for Mozilla, says that the API would be used for any application needing to interact with information or other applications; for instance, any application that needs to dial the phone, use the camera, control phone settings or access the contacts on the phone.
Sounds a lot like PhoneGap to me.
Another alternative is PhoneGap, which...
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100% Test Coverage →
“It’s the only number that makes any sense”
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Web Designers Vs Web Developers →
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What to do with 245.000 TouchPads →
Shawn Blanc has some nice suggestion about what Best Buy should do with their 245.000 unsold TouchPads.
Some highlights:
Printer promotion: buy an ink jet printer, get a free TouchPad.
Turn the boxes upside down, move them closer to the Apple section of the store, and hope nobody notices.
Open up the boxes and sell the USB cables for $25/each.
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Disruptive →
Patrick Rhone:
Yesterdays news came as a big surprise to most if not all of us. Patrick Rhone summarizes it like this:
The iPad is causing such disruption in the PC business that HP, a company fundamental to the creation of the personal computer itself, is getting out of the PC business.
Who would have thought that would happen? Patrick also gives some solid advice:
Just like the iPad...
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“Protecting the Ecosystem” →
Motorola has long made the best modems a consumer can buy for their home DSL/Cable connections — Google now owns that. That prospect scares me as the last thing I want is a party with a vested interest in what, where, and how I browse the Internet to be standing between me and the Internet. Google is now that party — of course they may never leverage it, but do you really believe that?
(via...
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Bad communication is bad business. →
Matt Drance has been on fire lately with some very thoughtful posts over at Apple Outsider. On the Google vs Microsoft mud slinging contest over a lost bidding war for patents;
Matt Drance:
The first failure was lack of clarity: specifically, letting the Chief Legal Officer write nearly 500 words of unstructured whining. How many ordinary people understand lawyers, let alone sympathize with...
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Network Link Conditioner →
Matt Gemmell:
In the Finder, take a look in the Utilities folder (Go menu, Utilities – or press Command Shift U). You should see a folder called “Network Link Conditioner”, which contains a preference pane for System Preferences.
I can’t believe how I missed this. Great catch by Matt and what a incredibly use-full developer tool.
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Rdio for iPad →
Rdio just launched their iPad app and it looks stunning. Spotify make notes!
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The Problem with All-Star Teams →
Matt Drance:
Facebook’s moves suggest it wants to succeed here. It’s gobbling up a remarkable amount of talent — an All-Star Team, if you will. The problem with all-star rosters, of course, is that as a team they often suck. It’s an odd phenomenon, but if you put too much greatness in the same room, things don’t always turn out so… great. Each all-star may be too used to his or her way of...
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Best Android device yet ? →
What a horrible rip-off. Here is a video.
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UX overhaul for Firefox →
Let’s hope they release this UX overhaul sooner rather then later. Looks stunning.
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Appsterdam unites indies against Patent Trolls →
Mike Lee:
Let App Makers be as the ants of East Texas, minding their business until someone invades their anthill. Then Swarm! Swarm! Swarm! We will let the patent trolls know: if you attack one indie, you attack all indies, and we will file every motion we can against you, we will attack your patents, and we will show you for the mafioso thugs you are.