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There's always been a competitor that, IMHO, blows Reader out of the water, yet it doesn't have a behemoth behind it to support and push it to the masses.

It's called Newsblur, and I'm getting closer to paying for the premium version each time I use it.

Unfortunately, it's something seen much too often in Romania, and in many third- and second- world countries.

I think they went all in with this. Not only are they revolutionizing the concept of what a digital photo is and how it can be captured, they decided to introduce a new form factor for cameras.

Is it the most comfortable, ergonomic grip out there? Certainly not, but it is definitely memorable.

My hunch is that the lens assembly and light field technology requires a long barrel, and this is the best they could do. Perhaps if the next version were a tube?

Both.

Take the courses you need to get a degree, and do what you know and love in your spare time.

Going to college is not about learning anything useful in class. It's learning to go to class every morning at 8, learning to learn, and absorbing everything else around you as you grow up in those 3-4 years.

Sweet, now someone has to get into parent's google account AND swipe his phone!

I don't have a link, but I'm referring to a designer who also has a sense for discreet but pleasing transition animations. I'm talking about the people who designed the G+ circles animations. To me, that's separate from designing or mocking up a site in Photoshop, as there's no easy way to represent such animations.

I agree that a person's surrounding clutter (as you put it) does give a sense of personality (I did a photo project on posessions).

However, I think you're missing a bigger picture. A minimalist's house speaks TONS about the personality of its owner. And there are no two minimalist houses alike. The differences are, shall we say, minimal, but they're there.

PG may have a point that since humans use spacial memory to organize things, a cluttered environment may put more stress on the mind than an austere one.

I'd say for a web designer's needs, GIMP should certainly prove more than useful. These days, a designer should know how to mock up sites using CSS3, like you mentioned.

Another advantage of using live mockups is that you suddenly become an animation designer (if any is used on the site). When done well, this could be a very useful skill to have in terms of UX.

Depending on who your target demographic is, you could make certain assumptions. Without reading your blog (but judging by the CMD in your post), I assume you use a Mac and write about tech. You could then assume that your readers know how to open links in a new tab, thus you might decide to remove the _blank. If your blog is geared toward readers with less experience, you might want to leave it in.

As a Ruby noob and without researching too much, here's my question: would x.succ! do it?

I'd like to ask a couple of individual freelancer questions. Do I need to go through HNOfficehours or could I contact you directly somehow?

Make it redirect to Apple.com.

How long from first line of code to launch? And what were your expenses for that time?

In other words, what was the bootstrap amount you needed?

Another option I find myself using more and more often is Newsblur.

Just a suggestion, based on a different meet I'm attending: have you tried meetup.com?

I'm in. Do we need to RSVP?

It's because mirrors are magic.

On the serious side, this would be an interesting question to ask a child. We can all reason the answer from our knowledge of physics and the rules of the world in general (where there are no cool explanations for this), but a child has no such constraints. Their imagination runs free, and they fill in the blanks from their own knowledge of the world, which may include magic, super powers, or whatever realities they came in contact with in their short life.

That's good enough for me, since it makes more sense.

A followup question: It is indeed best when the button gets out of the way. What assumptions are safe to make about the computer literacy of your visitors (i.e. they know to hit Enter to submit)?

I realize that this depends on the target demographic, but we should have a set of standards, I think. It influences everything from UI streamlining to what content goes below the fold (can we assume visitors know how or when to scroll?).

Why would you say he is misguided? I'm not taking his side, I'm just curious as to what the solution to the problem would be.

Mike, thank you. I do appreciate the help. I used to work with PHP and MySQL, but recently I've moved to Javascript on both backend (Node.js) and frontend (Backbone.js, jQuery, etc.). I love improving UX until it's dead simple.

If it's Rails that people are looking for, I can learn it fast.

Can I get in touch over email or Twitter to continue this?

Do you know of any interesting startups or tech companies in SoFL that are looking for new hires?

The only things I could find are old web devel and design firms whose own websites look like 1999 and nobody who might do anything remotely new or interesting. I'd hate to have to move out of Miami just because there's nothing interesting to work at / for.

Hmm, given that the question was asked on HN, there could be a good business idea there... File and DB backups offered as SaaS.

The most important thing about this news post has been left out of the title: it is completely reversible!

I got dibs on a duckface (http://antiduckface.com/) detection and removal service for public websites like Facebook. :)

Serious companies that have lots of users and naturally exceed the free limits.

You could try building one. Almost every major Javascript framework starts with a Todo list as the Hello World project. Apparently, developers take that Hello World a little further, then start charging for it.

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This is a really cool app and I agree that photographers could be a target market.

One thing I've always wanted to see from apps like this: you should be able to push a button that 'pins' the image in virtual space, and when you move the phone, it acts like a window on that image. This can be done using the various movement sensors on the phones.

That's actually a great way to begin building a system: consider the browser as another API client. It's sort of the Twitter way, I guess.

It's easier than you think. See http://fzysqr.com/2011/03/27/nodechat-js-continued-authentic...

The good news about node.js is that it's fresh and there are tons of howtos and tutorials out there already.

It's also important to work for the right person the first time around. Make sure it's a job where you retain most of the control over the final look and feel of the result, otherwise you may not be able to use it for your portfolio.