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You should also checkout http://www.meetup.com/ and try to swing by some meetups that happen around the city. Good way to meet people and see startups

Same here. Supposedly there is a big overhaul on apps like Mail. I'm definitely hoping for some sort of live widget functionality and a new home screen

Some of these look nice, and I really liked the keyboard. However I definitely don't agree with the author that somehow fold to unlock was "more intuitive". Also a few of them looked too similar to windows phone and Facebook Home. It should also be noted that a few of those have already been implemented on jailbroken devices in Cydia so I'm not sure how many are actually original ideas.

I am very excited to see what iOS 7 will bring us and it's good to see people creating their own mockups. Might give Apple even better ideas :)

Lower res thumbnails of course where if I decide I actually like the UI I click it to view the high res. It's wasteful and slow to have ALL images on the same page be the highest resolution

Hah that's exactly what I was expecting too

very cool. thanks for sharing

Personally, I think Google Glass could take off but it definitely won't be an instantaneous hit. Here is the way I see things playing out:

1) At first the main use is in the car. It's a place where you can wear them and not feel super awkward since the majority of the people around you probably wont be able to tell you have them on. It has the navigation system built in and you could even record the trip as if your glasses were a dash cam (hey, worked for Russia!).

2) People gradually forget they have it on when driving and end up getting out of the car with the glasses still on. You'll maybe see a few people wear them briefly while walking from the parking lot to the store but it still won't be that public. At least by now it will have been out long enough that people know about them.

3) People wear them more and more out in public and eventually it becomes the norm. Sure, some people might be like "oh that's weird" but they won't think too much about it.

I highly doubt that suddenly the streets will be flooded with Google Glasses right from the start. But I could see a gradual increase in usage if it's primary function is used in one location (like the car).

This did not fix it for me. Turned off spell checker and text substitution. Have another solution?

To be fair, it wasn't a smart idea to wait and decide who would give a status update with no preparation minutes before a big investor meeting... I think a number of people would be nervous about being put on the spot like that

I didn't know about some of these. Nice!

That was very witty. However the point of comments is to have discussions about the posted content whether it be positive or negative. Your comment adds no value.

Do we really need ANOTHER facebook app? At this rate I'm going to have a dedicated folder of "Facebook crap". It doesn't make life easier to have all these things separate. I understand the camera app, but not things like this app or the messenger app, especially since in the messenger app I end up getting notified of new mail there and in the original facebook app...

Of course. Don't get me wrong, as a whole the thing is amazing especially for those accustomed to iOS. It's merely that given everything else that apple already has out (and now the competition), putting anything below retina when we are now all used to it will only hurt the iPad Mini market.

Always good to see you comex :D. I agree it's not really officially "retina", which going off of Linus Torvald's words, is really overused. But still, I've also become very accustomed to looking at a retina display and downgrading to a resolution even less than that of Nexus 7 and Kindle Fire HD is a bit disappointing. I do really love the weight of it and feel of it, but nowadays the screen is a huge factor.

Of course I did... did you even read my comment that you are replying to where i said "the next update will have it"? They already have the power to do a retina now... That is why the Kindle Fire HD can do it at the same size (ok fine not EXACTLY retina but still pretty close given that size of a device).

Honestly I think Apple kind of gypped people by not putting in the retina display. The competitors in the 7" tablet market have the retina displays already, and for cheaper. They seem to be banking off the idea that they sell enough iOS devices that people will buy the mini no matter what. What sucks is you know the next update (which based on their new release schedules probably isn't that far away) will sport the retina as the big new feature without many other changes.

This is all coming from a huge Apple person. A tad disappointing.

So in other words, you're too cheap to spend $1.99 on something someone probably spent a fair amount of time making. How about supporting the developers?

same here. wayyy too sensitive to scrolling

This is very old and has been posted many times

It really should have direct links to the papers. Even some of the author links gave me 404 errors

They'd have to be. You can't have your cell phone out when you are sitting at the table, so Glass wont be any better

I don't know about you but I'm extremely excited about this printer. I currently have a RepRap Prusa but it really is hard to match the quality of these kinds of printers. The only problem I see is that it sounds like they are also selling the resin for it and somehow figured out a way to make it cheaper than most. I'd worry about how long they'd be able to keep up with selling enough resin for everyone.

I love Github's hiring process and their software building process. More companies should implement similar things. Now obviously you can't expect all companies to shell out this kind of cash, but I've read so many blogposts of Githubbers that all say the same thing: we just want to work with awesome people and make great products. It doesn't seem like there are a lot of politics going on. One post I've read by Zach Holman showed that the interview process was more about working on a project that you cared about rather than rambling off tiny utility methods or impractical algorithms.

Hire people who show enthusiasm (and of course talent) instead of those who have memorized interview questions from glassdoor.com

Oh yea for sure. Tons of companies provide smart phones for their employees, it's a nice perk. My statement is more based around this new free phones thing, the announcement of free food to the employees, etc. They are pitching it as if free stuff to employees is going to turn the company around. Obviously making the employees happier and better connected will help, but I haven't heard of anything technical that they are doing to further the company.

These sorts of articles are getting really old and redundant. Both mobile OS's have their benefits. Larger than 4" screen = the best experience? No... not for many people who find it harder to hold larger devices. NFC? It's not THAT well supported yet around the States. Custom widgets on home screen? Huge battery drain. Third party software keyboards? iPhone doesn't need it because if you've ever used an Android keyboard, you know it sucks ass (this is the opinion of many of my Android friends). Visible file system? The majority of users want a simplified experience on their phone. Pen support? Any capacitive object can work on the iOS.

Point is, the same points can be argued on both sides. If you like Android because it's customizable, then go for it. It has more options, but wont last as long since you can buy a brand new Android phone and 9months later the newest OS wont work on it.

I understand the concept behind what she is doing... but she should focus on making the employees happy through getting them working on meaningful and innovative products and not by just giving them a bunch of free stuff. I have multiple contacts at Yahoo and all of them will tell you that the stuff they do there is mainly just maintenance work. And I've heard the same story from all of them: they only work a few hours a day. The rest of the time they are playing basketball, working out, or doing power yoga or pilates. It seems that their priorities aren't in order.

Well at least he deleted his original comment now. Hahaha

Video tutorials are very useful for learning emacs, but there is a ton of static in the background. Hard to listen to

I still prefer Python as the first language someone learns. Especially in a school environment where someone is trying to decide majors, starting off in C might be too much to grasp. It might be a turn off for the person where as in Python can get students up and running quickly and able to produce some really cool things (games (pygame), a twitter like app (using google app engine), etc. I'd rather get someone excited about CS first then go back and teach them the important inner workings such as memory management, pointers, heap v. stack, etc.

I like GIT. If the man pages were improved to be more human readable then I think a majority of all these "i hate git" articles will go away.