Just be glad he took it before someone came along with omellete.ly, a new service that brings social to commandline arguments.
On a serious note, I think it's a smart move to use a name like this, or something like Carrotjuice.js or MochaDB. Names are important and so are the trends that accompany them.
I just finished watching the first season of House of Cards and I really enjoyed it. It's up there with original HBO programming as far as quality is concerned. If they can keep that up then traditional outlets should definitely stay worried. I know there was some talk about Netflix's future because of their dependence on content providers, but if they can keep this up then they certainly have a hand to play.
The only time I fall asleep in less than 5 minutes is if I am completely exhausted. I have to go through a mental winding down period while I lay in bed. Usually through reading or just closing my eyes and thinking about something pleasant. This usually takes me about a half-hour on average. Anyway, from my point of view, I never understand how someone can just lay down and be asleep in a few minutes.
I started as a painter working for my father at 16. Sometimes I would take a second job as a line cook as well. I loved computers since my first one (Atari 400) but I never thought anyone would ever pay me to work with them. At 27 I couldn't take sandblasting fuel tanks and flipping burgers anymore.
I took a job as a data entry clerk for $6.50 an hour, worked my way up from there while teaching myself to program (after ten years I only now feel comfortable in my ability). I just finally finished a CS degree at 40. I see so many people here accomplishing so much at so young an age. Please don't take your skills and passion for granted.
I'm the opposite. I have two Kindles (eInk and Fire) and I always read on my smartphone. I mostly read in bed before sleeping so having a back-lit screen (black background, green text) allows me to read in the dark and not bother my wife. It is also very comfortable to hold in one hand and turn pages with the flick of my thumb. If I had time to read during the day I would definitely choose my eInk Kindle though.
This is difficult to do sometimes. I just interviewed at a small company that does defense contracting. The person I spoke with by email was very military-sounding in his diction so I assumed the culture was a bit formal and well...stuffy. When I went in for the interview dressed in a suit, everyone was fairly casual, people had pony tails and tousled hair, and we spent a good portion of the interview discussing video games.
>VisiCalc inspired Lotus 123, a similar program for IBM PCs. Bosses were much more willing to order a PC for their staff than something built by California hippies. As they used to say, you’ll never get fired for buying IBM.
Is this really true? I don't remember this being a widely held viewpoint but then again I was 10 years old. Back then, normal people didn't know who Steve Jobs was, never mind his damn-hippy ways.
Does the "curation" aspect help them? According to their site, items move to the top according to popularity (would like to know more about what that means). Taking a look at men's bags, the first page had a number of items I found appealing, more so than I find at a traditional online retailer. One of the few consumer-oriented startups posted at techcrunch that caught my eye.
They should have stated a brief blurb about themselves in their blog post. Not knowing anything about Apptopia, I thought they released something this guy created on his own from scratch.
Interesting. Then again, I lived overseas and the government bank there was an enormous entity that could very well have employed engineers for various reasons. I just had this picture of a Bank of America branch laying its own sewer lines :P
My only point is that some may care, I have no idea if yours does or not. Personally, I wouldn't work for an employer that looked for such things, but I am also a very private person and would never use an app like that.
You are probably correct and I agree with you about working for employers like that. I admit to not being a facebook expert and probably shouldn't have commented. But it seemed obvious to me that there are problems, contrary to what the OP says, for some people.
I don't see a problem if you are single and don't care what potential employers think. And sure, if you aren't single then you shouldn't have the app installed in the first place (preempting this argument). But it still makes Facebook more of a landmine for less scrupulous users and they do make up a significant part of the population.
Edit: a Facebook app that where you can click on friends you want to sleep with. If they have the app, they are notified. I would think this would be more cool if both of you are only notified if you both signify that you want to sleep with each other. This could also be toned down to just signify romantic interest to get more engagement.
My parents gave me a popular name but spelled it like another somewhat common name (a bad example would be Tom/Tim). I won't say what the name is to protect my anonymity (I have never met anyone who spelled it this way). Apparently, it was an alternate spelling listed in some book, used some generations ago.
I have spent my whole life correctly people. I was never harassed in school by other students, although some of my teachers would seem to take it as an affront and tell me that I was spelling my name wrong. My mother told me during my teens that if I wanted to change my name that she would understand, but oddly enough I like my name the way it is. Of course I would think differently if it was Ima Hoare.
I got some fryer grease splashed in my face many years ago. The pain in my left eye was intense. The doctor at the emergency room gave me a couple drops from an eye-dropper which immediately removed the pain, and I have to say, put me in a fairly chatty mood. I asked him what it was and he said "Liquid cocaine, my friend."
I've got a Lumia 920 and I'm a bit disappointed with it. I don't know if this is a programming fault or something wrong with the OS itself but the best apps I could find for reddit and HN cut off text for story titles. This is a serious issue for me because these apps constitute 90% of my phone usage throughout the day. I also have problems with web pages not rendering at all (probably the web site's fault but still). Also, the phone is really heavy and not comfortable to hold, with the buttons on the side always getting pressed by accident, especially while reading. The only thing I like is the eReader I have, but it's not quite as good as Aldiko was on my Droid Incredible. I'm going to stick it out because I'd like to try my hand at developing for it.
I also have a toddler and I have no ideas for you. I love my daughter more than anything in the world but my free time has all but disappeared. I thought it was difficult when I was in my 20s and had nothing to my name, but this is by far the hardest time of my life. At least then I had spare time to learn things and be creative. I know it will pass but...damn.
EDIT: I just read over my post after a minute and it seems really pessimistic. I should qualify it by saying that I would not change anything even if I could. When my daughter gets scared at night and calls for me, I come and save her. It's those times when it is all worth it.
It's amazing how much I miss out on because I don't have a Facebook account. I accept that this is a choice I made, but it's amazing how much of a second-class citizen it makes you feel like these days.
So what mistakes did they make? It's obvious they are some sort of textbook case of failing to adjust to change in technology. There was a time when Kodak was synonymous with photography. Sad.
"Fearful of losing ad contracts, most sites pointed out that this was actually a clear indicator of the success of Surface, it was doing great, the entire OEM and partner ecosystem just couldn’t match Microsoft’s superior design prowess."
I guess they somewhat allude to their journalistic abilities with their domain name.