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dave783

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dave783··on How to avoid being a Groupon horror story
I'm tired of merchants complaining about Groupon promotions that fail. It's your responsibility to do what's right for your business.
dave783··on Yelponomics: What Really Drives Yelp Reservations
Interesting to hear that the number of categories associated with a yelp page correlates to how many reservations per month a restaurant receives.
dave783··on Herding Firesheep in a NYC Starbucks: Do Users Care?
You say "That was the single exception".

You also wrote '[I] then sent him a "no, seriously" message on Facebook from his account including the fun fact about his music choices.'

Viewing a person's music choices and sending them a message about them is a total violation of privacy. Or do you just attribute that to being another exception?

dave783··on Ask HN: How reliable is PhoneGap to develop Native Apps?
Phonegap was easy to setup and get going with.

I made the mistake of testing the app out on an iPhone 4 as I was developing it. Once it was finished, I tried it on my friend's iPhone 3G, and it was extremely slow and unresponsive to clicks.

I added all the possible optimizations that I could find people recommending on the web, but using the app on a 3G phone was still a horrible experience. Be sure to test your app on a 3G phone as you are developing it to test performance.

In retrospect, I should have taken the time to learn Obj-C and build a native app.