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Could we see some code or a demo?
It's very cool that Google put enough thought into this to use actual dances from Graham's work.
A computer (or iPad or Kindle) can be a great educational tool, but there needs to be serious, thoughtful planning and training before these devices are put into the classroom. I like the idea of getting technology in the hands of kids so that they can experiment and discover (even more so with disadvantaged kids), but I think technology too often gets in the way in the classroom.
How many lessons would be more effective if a teacher walked though things on a chalkboard?
Addendum: I just found a PDF [1] outlining a iPad pilot program. The only tangible objective it lays out is creating an e-Portfolio. Look at all of the cost and effort required to get there! Perhaps there are compelling reasons to use iPads in the classroom, but too many proposals read just like this.
[1] http://www.ipodsibilities.com/iPodsibilities/iPodsibilities_...
And I guess the days of sharing OS X discs are over.
This basically creates a sub-Facebook in which my close friends and I operate. I still see stuff come in from other people in my main friends list, but they don't see anything I do (unless I explicitly post on someone else's public item).
It's working out very nicely.
I know nothing about tea, but I know I could appreciate it. If you made it even easier for me to get good tea, I think that'd be a great feature. In addition, your app would know what I'd ordered, and you could leverage that info. Definitely not a MVP feature, but definitely one that I think could be useful and profitable.
As it stands, it's a great looking app and I think it's a great example of finding a niche and creating something compelling to serve it.
Edit: I just noticed the adagio teas coupon on your site. While this may be a simple affiliate link, maybe you've already begun trying to forge a partnership with them whereby you could offer in-app purchasing of their products (or a selected subset). Hopefully so!
This post is well-written and covers a huge range of topics. I found the information detailed enough to point me in the right direction without going over my head. I also appreciate the tips on which design resources the author found valuable. Good stuff!
Speaking to the "old" Apple fan, I think that there's a sense of loyalty and a sense of being on the cutting edge.
As I said, I've been using Apple products exclusively (at home) since '99, and I've grown to feel a sense of attachment to the company. Something about Apple products clicked with me, and I felt the desire to foster a niche provider. This feeling is, I'm sure, compounded by the fact that I felt I was "in" on something and wanted to be even more in by adopting the latest and greatest.
I remember saying, "My voice is my password" over and over to no avail after Steve demoed voice passwords in a version of OS 9 that I promptly purchased. It didn't matter that it didn't work; Steve had shown what it was supposed to be, and I bought in. Even while I was dealing with a faulty product, I still felt like I was part of something great, and at its heart, the feature was cool and innovative, even if the implementation fell far short.
Those are the reasons I feel so much a part of the Mac world, but I guess the author is asking about why Apple clicks with people. That answer's far more complex, and one I definitely can't answer in a general sense. If I think back to when I really jumped on the bandwagon, I'd have to say that I was impressed by Apple's way of doing things differently, focusing on the best and focusing on the consumer.
Apple definitely did things differently than MS in the late 90s and early 2000s, and to me, their differences felt more focused on what I wanted to do. I wanted an easy way to get on the internet, and I wanted an un-compex system for managing my stuff. Apple felt like they wanted to make these things easy for me. And as far as focusing on the best, it seemed like Apple was striving for the best, most of the time. I remember my Apple monitor having a premium Mitsubishi tube in it, and the G3 being a hell of a processor. Maybe there were better components on the market, but Apple tried to put together a really nice package, and I liked it. Since then, I've become a professional programmer, and I question whether I would have liked Apple if I was looking for a development platform back then. I honestly don't know, but I do know that their decision to embrace Unix at the core of their OS has served them well within the more technical community.
So I guess the bottom line is that Apple provides a different experience, and for those of us that buy into it, it's worth a little sacrifice to get to be the first and to ensure that Apple will live to see another day. That wasn't always as sure a thing as it is now.
And if you're looking for an answer to why the cool people want to be the first with an iPad 2 and a leather Smart Cover, look elsewhere.
I'm not sure whether her design is "good" or whether her other attributes line up with what they're looking for, but A+ for effort, nonetheless.
Al Jazeera is widely respected in the journalism world.
I was also wondering if they'd developed any generic custom code to fetch from Redis or fetch from SQL/insert into Redis, and how it fits into their application logic. (e.g. does it happen before they make a LINQ to SQL query, or does it intercept LINQ to SQL queries and return results from Redis).
While it may not be technically or fiscally trivial yet, it's far easier and cheaper than its ever been, and far more so that in 2005.
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