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Hi HN! I'm the developer of FareBot, a free/open-source app that reads balance and other information from contactless transit cards using NFC. Supported cards include: - ORCA - Sea…

There's an organization working to start a bike share program in Seattle too! http://pugetsoundbikeshare.org/

My thoughts on this: http://codebutler.com/2013/02/13/play-store-privacy/ Although there is a legitimate reason for sharing this information (sales taxes), it is not clearly explai…

It actually is possible to "mount" drives to a folder in unix fashion. http://www.computingverticals.com/136/map-usb-drive-to-desir...

If you're an Android user, also check out my app TapChat: http://tapchatapp.com/

Don't forget to enable GPU Acceleration too. I've posted about this here: http://codebutler.com/2012/10/10/configuring-a-usable-androi...

This looks similar to Qt Quick / QML, which is actually very cool. http://doc.qt.nokia.com/4.7/qdeclarativeintroduction.html

Hey, I just replied to your email. Paid apps are not currently available in China, it seems. You should be able to purchase the app from the web through a VPN or proxy and have it …

Hi again. We spoke about all this a few days ago. Sorry to hear you're disappointed with the app. - The only way to stop receiving notifications is to uninstall the app, there is n…

Hi! I'm the author of TapChat. Scrolling and switching between windows is quite slow and unpleasant with Irssi+Screen+ConnectBot on a phone. TapChat has a native UI and is much mor…

Hi, I'm the author of TapChat. There are very few things about the protocol that are IRC-specific, so this could likely be added in the future. In the meantime, I've had success us…

Hi, I'm the author of TapChat. I recommend connecting the TapChat server to ZNC, this works quite well.

There's a mobile-ready web interface that's not quite finished, but if you'd like to try it just visit https://your.tapchat:8067/chat in your phone's browser.

Hey, thanks for checking this out! I wrote this because it's the app I've always wanted, and would love to hear your feedback.

You can switch a rooted phone into "tablet mode", but as far as I know nobody has come up with a way to do this automatically when you connect the MHL cable. http://androidcommunit…

I've been beta testing irccloud.com. It's very well done, but I'd also like something that can be self-hosted to access internal-only IRC servers.

I have a Nexus S running Blandroid. Apps: The usual google stuff (Talk, Voice, Gmail, Maps, Translate) Twitter, Facebook, G+ Foursquare GroupMe (Can now be used for one-on-one mess…

Ack, no, just using the wrong format string. Will fix it soon, thanks.