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damon

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About damon

iPhone / web developer located in minneapolis

Recent public activity

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    Comment #18187653

    What's interesting to me is how serious Nadella's Microsoft is about embracing OSS. Consider his appointment as a line in the sand and look at how drastically the company has chang…

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    Comment #18187526

    It's hard to let past Ballmer / Gates era sins go, and I'll probably take a lot of heat here, but moves like this continue to reinforce the Nadella era is truly serious about advan…

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    Comment #5337736

    I like the iOS API's simplicity. Also the ability to attach observers to file objects. Much easier to use than iCloud (IMHO) and cross platform are huge advantages for me personall…

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    Comment #5337646

    Take a look at the Core API for use from a web app: https://www.dropbox.com/developers/core/gs

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    Comment #4684119

    It would be interesting to hear Amazon's side of the story. It just doesn't seem like something any digital retailer would do. Assuming Lynn did no wrong and this is entirely a fra…

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    Comment #261367

    I entered "iPhone 3G sales" (no quotes) and was given a porn picture next to an Apple PR link. I do hope they succeed in challenging google, but looks like they have work to do.

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    Comment #253625

    I was thinking "another solid post from reg". Then boom, didn't see that coming. It's too bad it will be his last. Looking forward to seeing what's next. Keep us posted, Reg.

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    Comment #245682

    As an iPhone dev, I'm sure iPhone OS 2.0 isn't perfect. They pushed 8 beta builds into the hands of devs since march. They've been working on hugely aggressive timelines. There has…

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    Comment #242696

    I'm releasing one at some point . If I can ever get the MLS data. Yikes what a mess. http://codemorphic.com/products

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    Comment #242511

    Downloading/sync to iPhone is trivial and slick, very easy to trial/error free programs, apple did distribution right.

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    Comment #241572

    Just curious... Do people really buy linux off the shelf? Why? The packaging? Docs? Box?

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    Comment #241072

    If it took them a year to admit it, how long will it take to fix it? Rather than a marketing push, how about an engineering push?

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    Comment #215075

    There's only 10?

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    Comment #206698

    Wow, I had no idea! Best wishes to the newlyweds. Is it Jessica Graham now? JG?

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    Comment #195633

    Let's see... no vacation for at&t employees in june, iphones out of stock in apple online, multiple country deals signed in past few weeks, iphone sdk nearing beta end... You'll se…

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    Comment #187720

    "they're still afraid of anything that's different and are looking for any excuse they can to maintain the status quo." That's exactly what I want to hear! Let them keep their 600+…

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    Comment #184530

    Is it April 1st?

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    Comment #184227

    1. State. 2. Functional languages.

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    Comment #183304

    I'll be @ minnebar May 10th also. I've heard estimates of 400 attendees planned! If you're interested in iPhone development, lets meet up. I'm doing a 5-min lightning round talk on…

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    Comment #182786

    Short version : "Price fixing is how."

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    Comment #175880

    Innovation takes more than deep pockets...

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    Comment #173934

    "Mr. Liddell dismissed claims that some customers were reluctant to buy Vista machines. “There are no Vista-related issues at all,” he declared." puff puff give, dude...

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    Comment #172116

    "Now I've seen Vista I wonder how a company of that size can get something so wrong" Perhaps because it's a company of that size.

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    Comment #166597

    Apple seems too consumer focused to start putting in all sorts of crap just because someone from Walmart corporate suggested it.

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    Comment #166535

    In 2004 IBM was considering a switch to linux. I hope they are successful with the mac push. "First, our chairman has challenged the IT organization, and indeed all of IBM, to move…