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matthewgifford

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About matthewgifford

Dad to August and Hazel. Husband to Angela. Developer at Goldstar. Maker of old fashioneds.

http://www.matthewgifford.com/

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    My first thought was that this was a guy who hasn't paid up and wants to give the data and files to his teenage nephew because he's cheap/free.

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    Comment #8927498

    I think that's due to the app making a local backup on the device. "WhatsApp automatically makes backups every day at 4 AM and stores them in the WhatsApp folder of your Android ph…

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    Comment #8927222

    I'm wondering if you're aware that WhatsApp's data store is on the phone, not on their servers. If so, how would you do away with the requirement that the phone stay online while u…

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    Comment #7413027

    CDA was probably invented in Vancouver, FWIW. http://www.newschoolbeer.com/2012/11/who-owns-cascadian-dark...

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    Comment #7223135

    I don't think it's mentioned in the blog post, but we used csswatch jQuery plugin to watch for changes. https://github.com/leifcr/jquery-csswatch/

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    Comment #7223127

    The one problem I've found with this approach is making sure that the CSS and JS breakpoints stay in sync as a site is maintained. At my previous job, we came up with a way of chan…

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    Comment #7223107

    When you have a few hours, Google "responsive images".

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    Comment #4249147

    I'm not arguing that providing options (done the right way) is a bad way to do it. I'm just disagreeing with someone who says the Paul Rand way of doing things is arrogant. Some pe…

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    Comment #4247911

    Some of it is here: http://www.maedastudio.com/ People sometimes look at his work and think it's very simplistic and/or retro. Part of the art is the process it took to get there.

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    Comment #4247889

    And I'm not saying that your approach is necessarily wrong, either. I'm saying that for you to call his approach arrogant is wrong. Paul Rand did it that way because of what he was…

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    Comment #4247839

    "It's arrogant to assume the best way you know how is the best way for the client." That's not what he's saying. He's saying that he's going to try as hard as he can to come up wit…

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    Comment #4247583

    I agree. If anything, it's poorly worded. I think he's just observing what others think about him. And maybe his intention to make himself be seen as gifted.

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    Comment #4247567

    You're seriously going to stop reading what someone has to say simply because he mentioned that he worked on building his reputation? Your loss.

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    Comment #3784978

    It's easy to get this to happen. Just stay motionless until you have the attention of 3 or 4 ships. Then book it in a straight line. Suddenly, it zooms out and the ships start beha…

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    Comment #3742664

    I don't have a problem with the menu being responsive. It's just poorly designed and doesn't contribute very much.

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    Comment #3741713

    It is a stuck dropdown. If you make your browser smaller, it will turn into an actual dropdown. It looks like someone heard about responsive design, but didn't really understand wh…

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    Comment #1860430

    Developers complaining that a company with a history of treating people poorly betrays them? Cry me a river.