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matty

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About matty

lurker extraordinaire. mattketterer.com

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    Comment #2204666

    They used PhoneGap, in fact it was Nitobi that created the app. http://blog.safaribooksonline.com/2010/10/18/an-update-on-ou...

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    Comment #2202754

    To get an idea how terrible PhoneGap can work in practice, check out the O'Reilly iPad app. The performance just isn't there for some applications.

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    Comment #2140920

    Beware, it tends to burn up your battery a bit quicker as well.

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    Comment #1398851

    4GB is a safe bet for best quality stream, but it depends on the encode. For iPad its scaled down. Assuming top encode rate is 1Mbps. 1Mbps * 7200 seconds = 7200 Mbit / 8 = 900 Mby…

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    Comment #1309372

    mFoundry is hiring engineers and project managers: http://mfoundry.com/company_jobs.html Larkspur, CA In addition to the listed positions we are also looking for Silverlight and An…

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    Comment #1194406

    I took a couple quick snaps before I left. Not the greatest quality since they were from my iPhone. They are at http://www.flickr.com/groups/hndinner/

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    Comment #1176755

    I paid full, but I'll probably more beer/wine anyway.

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    Comment #1093975

    Related: http://www.wallstats.com/deathandtaxes/ I always thought this was a pretty good visual representation of budget distribution. Note this reflects the 2010 budget, not the p…

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    Comment #1033909

    Well I think it's mainly a hardware limitation. I still get kicked out of apps from time to time due to low memory. This is probably due to errors on the programmers side. However …

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    Comment #1033809

    Loopt doesn't run in the background on the iPhone like you would think. It actually runs on servers at ATT pulling already available GPS data on your cellphone's location from the …

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    Comment #1020458

    What is worse, bad commit messages or no commit messages at all? Having to diff through no commit message changes is the bane of my existence. Yes I have brought this up to my supe…

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    Comment #948726

    What you're very close to describing here is the Loopt Mix app. There is a small sign up, but its pretty quick and simple. The number one issue with these platforms is that they ar…

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    Comment #933503

    From what I've heard through some channels, if Netflix accepted the deal of delaying 30 days on a DVD rental, they'd be making those rentals available on-demand from their website …

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    Comment #895244

    If you are running your code in an iPhone environment and ever want to modularize code. (Say having a tab in someone else's app without revealing your source) Not having XIBs makes…