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naelshawwa

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About naelshawwa

engineer, consultant, google maps guru, technology visionary, blogger. Striving towards the simplicity after the complexity. Reach me on twitter @naelshawwa.

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    A Saturday night project to learn node.js. TwitterTwitterChickenDinner.com picks your Twitter contest winners randomly and most importantly with one click.

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    TwitterTwitterChickenDinner.com

    A Saturday night project to learn node.js. TwitterTwitterChickenDinner.com picks your Twitter contest winners randomly and most importantly with one click. Just enter your giveway …

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    Comment #1674409

    Thanks for the comment. I'm just saying that its not just about accessing Twitter, Facebook, Youtube, NetFlix etc. Those are just marketing tactics that remind me of telecom tactic…

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    Comment #1665422

    yeah the app store wasn't, and I don't know how successful the iPhone would have been if it weren't but it would have still been revolutionary though. >>That it takes developers to…

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    Comment #1665400

    I didn't see that in the specs. But anyway adding a hard drive to it won't be that expensive for a later gen.

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    Comment #1665395

    Right now it doesn't, but first gen iphone didn't have an app store either. Maybe the apps can be streamed from the iPad or iPhone? who knows how they're planning it, but one thing…

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    Comment #1664536

    These are my thoughts on this topic: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1660396

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    Comment #1664531

    The iPhone worked because of the app store, not because of the touch screen or the phone, or any "consumer friendliness" The app store worked because of the thousands of developers…

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    Comment #1664168

    the market is already there, every iPad, iPhone, and iTouch owner will get one. God its cheaper than an iPod nano.

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    I think that is coming. It doesn't make sense if the AppleTV isn't an iOS device nor if it can't get apps from the app store. You know, it'll be a Jobs moment next year when he say…

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    Comment #1664151

    you're missing the point I think, and so did the Author of this post. Its not about the bells and whistles, or features that came built in. Its about the apps that YOU may want to …

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    Comment #1661335

    great post. It was more of examples of how to use closures in JS rather than the pros/cons of it.

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    Comment #1660409

    neat experiment! lol

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    Comment #1655313

    Thanks. These look great, I just came across the first one before.

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    yeah, I bloggged about it last year, but thought of sharing on this community since I only joined recently. Even last year it seemed like it existed for a while. Did you find other…

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    Comment #1651514

    Not shocked : )