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nickcharlton
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About nickcharlton
Programmer of various inflictions (iOS/Mac, Ruby, Python). Based in Plymouth in the UK.
You can catch me on: http://nickcharlton.net
Please feel free to email me too: nick@nickcharlton.net
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Comment #3440513
It's also convention to license Apple-related projects as they do. Which are generally MIT/BSD variants.
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Comment #3392810
As long as your DNS settings are correct when it's transferred, you won't have a problem. Most registrars and DNS providers also have a checkbox to auto fill out Google Apps detail…
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Comment #2720193
SEEKING WORK iOS (with a bit of Android experience) and quite a bit of experience (albeit, on my own projects) in Ruby (mostly the Sinatra framework) and PHP. I have a gap of a few…
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Comment #2103270
It seems to me to be a very bad business decision to decide to write a framework first, before delivering on your core product. As the deadlines have ended up slipping, they have e…
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Comment #2064643
That's also something that's come up in the UK, too. Especially with teenagers. I assume that is because of television shows.
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Comment #2063294
Indeed. They do something similar everday weekday.
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Comment #2063116
...with code: "DDHPT"[1]. [1]: https://twitter.com/#!/oreillymedia/status/21836062456283136
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Comment #2037140
Its also mentioned in Making Ideas Happen by Scott Belsky.
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Show HN: Programming Competitions Site
Yesterday I setup a blog to (hopefully) end up with a curated list of programming competitions. As a student, I find these great for pushing me into developing stuff that I usually…
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Comment #1775023
Click inside the content, then use the keyboard arrow keys to move around.
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Comment #1726901
Pick up an Arduino, or one of it's derivatives (like Netduino). Then span out. Once you've gotten 'in', you'll soon find other interesting platforms to develop on.
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Comment #1566918
It's not simply businesses that are effected. Overall, it is young people who use BlackBerry's in the UAE. The two carriers (Etisalat & Du) have pushed them heavily here. They allo…
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Show HN: TextMate CSS3 Bundle
I just put together a quick CSS3 TextMate Bundle. Any comments would be welcome. Blog Post: http://nickcharlton.net/post/css3-bundle
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Comment #1500035
I noticed this yesterday at work (who use Etisalat). I emailed then, trying to explain the usual content of HN. Back at home though (on Du), it's not blocked. I suspect it is just …
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Comment #1440811
From iTunes: "The content presented within the WWDC 2010 session videos and slides in Apple Confidential Information and is subject to the Registered Apple Developer Agreement.". S…
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Comment #1373412
I was able to download the book I bought (The Book of Xen), after about 10 minutes. It's the second ebook I've gotten, first one "Learning iPhone Programming" came available instan…
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Comment #684139
In regards to books, I would recommend at least checking out Steve Krug's Don't Make Me Think, possibly some other design orientated books and then read up upon usability in genera…
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Comment #683445
I think - like most ideas based around rewards the value will be seen in it's worth. As a silly example; 1000 Twitter followers would not have been valuable in 2006, but in 2009 it…
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Comment #634105
Being point of sale, it would be best to build a GUI app. Airports especially "still" use non-GUI apps (possibly due to the cost of upgrading), but it'd be far nicer for your end u…