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vpdn

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About vpdn

Mobile developer with a UX fetish.

http://twitter.com/vpdn http://github.com/vpdn

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    Thanks for creating it! As for me it was certainly the "people don't have confidence in their success rate". Also was always a bit afraid of recruiter spam. Here's the link of this…

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    Comment #20333166

    I'm an iOS developer with close to ten years experience building apps, some of which have multiple million downloads and are used daily by hundreds of thousands of people. I've wor…

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    Comment #17007511

    Generally companies do not decide against a product due to the price tag. There's always another, stronger reason.

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    Comment #8194547

    As far as I can tell, you need to have a degree. "Who can apply for the EU Blue Card: ...he or she has a German or an accredited foreign or a university degree that is comparable t…

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    Comment #8030696

    Fyi, on iOS you can also just press the power button to snooze.

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    Comment #7982283

    I am thinking of renting a larger flat that can fit 10-12 people for the weekend. Anyone interested in sharing the flat with me? We could also run small sessions with flatmates pre…

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    Comment #7793229

    Awesome hack! If anyone wants try it out and play around, here's a demo project: https://github.com/vpdn/SilentPhotoCaptureDemo

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    Comment #7774157

    Thanks! I think I screwed up the source_files regex in the Podfile. Have pushed a new pull request to the Cocoapods repo, hopefully will be fixed soon. Update: There's a transition…

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    Comment #7773058

    It's still early work in progress and I've only tested with a few apps so far. Also test coverage could certainly be better. If you find any issues, feel free to ping me up (@vpdn)…

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    Comment #7772285

    And one of the reasons why I built the library in the first place. Thanks Koen for Framer.js, it's awesome!

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    Comment #7077374

    The cards are already showing stale information, including Apple's own apps: http://d.pr/v/NuY5 . As for background updates, there are some ways around through iOS7 background mode…

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    Comment #7047661

    Adam Bell (@b3ll) just hacked together a working, interactive prototype: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ub3OuEREu2c

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    Comment #6389490

    Wish more companies are like that. Scott Berkun maintains a list of companies with distributed teams, if anyone looks for a new job :-) http://scottberkun.com/2013/how-many-compani…

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    Comment #5012160

    The integrated iPhone camera app even tells you about the objects within the picture. "I simply gawped when one blind woman pulled out an iPhone then snapped a perfect shot, guided…

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    Comment #4887596

    You should add the intend of the g+ community somewhere. Also I wouldn't name it "The Official Hacker Community" unless it's started by pg.

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    Comment #4801434

    Found a good interview with the founders: http://outsourcedvideomarketing.com/fiplab/

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    Comment #4800987

    To put another data point out there: I recently released a little kids puzzle game[1]. I payed a friend to help out with the coding, contracted out illustrations and purchased the …

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    Comment #4800493

    "Having a budget to spend tens of thousands EACH DAY on generating downloads" implies that you are probably generating more than that from your apps. Do you have tips on each of th…

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    Comment #4800283

    Selling the car and cashing in 401K is generating cash flow. The hardware they bought would be around 8k-10k$ expenses (4k-5k$ per person). I don't consider this as a lot. Or is yo…

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