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by jbrkr 14y ago
Let's not forget... Twitter may have made the hashbang infamous, but it was originally championed by Google [1]. [1]: http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/2009/10/proposal-...
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by jbrkr 15y ago
Good to see Kottke still churning out top posts after so many years. But... a little disappointed that an announced redesign like this does not include support for responsive/liquid/mobile-first viewport width. >> I made the reading
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by jbrkr 15y ago
Surprised no one has mentioned FastMail [1] already. Excellent service, reasonable price. It's good to be a paying customer, so if something goes wrong there is a sense of accountability for the service provider to remedy the situation. Wit
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by jbrkr 15y ago
Also available here: https://gist.github.com/1406238
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by jbrkr 15y ago
Yes, there's a good chance of such a release considering the history of CyanogenMod [1]. Too bad the update won't be straight from Google this time. One of the key benefits of the Nexus One for nearly 2 years comes to an end. [1] http://ww
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Dense Data Done Well: Fortune 500, 1955 to 2010(fathom.info)
3 points by jbrkr 15y ago|0 comments
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Amazon to Relaunch California Associate Accounts(markshangout.com)
3 points by jbrkr 15y ago|0 comments
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by jbrkr 15y ago
Discussed previously [1]. [1] http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3026591 (yahoo.com)
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by jbrkr 15y ago
There is offline local storage in HTML5 [1]. It is supported by recent versions of iOS and Android. A local HTTP server should not be necessary. [1] http://diveintohtml5.org/storage.html
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by jbrkr 15y ago
What functionality do you require that only a native mobile application can provide? One option is a mobile-optimized web application, with simple native apps wrapping your URL, one for each supported mobile platform.
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by jbrkr 15y ago
Discussed previously [1,2]. [1] http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2971971 (gutenberg.org) [2] http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2974212 (oreilly.com)
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by jbrkr 15y ago
Piwik [1] is a great alternative to Google Analytics. It is free, open source software, and it is typically self-hosted. While I do not think it supports Do-Not-Track at this time, Piwik does have configuration options to respect emerging l
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by jbrkr 15y ago
This is based on an incorrect assumption: ... no one is storing their frontpage layout data. The Newseum has this covered for over 800 newspapers. A recent front page of the New York Times, for example: http://www.newseum.org/todaysfro
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by jbrkr 15y ago
Indeed... http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2684803
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by jbrkr 15y ago
BBM-type android service You've described Huddle[1], part of the Google+ app for Android. "Huddle lets you send super-fast messages to the people you care about most." Presumably, Huddle will be part of the Google+ app on other platform
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H5ai - Apache index with HTML5, CSS3, jQuery(github.com)
3 points by jbrkr 15y ago|0 comments
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by jbrkr 16y ago
> The only problem I can't solve is maps... Recent versions of Ovi Maps by Nokia work offline very well. I used v3.0x when I would have otherwise been roaming without incurring any data charges.