theDaveB

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by theDaveB 4y ago
I started my first programming job, well trainee programmer in September 1989. Five people applied for the job and I ended up taking my TV and Atari ST to the interview to show them some stuff I had written in STOS Basic. Got the job and st
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by theDaveB 15y ago
So that means I shouldn't be posting on HN because I use a shared computer. Are you on drugs or some kind of prescribed medication ? Dave
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by theDaveB 15y ago
I love Codea on the iPad and that is a App that creates Apps (using Lua). Dave
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by theDaveB 15y ago
Am 42 and went into software development at 15. I didn't really finish school and managed to land a job as a trainee programmer (told the company I was basically finished at school but had to back for my exams, I never did). I never really
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by theDaveB 15y ago
I can't get the tryruby.org site to work properly. If I do anything wrong it just locks up and I have to refresh the browser window. For instance at the "type 2 + 6" question, if I type 2+6 it freezes. If type 2 + 6 it's fine. Running OSX L
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by theDaveB 15y ago
Me and my son (aged 15) are trying to develop our first iPad app but he is not interested in the programming side at all. He is happy drawing out stuff on paper for the levels etc... So am not forcing the programming no him, if he has no in
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by theDaveB 15y ago
Nice idea but you have some competition. Won't mention sites on here, played with a identical solution a few weeks ago. Also found somewhere that is doing a WP app for a one off charge of $17, you download source code, edit it, compile it a
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by theDaveB 15y ago
I would defo be up for this. Am a developer ASP, PHP, HTML, etc... I don't live in London but only up the road in Liverpool. I work for myself now doing photography (15 years in the IT industry), so am free almost every weekday. Dave (theda