alexpenny | 13 years ago | on: Apple has peaked — for real, this time
Ugh the site blows on mobile. It loaded an article about a Greek journalist instead. Why can't people be happy with a regular website.
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alexpenny | 13 years ago | on: The iPad Mini’s out, but here’s why Microsoft’s Surface is going to be huge
Serious. Looks like they went for the hot new app look which doesn't makes sense if you're just consuming content.
alexpenny | 13 years ago | on: Show HN: We open sourced Lockitron's crowdfunding app
You're right about the new policy.
A Better example would have been.. http://gofundme.com/
Noble projects but the company isn't as successful with general crowdfunding vs kickstarters creative market.
alexpenny | 13 years ago | on: Show HN: We open sourced Lockitron's crowdfunding app
I think they thought this through. They probably realized they couldn't own all of crowd funding. Wouldn't it be weird seeing a "Fund my new convenience store" on kickstarter. Instead they do own creative projects, which is brilliant because that's where innovation happens.
alexpenny | 13 years ago | on: The Magazine
What if he did have a big launch, with an app for android and a web version? What if it was a big failure and he lost more money than he made? Would that have made sense? This is a new product that he is testing the waters with. He chose the quickest and most effective way of doing this.
alexpenny | 13 years ago | on: Dwolla Partners With mFoundry, Bringing Real-Time Payment To 800+ Banks
Has anyone had success using Dwolla? I love what they are doing and I tried to get behind them, but adoption rate is nil. If the sign up process was less of a pain I would feel better getting clients on board. It seems like they are just winning tiny battles like this just to stay in the press.
alexpenny | 13 years ago | on: NASA: Mars rover Curiosity finds bright object
They don't actually know where it is, they're just quoting NASA to jump on the page views.
alexpenny | 13 years ago | on: War? YouTube app disappears from iOS 6 beta 4 as Apple breaks Google ties
I like compass
alexpenny | 13 years ago | on: FB nearly cut in half since IPO (22.28 current low)
I haven't noticed any big changes the last five years I've been using it. Other than the whole google facelift its been the best finance tool I've used. Maybe I haven't noticed any new features but what would you be talking about?
alexpenny | 13 years ago | on: Show HN: Scoutzie, 444 best mobile designers for hire.
Nice work! Now only if there were an equivalent for developers.
alexpenny | 13 years ago | on: The Retina War is upon us.
CSS does support vector images. It's equally easy to do as their raster pals.
alexpenny | 13 years ago | on: A Wikipedia Reader for iOS that visualizes the connections between articles
Wow good job on this one Andy.
alexpenny | 13 years ago | on: Steve Jobs on Average vs Best Software Developers
Interesting link, but you're missing the point. The website even misses on their points. Most of the bad examples fit under an acceptable contrast ratio, by the standards given in their research, and even their good examples are not pure #000 or #fff. The w3c states that a minimum level of 3:1 works for people with 20/20 vision and 7:1 achieves the Triple-A standard. To show you what it looks like.
http://cl.ly/0J3Q210X142x1h2m1G2v
for reference http://www.w3.org/TR/UNDERSTANDING-WCAG20/visual-audio-contr...
and contrast tool http://www.snook.ca/technical/colour_contrast/colour.html
alexpenny | 13 years ago | on: Steve Jobs on Average vs Best Software Developers
Yes its especially true for non-white backgrounds. It all has to do with contrast. With black on white we have 100% contrast, if we use dark gray on light gray the contrast becomes say 70%. The lighter the contrast the easier it is on the eyes. Here's a quick example of what it looks like.
alexpenny | 13 years ago | on: Steve Jobs on Average vs Best Software Developers
I kid, a baseline grid is the least of his worries.
alexpenny | 13 years ago | on: Steve Jobs on Average vs Best Software Developers
Five reasons:
1. Proper line height
2. #404040 for text color instead of #000
3. webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;
4. text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;
5. Steve Jobs quote
Wow is this guy a designer?
alexpenny | 13 years ago | on: An Open Letter to ICANN on the TLD.js Movement
Can I vote to not have a .js TLD. It's pointless turning file extensions into TLD's.
alexpenny | 13 years ago | on: Introducing Facebook Camera
A lot of the people working on the app were from Sofa.
alexpenny | 14 years ago | on: Z Kombinator
He's making fun of the Samwer brothers, which would mean he probably doesn't think clones are legitimate business.
alexpenny | 14 years ago | on: We work a 4-day week and just raised $4.75m
Remember he was targeting 21 year olds. As a 21 year old I can confirm that not all of us just drink and play video games. As I said "The point is to give people time to do whatever they want." I don't care what you do or how old you are, I'm just not going to be sitting on my ass all day when I could be doing something productive or be "out of the office."