haseman | 15 years ago | on: Ask HN: What Cool Android Projects are You doing?
I second the other comment on this thread. Android is still in wild-west mode. Don't give up!
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haseman | 15 years ago | on: Ask HN: What Cool Android Projects are You doing?
I've totally neglected it (and it's been in rough shape for a while) but I have a functional Geographically based Augmented Reality library. If someone's interested I'd love to hand the reigns of the project over. Right now it's very much in a proof-of-concept state.
haseman | 15 years ago | on: Use Android ActivityGroup within TabHost to show different Activity
No problem! Keep writing, we can always use more Android examples.
haseman | 15 years ago | on: Use Android ActivityGroup within TabHost to show different Activity
Please, if you're an Android developer, be very careful with this one. As one commenter on the site mentions...this can chew up a huge amount of stack space. If you want an example of tabbed applications done correctly I'd recommend checking out the source for the ugly but amazingly-well-designed built-in music player. http://source.android.com/source/download.html
haseman | 15 years ago | on: Ask HN: an ethical dilemma in recommending an Android DRM solution fix
I admire your honesty. I find it is, by default, the best policy ;-)
haseman | 15 years ago | on: Ask HN: an ethical dilemma in recommending an Android DRM solution fix
Continue helping (try to get paid) and tell them about the exploit. Even if it's their project your name will still be on their lips when someone else figures it out. Also... being able to sleep at night is nice.
haseman | 15 years ago | on: Facebook is not worth $33 billion
Just came from San Francisco to NY. If you think it's bad here...walk around downtown SF sometime ;-)
haseman | 15 years ago | on: Rackspace Shuts Down Koran-Burning Web Site
Fair point, I guess if a movement to burn the Koran "...contains harassing content or hate speech" I have to wonder what other ideas and writings, in Rackspace's considered opinion, might violate that clause in their TOS? As this isn't a legal or constitutional issue, one presumes they aren't using the legal tests for hate speech/hate crimes. Is this a 'I'll know it when i see it' sorta test?
haseman | 15 years ago | on: Rackspace Shuts Down Koran-Burning Web Site
While I like this in theory (because burning the Koran en mass is a stupid idea) I'm troubled by it in practice. Does this mean that if I espouse on an idea that Rackspace doesn't like they'll pull my service? Obviously this has nothing to do with the 1st amendment... Rackspace may terminate my use of their property by grounds in the contract I've signed with them. I'm not sure, however, I like the idea of a hosting company policing the ideas that are posted on their servers.
haseman | 15 years ago | on: Choosing New York over San Francisco
An imagined future with no grounding in the present is as useful as an oil rig on a hot air balloon. ;-) Keep inventing the future...but ignore the Luddites at your own peril.
haseman | 15 years ago | on: Choosing New York over San Francisco
I'm not sure a little stop energy is such a bad thing. I'd say take their views with some salt...but Silicon Valley tends to be an echo-chamber. What's important in the valley isn't always important everywhere else. Unless your business/venture/idea is only targeted at people in the Bay Area, it pays to keep a little attention elsewhere.
haseman | 15 years ago | on: New York will always be a tech backwater, I don’t care what the VCs say
There's more to New York than old money on the Upper West Side. I just moved to Brooklyn from the Mission (in SF) and I must say they are very similar. The art isn't as burning man oriented but the hipsters still carry iPhones and I get dragged into just as many conversations about making 'apps'.
haseman | 15 years ago | on: New York will always be a tech backwater, I don’t care what the VCs say
Yup! Just moved from San Francisco to Willamsburg. Must say, it's almost the exact feel I got living in the Mission ( was there for 3 years). The other unsung secret here: Many bars have wifi, bad coffee, tables at which to work...and beer.
haseman | 15 years ago | on: Ask HN: Who's Hiring? (Summer Edition)
doubleTwist is hirinig. http://www.doubletwist.com/dt/Home/Jobs.dt
It's not listed but we're looking for Mobile folks too. (Android experience is a plus)
SF or NYC
haseman | 15 years ago | on: This is why we're all totally screwed
Looking to comments on an internet post to asses the maturity of a generation is like indexing Hacker News comments to determine the technical prowess of the mid-west. People who write comments on blogs are, by their nature, on the outsides of the statistical bell curve. Just as the average hacker news reader doesn't represent the technical capacity of an average internet reader. If you want to make informed guesses about the state of a generation...please stop reading blogs and, furthermore, stop reading the comments.
haseman | 16 years ago | on: Feel an earthquake in Eastern North America?
12th floor of an apartment building in Woodside Queens. The whole building was swaying.
haseman | 16 years ago | on: Ask HN: Who's Hiring?
doubleTwist is looking for experienced android engineers in NYC or SF. email resume/cv to chris at doubletwist dot com
haseman | 16 years ago | on: Ask HN: Who is Hiring?
New York OR San Francisco, USA.
doubleTwist is hiring Android engineers. Info at http://doubletwist.com. Email resumes to chris at doubletwist dot com.
haseman | 16 years ago | on: Ask HN: Who's Hiring iPhone, Android, BlackBerry Developers?
doubleTwist is looking for Android engineers in New York and San Francisco. Feel free to email resumes to chris at doubletwist dot com
haseman | 16 years ago | on: The ideal mobile computer interface
Wasn't 'OnStar' supposed to be exactly this service for your car? I guess it morphed into a 'please call the authorities' or 'please unlock my vehicle' service instead.