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qu1mby | 5 years ago | on: What’s New in macOS Big Sur: Human Interface Guidelines

I think you’re right - by leveraging everyone who has now learned to create apps for iPhone and suddenly empowering them to create for Mac, too, we’re going to see a flood of underwhelming iPhone apps on desktop.

But that’s exactly the catalyst you need to motivate the more capable of that bunch to cut through the noise with powerful applications specifically tailored to desktop — and a very healthy App Store for desktop begins to emerge (just like the one we have for iPhone now). But faster, because now there are so many people who suddenly know how to create for Mac.

qu1mby | 7 years ago | on: The New iPad Mini

I love that the mini has been refreshed with the retina display - though was hoping for the new form factor (no button + smaller bezels)

qu1mby | 7 years ago | on: Amazon puts ads in people's baby registries

Did you look at the screenshot? The small, greyed-out “Sponsored” text is quite small and everything else is identical to a real listing.

Really is a dark pattern. Especially given that the purpose of the list is to avoid unwanted/unneeded items. The user is already doing the work of directing purchases to your platform already.

Not cool.

qu1mby | 7 years ago | on: Show HN: Image Background Removal

Nicely done! This is not trivial work. Have spent a lot of time working with ImageMagick + lots of tweaking to try and get background removal working.

Getting it working for a more rounded, universal set of images is the toughest bit but you seem to be using a tried and true method for content identification.

Have you had any success applying it to images other than of drawings?

qu1mby | 7 years ago | on: Luxury hotels are being inundated with requests from self-described influencers

I believe a number of brands use software to monitor social channels for tags/locations related to their brand. This happens, of course, in near realtime and then it becomes fairly simple to identify them and start manufacturing instagrammable circumstances - comp'd bottle of wine, pretty amenities sent up to the room, etc.

qu1mby | 8 years ago | on: Amazon Key expands to deliver packages inside your car

The problem is particularly bad for packages sent to condo buildings. Amazon pickup points are good, but still require you to go pick it up (and delivery notifications are usually quite delayed for me for some reason).

I've been throwing around an idea where condo residents can sign up to be a package hero and accept deliveries on your behalf... maybe even deliver to your door on demand. Is there a reason this doesn't yet exist? Just trust or something else?

qu1mby | 10 years ago | on: April Fool's day links

Google Maps iOS - "Funky Town" destination when searching. Pegman dresses up and dances as a 70s nightclub-goer.
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