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Comment · 2 months ago
Great call out - there's a "mini resolve-conflicts" tool you can open, and there's the classic +/- text-based git patch diff view at the bottom right (if you expand it; but this is only useful for small changes).

Im torn on if I want to add a full "diff tool" into this - or if i should figure out how to integrate (open in) existing "best of breed" diff tools. Leaning towards the latter to keep the app simple and good at its core job. I might explore using the resolve conflict view for diff though (since it ~already shows diffs in order to resolve conflicts).

Appreciate the feedback, hope you enjoy using TinyGit and keep an eye out for updates!

Comment · 11 years ago
IME there are two main challenges

1) Pre-launch: Finding the time while working to create your SaaS (prior to go launch).

2) Post-launch: Ensuring you have the time to support your customers, and resolve issues in a timely manner. (Paying) customers come with the extra responsibility of taking care of them.

The latter can be much harder to manage since you need to react quickly and not push it off until when you have time.

Comment · 11 years ago
http://sixteencolors.net/ is another great archive for ANSi art.

The art scene in the mid 90s was an interesting, vibrant, microcosm, moving from BBS's to IRC over the course of a few years.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILNs1GChGDk and the longer http://www.bbsdocumentary.com/ are a good watches if youre interested.

Comment · 12 years ago
Came here to say this -- thought, I wonder how much our view of the homeless in America is skewed by the "visible homeless" we see, day to day, living on the streets.

Anecdotally, an overwhelming number of the "visible homeless" in America have mental illness or at least behave in a unemployable manner.

I imagine there is another (larger?) slice of homeless that live in shelters/elsewhere and are less obvious and could function "normally" in society given the means.

Comment · 12 years ago
Disclaimer: I work for Adobe.

Not only does it fit most of the criteria youve listed, Adobe technical leadership is becoming infused with alot of new blood since the acquisition of Day. Technologies like Apache Jackrabbit/Oak, Apache Sling, Apache Cordova/Phonegap are becoming integral pieces of Adobe's go to market on the DMS (Digital Marketing side - which is the lesser known enterprise offering side opposite the Creative Cloud/Creative Suite products).

It may be an big, "old" tech company, that gets a bit of grief for stale technologies like Flash, but IMO theyre moving in the right (and interesting) direction as quickly as their internal structures and market offerings allow.

Comment · 13 years ago
As an ex-hackintosher im always thrilled to see people pull great stories like this off! I gave up on rolling my own due to the small irritations (system error when my logic mouse's USB dongle was removed) and the upgrade-paralysis; Every new rev of OS X would met w trepidation as a carved out a weekend "just in case". Either way, I hit a point where investing in an MBA was more economical... Now I can get by with a MBA; if we're talking about a MacPro then the value trade off might still be there :)
Comment · 13 years ago
Don't forget VirtualBox; IMO it beats out the competing commercial products
Comment · 13 years ago
Neat idea, but I dont like the concept. The animations instinctively make me think some action is occurring, which isn't.

I think those would be better served to indicate the processing of an action, like the pin wheel/hour glass of old.

Comment · 13 years ago
A link to a portfolio site would go a long ways.
Comment · 14 years ago
Quicksilver is probably more powerful, but Alfred (to me) seems much simpler and there's a lower barrier to entry.

Where with QS I had to "think" whenever I used it, Alfred's interface, in the parlance of apple, "just works".

Comment · 14 years ago
As a long time Alfred user, the workflow feature looks really astounding. Custom google searches were a huge boon to my productivity when developing (i can search APIs in a flash now).

If im reading this correctly, with intelligent workflows I can populate my Alfred results list with carefully curated search results.

This looks like the push I need to pony up and support andrew like i shouldve been doing all along.

Comment · 14 years ago
Its quite clever how Apple used and popularized the term "post-pc" after a multi-year TV PR campaign (Mac vs PC commercials) drawing a distinct line between PCs (windows machines) and Macs.

While I take post-pc to mean Post-Desktop (and possibly laptop), Apple has cleverly separated its Mac personal computer line from "PC"s, allowing it to sound the death knell for Windows PCs, but not for its "delightful" Mac computer line up.

Comment · 14 years ago
In this day and age it seems like the phone's ecosystem is even a stronger driving force than the quality of the phone itself. While the Lumia 8xx and 9xx are very nice devices (and I even think Win Phone 7/8 is a very nice OS), I wouldn't purchase a Lumia solely on what I perceived to be a young and unproven ecosystem around the OS.

All I hear is Win Phone 7/8 (3rd party) apps are limited in variety and and quality. Its a very hard sell when iOS and Android have such an expansive catalog of (quality) apps.

Phones these days are about the software -- good HW is table stakes.

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