mikebracco
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Comment · 11 years ago
JibJab | Lead iOS Engineer | Los Angeles, CA | Full-time | Onsite
JibJab Bros. Studios is a leading digital entertainment studio based in Los Angeles, CA. From its flagship political and social satires, eCards and Messages, to its kids and family brands StoryBots® and Hello Santa™, the company has been innovating online entertainment since its founding in 1999. Today, the company includes over 100 world-class artists, engineers and business people working hard in pursuit of a mission to “make billions of people happy”.
We're looking for a Lead iOS Engineer to help us re-invent JibJab on iOS (https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/id875561136). For full job description and to apply: http://careers.jibjab.com/apply/GEwaRT/Lead-IOS-Engineer
I'm the product lead on the iOS app but you can ping engineer in charge of hiring at gustavo.barcena at jibjab dot com
Comment · 11 years ago
JibJab (Marina del Rey, CA)
We're hiring for a bunch of engineering roles. For full details and to apply checkout our job board - http://careers.jibjab.com
- Android Engineer
- iOS Engineer
- Lead Software Engineer
- Software Engineer, Flash
- Software Engineer, JavaScript
- Software Engineer, Web Applications
- Database Administrator, PostgreSQL DBA
- Systems Administrator / DevOps
Comment · 12 years ago
For those who have been looking for a native app to use hotkeys check out Alfred (http://www.alfredapp.com). With Alfred you can use the workflow feature to control Play Music via hotkeys (which you can use no matter what tab is active or if Chrome is the active app). I blogged about this a while back: http://mikebracco.com/blog/control-google-play-music-with-ho...
Comment · 13 years ago
I posted question on Quora --> http://www.quora.com/A-B-Testing/What-is-the-architecture-be...
Comment · 13 years ago
Signatures with any sort of graphics are terribly annoying. Keep it plain text people.
Comment · 13 years ago
I'd be interested in knowing how much of that is android vs Samsung's crapware.
Comment · 13 years ago
Google Voice is down as well right now: https://twitter.com/search/realtime?q=Google%20voice&src...
Comment · 13 years ago
SendHub team - I'd try to get the developer behind GrowlVoice (http://www.growlvoice.com) to support your service or come up with simular Menu Bar interface. It's been one of the most popular paid apps in the Mac App Store for a long time. They provide best way to quickly interface with GV from your Menu Bar on your Mac.
Comment · 13 years ago
It reminds me of http://ducksboard.com/
Comment · 13 years ago
Two observations:
1. Working hard doesn't entitle you to anything. Tired of politicians making this claim.
2. Part of rise in inequality is powered by technology. I'm sure in 1970 you couldn't have created a billion dollar company with 12 people in 2 years (Instagram).
Comment · 13 years ago
Sort of off topic but related...
I wonder how the homeless will fair when we become a cash-less society. This may be far off but it's inevitable.
While initially one might think the homeless will be worse off, I can imagine technology actually improving things. Imagine some sort of NFC chip or ID a homeless could obtain from a shelter that would allow someone to give money to them from their mobile phone...and then perhaps gamifying the goodwill (leaderboards based on city or social graph) for the donators.
Comment · 13 years ago
The most appealing and inviting thing about Vine for me is its flat pixel design. There was a great article and debate about flat pixels / skeuomorphism a couple weeks back --> http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5204380
Comment · 13 years ago
B2C businesses (like mobile carriers) that require customer contracts and/or other "lock in" tactics are destined to die through market disruption. "Lock in" is an artificial way to increase LTV of a customer. Market innovations that reduce cost of customer acquisition will displace these archaic business models.