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blakeperdue··on Show HN: Single Page Websites using Webbify
I'm guessing New Relic's website was not built using your tool. Posting a screenshot of their website on your marketing site implies that your tool was used to build it. A bit misleading in my opinion.
blakeperdue··on iOS 7 Wireframe Kit
I switched to Illustrator and found I liked it better. But, I added an Omnigraffle version altho it's not perfect.
blakeperdue··on iOS 7 Wireframe Kit
I'll debug it and preview again in Firefox. I built it fast and didn't properly test it before moving on to other work. When I do "real" work I do test in Firefox on all platforms.
blakeperdue··on iOS 7 Wireframe Kit
I added a sketch version :) https://github.com/blakeperdue/ios7-wireframe-kit
blakeperdue··on iOS 7 Wireframe Kit
Thanks for the idea. I added a preview image.
blakeperdue··on Highly customizable checkboxes and radio buttons
The UI designer in me loves these. The UX designer in me says that replacing native UI elements is bad practice. Am I wrong?
blakeperdue··on GPGMail 2 is finally here
How does this work? I assume all encrypted emails require both parties use the software, right? So, all my friends, associates, coworkers have to have GPGMail to read my encrypted emails?
blakeperdue··on Smooth Scroll to Top Using CSS3 Animations
I'm curious if this works well across modern browsers (IE9+, Chrome, Safari, Firefox)?
blakeperdue··on CSS arrow please
Browser support? Any idea if this works in IE7/8?
blakeperdue··on New cloud-based CMS from Salesforce - Site.com
Am I missing something? What is in this CMS that is worth $1,500/month? Or is it just they can charge that because of who they are and who they're targeting (enterprise)?

I tested out the app and found it more complicated and not much more powerful than existing free or cheap CMSes.

blakeperdue··on Awesome jQuery File Upload
Anyone know what browsers this works in? Does it degrade gracefully in older browsers?
blakeperdue··on Hotel Wifi JavaScript Injection
Is it legal to manipulate web traffic like this? I would assume some companies who depend on ads (eg, NYTimes.com) would object, perhaps with a lawsuit, to ISPs or other imitation ISPs (ie, Hotels) to removing original NYTimes ads and replacing it with their own.
blakeperdue··on Inside Aaron’s Apartment: A Most Amazing Bedroom
Best ad for not hosting with inmotionhosting.com I've ever seen.
blakeperdue··on Ask HN: Help test our new signup process
Love the design. Clean, interesting and informing. One thing I would suggest is add a screenshot of the product somewhere. I find that seeing the product helps really draw me in and want to sign up.
blakeperdue··on Lean Domain Search Now Checks the Availability of 2,000 Domain Names per Search
Can you link to anyone besides GoDaddy? I'm sure you've noticed the many reasons around the tubes lately on why not to use them.
blakeperdue··on A few high end cloud server IO performance comparisons
Interesting from an IO point of view. It would be nice to have a clearer tie-in with CPU and other benchmarks for these providers. Does anyone have any experience with Storm on Demand to share? Their prices for SSD-based servers look enticing.
blakeperdue··on Create Your Own Posterous with Jekyll, PHP, Mailgun, and S3
Also possible with Postmarkapp's Inbound hook, and they support image attachments. They even provide PHP, Ruby, Python libraries for saving attachments.
blakeperdue··on Linode Manager Security Incident
I hope so. They said they will be "reviewing our policies and procedures to prevent this from ever recurring."

That doesn't imply they will be posting a public update. As a Linode customer, I would like to know details of how this breach occurred and what actions will be taken to prevent it in the future.

blakeperdue··on PHP 5.4.0 released
Are these numbers based on most previous versions of PHP? I'm on 5.3.10, do you think if I upgraded I would see similar improvements?
blakeperdue··on How We Designed ShopLocket: A Step by Step Guide
Your site's design is pretty awesome. I think the playful copywriting works really well.

I also really like the idea. Did Marie-Eve Belanger also design your site/app? If not, who was responsible for that -- from the demo video and your public website it rocks.

Two typos I found: 1) typo in your blog post for the link to the PDF storyboard 2) typo in your about page (Katherine's bio) " as an independent a digital media consultant" (remove the "a")

blakeperdue··on Ask HN: Have you taken 6 months to 1 year break to do self study?
I agree, pick something you want to learn. I took about 6 months off. The first 2 I relaxed and didn't do much. Then, I bought a nice DSLR and got into photography. I would spend my days reading photography books, blogs, etc and my nights going out taking night photos of New York (http://www.flickr.com/photos/blakeperdue/sets/72157625542951...)

It was awesome to be able to have time to dive into a hobby and really soak it all in. I developed some great skills that will be useful to me for the rest of my life. It was also during this time that I realized what I wanted to do next.

blakeperdue··on Pictos Icon Font Server
Yeah, very strange that they wouldn't want to show off their product by actually using on their site.
blakeperdue··on Moving to Stripe: Fixing the Biggest Mistake I've Made to Date
Me too. Title totally threw me off.
blakeperdue··on GoDaddy's New "Selective DNS Blackouts" Policy
I think it's more name recognition. Nearly all of my freelance clients who bought their own domain name for a new venture used Godaddy. Why? Because it's the only domain registrar they've ever heard of.

They don't know about Godaddy's bad press or it's upselling techniques. They just know they saw a superbowl ad saying "need a domain name? use godaddy"

blakeperdue··on MailChimp Acquires TinyLetter (ask me anything)
I'm curious why mailchimp made the acquisition. Your service is simple and works well; it wouldn't be hard for mailchimp to build it themselves.

Was the acquisition to get your user base, or to get you to come work for them to build out their newsletter service?

blakeperdue··on Ask HN: How do you hire an app development firm?
<i>Therefore, I suspect the answer to your question "how" is "usually, not very well".</i>

All too true. Good advice on references.

blakeperdue··on Show HN: Build custom designed CMS sites in the browser without any coding
Did you do any research to validate that designers want something like this?
blakeperdue··on Building a startup overseas. An acquisition and 100's of employees later.
A very interesting idea of moving abroad to take advantage of cheaper labor. But, he suggests taking 9 months of prep time (6 to move there and try it out, 1 to vacation there and think about it, 2 to do research) before even starting the company in another country.

In that amount of time, you could take a product to market, iterate a few times, and gain considerable traction. I wouldn't trade that for cheap labor. As an entrepreneur my most precious asset is time; I can't give up a week much less 9 months without advancing the company.

blakeperdue··on Thoughts on Picplum Automatic Photo Prints
Nice use of qq.FileUploader. What are you using for those floating (top right) user notifications like when I delete a photo?
blakeperdue··on Thoughts on Picplum Automatic Photo Prints
Wrong link (altho that cupcake is a good read): http://techcrunch.com/2011/08/12/yc-funded-picplum-beautiful...
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