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Surprised there was no mention of the Paper app.

dannygarciaon Rental home shortage is America's next housing crisis

I'm not sure what the "rent related phrases" are but just looking at the trend chart for "rent" reveals a similar pattern [1]. "Numbers represent search interest relative to the highest point on the chart."

[1] http://www.google.com/trends/explore#q=rent&geo=US&cmpt=q

dannygarciaon How I Ended Up In Solitary After Calling 911 For Help

Depends on the situation. I've had operators ask if anyone was injured so they wouldn't have to send out an ambulance. Usually, the police are there anyway.

dannygarciaon Getting the details right in an interactive line graph

"Utterly pointless" is a bit harsh. Interactivity in a line graph is useful because it helps the user understand the value of any chosen point.

But I do agree that one way to improve this is to make the key static, moved off to the side so that it does not obfuscate the graph.

dannygarciaon Meet Coin (YC W13), a startup creating a universal credit card

Would be nice if there was a way to physically unlock it. I can imagine my phone dying – preventing me from making any kind of purchase.

dannygarciaon Turing Drawings

this one goes from chaos to repetitive order http://maximecb.github.io/Turing-Drawings/#4,3,0,2,2,0,2,1,0...

dannygarciaon The best founders are futurists

It’s less about being a “futurist” and more about the willingness and ability to build something you envision.

dannygarciaon Meldium (YC W13) Controls Your Team’s Shared App Passwords For You

Wow this is great! It would be nice to see Facebook as a supported app since it's useful for dev teams.

dannygarciaon University of California introduces a modern logo

Brand New did a review on the new logo that brings some more insight and perspective [1]. Here's an interesting note:

Basically, the previous wordmark could have not even existed and no one would have complained.

1. http://www.underconsideration.com/brandnew/archives/ic_uc_we...

dannygarciaon Rdio 2.0 Design

Glad to see the new design go full-circle. It's nice that there's consistency on all fronts. Although, I was surprised by the omission of a volume control interface.

The volume can be controlled with the hardware buttons, but the lack of software controls is really inconvenient. It forces the user to have physical access to the side of the device – this should never be a requirement. Also, iOS remembers the volume state when the headphone jack is plugged in or out. Not having visual feedback of the current volume level leaves the user in the dark. Finally, users expect consistency – the web app and Mac App, and even the official Music app, offer a software volume control. Why should the Rdio mobile app be the exception?

Although it may seem like a petty issue, it contributes to a sub-par listening experience.

dannygarciaon Use Jekyll To Keep Your Blog From Folding Under Traffic

Jekyll's really great. I found that it makes publishing articles super easy (especially with GitHub Pages) while giving you full control of your front-end.

If you use grunt.js, you might like this grunt-jekyll plugin I wrote: https://github.com/dannygarcia/grunt-jekyll

dannygarciaon Twitter sets max user caps for 3rd party clients and limits rates

I don't see how this benefits Twitter.

A large amount of users rely solely on a dedicated third party client. If those apps lose the ability to provide the same reliable service, then Twitter (as a platform) will also be affected.

dannygarciaon Google Chrome now works on iOS

It's ridiculous that there are no debugging / console tools included. It's difficult for me to take this browser seriously as a web developer – especially when compared to Mobile Safari in iOS6.