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mcdavis

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hi, i'm mcdavis

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mcdavis··on Final – A credit card built for the 21st century
It's Adam Lisagor whose video production company Sandwich Video works on lots of startup videos http://sandwichvideo.com/
mcdavis··on Where did the Tweetbot for Mac Alpha go?
While not ideal, they could register a new Twitter app for the released, for sale version of Tweetbot. Everyone would have to reconnect to that app (just as they originally had to do on the beta), but it should get around the issue as the new app would have zero used tokens.
mcdavis··on Joyent ending "lifetime" hosting accounts
Except that those are being cancelled as well - http://articles.latimes.com/print/2012/may/05/business/la-fi...
mcdavis··on Jack Dorsey: Today Starbucks Signed up for Square
Many debit cards can be processed as credit cards and then don't require a pin. My bank actually encourages using the debit card as a credit card by offering more points per purchase when you do it.
mcdavis··on Fab & Custora calculate the the lifetime value of an iPad (customer)
It would seem logical in that downloading the app it shows intent to purchase eventually and the structure of iOS allows for less distractions than browsing via the web.

If I'm using an iPad app, it occupies my entire screen and has my full attention (minus alerts that may arrive) and therefore I'm less likely to pulled away by something else (twitter stream, messages from friends, links, etc.).

Also, if I'm launching a shopping app, it's also done with intent to shop.

mcdavis··on A Classic Startup Horror Story
Any downside for the company would be so short-lived it wouldn't be worth it. Like most ragefests, it'd die down at the next controversy and be forgotten.

They're not naming names because they value the lesson more than the temporary shaming.

mcdavis··on Former Zynga Engineer doing AMA on reddit
The more I read through it, the closer I moved to this conclusion as well.
mcdavis··on I'll tell you why movie revenue is dropping...
I actually feel the exact opposite of this. I recently rewatched both and thought Jurassic Park held up amazingly well (at least the first one) and Ghostbusters looked far worse (as it should being that it's nearly 10 years older than Jurassic Park).
mcdavis··on Introducing the Gmail app for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch
When you click an icon for the menu, the entire page you're on currently slides to the right to expose a panel of menu options.

See here: http://a1.mzstatic.com/us/r1000/119/Purple/eb/62/0a/mzl.uvhm...

mcdavis··on Tumblr is Down – Fans Angry
If Tumblr typically (or ever) posted posted post mortems, you'd be right. Usually, it's odd for them to tweet about issues.