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rosem

8 karma · joined July 31, 2013

Chicago-based developer
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rosem··on We have the potential to solve the biggest problems of today
How about we don't even talk about Yo?
rosem··on SOA: Sample Apps and Their Development and Deployment Flow
90% white males — what an outrage! :p
rosem··on WhatsApplebee's: the premiere Applebee's-based social chat app
It's a little frustrating that I can't get anyone to pay attention to my location-based social chat app and this has 118 points. Haha.
rosem··on Show HN: Spott is the best way to see and share what’s happening around you.
About 1.5 years into the project (part-time). v1.2.2 just released.
rosem··on Facebook launches Nearby Friends
Thanks! We're working on Twitter integration with our next release (1.2.2). Twitter's streaming API opens up a lot of cool new features for us to add.
rosem··on Facebook launches Nearby Friends
Spott ( https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/spott/id591300005 ) is exactly what you're talking about.

It's basically nearby anyone, with the connection being a location instead of a phone number, email, username, etc... They have done a good job at keeping the content focused on useful information, rather than dick pics.

The downside is it really only has a strong user-base in Chicago.

rosem··on Ask HN mods: Why are you killing Dropbox submissions?
As of May 2013, Y Combinator had funded over 500 startups.[20][21] The number of startups funded in each cycle has been gradually increasing. The first cycle, in summer 2005, had eight startups. In the summer 2012 cycle, there were more than 80. Y Combinator has since reduced their class size down to less than 50 with their winter 2013 batch, but they expect to grow it again.[22]

Some of the better-known funded companies include Scribd, reddit, Airbnb, Dropbox, Disqus and Heroku.[20]

rosem··on Ask HN: any advice for someone changing career to become a software engineer?
drop everything, focus on only on iOS (or android).
rosem··on Uber Rush
false equivalency. what is the risk of being injured selling items on ebay, compared to flying through the streets of manhattan during rush hour on your bike? however, they due insure purchases in the case you get ripped off, which is much more likely to happen.

when did social responsibility go out the window? to me, this isn't a profitable business if they have to claim responsibility for the people they are putting in risk to make a buck. yet, they do it anyone and pass the cost on to the tax payer and no on seems to mind.

rosem··on Uber Rush
This is not insurance.
rosem··on Uber Rush
I'm only on board with this if they are covering the bikers that are going to end up in the hospital — otherwise it's on everyone else.
rosem··on Teaching Devina to Code
1) ask her if she has any interested in programming.
rosem··on New York Startup Artsy Raises $18.5M to Become Pandora for Fine Art
I saw on Twitter today that they landed Ash Furrow as a load iOS dev.
rosem··on [dead]
link is down?
rosem··on After WhatsApp: An Insider’s View on What’s Next in Messaging
We're building that. http://spo.tt

No phone number, email, or username required to connect with anyone, anywhere.

rosem··on My Tech Cofounder Quit
as a developer, he probably first thought about quitting the moment after you suggested the page flip animation.

all things aside, I don't see how these is room for this product with kindle and ibooks already well established. I know you can't create your own "flip books" through these services, but not everyone is an author.

just my critical feedback — I find it's hard to come by.

rosem··on NYTimes + Pinterest
well that's confusing as hell. haha.
rosem··on XKeyscore: NSA program collects 'nearly everything a user does on the internet'
I think it's insane that so many people are pointing the finger at Snowden, yet no one is pointing the finger back at the NSA / US Government.