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spigoon··on JFK Displays Actual Wait Times Using Beacons That Monitor Mobile Phones
In Austin's airport there are several security lines that you can choose from. Each line shows its average wait time as well as the average wait time for the other lines. It's helpful to be able to see that the lines closest to you is 20 minutes but the line just down the terminal is only 5 minutes.
spigoon··on Suggesting Technical Improvements
The author first suggests getting supervisor buy-in as a means for allocating resources towards a demo. It doesn't sound like he's mandating that you work nights and weekends to prototype.
spigoon··on Alive Beta – Live Coding in Visual Studio
I wonder why they went with a "paid beta" vs. a traditional free beta.
spigoon··on The Art of Code Review: A Dropbox Story
At Tilt we use the NY Times Objective-C styleguide. https://github.com/NYTimes/objective-c-style-guide
spigoon··on A Teenager’s View on Social Media
The title clearly says "A Teenagers View on Media". It's not a little disclaimer at the bottom of the page that says "This is only my view". It's right in the title and opening paragraph.
spigoon··on Firefox for iOS on GitHub
Actually, iOS has 42.4% of the smartphone market in the U.S. according to http://www.cnet.com/news/android-loses-some-us-market-share-...
spigoon··on Privacy Router Anonabox Gets $600K in Crowdfunding and Huge Backlash
I don't know about Kickstarter's TOS but I'm fairly certain you can do this with Tilt Open. https://open.tilt.com/
spigoon··on Yahoo Close to Investing in Snapchat at $10B Value

  How do you monetize a large user base without credit cards?
Ask Facebook. With Snapchat's curated "Our Story" stream it would be easy for them to superimpose a brand's logo on top of snaps that would get viewed by an audience that fits a particular demographic. I'd wager that companies see value in that.
spigoon··on Applying to YC
Stamina.
spigoon··on The San Francisco Rent Explosion: Part II
When I moved to SF in 2012 I rented a new apartment in SOMA/South Beach (Carmel Rincon). My rent was $3300/mo for ~600sqft w/ no laundry. When I moved out they were increasing the rent past $3400/mo.
spigoon··on Crowdtilt (YC 12) drops the Crowd, and goes Tilt
Great work, guys!
spigoon··on Ask HN: Connecting with YC founders
You could try emailing him. I'd be willing to bet his address is something like walker@teespring.com.
spigoon··on Show HN: Dropu – My first iOS game
You can't submit apps to the app store that use swift yet.
spigoon··on Show HN: Dropu – My first iOS game
If an app crashes immediately on start then what kind of star rating would you expect?
spigoon··on Peter Thiel's Interview Question Has Been Put into a Mobile App
From FTA: "What is something you believe that nearly no one agrees with you on?"
spigoon··on Why our startup failed
I have the same problem. I have an iPhone 5.
spigoon··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (May 2014)
Crowdtilt - San Francisco

charlie@crowdtilt.com

Full-time

Title: iOS Software Engineer

We're looking for a motivated and passionate individual to grow within our existing iOS engineering team. This person will be working closely with our exceptional UX/UI team, with the goal of shipping a beautiful, finished product. Communication with the design team as well as our other development team members will be crucial to successfully iterating on the app and providing a consistent user experience across our platforms.

Responsibilities:

- Architect and implement new, engaging, mobile experiences

- Maintain and improve our existing features

- Help us build out a great mobile team as we grow

- Work closely with our UX/Design/API teams

- Thrive in a fast-paced startup environment

What we're looking for:

- Deep and intimate understanding of Objective-C/Cocoa

- Passion for iOS best practices and design patterns

- Strong familiarity with Git, XCode/AppCode, Instruments, etc.

- Eagerness to collaborate with product managers, designers, and back-end engineers

- At least one app in the App Store and a public GitHub repository

spigoon··on AppCode 3.0 EAP Opens
'EAP' is not an acronym, it's an initialism.
spigoon··on Cover is joining Twitter
Without knowing the founders' goal when they set out how can you reasonably conclude that they failed? They built a product that was enjoyed by thousands of users. I'd say they succeeded.
spigoon··on SXSW Interactive is Not a Tech Conference Anymore
FWIW According to the author's blog this article was written on 2013/04/09.
spigoon··on [dead]
Go 2!