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Weighed as in with a scale? Possibly historically this might have been a concern or a mechanism to check for counterfeits, but currently the change and bills are placed in the same, non-measured, tray. It's just a generic plastic tray, and it varies from shop to shop.
These are used everywhere in Japan, not just restaurants. At a convenience store, department store, the museum, train station, etc.
I've never seen them outside of a restaurant in the states.
Was just in Japan and encountered these everywhere. We knew to use them from our research prior to the trip. Initially I was under the impression it was to prevent the spread of germs, but that didn't really line up because the money comes into contact with the cashier's hand regardless if the tray is used or not. I guess it could help reduce the amount of small hand-to-hand contact that is sometimes experienced when you place money in someones hand directly.
It was easier for the cashier to glance at the amount we had placed in the tray and help us count out the correct amount of money for our first few days there while trying to get accustomed to the types of currency.
This is exactly the type of course I'm interested in as an SEO and analytics guy with some technical background. Looking forward to seeing what it has to offer.
Just a heads up, this is also the type of course I'd pay for, depending on the quality and topics covered of course. I'm always on the look out for courses or products that can teach me how to do something very concise and actionable.
Where can I find other courses from you? Udemy?
It wasn't an option for me as a kid. I was told I "wasn't good at math" so not to bother trying to program. Later I learned to work through those issues, and now it's accessible to me.
Apart from the motivation to prove to myself that I can do it, it's fun. Nothing quite like getting some piece of code to run successfully, or making something that people enjoy using.
The new Relay.fm podcast network has some good stuff on it, particularly Analogue.
Rich Roll Podcast - Cool if you're into endurance sports, health, spirituality in a general sense.
MTNmeister - Outdoor related podcast (backpacking, climbing, etc.)
Enormocast - Rock climbing podcast, interview style.
BS Report with Bill Simmons - Sports focused.
Debug - Tech related.
DLC - Gaming related (video and tabletop)
Love Dirtbag Diaries, just wish they'd post more often, or on a regular schedule of some kind. Very high quality, interesting content when they do though.
Dedicated backcountry and backpacking apps can now use the barometer to determine elevation rather than having to use GPS approximation.
Easily the best user on-boarding experience of any podcast app I've used.
I was afraid I was going to have to manually subscribe to all my feeds again, but they were imported smoothly. Creating an account couldn't have been easier either.
I also really like that there is a "Delete Account" option front and center, letting me know I won't have to jump through hoops to get rid of my account.
Love SQLite. It was excellent for my first web app, as it had just enough features to be functional, but not completely overwhelm me.
I used Thinkful for a while, and the mentor who they paired me up with was top-notch. Extremely helpful guy, who helped me tremendously in the short time I was with the program.
Hadn't heard of Songza but just gave it a download.
I like the "Decade" breakdown and various genres you can filter by. The lack of genres or granular filters in Rdio is my biggest gripe with them (apart from my few issues with Rdio, it's still my favorite music streaming service).
Hover is without a doubt the best domain registrar I've dealt with.
I just used Pure for the first time on a small Flask site I'm building and it's been great. Love it as an alternative to bootstrap.
Not wanting to spend a ton of time designing the site (yet), but also wanting to keep it small, made Pure the perfect fit.
It seems far easier to learn Ruby just by the sheer support it has from all the online coding resources like Treehouse, One Month Rails, etc. I have yet to find a similar type of course or resource for Python.
Anecdotally, it was far easier for me to get a simple web app up and running with rails than it was with django, but this has much more to do with the resources I had available to me (like the ones I mentioned earlier) that walked me through rails that I didn't have for django.
Cool, I'd be interested in hearing your experience with generating sales and how your app performs. I recently released an app and saw, first hand, how difficult it is to get any traction behind it, even with a small following and engaged users.
Very inspiring. Lately, I've found more interest in reading about people building businesses surrounding curated physical goods rather than digital goods or services.
I've been meeting to get Dash after hearing about it on a recent podcast (can't remember which one though). Assuming since it's in your "toolbox" you enjoy using it?
It's not really a product but I'm working on a username generator that I use occasionally when I need a new user name for an account.
Box jump is great, really addicting. Thanks for ruining my productive evening!
Is this not a case of a Springboard rebooting? I've got the same issue with a 4s.
I've got an iOS app that I'm lucky if I get a sale or two a day. It was really more of a project to teach myself how to build iOS apps and be an accompaniment to an ebook my GF wrote that sells fairly well. I guess technically it hasn't 'made' any money since we're still in the red when factoring in the cost of the icon design, Apple dev account, etc.
I'm currently working on an app that is aimed at kids that should encourage them to write more and be creative. Hoping to get more traction with that.
I subscribe to Nathan's emails (some of the only emails I read regularly, they're that good and useful btw)and was really happy to read he had such a successful year. But I was also saddened to see that he admitted to not having as much money in his bank accounts as he had hoped or planned. He mentions that taxes were huge, but being employed rather than self-employed myself, is he paying that much more in taxes than he would be if was just a salaried employee at a regular company?
I like this idea, but would it work if I'm using the mail app on OS Mavericks? Would the labels import?
Might be time to switch away from the mail app anyways, seems to really bog down my system.
I've gone through them all. For the past few weeks I've been using Silo because of the ability to share lists with my GF. I've got 5 Lists (or Silos I guess) at the moment, 3 of which are shared.
I like it because it has the simple input features of Clear, but with the ability to share lists, and receive notifications when a list is updated.
At work I use Trello, which is great, just too much for my personal project needs. Trello's iPad app is fantastic btw. Really intuitive and smooth.
When I'm feeling completely overwhelmed, I usually find writing out tasks on paper with a pen is the best. Sometimes it's just nice to get away from a screen and write something down.
I, both, launched and didn't launch a few a projects in 2013. The main difference between the one that launched versus the few that didn't was I couldn't either validate the idea or concept to myself, even though there might have been a market for it.
Neat idea. I did something similar except it was meant to support your favorite podcasts or websites through Amazon Affiliate sales and I didn't build a plugin, I used an existing one in a different way.
http://tortillasinbed.com/post/60098833373/spreading-the-lov...
Interestingly enough, there are a few books that are new but can command a decent price for such a new book. For example, a first edition printing of Saga #1 which is just a couple of years old can fetch $75 or so, with a $4 cover price. It really has a lot to do with the creators of the book, and the number of issues printed during that first run.
The 90's killed much of the comic book collecting market. Marvel and DC fed speculators hunger for variant covers, limited editions and multiple lines of books with the same characters.
I can remember going to a comic book store in the early 90s when the Death of Superman issue came out, hoping to snag one of the coveted issues sporting an all black bag with a bloody S on the front. My 8 year old self was basically laughed out the door, saying they'd all be bought up or were selling for multiples of the cover price. That really killed a lot of my spirit for collecting. I just recently got back into comics, but purely for the enjoyment of reading them, so I buy digitally nearly 100% of the time.
Digital comics are interesting, they remove the speculating, collecting and coveting of comics for some perceived monetary value and put the content front and center, which is where it should be.
Love this. I had a similar idea a few months ago except I wanted to map the number of times certain popular phrases were mentioned in different rap songs. For example, how many rap songs have the lyric
"if it don't make dollars it don't make sense (or cents)"
I never read any of his books but I spent many hours playing the original Rainbow 6 on PC as a kid.