jsmcallister

My wife never updates her iOS apps. Any lawyers here able to tell me whether that constitutes "irreconcilable differences" ?

I see your point and I agree. That's fine and well if they want to match their prices to restaurants. It's their business and I'll probably still eat it. My point was that they have the option to lower their prices and attract more customers so I'm not sure why more aren't doing that. If the food truck craze wears off and they are having to compete on an even playing field with full-service restaurants that also offer quick and more consistent to-go food, can they survive?

Granted, my experience with food trucks have been in locations where they are parked in a block with multiple other food options and the convenience factor has been removed.

Surprising numbers in this write-up. Still does not fully explain why most food trucks are charging restaurant-level prices for their dishes. Yes, the overhead is still expensive but at some point, the consumer has to see the reduced overhead filtered down into their prices.

If it's not faster, cheaper or more convenient than the to-go menu at a traditional restaurant, it sounds like "menu buzz" is the only thing keeping most of these trucks in business. How long can that last?

I just went back to check out TurnTable... and it looks like the "power-users" killed TurnTable. There is a link in the majority of the rooms like the below telling people what to play and what not to play. Freedom was the essential ingredient in TurnTable.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0ApXuMqRDOAn6dDY...

I agree. I don't think there's any comparison between TurnTable and other Internet radio. It is a full-on experience - more closely resembling a video game than a music radio.

Top 20 rooms currently on TurnTable:

1) DJ Wooooo's House/Dance/Electro 2) Indie While You Work 3) Ambient Chillout & Trip Hop 4) mashup.fm 5) Dubstep 6) Trance Out! 7) Coding Soundtrack Lounge 8) #AnonFM 9) Indie Discotheque 10) Chillout Mixer, Ambient & TripHop 11) ThePhish 12) Hip Hop official 13) Hot Hitz 14) Chill or Be Chilled 15) WeHaveRobotEars.com Trance 16) Hater Free R&B and HipHop 17) Alt Nation 18) The Trap Train 19) Electronic Dance Music 20) club meem

When TurnTable first launched, I was on there as a DJ almost every day. That feeling was flat-out amazing the first time I was "on the stage" in front of a large audience and everyone enjoyed my song selections. A+ experience.

However, the amount of time needed to curate your playlist and tailor songs for each crowd was extremely tiresome. It is literally a full-time job to be on the stage for a few hours. The "in-room" listening experience was not always great either. Songs were rarely "nexted" and I would find myself changing rooms more often than not.

Honestly the most enjoyable time I had on TurnTable was in a private room with 5 friends. Just casually listening to the same music while all in different offices was a great function. Other music services need that.

Since it looks like InstaCart people are posting ITT, what are your plans to spread this business model into other cities. Is it viable in a place like Atlanta, GA where residential areas are less-concentrated?

Off-topic, but I don't think Whole Foods really qualifies as a "yuppie chain" anymore. I feel like they've successfully transitioned to a full-blown grocery store for people who want to live an organic lifestyle, which is no longer a small-market trend.

No matter how much you make, going to Starbucks for a latte every single day seems innocuous. I get a grande vanilla or a grande gingerbread (during the holidays). I think it's about $3.75. It becomes a habit, I get one 25 out of 30 days. That's $100 a month, which translates to $1,200 a year which translates to $7,200 over 5 years - which is more than most people will even put away into savings over that same time.

THE most important thing to securing your financial health is getting control of a monthly budget for variable expenses like groceries, lunch, dinner, Starbucks, drinks, gas, shopping, entertainment, etc. The more-specific the better. Then work on whittling that budget down or trying to be under as much as possible.

Maybe the employee needs to have his eyes checked. I have no problem reading my serial numbers and I have a 5 and an S.

Could really use a paired time picker. Good script though.

Great tip. I added it to the original post.

Hopefully the article on Honan's experience will open some eyes and make everyone take the security of their personal accounts more seriously. The money in your bank is insured, your online presence is not, and there is a huge imbalance in how consumers address security for each. Some hackers don't want money or notoriety - they just want to watch the world burn.

Mo money mo problems

3 violent "events" happening equidistant from each other does not mean a 4th is inevitable in the same timeframe. If I see proof back hundreds of years, then I would listen. Either way, pretty safe prediction that humans will act violently in the next 10 years.

As integrated as DropBox is into major corporate technology, they really need to be careful with this type of stuff. While an employee's error is often unavoidable, security is a cloud storage company's only real asset.

Very nice. Hopefully there's a simple way to take the serialized position array and parse out an order. Would be nice to use this plug-in to allow users to easily rank and group objects.

Seems like a weak jump, visually, from the previous generation. Screen is definitely lengthened and there are obvious differences on the dock, but Apple is usually much bolder in design changes for a new product.

Crowd-sourced recommendations are inherently flawed. People just aren't the same. My favorite movie of all time is There Will Be Blood and no matter how smart an application may be, it will never connect the dots to realize that my second-favorite movie of all time is Lost In Translation. People are strange and recommendations are an educated guess at best.

I've been hammering code on this all weekend. If anyone is interested in discussing, feel free to contact me. I'm mainly working on queries for county information regarding age, race, sex, occupation, and income.

Valid points, especially the security issues.

I had to read this article twice to make sure I was understanding it right. I honestly see zero benefit in this approach. It does not speed up the login process at all. The only thing it accomplishes is not requiring the user to remember a password. Additionally, it puts way too much power in the hands of random email servers. What if my email system at the office goes down for a few hours. Am I locked out of all websites too?

I do agree with his point that memorizing passwords can get cumbersome, especially with different sets of rules for different logins. However, the majority of people store their passwords in their everyday browser or just stay logged in indefinitely.

The real solution to "doing away with passwords" lies in recognition technology on devices. What if my keyboard could recognize my identity and pass that along to authorized sites as login credentials? What if my iPhone could do the same? I'll defer the argument of privacy in visiting sites where you don't want your identity revealed for another time.

Did they hire the Best Buy Geek Squad marketing team?

Good post. One thing I like to do is take a bit of my time each week and sit down with a person who has never used my product. In fact, ideally they've never even heard of it. Shut off the programming-mindset and just watch an average person do their thing with your product. Some amazing insight there.

Getting into the online dating scene would be a great money move for FaceBook. It's such a simple and obvious move that there must be something/someone internal that is preventing it. FaceBook has access to millions of people listed as "single", a large % of which are already using a pay-service like Match or eHarmony (which collectively boast around 35 million members).

Cool kids are on FourSquare?

"Advertising effectively in the mobile experience" is basically Taps on a trumpet for the FaceBook app. I don't know anyone who actually enjoys using the existing app. It's clunky, poorly sorted, and extremely hard to navigate. Why does FaceBook want to make the experience even less enjoyable?

Props to the Cicayda team, I know Cox from way back. Any time you get a group of really smart people like that in a room, good things will happen. Great place to be if you're a developer.