Aaron Parecki

Tuesday, April 12, 2011

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• Soft Signup: Lower the barrier to entry

  Nobody wants to be presented with a signup form when trying out a new web service. Even though in recent years many websites have trimmed down their signup forms to make them easier to complete, I think we can do better.

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  Tue, Apr 12, 2011 8:15am -07:00 #ux
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  RT @andpoul: "no dashes or spaces"
  = I hate my customers almost as much as I hate hiring developers

  Tue, Apr 12, 2011 10:32am -07:00
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  Yes, I made a command-line client to epdx.org. In PHP. Deal with it. http://i.imgur.com/6XJ8E.gif

  Tue, Apr 12, 2011 10:52am -07:00
• Adam DuVander https://twitter.com/adamd   •   Apr 12

  @aaronpk Does that mean ePDX has an API? @reidab?
  

  @adamd @reidab Every page (and search) also has a json representation. Just append ".json" to the end of a url!

  Tue, Apr 12, 2011 10:54am -07:00
• https://twitter.com/stevevance/status/57863846739722240
  

  @stevevance You could set one up, it's powered by an open source project! https://github.com/reidab/citizenry

  Tue, Apr 12, 2011 10:56am -07:00
• Managing UI Complexity (www.brandonwalkin.com)

  Tue, Apr 12, 2011 10:59am -07:00 #design #interface #UI #ux
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  If you want the code to the ePDX,org command line client: https://github.com/aaronpk/ePDX-CLI Or you can install it: `curl -L http://aaron.pk/efinger/install | bash`

  Tue, Apr 12, 2011 11:03am -07:00
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  `curl -L http://aaron.pk/efinger/install | bash` ... because everybody knows that executing arbitrary code from random websites is safe.

  Tue, Apr 12, 2011 11:04am -07:00
• 320 and up: A ‘tiny screen first’ boilerplate extension (stuffandnonsense.co.uk)

  Tue, Apr 12, 2011 12:19pm -07:00 #css #design #framework #html #mobile #resources
• https://twitter.com/kchrist/status/57899572768407552
  

  @kchrist Yep! Thanks, updated.

  Tue, Apr 12, 2011 1:17pm -07:00
• Android SDK Quick Tip: Sending Pictures the Easy Way (mobile.tutsplus.com)

  Tue, Apr 12, 2011 2:32pm -07:00 #android #intent #java #pictures #tutorial
• Android Weather App Example (github.com)

  Example of using background tasks and communicating between two separate threads.

  Tue, Apr 12, 2011 5:30pm -07:00 #android #background #java #tutorial
• 2011: The Year the Check-in Died (www.readwriteweb.com)

  Tue, Apr 12, 2011 8:01pm -07:00 #2011 #checkin #facebook #foursquare #gowalla #latitude #opinion