fredley

The backup mantra I was taught: Files that don't exist in three places don't exist at all.

For those that can afford it.

A specification?

If Apple really wanted to improve education, they'd make the file format open. That way even schools without tens of thousands of dollars of Apple gear could benefit.

As it stands, this is not great. The cost of an iPad is $500. It'll probably need replacing every couple of years, and that's assuming your kid doesn't break it all the time (if I'd had one of these a…

I usually go to bed 8 hours before my alarm goes off, though I'm aware that it takes me an hour or more to drop off (so I've voted 7 hours). At weekends I'll usually sleep 8-10 hours (no alarm). I've …

I like how the iOS screenshots are tiny compared to the Android ones. Making up for much?

Is there a way us non-Americans to watch this?

I honestly can't tell if this is sarcastic or not. The idea of developing on anything without a fullsize keyboard makes me nauseous just thinking about it. Handy for tweaking something on the go, but …

As a frequent WhatsApp user, I must say I find this more amusing than anything. I've never really understood what the status feature is for anyway.

I'm looking forward to the death of IE7 as much as the next web developer, but sadly it's not as simple as just stopping supporting it and waiting for users to catch up. As long as a significant numbe…

I'm getting tired of hearing about breakthroughs in battery tech. We've been hearing about it for years and still nothing has changed with regards to the batteries in my actual gadgets.

Bad decision to not have any anti-spamming measures. Or good decision.

Yes, online as well as Android app.