I realize crypto winters aren't the times when there's the most attention directed to crypto. However I'd argue that it is when things are calm that it pays the most to analyze the situation, review one's strategy, get familiar with tools that allow to better understand your portfolio and overall markets – tools like Unspent.
I'm launching Unspent after starting working on it full time in 2018, and I'd love to hear what you think!
During 48 hours after posting this comment, I'll be offering a free year of Unspent Pro to everyone posting a comment here, so that you can try Unspent in its entirety. Note that even Free users have access to all features, since Unspent's goal is to help everyone in the ecosystem as much as possible, but Pro users unlock more advanced facets of some interesting features :)
> then at one point the cloud storage solutions truly become interchangeable
I remember one famous Steve saying to Drew Houston that Dropbox was a feature rather than a product. I'd say the need for such a thing as Dropbox made "Dropbox as a standalone product" possible, but in a world where every service starts having its own integrated "cloud" backup service, storage and sync do start looking like a feature.
That's kind of what I've found myself doing with multiple Chrome users.
Each project I'm working on is a different user, with a different set of open tabs, and separated cookies, allowing multiple sessions (e.g., Gmail accounts) to be open at the same time, one in each "project".
It looks definitely better than most proprietary car manufacturer software out there, but now that we're talking about extending smartphones' screens and features inside cars, something more interoperable would have been appreciated. It'll probably come later, just not from Apple.
Also, putting the emphasis on voice control is great, but I'm really not sure Siri is up to the task.
If I had to express my first opinion on Carplay, it'd be "new and shiny but probably not functional enough for it to *really* work as advertised".
Another related issue I've been having with the WP Store as a developer:
I made a WP7 app a while back to give a try, based on a site's API that has since been discontinued. Obviously, the app doesn't work anymore, since it was focused on content consumption from that API.
But since then, my developer license has expired. Even though I need to remove the app (somehow new users keep coming), the WP Store won't allow me to do so without an active developer license.
Asking for SMS (read/send) permissions is a growing trend among mobile apps (Facebook, Facebook Messenger, Twitter, Google Hangouts…).
Most of the time, they're here to make the app slightly more useful to the end user. But at the same time, you're potentially saying "yes" to a company who might, one day, use your most personal info for bleaker purposes.
It's thus something I've always been fighting against (at least at a personal level): I've stuck to the older, non-requiring-SMS-permissions version of these apps until I could upgrade to a version of Android with App Ops, then Cyanogen.
If SMS permissions is where you draw the line regarding your privacy, either run a version of Android with App Ops, or Cyanogen with Privacy Guard.
I find it sad that companies still think most users value simplicity over privacy.
I believe most users seem to value simplicity over privacy, but actually do care about privacy. What's sad is that they don't get vocal enough about it until private information gets exposed.
I like how it can help dive into interesting open source code, as well as the look and feel of the app, but two things are holding me back:
- Like @padolsey, I do need some time to understand what I'm typing; I'm not sure practicing typing and learning from someone else's code are compatible
- More than code formatting, which has already been talked about, programming environments also have a direct impact on what characters need to be typed
So even though that tool stems from a blending of two great ideas (increasing code output, and learning from the best), I'm still pondering whether these two would be best left apart:
- Reading (and contributing to) someone else's code to learn from it
- Optimizing your coding environment to increase your output: great IDE/editor, clever shortcuts and auto-completion, custom snippets…
I'm launching Unspent after starting working on it full time in 2018, and I'd love to hear what you think!
During 48 hours after posting this comment, I'll be offering a free year of Unspent Pro to everyone posting a comment here, so that you can try Unspent in its entirety. Note that even Free users have access to all features, since Unspent's goal is to help everyone in the ecosystem as much as possible, but Pro users unlock more advanced facets of some interesting features :)
Looking forward to your thoughts!