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Re: Ember JS - Implement an After Render Event Hook for your jQuery logic for all Views

Abhishek — Sat, 19 Jul 2014 20:39:03 -0000

Thank you so much!

I had no idea why my jquery suddenly stopped working until I found this...

Re: New Cloud Modules for Images and Users | Parse Blog

Abhishek — Mon, 17 Mar 2014 15:35:38 -0000

Can you please post an API docs page for the image cloud module. I am trying to write a method in express to respond back with an image. I use this to dynamically resize an image when called and respond back with image/jpeg data. However I can't seem to get the buffer right and have no place to look at the api documents for the right way...

Re: Fun Friday: What Would You Use A Drone For?

Abhishek — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 11:42:56 -0000

My list would be

My Use Cases
Pick up groceries
Check real-time traffic. You can share drone info here
Find parking spots. Again share drone info
Package deliveries -- Obvious one
Post/Mail Delivery

Broad Use Cases
Super detailed mapping
Farming applications -- Spraying insecticides etc
Rescue applications
Border patrol
Trafficking control

Re: Hit In The Head With An Apple

Abhishek — Sat, 06 Apr 2013 08:55:06 -0000

On the marketing point: I have been an Apple customer for over a decade and have most of the products shipped since then. During this period I have visted their genius bar 8 to 10 times.

During these visits I have seen many other cases of people bringing their computers for repair. I have seen really old computers, windows machines (for data transfers), really broken machines and devices which were just pure mishandled by the user.

In no case I saw an Apple employee be condescending to any of the customer (let alone being hostile). They have always been extra helpful and have gone out of their way to take care of things.

I seriously believe your friend's experience is a one off and wouldnt assume that it applies to the whole company.

Re: Hit In The Head With An Apple

Abhishek — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 14:54:26 -0000

Yep its a rant. This is reality in the world we live in. The renewal cycles on laptops, phones etc is 2 to 3 years at best. If they don't go bad they are just obsolete for the programs you want to use.
This is reality of this ecosystem and not just Apple...

Re: Private: 10 Steps to Product/Market Fit

Abhishek — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 11:36:17 -0000

Nice presentation Ash! Can you share the slides?
Also strongly recommend blurring the user email addresses in the funnel screens.

Re: It’s not the Specs, stupid!

Abhishek — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 01:05:01 -0000

Hehehe yeah. Just like the energizer bunny :-)

Re: Abhishek Tiwari • Yep Fall is here…

Abhishek — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 13:57:14 -0000

Wish trees could lookup calendars :-)

Re: Abhishek Tiwari • Yep Fall is here…

Abhishek — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 11:49:46 -0000

Next few months will be awesome

Re: Hello World!

Abhishek — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 00:25:46 -0000

First comment

Re: Wireless Charging

Abhishek — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 11:47:09 -0000

You are looking at this the wrong way. Yes wireless charging has been around for couple years and companies like Palm and now Nokia have launched devices with it.

The reason Apple hasn't done it has nothing to do with their belief in the technology. I am sure they believe in that as much as others. They may have even looked at it much before others.

The question is, can this be implemented in the "perfect" way that it becomes simple and magical for everyone who uses the iPhone. I dont believe the current wireless charging solutions are there yet. Not at least by Apple standards. You can make that case for lack of NFC as well.

If you dont buy my argument, just recall what they did with Copy/Paste. They made everyone wait and came out with a solution, which was far better than what anyone else had done before.

Re: [Poll] Will Google's Android Nexus 7 Tablet Dethrone the iPad?

Abhishek — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 16:56:39 -0000

I doubt this will have any impact to the iPad. Frankly it competes with the Fire. I seriously believe it will have tough time competing with Amazon's update to the Fire.

Google hasnt included any cellular capabilities in the Nexus 7, which makes it a very difficult choice for most. They designed for it to be portable but no 3G or 4G, which seems weird. They are behind Amazon in this respect as well.

Finally, the apps. How many well designed Android Jelly Bean apps do we know which makes this a worthwhile buy for most. Excluding the early adopters this becomes a difficult choice for most. Price point is great but I feel Amazon beats them here.

Re: I’m Giving Cable 6 Months, Then I’m Cutting Off Its Head

Abhishek — Sat, 18 Sep 2010 16:36:44 -0000

Yep we need a better Internet based way of getting Live content. Then with Apple TV and Boxee box we would be set.

I tried doing this in early 2008 (http://abhishek.tiwari.com/... but ended up subscribing again when I had to move...

Re: Why This New Apple TV Makes Sense — For Now

Abhishek — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 00:22:11 -0000

I feel ya as I am in the same boat.

I was kinda pissed when I heard the keynote, that there wasnt a update for the old Apple TV to enable 99 cent shows and Netflix.

However I am over it now and think with $99 price point, I might get 2 of them. One for the living room and another for the bedroom, with the iPad/iPhone being the universal remote.

Agree that they still have long way to go. Honestly if they cannot figure it out, just open it for apps like any other iOS device. Let the developer community make the transition for you from a Hobby to actually a "Thing".

Re: Facebook Places API Released

Abhishek — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 18:04:56 -0000

They dont quite have the Places Search API available yet, which is key for external apps.

Re: So I finally tried Wave...

Abhishek — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 21:05:44 -0000

Yes GWave needs backwards email interoperability for maximum user adoption. As of now I have to keep inviting people and ask them to use Gwave in order to see its full potential.

I agree with your overall assessment of the product. However I do believe that in its current form GWave may eventually make the Information Overload problem (inherent with Email) even worse.

BTW, can you talk more about the "Automatic Email Prioritization" feature. What was that based on and why didn't it see the light of day?

Re: RSS is how the news flows (Scripting News)

Abhishek — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 16:31:02 -0000

In my opinion RSS is the "Thread that weaves the web".
Rejecting RSS is like rejecting HTTP, as it has become such a backbone technology.

I agree, that most people don't like the application layer (GReader, Netvibes etc). There is lot of room for innovation there.
The critical innovation needed is to figure out how to filter through the data and deliver the right amount and relevant data to the user.

Re: Google Drawing Heat After Key Enterprise Announcement

Abhishek — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 15:51:40 -0000

Pankaj,

Good observation. I agree with the fear not lasting long.
Also with announcements like Amazon's VPS these fears will slowly wane away.

Thanks for the comparison link. Will check it out and let you know.

Abhishek

Re: Google a Day, Keeps the Doctor Away

Abhishek — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 11:52:23 -0000

Sure go ahead

Re: Discontinuing the Cable TV Service

Abhishek — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 22:01:40 -0000

Oscar,

I agree with you. TV networks are dragging their feet in adopting the new medium as they dont know how to play in it. Their future is very similar to the print media.

In my opinion they must fund innovation in the web media to be able to monetize that medium without implementing subscription models. Creative advertising, personalization etc are some of the areas to look at.

Re: Discontinuing the Cable TV Service

Abhishek — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 17:33:41 -0000

True.
However, in that "time shifting" model, you are still paying for content you don't watch.

Also you have to take premium packages to access HBO programming. Not to mention that the HD content would need larger (more expensive) Tivo box.

Re: Discontinuing the Cable TV Service

Abhishek — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 16:53:26 -0000

Huh?

Re: Discontinuing the Cable TV Service

Abhishek — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 13:57:41 -0000

Yes, I am going towards the OTA antenna model, which should get me local HD channels.
Also I do watch HULU, Comedy Central on my Boxee over Apple TV.

My goal is to watch all the content on my big screen and not my laptop. That has been a peeve of mine. Actually I watch all the Vodcasts on my TV too. You know, I spent considerable money buying that, so I should be able to watch everything there.

PS -- Any suggestions on the antenna.

Re: Sheky Log

Abhishek — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 17:22:34 -0000

Nice!

I wonder if you can post that image here as a comment somehow, instead of the link.

Re: If the news is important it will find me: my social map (Seesmic du jour 115)

Abhishek — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 00:32:52 -0000

Couldn't agree with you more.
Now when you talk about centralizing the information again back to your blog, do you mean just getting a simplified / integrated view?