Since we're discussing databases...is there any "golden standard" learning resource/introduction to PostegreSQL? As a college student, I do not have much experience with them yet but I am aware of how important it would be to be comfortable with them in your day to development. Something tells me that my usual approach of diving in and tinkering by building out an idea wouldn't serve me as well for db's; it just seems to me that there's some fundamental database concepts that I would be missing if I went down that path.
Any advice as to where to start a structured approach to learning about databases would be highly appreciated :)
After having seen a few learn-git tools on HN and other programming forums, I would have to say that this is my personal favorite. What this tool does exceptionally well is teach the core git concepts from a visual point (seeing as it's git this works very naturally) instead of asking the user to memorize an incredibly small subset of the git commands. Often this leads to a lot of trouble when you get into a real-world scenario that some inappropriate learn git tutorial didn't cover. Fortunately, I think visualization tools like this should help ;) Perhaps github could incorporate this into their Try Git page?
I'm more interested in the watches that were shown on the video. I realize I might be confused, are the watches in the video just placeholders/random design concepts to get the idea across? Still, I'm wondering what devices will eventually support this SDK.
As someone who is new to this side of Android, I find this proof of concept intriguing and incredibly educational. While it is certainly true that potential security problems may arise from implementing something like this in your app, it is good to know that the developer is working hard to iron some of the problems out. For me, the value in this concept lies in the provided insight of seeing an app being significantly updated in such a short span of time with absolutely no interruption to the user.
On another note: lets keep in mind the fact that this was built within 24 hours by a motivated young student at a recent collegiate hackathon (I was there to see the presentation). It is, after all, a great hack that really shows the spirit of hacking.
Interesting. I've seen a few similar submissions here that play ambient/focus music. To me, a product or service like this has to provide enough goodies to sway me from the convenience of a simple Spotify playlist, seeing as that is the go-to choice for many.
If you can strike a balance between creating helpful productivity customization and keeping it simple, something like this could really takeoff.