Flyover Country

Aaron Brethorst on Politics, User Experience, and Photography. I like sushi.

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Entries from July 2007

A chef’s perspective on computer science

July 31st, 2007 · No Comments

My boss, John, was recently interviewed by eWeek for an article about Popfly, where it came from, and where it’s going. Here’s one of my favorite quotes from the article:
[Part] of the thing about learning to program is at the end you want to be able to show somebody something. It’s like learning how to [...]

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Piping hot Popfly, fresh out of the oven!

July 19th, 2007 · No Comments

Today marks our third release of Popfly since we debuted it…three months ago. I am continually impressed by my team’s ability to keep popping releases out like clockwork. Of course, past performance is no guarantee of future results, but we do love giving you new bits to play with every month.
So, what’s new? [...]

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We never thought rubber duckies could get *this* big

July 17th, 2007 · 2 Comments

For a while now, Popfly’s unofficial mascot has been a rather unassuming rubber duckie who rebels against the man with his rakish magenta hue. From my understanding, he spends his weeekends barhopping with college kids along the Ave.
Anyway, my Product Manager, Dan, just forwarded me a blog post about another duckie who’s making [...]

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