May 2010
12 posts
two things about boxcar 3.0
I’m fearful yet excited about this release. It has at least one major change.
I actually use certain features more now than I ever did before.
Those are both very, very good things.
Let's get real, real-time should be real-time
Real-time delivery of data: you know it when you see it. You know it when you’re not seeing it.
Twitter’s streaming API is real-time. Boxcar receives your tweets within 1 second or less of you posting them. We then inject those into our own stream and 300 milliseconds later they are sent to Apple for delivery. You receive tweets in your hand roughly 6 seconds after they’ve...
“The old musicians stay where they are and become like museum pieces under glass,...”
– Miles Davis
“Don’t be afraid. What I mean by that is lots and lots of decisions are made by...”
– Corner Office - At AdMob, a C.E.O. With a Portable Desk - Interview - NYTimes.com
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