Turf Geography Club

Turf is a free location based iOS game set in the real world. Earn coins for visiting real life locations, take’em over, build on top of’em, and collect rent. Beware your fellow geographers who want to take your sugar! Built on top of Foursquare Here’s the Kickstarter video that shows some gameplay (project has already …

Your Startup is Doomed

Sometimes, after I speak at a tech conference, someone will come up to me and say: “Hey! You should check out my new startup.” They give me the elevator pitch, then they ask: “What do you think?” They’re beaming. They’re enthusiastic. And there is no polite way to say: “Statistically speaking, you’d be doomed to …

React: Event-driven, non-blocking I/O with PHP

Inspired upon Node.js: <?php require ‘vendor/autoload.php’; $stack = new React\Espresso\Stack(function ($request, $response) { $response->writeHead(200, array(‘Content-Type’ => ‘text/plain’)); $response->end(‘Hello World\n’); }); echo ‘Server running at http://127.0.0.1:1337’ . PHP_EOL; $stack->listen(1337); React →

LG Smart TV YouTube App Hidden Gem: Device Pairing

This weekend I discovered something neat on my LG Smart TV (a 42LV5500): in the YouTube App, there’s an option to pair your mobile with the app itself. Once paired, you can use your iPhone to play a YouTube video on the TV. Now, it’s nothing like AirPlay mirroring but more a remote control feature …