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Joe Hewitt

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Joe Hewitt's personal blog at joehewitt.com covers programming and web. Since 2007, 28 different Hacker News readers have linked it 28 times, most often “Three20: Open Source iPhone UI Goodness”. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.

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28mentions?
28HN people?
2007–2013first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 14 in 2011

Too few sampled comments (5) to say how often HN recommends it.?

Why HN links it

HN readers link Joe Hewitt's posts on web versus native platforms, Apple's SDK and App Store rules, the Three20 dispute, Firebug, and iPhone performance. One commenter calls a web-technologies piece a great article.

Summarised by Claude from a sample of 5 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.

Most-linked posts?

  1. Three20: Open Source iPhone UI Goodness
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2009-03-24
  2. Web Technologies Need an Owner
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2011-09-22
  3. Apps and Web URLs: Perfect Together
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2011-10-06

What Hacker News says?

  1. c1sc0 · 2009-11-20
    Anything that's not covered in the SDK documentation is off-limits, even if Apple themselves are using the calls in their own apps. This is what the Whole Joe Hewitt / Three20 debacle was about: http://joehewitt.com/post/the-three20-project/ Web API calls are mostly a 17+ rating problem: if you load anything over the web that could potentially be 17+ you have a problem.

    Comment linking /post/the-three20-project/

    on “Apple's Mistake”
  2. threepointone · 2011-05-07

    Submitted Joe Hewitt : I'm an indie developer now. as a story · 284 points

    HN discussion
  3. dr_win · 2011-07-17
    Hmm, interesting. I guess, now it's Joe's chance to elevate Firebug yet again :-) http://joehewitt.com/post/creative-tools

    Comment linking /post/creative-tools

    on “Firebug lead developer now working on Web dev tools at Google”
  4. nirmal · 2010-01-29

    Submitted Joe Hewitt on the iPad as a story · 161 points

    HN discussion
  5. DanielRibeiro · 2011-09-22Recommends
    Great article by Cappuccino creator and 280 North founder, Tolmasky. Some relevant links: HN Discussion: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3024342 The article: http://joehewitt.com/post/web-technologies-need-an-owner/ The original Post on TC: http://techcrunch.com/2010/04/30/joe-hewitt-web-development/

    Comment linking /post/web-technologies-need-an-owner/

    on “The Promise of the Web”
  6. siong1987 · 2013-04-02

    Submitted Growing Tomatoes as a story · 160 points

    HN discussion
  7. martingordon · 2010-02-08
    This is just a rehash of a bunch of posts from two years that compared the iPhone to IE4. http://www.webmonkey.com/blog/The_IPhone_Is_Internet_Explore... http://www.joehewitt.com/blog/iphone_is_ie4_a.php http://www.martingordon.org/blog/2007/08/20/on-the-iphone-no...

    Comment linking /blog/iphone_is_ie4_a.php

    on “The iPhone is the new IE 6, says mobile developer”
  8. mqt · 2009-11-13

    Submitted Joe Hewitt: On Middle Men as a story · 101 points

    HN discussion
  9. rimantas · 2009-06-21
    I rarely can complain about this on my iPhone 3G, but if one is to believe Joe Hewitt (and why one shouldn't?), then it is indeed instant on 3GS: http://joehewitt.com/post/the-%22s%22-should-stand-for-smoot...

    Comment linking /post/the-%22s%22-should-stand-for-smooth/

    on “IPhone 3GS: 54% faster than the 3G, 11% faster than the Pre”
  10. arjunb · 2009-03-24

    Submitted Three20: Open Source iPhone UI Goodness as a story · 96 points

    HN discussion
  11. siglesias · 2011-10-03

    Submitted Dropbox is my publish button as a story · 90 points

    HN discussion
  12. tonyskn · 2010-10-20

    Submitted Joe Hewitt: Android and Open Source as a story · 87 points

    HN discussion
  13. joshaber · 2011-09-22

    Submitted Web Technologies Need an Owner as a story · 75 points

    HN discussion
  14. riledhel · 2011-09-26

    Submitted Joe Hewitt - What the web is and is not as a story · 72 points

    HN discussion
  15. dpearson · 2011-10-05

    Submitted Fast animation with iOS WebKit as a story · 61 points

    HN discussion
  16. geeko · 2009-08-25

    Submitted Joe Hewitt's take on the iphone App Store as a story · 50 points

    HN discussion
  17. sahillavingia · 2011-06-20

    Submitted Inertial Scrolling as a story · 41 points

    HN discussion
  18. prakash · 2008-10-11

    Submitted Developing Facebook for iPhone as a story · 34 points

    HN discussion
  19. iamclovin · 2011-10-25

    Submitted Joe Hewitt speculates on the future of Apple TV as a story · 25 points

    HN discussion
  20. BarkMore · 2011-10-06

    Submitted Apps and Web URLs: Perfect Together as a story · 19 points

    HN discussion
  21. wmorein · 2007-07-11

    Submitted Introducing iUI (UI library for iPhone) as a story · 10 points

    HN discussion
  22. bootload · 2007-05-25

    Submitted Money for Nothing as a story · 8 points

    HN discussion
  23. zpoley · 2010-04-12

    Submitted Competitiveness as a story · 5 points

    HN discussion
  24. jdp23 · 2011-09-26

    Submitted Web Technologies Need an Owner as a story · 4 points

    HN discussion
  25. johns · 2011-11-17

    Submitted What the Web is and is not as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  26. justhw · 2011-10-09

    Submitted On Middle Men as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  27. alcuadrado · 2013-05-26

    Submitted Firebug: A love story as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  28. Arkid · 2011-10-21

    Submitted Apps and Web URLs: Perfect Together as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion

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