neilxdsouza

I watched the A16Z talk - Mobile changes everything. With today's phones having 4 and 8 core cpus, I was wondering if it's viable to have a server setup of mobile phones in the style of Amazon . Or maybe tablet's like the ipad. How would these compare to an Amazon micro compute unit? Is anyone working on this already.

When I was learning music, there were graded exercises for progressing. For example Trinity College and the Associated Board (ABRSM) have graded exams for measuring progress when learning a musical instrument.

I've been reading books on CSS, but I was wondering if someone (a CSS expert here) could put together a resource for gradually getting better at advanced CSS related things. More like a series of exercises that take you from one level to another.

In fact for programming we have a lot of sites that allow you to solve problems classified as Easy, Medium or Difficult. A resource like this for CSS would be great. I would be even better if the exercises were classified as grade 1 to grade 8. The idea would be some mockups which would be classified as per difficulty.

Thanks to everyone for inputs in advance.

Need advice on whether you can do IOS Dev on a Mini the 1.4 Ghz (2 core i5). Im from india and you can get this machine here (on Amazon.in) for INR 32K (about USD 500). There is a higher spec'd mini at 2.5 Ghz That costs about INR 50K (about USD 800), but I'm trying to see how far I could get with the cheapest model.

Does anyone use this machine for development?

My initial plan was to buy the 15 inch MBP (Iris graphics) which you can get here (amazon.in) for INR 120K (about USD 2000). But, after re-thinking, my girlfriend is into fashion and I'm planning to get her an innovis 1500 embroidery cum sewing machine and am cutting down on my specs a little - a little bet I'm taking on her.

The idea is to buy the 1.4 Ghz mini for INR 32K and put 16 Gb ram into - I checked on amazon.in - you can get a corsair chip for about INR 7300 - 16 Gb will cost me about INR 15K (about USD 250).

So to summarize, if I bought an mac mini (1.4 Ghz) and put 16Gb ram into, would I be able to do IOS development work on it or would it be a frustrating exercise.

  For those who want to compare the savings:

  (All prices in INR)
  Mac - mini     - 32,000
  16 Gb ram      - 14,000
  Full hd screen -  8,000
  ----------------------
  Total           54,000 

  MBP 15 inch   - 120,000 
 
  Difference = 120K - 54K = 66K INR (about USD 1000)

 Thanks, do let me know your experience/opinions.