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JakobVirgil  ·  4078 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: A ridiculous phone app that I want

My first was like that for about 3 months (her mother for 39 years and counting). My newest is very calm like her mother.

What is funny is that my current wife is worried that I won't bond as much with my new daughter because I won't have to pace the floor with her all night.

That is a risk I am willing to take.





caelum19  ·  3244 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    (her mother for 39 years and counting)

That's hillarious.

I found this thread from the previous bit at the bottom of mk's thread here, what was the ultimate destiny of the app?

mk  ·  3242 days ago  ·  link  ·  

It was released and downloaded about 15k times. It worked on very cheap Android devices like a charm, but the wifi hotspot standards are very fragmented, and thus it didn't work very well.

We want to retool it with BLE (bluetooth low energy), which would be far better, but we have yet to find a developer with the time and the chops to do it.

caelum19  ·  3242 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Awesome!

I'm learning Android in prepartion for some Android classes I will be leading in September, maybe I could take a shot when I've learned more? Would you find BLE on a HTC One or Samsung Galaxy S3?

mk  ·  3242 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Absolutely. Just give me a shout out. AFAIK most phones are shipping with BLE now.

ecib  ·  4076 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    What is funny is that my current wife is worried that I won't bond as much with my new daughter because I won't have to pace the floor with her all night.

My Uncle has three kids and he often talks about how he bonded with each one more than the last. Every child before taught him not to take for granted the little moments with the next, and the effect compounded. I don't know if that applies in general, but it sort of makes sense to me. You get better at things the more you do them. Why should bonding with your child technically be any different?

JakobVirgil  ·  4076 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Perhaps but I should hope I love them the same.

ecib  ·  4076 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I think you will.

I don't think he loves one more than the other, but rather has become progressively more mindful of opportunities that pass by too quickly.