Skroob

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by Skroob 16y ago
That's basically the extent of the copy protection we use. The idea is that pirates probably aren't going to buy your app anyway, and any significant time you spend trying in vain to beat them is time taken away from fixing bugs, writing ne
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by Skroob 16y ago
I'm honestly surprised that some people are so desperate to not pay $5 for Angry Birds. I mean, I sort of understand pirating $800 apps like Adobe's suite, but $5 for a bird slingshot game? For full disclosure's sake, I am an iOS and Mac de
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by Skroob 16y ago
Most indie Mac developers will tell you they don't really concern themselves with app piracy. This is the same thing; someone still has to upload the dmg to some shady website, the pirate has to find it and remove the DRM files, and then do
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by Skroob 16y ago
For reference, the link to Whole Foods "Unacceptable Ingredients" list is here: http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/products/unacceptable-ingred...
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by Skroob 16y ago
Why is it wearing a fez?
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by Skroob 16y ago
This is phones sold to distribution, not phones sold to consumers.
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by Skroob 16y ago
Sorry, I meant Angry Mac Bastards. It's a podcast based on yelling. Normally I know better than to throw around obscure acronyms like that.
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by Skroob 16y ago
Looking forward to the AMB guys ripping into this article next week.
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by Skroob 16y ago
Sort of a tangental topic, but I hate it when people post slides like this. These sorts of things should always work better as a blog post. If your slides are good presentation slides, they're not detailed enough to work without a presenter
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by Skroob 16y ago
Really, the goal is both. Consulting is a much more reliable way to generate income in the iOS market, but the app store is steadier if you can get a good performer out there. I'm trying to use consulting (and grow the business that way in
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by Skroob 16y ago
I actually agree, and i'm taking steps to make that happen and move from a freelancer to a sustainable boutique iOS development shop. That's more startup-y, right? :)
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by Skroob 16y ago
I am. I don't know if I'm technically a startup; right now it's just me doing freelance iOS development, but it's paying the bills.
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by Skroob 16y ago
I haven't looked into Sencha but I have seen things like Appcelerator and Mono Touch. I personally have no problem with people who want to use some other framework to write iOS apps. It's good to know other languages (something I'm personal
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by Skroob 16y ago
Happy to do it! This is the question I've gotten most. It's probably worth a future blog post, but I'll give you the short answer I've been giving others so far. The best thing is word of mouth. Once you have some happy clients, they will t
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by Skroob 16y ago
I haven't worked with Core Text directly. Cool ideas though, if you need a hand with anything specific there let me know and I'll look into it. :)
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by Skroob 16y ago
Thanks. I looked at cocos2d a long while ago but never put anything into it. Maybe I should look again.
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by Skroob 16y ago
Unfortunately this is one of those things I can't speak to very well, because I wouldn't consider my marketing efforts for my own apps to be successful. For me, it's been trying to build the best apps I can, and then send them along to frie
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by Skroob 16y ago
Some. They can be… complicated. Simple migrations, like adding an attribute to an entity is pretty simple, but if you're making large changes to a model they can get hairy.
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Offer HN: My experience in iOS app development
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by Skroob 16y ago
I like to cook, so I've got a diverse diet because I'm always trying to make different things. Lunch yesterday was shrimp sauteed in garlic and olive oil with egg noodles and a little butter, dinner was a quick beef stew I put together with
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by Skroob 16y ago
When I go down to Miami, I often forget and ask for sweet tea, and get unsweet with sugar packets. It's not the same! Also, how do you get it with no ice? Most of the sweet tea I get here is brewed very fresh, and without the ice it would b
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by Skroob 16y ago
The way we become equally supportive of each other is by not forming little "sub-communities" based on race, religion, gender, orientation, eye color, hair color, car color or anything else. I don't care if the person helping me with some c
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by Skroob 16y ago
Maybe it's that. Or maybe they feel that clique-tracking in this environment is noise and doesn't belong here. Or they had a bad day and are taking it out on HN. Don't assume you know some anonymous person's motivations.
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by Skroob 16y ago
They're out there. Does it really make a difference?
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by Skroob 16y ago
"Point I am trying to make is, Rubin bickering with Jobs is a farce, because both refuse to share the one thing that matters: control." I would say the one thing that matters is a consistent and polished experience, and that the iPhone will
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by Skroob 16y ago
Because the things you think are important just aren't to most people.
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by Skroob 16y ago
I'm based in Jacksonville, Florida. All of my work is freelance telecommuting though, and my standard rate is $125/hr. And I have no trouble finding work.
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by Skroob 16y ago
Yeah I took on a short Mac project a number of months back and got really messed up with the switch. The ubiquity of Core Animation on the iOS was what spoiled me I think. Don't hold your breath for bindings on iOS though. I'd rather have g
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by Skroob 16y ago
I've been doing the former, and it definitely needs to change. I'm obsessing more about tracking my time to help me with future estimates, for one. I will also try breaking down into finer granularity and hopefully that will help as well. T
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by Skroob 16y ago
I'm not sure I agree with you here. I think in general, if you're straight up cloning an app, you're probably missing out on what makes people like the app in the first place. Or you just don't care, and you're trying to shove something out

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