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by allenp 17y ago
Wasn't there a rick roll virus spreading between jailbroken phones just last week? I'm guessing the next one could be a lot more malicious and with enough phones involved cause some service disruptions.
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by allenp 17y ago
Why would the cost of making a Verizon/Sprint compatible phone outweigh the profit from those customers? What would the cost be to make a phone with both radios? I just really can't imagine Apple not wanting to be available to the most cons
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How the App Store turned a simple idea into a steady income(wahrman.fi)
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by allenp 17y ago
No he really is talking about failure not releasing. He is specifically talking about the core design and iterating over the design to optimize it before releasing. His take is that on mega-budget projects there isn't a luxury to do this an
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by allenp 17y ago
Apple wants to hire one person and this means game devs are going to be screwed? I don't think so - Apple doesn't have to hire anyone in order to make money on each and every app sold in the store - why bother trying to put out their own
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by allenp 17y ago
Amazon is looking for control of online retail as well, especially with their recent purchase of Zappos. I don't know how this fits in to a battle with the other contenders however.
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Apple Tweaks App Store Review Process (informationweek.com)
1 points by allenp 17y ago|0 comments
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by allenp 17y ago
In case you aren't aware of what Caffeine is: http://mashable.com/2009/08/10/google-caffeine/
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by allenp 17y ago
Additionally, this comment is fairly reddit-esque so I'm guessing there is even more incentive to kill it before it goes any further.
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by allenp 17y ago
There is a difference between casual games and social games though, and it is the social know-how that EA is buying.
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by allenp 17y ago
While I agree the moderation is better than Digg and Reddit, etc I think Slashdot can be a pretty harsh/negative environment because the culture accepts (and even likes to see) gladiatorial intellectual commenting. Things like, "Actually, i
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by allenp 17y ago
So what about metafilter and specifically ask.metafilter? Are they heading that way? Very honest question as I agree with what you wrote.
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by allenp 17y ago
I think discounting entertainment as not having value is where you're going wrong. This may be precisely where the value is for the constant update, interruptions interrupting interruptions, hyper-flow of information. Other uses might be tr
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by allenp 17y ago
Just tested it and it doesn't seem to use the URL at all - just the title (keywords) and the domain.
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by allenp 17y ago
This is still true - but the stigma of "hopping" can be lessened if you work within the structure of a large company. I think being "really good" at the job could be a disadvantage to a lot of hackers - essentially being "stuck" within a ro
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by allenp 17y ago
Why would your company want to pay you more than they are right now? What is their incentive? Retention? Other companies are willing to pay you more because they need your expertise and you are offering a higher level of skill/experience th
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by allenp 17y ago
This is the netflix mentality, right? Don't keep anything less than stellar?
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by allenp 17y ago
Not to be too literal, but to answer the kid's question, "What are games good for?" Raph Koster's A Theory of Fun for Game Design sets out to answer just this. Essentially his argument boils down to that games are made to teach us things, t
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by allenp 17y ago
I think one notable difference is the ability to go to a local store and see the device in person - this is a huge advantage and one that may help them cover a lot of ground quickly.
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by allenp 17y ago
The real killer feature is this: "Share favorite eBooks with your friends, family, or book club. Most eBooks can be lent for up to 14 days at a time. Just choose the book you want to share, then send it to your friend's reader, cell phone,
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by allenp 17y ago
In what regard? Depth? Breadth? Looking at their site I think they have enough of the popular stuff covered to give them time to work their way into the long tail before their ebook reader is in enough hands to matter.
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by allenp 17y ago
I think there is too much pressure for a lot of high school graduates to immediately attend college for this to be feasible. A lot of people spending $100k+ on tuition probably spent at least half that on their high school tuition, so the w
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by allenp 17y ago
So I wonder what your opinions would be if we replaced "$20" with "1 hr of video games per night" - do you have the same reactions? Or, alternatively, what if the kid had a $20 allowance / week, and if he did something "bad" he would lose s
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by allenp 17y ago
Towards the end of the article the author lists other developers in the "appstore B" but I don't see that any of them have made any games. I think this is more of a comparison of games vs other apps in the store (although undoubtedly there
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by allenp 17y ago
When are times when you can concentrate? Do they have patterns that you can see? Can you artificially re-create these patterns? Are you disengaged from your daily work? Maybe you need more interesting endeavors?
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by allenp 17y ago
I want to add that this book has a lot of good advice for all sorts of jobs, if you look at how to apply it. Two advices I like are to list your next day's activities before leaving your work for the day, and to work out a blocking system w
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by allenp 17y ago
I think the use of an invisible identifier to label the mapping between a file and it's app is a really non-intuitive interface. Getting rid of files without extensions and making it dead simple to know what will happen if you open a file i
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by allenp 17y ago
Isn't that sort of the premise of this site as well - there is sort of a filter/mechanic that preserves the site's culture/intent by dissuading trolls. I think you're hitting on something pretty profound though - so much of what is out ther
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by allenp 17y ago
So a few questions in my mind - what does this do to wait times for getting apps into the store? How much stricter is Apple going to be on non-conforming UI? I really think Apple will impose artificial controls on the market to prevent it f
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by allenp 17y ago
This would be pretty great - but I'm not sure what Adobe has planned for signing the app (and if they can take any of the pain out of that process it would really make life a lot easier).

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