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by drpancake 16y ago
I think there's always been a bit of 'grass is greener' sentiment between the Python and Ruby communities. As a Python guy I do appreciate the look of Ruby code. However for sheer pragmatism Python wins; almost every API and library you can
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by drpancake 16y ago
My parents: "Economics is where the money is; don't switch to Computer Science" Glad I ignored that one. At universities in the UK, you choose a degree at the beginning then that's it.
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by drpancake 16y ago
It depends how technically interesting your app is. If it's just an RSS reader, then HTML5 is probably the way to go. But you've got the factor in the audience that the App Store gives you. AFAIK there's currently no decent way of discoveri
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by drpancake 16y ago
In case anyone's looking for a startup idea: a cheap way of validating check-ins seems like a good bet to me. (See: Shopkick)
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by drpancake 16y ago
I forgot to mention: in a week or so I'm meeting the guy at Directgov responsible for data.gov.uk (for something at work and totally unrelated). I'll be sure to bring this up and see if he can help out.
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by drpancake 16y ago
I wrote to my MP about this very issue a couple of months ago, explaining that ATOC are abusing their position by making sure that their £4.99 iPhone app is the only option available. At the time I wanted to build something for Android, but
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by drpancake 16y ago
"But for many, the web is a shortcut to avoid the problems of piracy and distribution." I think this misses the point. The web won because it's inherently cross-platform. The iOS walled garden is the exact opposite of this. The real trend i
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by drpancake 16y ago
I wouldn't go as far as depressing, but I agree that it's not a great show. But at least it raises awareness.
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by drpancake 16y ago
This echoes my experience at a UK university. The 'entrepreneurial' society is borderline inactive apart from the token yearly business plan competition. Nobody really talks about startups. I've not met a single student who's planning to go
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by drpancake 16y ago
Perhaps they know something we don't i.e. their own sales figures in intimate detail. I think this sudden openness is a response to Android.
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by drpancake 16y ago
My theory is that carrier exclusivity was the price they paid for maintaining complete control of the OS. This seems to make more sense in the UK, where O2 was the exclusive carrier to begin with, until it was given to the other carriers la
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by drpancake 16y ago
A mobile telco's entire business model only works because of this distinction. Infrastructure and licenses are expensive. It costs a lot more to shift data than you might imagine. (I work for a very large global telco)