jon914

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by jon914 16y ago
It's great to hear that this was a practical consideration on Apple's part. I hope that they ensure a smooth transition of the responsibility to Oracle and perhaps even hand over some of the existing work, if licensing permits it.
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by jon914 16y ago
This reminds me of an anecdote where Jobs was arguing with an engineer about the look of the original Mac's internals: "I want it to be as beautiful as possible, even if it's inside the box. A great carpenter isn't going to use lousy wood f
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by jon914 16y ago
For lengths of time, they only had one engineer on it by the name of Mike Swingler. I can't speak for that today, but my source for this info was the Java Swing team themselves since they talked all the time with the Java "team" at Apple.
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by jon914 16y ago
This worries me greatly because my startup's product is based on Java, which gave us an advantage over others in our space for being able to work across Mac and Windows while maintaining a great user experience thanks to a lot of customizat
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by jon914 16y ago
I'm interested and sent you an e-mail.
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by jon914 16y ago
It's ironic that the USPTO's own site technically violates this patent, unless they've paid the royalties. ;) http://www.uspto.gov/siteindex.jsp
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by jon914 16y ago
115,000 copies as of March 2010 according to http://www.next-gen.biz/features/gdc-semi-secret-talk-canaba...
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by jon914 16y ago
Amen. I've learned the hard way that a few pixels difference in a hitbox makes the difference between them sticking till the end or quitting in frustration from dying unfairly and leaving you a 1/5.
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How ZipZapPlay Saved Itself With a Hit Facebook Game(insidesocialgames.com)
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by jon914 16y ago
Thanks! The application is actually written in Java and uses Swing. Not the sexiest thing to use, but Swing is very customizable, and I wanted to ensure that it was cross-platform from the get go. In addition to that, we also have an Action
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by jon914 16y ago
There's still a place for desktop applications. It depends upon what you're building and whether that's a fit for the medium. For example, I've built game creation tools. These are better suited for the desktop because of the complex intera
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by jon914 16y ago
I got one of these pretty recently. Like all cold calls that feel out of the blue, I googled up an extract of it and tossed in the trash after realizing that it was a (fairly well-worded) scam.
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by jon914 16y ago
My impression is that pointing out a typo doesn't further the conversation unless the typo completely alters the meaning of the comment.
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by jon914 16y ago
As a Flash game developer, I find that Flash games run substantially faster in Chrome because of the way that Flash is integrated. By a factor of 2x in some cases.
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by jon914 16y ago
Along similar lines, make sure you have clear and reasonable terms for parting ways with your co-founder in the unlikely event that that happens. It will save you from major headaches later on. I recently went through that process, and even
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by jon914 16y ago
I think you're talking about Canabalt by AdamAtomic. This is a link to the original Flash version, but he ported it to iPhone too. http://www.adamatomic.com/canabalt/
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by jon914 16y ago
It really depends on the kind of business. If it's user-generated content, you're going to have a tough time with ads. Instead, you should talk with your customers (or potential customers) to see what their needs and pains are and base your
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by jon914 16y ago
On the commute back home, I set the night's agenda by listing out the 3 things that I plan to accomplish. This way, I'm constantly moving forward each night and am not left wondering "what should I do now?" when I reach my desk. My other ti