jordanroher

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by jordanroher 16y ago
I was under the impression that the carriers and manufacturers modified their phones so they could differentiate themselves. There's the revenue opportunities, sure, but they have to do something to stand out. Now here's the crazy part: no
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by jordanroher 16y ago
True. But startups can turn into big corporations eventually.
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by jordanroher 16y ago
Putting Square Enix out of business.
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by jordanroher 16y ago
Or an iframe, or javascript that retrieves data from a server. Fun idea, but more trouble than it's worth, given how mail clients could bork a complicated implementation.
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by jordanroher 16y ago
Aren't the things Google's listing here services, rather than products? Or am I using a narrow definition of a product?
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by jordanroher 16y ago
I would love to hear the discussion that took place when they decided how to announce the upgrades to their site. Not a fancy splash page like Blizzard or CCP, not a traditional marketing e-mail, but closing their doors and telling their cu
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by jordanroher 16y ago
Is it ironic that a site called "Beauty of the Web" is not itself beautiful? The blue & purple scheme looks like my monitor's having hue issues rather than some subtle color epiphany. The animations are nice but, for example, the "downl
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by jordanroher 16y ago
I will certainly buy the game. Those of us have been through the entire DNF emotional roller coaster just want something to show for it. A playable executable, if not the transcendental experience that was promised in 1996. Who knows, it mi
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by jordanroher 16y ago
Very seriously considering a Kindle, but all my eBooks are non-DRM ePUBs. I know Amazon has a feature to get your existing files on the Kindle, but has anyone tried to import ePUBs? Do they transfer 1:1 to Amazon's format?
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by jordanroher 16y ago
It feels strange to consider myself a hardcore gamer, with gaming PC, Xbox 360, PS3, etcetera, and to have never played the original Starcraft. Not a big RTS fan, I suppose, but I love most other genres. And yet here I am with a Wings of Li
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by jordanroher 16y ago
I wonder if this means the activities of the "iPhone Dev Team" are now truly legal? (Not that I know whether they were before) If so, the Google Voice angle gives me a horrible idea: imagine if Google snatched up those iPhone jailbreak devs
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by jordanroher 16y ago
I agree, even though I think the bumpers are kind of stylish. But Apple's between a rock and a hard place. Either they lose millions now proving free bumpers/gift certificates to customers, or they lose millions later by ignoring the issue
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by jordanroher 16y ago
This situation is definitely most analogous to what happened with the Nintendo Wii Remotes going through TV screens (as opposed to Toyota's acceleration issue). - Both happened when products were used without cases or safety straps - Both a
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by jordanroher 16y ago
In the future, it might make more sense for Apple to release several flavors of phones, diversify what they are selling, rather than lumping their entire strategy with one product that might have unforeseen problems. Technically they are:
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by jordanroher 16y ago
Exactly as long as it took Dell and Asus to sell a cheap MP3 player and eat the iPod's lunch. Uh, when did that happen?
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by jordanroher 16y ago
What really amazes me about OnLive is the interface. It's really a thin client: your entire interface is streamed from OnLive's servers. Since the UI is a video, they jam it full of movie clips. Reminds me of the video wall from Back to the
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by jordanroher 16y ago
Wonderful list of quotes. I read DF a lot, often gritting my teeth, and this is an accurate summary of his points regarding the App Store. I agree on John's recent insistence that web apps are the solution to App Store woes. But that feels
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by jordanroher 16y ago
I agree wholeheartedly with the inner conflict aspect, but I wonder about Gruber's inner hacker as it applies to the App Store. From his projects page, it seems that Gruber works on small command-line tools and extensions to other people's