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by kenshi 16y ago
It's not just Microsoft who seem to be out of the game so to speak. What's going on with Nokia? It's taking them forever to come up with a device and/or platform that seems like a credible competitor to Android and iPhone OS.
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by kenshi 16y ago
If anything Boiler Room is a morality tale saying you shouldn't let the pursuit of material wealth destroy your relationships and that their are no shortcuts to success. That's what I got out of it anyway.
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by kenshi 16y ago
Wondering why some peoples choice of movie is being downvoted. Someone asked a question, other people answered it. Just because you don't like the choice of movie, doesn't mean you should bury their opinion.
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Michael Abrash's Graphics Programming Black Book(gamedev.net)
58 points by kenshi 16y ago|14 comments
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by kenshi 16y ago
I typed up most of the individual observations in the Notes app over the past 3 weeks, hence the list-based nature of the blog post. Then I copied and pasted the notes from Mail (on my main computer) into Textmate for some editing/refinemen
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by kenshi 16y ago
Should have been cleared in the post - I meant larger screen (and higher resolution) devices including monitors. Reading digital comics on an iPhone or small screen is something I just dont like doing.
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3 Weeks of iPad: Some observations(logiccolony.com)
45 points by kenshi 16y ago|35 comments
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James Dyson Foundation Encourages Design and Engineering(jamesdysonfoundation.com)
1 points by kenshi 17y ago|0 comments
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Innovative (crazy?) Android barcode + alarm clock app (Free + Open Source)(havchr.net)
5 points by kenshi 17y ago|1 comments
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by kenshi 17y ago
And here is a video of Gabe's talk: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XEXLhGir3s He starts talking about "Entertainment as a service" around the 3 minute 20 mark.
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by kenshi 17y ago
From the sounds of it Steam sounds like a fair DRM system. I don't have anything against the principle of DRM itself - as long as it's implemented in a way that is fair to both consumers and content providers. Most DRM "solutions" are laugh
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Valve's Gabe Newell on DRM(escapistmagazine.com)
21 points by kenshi 17y ago|8 comments
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by kenshi 17y ago
The iPad and other closed systems (PS3, Xbox) don't magically make Windows PCs, Macs, Linux or the Web go away. As developers we have more choices than we have had in a very long time in terms of picking the platforms we want to develop for
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by kenshi 17y ago
It looks like a more advanced version of tools like Quick Test Pro. There is big money in tools like that, but I can tell you, its a real PITA to write test scripts using tools such as these. Given the option, you are better off exposing yo
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by kenshi 17y ago
Yeah you can embed various languages into C-based and Java-based platforms. It's not quite the same thing as the official platform being based on such languages. The official platform will always have more mindshare, and thus support, in th
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by kenshi 17y ago
So yet another platform and market - which I think is great news for developers. I kind of have an insane dream where maybe instead of going for the usual platform candidate of say, a C derived language, Java platform or some kind of Web de
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by kenshi 17y ago
I think Nokia's future is really going to be determined by their ability to make great software. There is no question that they can make great hardware, but pretty much in all cases their software is letting them down. Can this hardware eng
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by kenshi 17y ago
How different to the days of working at Symbian (many years ago). There: Engineers: "We should do X, Y and Z!" Technology Managers: "Our owners/partners don't want us to do any of that. We have a five year lead on the competition, we don't
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What Would Steve Jobs Say?(logiccolony.com)
6 points by kenshi 17y ago|1 comments
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Ask HN: Please review my app: "Achieve Your Goals - Choice by Choice"(logiccolony.com)
1 points by kenshi 17y ago|0 comments
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by kenshi 17y ago
I guess Nokia are really desperate to cross-license some touch screen UI patents from Apple. I predict Apple will drag this out for as long as it possibly can, and then finally settle out of court.
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by kenshi 17y ago
You can move tabs between windows in Safari on OSX.
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by kenshi 17y ago
The pictures of said device look nice, but $500 for a web only tablet seems a bit steep. But then, perhaps there is a market for such a device - for people who only use web apps and want something convenient to surf the web on. In some ways
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The Happy Software Company Review [video](youtube.com)
1 points by kenshi 17y ago|0 comments
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Nokia could seek up to $1 billion for iPhones: analysts(reuters.com)
1 points by kenshi 17y ago|0 comments
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by kenshi 17y ago
It's going to be interesting to watch how Nokia squares up their Pro-Open Source message (see: maemo) with their IP enforcement strategies. Nokia have of course every right to enforce their IP, but PR wise they look very lame for this move.
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by kenshi 17y ago
How strange. Nokia's growing dominance of Symbian (back when it was a feel good, group hug of competitors) was what made all the other companies in the consortium back away from the platform. Google might make an awesome Android phone, but
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by kenshi 17y ago
So if you are part of the "False Economy" you get to make billions thanks to the suckers... err tax payers... who will bail you out, whilst everyone in the Real Economy gets to suffer the effects of the Financial Crisis. Maybe it's time to
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by kenshi 17y ago
I got forwarded to a porn site from the sandbox.
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by kenshi 17y ago
You raise an interesting point about how there are minorities and there are Minorities. Are Indians a minority in the IT industry? That probably depends on where you are, and how you are taking count. When I used the word minority, I meant

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