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by nigelsampson 16y ago
Agreed, my initial thought was this was a sim-nation style game.
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by nigelsampson 16y ago
The development tools require either Vista or Windows 7 as per the release notes http://download.microsoft.com/download/1/7/7/177D6AF8-17FA-4...
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by nigelsampson 16y ago
Some of these I think are valid points, the update process needs to be improved. Currently it feels like the WP7 update process sits somewhere between iOS and Android, all the problems of both and the benefits of none. Smaller updates relea
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by nigelsampson 16y ago
I have a small WP7 application I submitted around launch, I'd done Silverlight development before so it was pretty easy to jump in. I built it over about six weeks of occasional evenings and started selling pretty much immediately. I've rel
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by nigelsampson 16y ago
I think part of the reason the web beat native desktop apps was the notion of the app being "available everywhere". This certainly made web based mail clients the initial killer web apps. Native mobile apps don't suffer from this as much gi
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by nigelsampson 16y ago
Agreed, given the home page says "featured courses" I'd love to be able to see the other courses available without having to sign up.
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by nigelsampson 16y ago
Haha that was certainly the lesson I took from that, however the market I'm in (Auckland, New Zealand) they're a necessary evil sometimes.
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by nigelsampson 16y ago
I started to include links to my website on my resume as it contained a lot more interesting work and code than my day job. It didn't seem to be helping, however it turned out that most recruiters were scrubbing it from the version they pas
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by nigelsampson 16y ago
A lot I imagine, which I think makes their decisions around WP7 and breaking backwards compatibility even more surprising (although I do agree with it). I think it's one of those decisions where no matter what choice is made someone will co
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by nigelsampson 16y ago
Agreed, literally changing the text from "demand" to "ask" helps it come across a lot better in my opinion.
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A Windows Phone 7 App : The Numbers(compiledexperience.com)
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by nigelsampson 16y ago
Agreed, I started used the Zune software when I purchased a WP7 and really enjoy the software, especially when compared to itunes. Great products but unfortunately failed for other reasons.
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by nigelsampson 16y ago
Damn, literally as I read this article my mind was working on how quickly I could build a Windows Phone 7 app to take advantage of this. Turns out not quick enough. I think this is the best way to approach an API for non VC backed start ups
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by nigelsampson 16y ago
What I'm interested in, does the Google Toolbar send back the click stream when you use Bing?
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by nigelsampson 16y ago
I'm based in central Auckland so I get a decent exposure to other technologists. Living in the Bay of Islands would be awesome.
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by nigelsampson 16y ago
As a fellow Kiwi all of that really hits the mark, although I'm not involved in iOS development most of it still applies. Especially the attitude towards our own work. Would love to be able to go to the MIX conference this year but really c
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by nigelsampson 16y ago
Agreed, and one part of the Java / C# comparison is that C# also gives type-checking at run time.
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by nigelsampson 16y ago
It seems to be a very old comparison, missing generics from both and lots of other features, been a long time since I've done any Java but it seems like its C# 1.0 compared to Java 6?
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by nigelsampson 16y ago
I have the HTC Trophy from Vodafone here in New Zealand, I really enjoy the UI, for some reason it really clicks with me compared some the other smartphones. As a developer my biggest gripe is the limited access to some of the phone feature
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by nigelsampson 16y ago
Ticked other, Auckland New Zealand.
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by nigelsampson 16y ago
I just released an app on the Windows Phone 7 marketplace and some similar experiences in part. Especially the comments about "Release Early, Release Often". For the first month after release some of the negative reviews were essentially fe
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by nigelsampson 16y ago
I think the Stack Exchange sites have the motivation tools with the game mechanics. There could really be some improvement with the routing / notifications.
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by nigelsampson 16y ago
To me it's a bit of a gray area, I remember seeing something similar with sports statistics apps with separate team themed applications. I've already seen this on the Windows Phone 7 marketplace where someone spammed separate applications f
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by nigelsampson 16y ago
While not originally started as part of this startup sprint I just rolled out my first Windows Phone 7 application "To Do Today" http://compiledexperience.com/windows-phone-7/to-do Very much a minimum viable product with extra features in
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by nigelsampson 16y ago
Where does it end? Linking to copyrighted content is "bad" according to the RIAA, discussing and linking to tools like Limewire is now a problem for them. When will linking to articles about software piracy and the tools become an issue?
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by nigelsampson 16y ago
Exactly, I don't think you've really lived till you've experienced that pit of your stomach feeling when you realise you've just wiped out a product website / database. Thankfully for me it was a small website and no one really noticed. I c
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by nigelsampson 16y ago
I find I end up using the two different sites for different things. Stack Overflow for when I need help with a problem, and MSDN as a reference tool for the capabilities of a section of the framework. Integrating the two will be a great hel
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by nigelsampson 16y ago
I set up my LLC around a month ago, very painless and cost me $160. I think the distance thing is a factor, however for internet based start ups it's not as important.
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by nigelsampson 16y ago
I think a lot of that was helped by the shipping cost from anywhere to New Zealand. All things aside Trade Me has been a great web success story for the local industry.