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by pkaler 16y ago
Animate from Default.png to the first view: CABasicAnimation *a = [CABasicAnimation animationWithKeyPath:@"opacity"]; a.duration = 3.0; a.fromValue = [NSNumber numberWithFloat:1.0]; a.toValue = [NSNumber numberWithFloat:0.0]; [t
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by pkaler 16y ago
In the Kano Model this is called an exciter. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kano_model The greatest problem with Customer Development and the concept of the Minimum Viable Product is that there is no rigorous classification for quality and
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Why Twitter’s C.E.O. Demoted Himself(nytimes.com)
64 points by pkaler 16y ago|11 comments
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Throwing an exception is a misnomer. An exception doesn't necessarily mean that an error happened. It means, "please unwind the call stack". Unwinding the call stack in a game is a no-no. Games, especially the simulation, must be determi
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by pkaler 16y ago
Kids these days with their allocations and virtual memory. shakes fist You don't need std::vector if you don't need dynamic memory allocations. Game programming and systems programming is a whole lot different than web or desktop develop
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by pkaler 16y ago
I had been harboring some suspicions that our big codebases might benefit from the application of some more of the various “modern” C++ design patterns, despite seeing other large game codebases suffer under them. I have since recanted tha
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by pkaler 16y ago
It is illegal to wiretap someone else's phone. It is illegal to open someone else's mail. It is most likely illegal to install this App on someone else's phone.
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by pkaler 16y ago
I believe the phone is made by Sony Ericsson and not Sony Computer Entertainment. It looks like it just had the PlayStation name slapped on a phone with a D-Pad.
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by pkaler 16y ago
Highly targeted advertising in the daily reminder email. They basically know your deepest darkest secrets that you don't want to publish widely. Email CPM ranges from $10/CPM to $100/CPM depending on targeting. http://archive.newsmax.com
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by pkaler 16y ago
Sony manufactures TVs and other electronics. Apple could bring this in house rather than having the likes of Samsung and Foxconn manufacture their hardware. There is also Sony Pictures Entertainment, Sony Music Entertainment, and Sony Com
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by pkaler 16y ago
They ported WebKit to the PS3 and Xbox 360. EA STL was used for this port. More code here: http://gpl.ea.com/
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Start Pre-allocating And Stop Worrying(gamesfromwithin.com)
3 points by pkaler 16y ago|1 comments
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by pkaler 16y ago
A laundry list of technical reasons for/against native Apps doesn't matter. The market has spoken. Customers are buying Apps and making In App purchases.
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The Flock Comedies(nytimes.com)
2 points by pkaler 16y ago|0 comments
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by pkaler 16y ago
Is ARM's power advantage really that significant for devices larger than the smart phone / tablet form factor? I'll bet $5 that the MacBook Air in the future (18-24 months) will switch to ARM once the >2GHz ARM processors start shippi
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by pkaler 16y ago
To expand on my point from last time: Android source code is licensed under the GPL and Apache licenses and therefore the source code is open for developers. The Android project isn't really developed in the open therefore the process is cl
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by pkaler 16y ago
Android source code is licensed under the GPL and Apache licenses and therefore is open for developers. Most Android hardware is carrier locked, has proprietary firmware, or has proprietary services loaded on top and therefore is closed for
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by pkaler 16y ago
I know of no Android tablet available in the $199 price range. Someone please point one out if one exists. The argument that Windows won because Macintosh was priced at a premium is a dubious argument. Apple is able to purchase flash memor
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by pkaler 16y ago
Has anyone used both Intel's Thread Building Blocks and Apple's Grand Central Dispatch? GCD is focused around adding blocks to C and managing dispatch queues. Anyone have pros and cons of both frameworks?
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by pkaler 16y ago
Syncing. Syncing should be pulled out of iTunes and made a core feature of the operating system. Support for over-the-air syncing of devices. DLNA. I use MediaLink to stream from my MacBook Pro to the Sony PS3. My USB scanner doesn't work
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by pkaler 16y ago
I actually like the first ad. But it's stolen from the "Really" skit from SNL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntd5wWigzxs
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by pkaler 16y ago
Mophie, Kensington, and Griffin all sell battery extenders that are external. It's a design tradeoff. Not requiring the user to open the iPhone means that Apple doesn't have to design a latch and they can pack components tighter.
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by pkaler 16y ago
Err...I meant "Equivalent value at a lower cost is not a competitive advantage.". It's a comparative advantage because you are comparing 2 numbers or features.
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by pkaler 16y ago
Value advantage and cost advantage are a comparative advantage. Strategy is usually about competitive advantage.
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by pkaler 16y ago
The term strategy is misused in this context. Customer development is not a strategy, it is a process. A process can also be called a tactic. Strategy is about the unique position that a company will be able to achieve by executing on t
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My VC Year - Joel Spolsky @ Business of Software(thebln.com)
28 points by pkaler 16y ago|17 comments
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It's because nerds don't like to talk on the phone. They prefer email and other asynchronous messaging methods. Here are cases I've used: 1) Take a call while tethered (I think USians on AT&T underestimate this use case) 2) Send
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by pkaler 16y ago
My "nerd" friends (I hate that term) are fiddling around with robots and hardware. Stuff like Arduino and mbed. I'm trying to spec out a DYI book scanner robot that can automatically scan all of my old books. But frankly, I don't think th
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by pkaler 16y ago
Garbage collection was added in 2.0, boilerplate properties code can be removed with the latest LLVM/CLang, and it's message passing rather than method calling. Add namespaces and remove the .h/.m split and I'd argue it was a better langua
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by pkaler 16y ago
I think my postulating from a few months ago is becoming closer to reality. http://parveenkaler.com/2010/06/30/could-ruby-be-apples-lang... The release notes mention that there has been work on static Ruby compilation as well as well as

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