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by robjohnson 15y ago
From the author's remarks, it seems as if this event suffered from the same ailments that our education system has - we teach/perform/guide as if everyone (1) perceives and interacts with information the same way and (2) possesses the same
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by robjohnson 15y ago
This was a good resource when I was learning objective c. The Apress objective c book, as well as the apple documentation are also good resources.
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by robjohnson 15y ago
As an iOS developer, I can say that I agree with the statement that this would be beneficial for non-game apps as well. As for the strategy, I would highly recommend you read "Business Model Generation" if you want to flush out this idea a
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by robjohnson 15y ago
The only way they have to sustain $277 million in expenses is if those are fixed costs. I suspect that a lot of them are variable costs that are dependent upon a few scaleable independent variables. That being said, their profit margin does
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by robjohnson 15y ago
This is an incredible response.
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by robjohnson 15y ago
I agree with the statement that this is precisely why we should regulate it.
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by robjohnson 15y ago
(iOS) This has been a question asked of me many times and my main answers are: 1) The other OSs are fragmented. If you develop a phenomenal app on one, it may not function the same on the others. 2) Your customers are self-selected as havin
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by robjohnson 15y ago
I agree. I stopped checking about 2 weeks ago because there were only about 3 people that ever posted anything. I like the concept, but it needs to hit critical mass and I'm wondering if the hype they received is going to be the thing that
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by robjohnson 15y ago
As someone who has only been in the software development culture for about two years, I can firmly say that it truly has some incredibly helpful people. People are always eager to help others (I.e. Stackoverflow, Lean startup circle, etc) a
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by robjohnson 15y ago
It's an interesting idea, but I'm not sure how beneficial it would be. There is a segment of the population who does learn better this way, but not everyone. I suspect that this would be more beneficial for extreme beginners than people who
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by robjohnson 15y ago
And that's the difficult thing. It's inspiring to hear about how a team's long-running lack of constructive feedback finally led to success, but what about the 20 other teams who have gone 3 years and still haven't found it? Don't get me wr
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by robjohnson 15y ago
This is an interesting addition, but I have to agree with the other repliers that: a sorting mechanicsm is desperately needed and more information about each framework would be nice. (screenshot, etc) Other than that, this is a great way to
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by robjohnson 15y ago
I'd be interested to hear the decision making process that twitter used to implement the new interface. Were the changes driven by the users? What metric did they use to determine if the change was a success or not? Was it successful?
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by robjohnson 15y ago
Agreed. The title of the article is inaccurate.
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by robjohnson 15y ago
Good advice indeed. The process of analyzing ideas itself is implicitly difficult so, at the very least, it's nice to have an opportunity to hone that skill.
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by robjohnson 15y ago
Interesting experiment. Please report your findings when you're done.
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by robjohnson 15y ago
The new big nerd ranch iOS guide 2 is phenomenal. I should have read it before writing my first 4 apps through trial and error.
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by robjohnson 15y ago
Not entirely an accurate depiction of equity calculations, but it is nice to see as many people as possible doing these back-of-the-napkin sketches to educate. Mark Suster has some great posts about equity math.
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by robjohnson 15y ago
That was the first thing I noticed too. What's up with that?
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by robjohnson 15y ago
From this thread, it almost seems that a founder dating section of HN would be pretty beneficial to a lot of people. Granted, there are already too many find-a-cofounder sites out there, but the caliber of people and ability to see the past
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by robjohnson 15y ago
It hasn't hit the critical mass to make it worthwhile. There is almost no value proposition to the user over their existing social networks where they know their friends are posting stuff. I agree that google should be using the considerabl
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by robjohnson 15y ago
This is great representation of how the Internet has flattened the playing field. Thank you for sharing this information so openly.
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by robjohnson 15y ago
I think the biggest issue is that you would need to get buy-in from the major manufacturers and it doesn't seem to be in their best interest. The further divergence of the platforms, in tandem with the conscious raising of switching costs,
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by robjohnson 15y ago
I've always been a per-project type of person. If the requirements are clearly defined up front, you as the developer don't need to worry about scope creep. Obviously, this is a double-edged sword if you find yourself in a position where so
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by robjohnson 15y ago
Very interesting intro to JS.
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by robjohnson 15y ago
I wish there was more depth to these articles - it could have been a very interesting read.
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by robjohnson 15y ago
While I agree that iTunes is a very cumbersome piece of software and it is more difficult to use on Linux, the amalgamation of educational videos is the big step forward. The technology has been around, like you said, for a long time to pos
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by robjohnson 15y ago
iTunes U was a big step in the proliferation of higher-quality education to the masses. It's nice to see Universities like Stanford spearhead revolutionary innovations to give the opportunity of learning from world class academicians to peo
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by robjohnson 15y ago
I really like that they are perpetuating this methodology as far as possible. Steve Blank and Eric Ries are developing a logic and ration driven scientific approach to entrepreneurship - very exciting indeed.
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by robjohnson 15y ago
Not sure I agree with this. I believe that some people have the ability and desire to objectively analyze an idea without considering the source. In fact, considering the source before the object (in this case, the idea) is an ad hominem lo

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