whogivesashirt

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by whogivesashirt 15y ago
Your first point raises the question of how to approach someone with an idea, when I don't necessarily have funds to back it up. Is there an accepted protocol for this? In spending time on this site, I've noticed that's a pet peeve of mos
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by whogivesashirt 15y ago
Excellent point. Storyboarding certainly helped. It also helped me realise how I was thinking in big pictures and my developer pal preferred the mechanics.
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by whogivesashirt 15y ago
Thanks for your response. One of my irons in the fire is an iOS game. Can you give me an example of how these get carved up into work units? This is exactly the kind of thinking that is fuzzy to someone like me.
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by whogivesashirt 16y ago
I'm earwormed with the Billy Bragg song, myself.
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by whogivesashirt 16y ago
"No smoking."
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by whogivesashirt 16y ago
I left a few years ago, and once I left the reality-distortion/no-disclosure zone I was amazed at how paranoid we all were over computer accessories. When you're in the mix, it feels like the most important thing in the world. And yet, si
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by whogivesashirt 16y ago
Yep. Pre-Jobs, the Apple offerings were as muddled as the PC examples given above, especially with the introduction of the PPC boxes, which were all assigned names like 7200/75 or 7215/90. Steve did away with all of these and offered only
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by whogivesashirt 16y ago
I was going to create a new answer, but the "meet tons of girls" thing made me think this would be a good place to reply. :) I haven't been an employee myself, but I took a few cruises in 2007, and got to know some of the staff members. The