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Re: Getting Rid of SSH or SFTP Delay

gishdog — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 18:32:17 -0000

Nice!

Re: Invaluables Tools for Startups | ShaunGish.com

gishdog — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 14:12:49 -0000

Intervals looks really nice... and I like how it allows unlimited client and staff logins...

Does it handle recurring invoicing/billing? or payment online? Those were the two big reasons we went with freshbooks.

Re: Ajax Vs. Flash/Flex

gishdog — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 10:33:57 -0000

I ran into a situation last night that proves that FLEX has some issues...

There's a popular wedding management application that allows a wedding
photographer to manage their lightboxes and allows their clients to purchase
photos. The app costs $1,200 and it only allows PayPal, Google Checkout or
Offline Check as payment options. If this was a javascript built app it
could be extended to allow other payment gateways and plugins for other apps
(Flickr import for example) that could extend its usefulness to it's users
and extend its lifetime as a product. Instead, it's a compiled app that
does what it does and no more...

Re: The Answer To Gaming Piracy Was Perfected Over a Decade Ago

gishdog — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 23:06:28 -0000

Blizzard has always cared more about their users than most game devs/publishers.

I logged countless hours playing Diablo on Battle.net... I don't think I ever actually played the game offline... I made several friends crawling the random dungeons online and I thought every dime I spent on the game was worth it.

Seeing that Spore was designed from the ground up to provide online users the ability to share their creations and gain access to the creations of other users it really makes the DRM approach seem incredibly greedy. Why not neuter the pirates and allow the users that paid 50 hard earned bucks to do what they please?

Re: Man Helps People Fix Flat - Possibly my Worst Post: Past and Future

gishdog — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 22:08:29 -0000

Congrats - you're the first hit on Google for "Man Helps People Fix Flat" - but your link in the story is wrong - it just hits Galloway's index page.

The correct link is http://www.star-telegram.com/sports/story/89990...

Great story!

Re: Good vs Evil at TechCrunch50

gishdog — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 17:52:47 -0000

I just applied to get in to the beta... I would love to try it out. Very interesting concept but it won't work unless they get a non-directX/IE version going...

Re: Ok, Apple Not Stupid - The Have Just Turned Into “The Man”

gishdog — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 14:48:35 -0000

Yea... you've completely missed the point.

Apple is arbitrarily choosing what apps they allow and what they don't - even if an application follows all of the rules that they've set out for their developers.

Apple shouldn't decide what apps are in the best interests of their audience... iPhone owners are pretty much as diverse as they come and Apple deciding which applications fills their users needs is impossible. I'm not an iPhone gamer, but I'd buy an "ultimate guitar chord/scale" app. I would also use an app like Big5 - because, like a lot of iPhone users - I'm technically inclined and I like the Internet - and if I could visit a site that takes advantage of the features of the $300 phone that I'm browsing a site on, I would like that.

All of this close-mindeness and opaqueness poses a really really obvious problem - if developers are going to invest (RISK) their time and expertise developing for a proprietary platform with no guarantee that they will be allowed to actually launch their app at some point developers are going to stop innovating and the only apps on the app store will be bejeweled clones and flashlights.

Re: Apple Too Stupid to Understand Utility of Outside-The-Box Apps

gishdog — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 14:26:03 -0000

I'm sorry but the "Apple's just not ready for them" argument doesn't float with me.

Apple is approaching iPhone development very dogmatically; from the NDA that a developer has to agree to when they download the SDK to the generic form emails they send out when they reject an app - it all stinks of premeditation on the part of Apple.

Apple is deciding which apps get into the store and which apps don't, without shedding any light onto why they make that decision. If they wanted to encourage someone to resubmit an app at a later date when that person has followed all of the rules laid out, put quite a bit of time and effort into developing an app on their platform and been rejected with nothing to show for it then they should explain why an app has been rejected. The mere existence of the generic rejection emails suggests that tons of apps are being rejected.

Re: Revolt Against Spore’s DRM On Amazon - I Love It!

gishdog — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 16:10:30 -0000

Well... I'm such a Will Wright fanboy that I went ahead and purchased (rented...) Spore. I'll let you know if it's worth the bullshit DRM or not. My bet is that the game doesn't deliver on it's potential... but we'll see.

Re: Mad Duck

gishdog — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 15:37:52 -0000

Yo - you should check out this Gizmodo post:

http://gizmodo.com/5045414/say-goodbye-to-bike-...