Disqus - Latest Comments for schwa

Re: Run Python Script

schwa — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 10:07:30 -0000

Have tried to update this for Snow Leopard and had mixed results.

http://bitbucket.org/schwa/toxic-public/changes...

Re: CocoaJSON

schwa — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 09:53:39 -0000

This code has been made redundant by:

http://code.google.com/p/touchcode/wiki/TouchJSON

Re: Disqus: The Official Blog - Disqus Comments: Import Your Blogger Comments

danielha — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 22:21:34 -0000

This is a request that we still have pending on implementation. It's going to make its way into Disqus soon.

Re: Disqus: The Official Blog - Disqus Comments: Import Your Blogger Comments

schwa — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 22:20:06 -0000

Really want threads to be automagically-closed after a defined period of time. I have no interest in comments on old thread.

Re: SVN Update Automator Action

schwa — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 06:53:23 -0000

I've stopped using SVN so I probably wont ever be upgrading this to Snow Leopard. Sorry!

Re: Cocoatoa :: Snow Leopard, a bargain at twice the price!

schwa — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 13:28:39 -0000

If you have run clang static analyzer on your code, you have bugs...

For some reason Xcode's Build & Analyze option doesn't find issues that the command line static analysis tool DOES find. Rather annoying.

Re: inessential.com: Get back to work...

schwa — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 21:20:43 -0000

Ha.

One problem I find with Disqus (I use it at toxicsoftware) is that you can't automatically lock threads after N months. So I get a lot of dubious comments on my site on really really old threads. (And as I haven't blogged in, oooh, six months, most of my threads are old)

Re: What We Can Learn From MacHeist

schwa — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 11:32:54 -0000

Yup. They certainly get what it takes to market the bundle.

Personally, I really don't have any trouble with the concept itself. Developers are making money (otherwise they wouldn't do it), charities make some money, consumers win more than anyone else. I don't think it is necessarily driving down the value of Mac apps (if it was run monthly then sure - that would be a more valid argument) . I just have problems with the guys running it. I don't shop at Walmart because I don't like their business practices, I moved my domains off of godaddy.com once I knew the owner was using godaddy as a forum for his xenophobia, etc, etc. I don't like funding douchebags.

However that's a personal thing and I have to say, The Hit List and Expresso for $40 is VERY compelling.

Re: What We Can Learn From MacHeist

dda — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 11:11:18 -0000

Did you even *try* MacHeist? I did all the heists and yes, they were puzzles (and some were quite hard), not games, really. But they were fun and they took a non-trivial amount of work to set up, including doing video now.

Yes, you can stop in, buy the bundle and leave. But you can also join, do the heists and get the rewards (or not, as you choose) which, to me anyway, makes it a lot more fun.

Re: What We Can Learn From MacHeist

buzzandersen — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 10:00:32 -0000

Fair enough, maybe I don't actually know enough about how it actually works. I've never given it more than a look, really, but I think their presentation is great, and whether or not it's a real game, I still think they've dressed the whole thing up in a pretty nice experience that has a lot more pizazz than the usual software buying routine.

As for the metaphor with the shirts, frankly, I think people are trying to take it a bit too literally. I wasn't trying to argue that the economics of the T-Shirt Deli are exactly like MacHeist. I was trying to argue that we can all learn something from the way both MacHeist and the T-Shirt deli take a mundane, fairly commoditized experience and make it exciting.

I recognize that the devaluation of software is a bad thing, and I'm no happier about it than you, but I also get pretty annoyed at how sanctimonious people get about that subject. I guess I just look at us as all being in a market we have to adapt to, and it's a little silly to expect everyone to say "OK, if we all toe the line we can keep our prices up." Software is increasingly commoditized, and I think the people who provide exceptional marketing/buying experience are the ones who will be able to succeed long term. This, BTW, is the exact same opinion I have about the App Store.

Perhaps Panic is a better example of what I'm talking about--they actually manage to provide a T-Shirt Deli-like experience without sacrificing prices. Frankly, sometimes I guess I just like to play devil's advocate when there's a blogosphere pile-on like the one on MacHeist, and, while I've acknowledged over and over that they may not be an ideal model, I still think it's worth trying to see if there's anything we can learn from their success.

Re: What We Can Learn From MacHeist

schwa — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 08:21:35 -0000

Not sure I necessarily agree with you there (although the t-shirt deli does looks fun). The t-shirt deli metaphor really doesn't work too well I think - they're actually custom making you a new t-shirt, they're not taking cool shirts from bustedtees or somewhere and selling them for pennies.

I would have to say the game part of Macheist has basically dwindled to not relevant. Macheist is now really just a package of N apps for $X. You go to the site, you buy the package, you get the apps, a few days later you'll get the other two apps unlocked (which is pretty much a certainty). Where's the game?

Re: also, bacon. - bcompton: My son is not a fan of unstressed...

schwa — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 10:40:04 -0000

Dude. What's with the schwa hate? ;-)

Re: Urbanape - Happy Inauguration Day!

schwa — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 10:41:47 -0000

Yes YOU can. I ain't going anywhere near that thing.

Re: FileVault Corruption

schwa — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 11:26:09 -0000

Hey Bruce,

I haven't used FileVault in years - since this blog post actually. Wish I could help but really - might be time to create a new user account and swap your files manually? I don't know.

Sorry.

Re: 24 Hours with the Android G1 Dev Phone

threebytesfull — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 11:08:44 -0000

Slide screen open, examine right-hand edge in landscape orientation. Didn’t initially notice on the dark phones, but it’s quite obvious on the white one! :)

Re: 24 Hours with the Android G1 Dev Phone

schwa — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 11:01:19 -0000

Hole in the screen? Waaa?

Re: TouchCode Donations

schwa — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 15:24:10 -0000

This is a test comment…

Re: What’s in a name?

schwa — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 08:47:44 -0000

Hey Julie,

My word. What has it been - 25 years? I don't know - something like that! How are you? I'm doing really well. I'll check out your friendsreunited page.

Re: TouchMap Teaser

Fabien Penso — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 11:21:44 -0000

Thanks a lot, if that allow me to finaly have something as smooth as the google map native application, you'll have made my week ;)

Re: TouchMap

schwa — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 21:41:57 -0000

In case you missed my email: see http://toxicsoftware.com/contact

Re: TouchMap

schwa — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 19:48:46 -0000

More info. Also please email it to me rather than using blog comments. I respond to email a lot faster.

Re: TouchMap

Justin — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 14:24:51 -0000

Agreed. I can't get it to work.

Re: TouchMap

justin — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 13:35:25 -0000

Awesome! I've been looking for a native slippy-map component for the iphone sdk. How long do you think it will be till we have overlays? Do you think you will support static driving directions?

Re: TouchMap Teaser

schwa — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 11:27:52 -0000

Yeah all layers are MS.

It might be hard at first to plugin yahoo or google data… The code was originally written just for MSVE. It can be done - and there is obviously interest - but its not going to happen overnight.

Re: TouchMap Teaser

schwa — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 11:27:06 -0000

Fabien, the code is now online. I haven't been able to work on it too much lately (Obama craziness - see other posts) but the code is here:

http://toxicsoftware.com/touchmap/