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Apple, Amazon And Google's Simple Success(forbes.com)
3 points by augustus 17y ago|0 comments
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by augustus 17y ago
It may not be the dark ages but people losing their homes and having to deal with a bad credit rating for seven years is pretty bad. Maybe in the dark ages, a second chance was a lot easier. Today all our mistakes (finances, internet posts,
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by augustus 17y ago
I agree. What works for me as a programmer is to get into the zone as quickly as possible. I like to set aside one day of the week to handle miscellaneous tasks. Other days its all about the zone. There is a story about Schwab (Carnegie Ste
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by augustus 17y ago
I guess I will answer my own question. The app compareAnywhere won the Android ADC 1 Contest. Here is a link below: http://code.google.com/android/adc/adc_gallery/app.html?id=8 That was in 2008! You couldn't do bar code scanning on the iP
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by augustus 17y ago
I might be wrong on this but I will say it anyway. The original idea for this came out of the Google App contest for Android. This was the idea that won the competition. So the idea was available for anyone to execute after that. The red la
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by augustus 17y ago
Not sure I agree with it. I can think of at least two people - Henry Ford and Walt Disney whose success came after a long string of failures. And that's just the cream of the crop.
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by augustus 17y ago
I developed a webapp (project management) before deciding to go native. Some of the additional reasons why I believe users prefer native apps are: 1. The app store app and iTunes make it easy to discover native apps. Webapps are simply post
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by augustus 17y ago
The top competition for netbooks and the Chrome OS will the smartphones. Smartphones are in a position to be your second computer in the next few years. Personally I prefer the smartphone but I can see some people wanting a web only compute
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by augustus 17y ago
The lesser evil would have been to allow everyone an update at least once a month. The current app store policies encourage developers to iterate apps i.e develop a bunch of apps in a month or two and hope one or two of them shoot to the to
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by augustus 17y ago
I have now two published apps in the App Store. Both business apps - one in finance and the other in business. The biggest change they have made that took me off their platform was their recent policy to not show updated applications along
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by augustus 17y ago
That's why the happiest people are those who are enjoying themselves when others see them as working.
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by augustus 17y ago
I have to agree with the Article. Jobs is truly a visionary when it comes to technology. The article is not really clear on why he is unique. Here's my perspective. Steve Jobs has the unique ability to see where the next big technology oppo
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by augustus 17y ago
Well, the one thing that motivates me to come back to entrepreneurship despite some past failures is simply the fact that, There is a future in working for yourself. If your plan succeeds, you own your destiny and with it comes financial i
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How to Write a Good Business Plan(online.wsj.com)
25 points by augustus 17y ago|3 comments
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by augustus 17y ago
After a few months of in the App store, I am finally realizing the realities. A month ago they told me I had information that would be confusing across regions. I changed it immediately but they have not reviewed the app again. I have send
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Update to Palm SDK and Early Access Program(pdnblog.palm.com)
6 points by augustus 17y ago|2 comments
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by augustus 17y ago
Anyone have any scoop on when the public SDK will be available? I bought a Palm Pre hoping that it will be available soon.
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by augustus 17y ago
In my humble opinion, I can't see the Kindle succeeding in this pricing model. I really respect Bezos but to me he is seeing things from his side not the customers. The consumer has limited space in his pocket. Why would anyone want to have
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by augustus 17y ago
The iPhone 3.0 SDK GM seed has been available for a while now.
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by augustus 17y ago
I just bought a Pre this weekend. My main gripe is the keyboard. The keys are too small.The operating seems to not respond at times. Maybe they released the product too early. I just downloaded the latest update. We will see how that goes.
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by augustus 18y ago
I was only thinking of Jobs.
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by augustus 18y ago
Not good.
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by augustus 18y ago
No typo, timburks. Before the app store debut around July 2007, web apps was the only way to develop for the iphone. With Webapps, Apple simply place your application on their http://www.apple.com/webapps page and gives you a chance to pr
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by augustus 18y ago
Does the time depend on the category you are posting to? I got a productivity webapp approved in one week last July. I will be posting another finance app to the app store but I don't expect huge delays because its not in the hugely popular
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by augustus 18y ago
I am a recent cook-for-relaxation person. Going through their web site, the main differentiation factor is the tried-and-true recipe factor. Apparently they try each recipe 30-40 times to perfect it. That is worth paying for. And the conven
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by augustus 18y ago
I really loved this post. It brings out one of the obvious truths in economics or business if you will. Customers are not that interested in paying you to help you out. They are interested in getting what they want. Money is just a reward f
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by augustus 18y ago
Actually, I think its supply and demand. Programming skills is not something that is rare like sports skills. For e.g. An extremely good basketball player is a combination of athletic ability, height, work ethic, ball handling skills and so
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by augustus 18y ago
I used to be a big fan of Adwords. The customer service used to be awesome. This year, I don't even get a response after sending multiple emails.
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by augustus 18y ago
I like this article but #6 the wrong platform is a rare mistake and not worth including on this list. Good programmers can figure this out without much trouble.
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by augustus 18y ago
The whole process reminded me of the old days of chess competition. I need to read those books if not simply out of curiosity.

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