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bucchereon How I Almost Destroyed a £50M War Plane and the Normalisation of Deviance (2016)

You can prefer whatever you want but you can’t argue with the video that captured the entire accident. It showed that my light was yellow and that pedestrians started crossing as much as 13.9 seconds before the WALK indicator illuminated.

bucchereon How I Almost Destroyed a £50M War Plane and the Normalisation of Deviance (2016)

Despite what was widely reported in the media, I did not run a single red light (one or multiple). During the preliminary hearing, video evidence proved that the eyewitness who made the claim that I ran "several red lights and stops signs" was lying. Furthermore, the prosecution's expert witness accidentally proved that my light was yellow. The DA subsequently dropped the red light violation from from my charges. All the details here: http://bikelash.net

bucchereon Add Achievements to Your Games and Apps with Achievely

Full disclosure: I am the cofounder of earnmojo.com

There are (at least) two ways to address the engagement/loyalty problem with a third party awards solution: 1) provide a simple, drop-in JS (ala Google Analytics) or 2) provide deeper, API-level integration.

We've started with the first approach, which won't work for everyone, but it has worked for a lot of non-technical people, many of whom have set Mojo up on their sites in < 30 minutes.

For our friends on HN (and other developers), we have a private API. We've used it internally a few times, including rolling out achievements on the conference web site for JavaOne and Oracle Develop. We intend to publish it soon, but if you want early access, just let us know.

chris@earnmojo.com, @bucchere on Twitter or 415-516-3941

bucchereon LaunchBox10 Applications are now being accepted

My company, Social Collective, took part in their 2009 program in DC and we found it really helpful, not so much for the money but more for the strategy advice and the introductions to investors.