cpayne

Fair point.

- (I think!!) you didn't steal it! My gut says to me you were inspired or motivated or something else. But didn't stolen

- You said you got permission. To me, you don't steal & ask permission

- But the biggest one for me is that you downplay / sell yourself short! Its deprecating and doesn't serve you. In my experience in software, there are plenty of jealous / insecure / destructive people willing to put you down. Don't play into that game!

What you've done is very clever. The concept, + website + the TLD (*.coffee - didn't know that existed)

It's well done!

Not sure if I've done something wrong here. I've feel like I've been downvoted a few times for innocent remarks.

(I think we are agreeing!)

What should I have said / done?

Never, ever say you stole the concept. Inspired, motivated, encouraged - perhaps?

Especially since you got his blessing!!

As @roymurdock posted, the NY Times article has a video of the guy being quite explicit in the "benefits": http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/10/us/police-use-department-w...

Sorry, getting our app and website mixed up.

Website: http://www.moneysoft.com.au/ App: https://secure.moneysoft.com.au/

https://www.moneysoft.com.au - is a running on C# & SQL Server , hosted on our own servers.

And https://www.calendartree.com/ (startup by Dilbert's Scott Adams + others) are C# / SQL site, on their own servers.

Microsoft have gone out of their way to support everything!

http://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/virt...

http://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/virtual-mac...

For a larger corporate, ~$1,800 is very reasonable.

Xamarin have a tough line to walk - larger companies will happily pay that price, while still being reasonable for indie developers.

Xamarin support is excellent - their forums, twitter etc. I haven't worked with a vendor before that has been that helpful. Xamarin need to cover their costs.

I've been using Xamarin Studio for a while now for both iOS & Android and its fine.

As a Microsoft developer who has never looked at a terminal before, I find these projects amazing. The OP wrote a tertis clone in terminal - clever / cool

THEN its well documented!

THEN its in one file - wtf?

Well done!

Maybe - but Google's Driverless Car looks awesome! I'm not a fan of Google Glass, but that's interesting. And Android?

I'm not sure what that means. Is that a good thing?

Compared to what? The big thing I like about phones as remotes is that its the same device. I don't need a tv remote / dvd etc

I don't understand your point.

I haven't used their app for years because there just wasn't any value in it (for me).

You are correct. It doesn't have to be cash, Stackoverflow & XBox Live is a classic example gamification.

Codezero is correct - "need" is the issue.

Foursquare isn't paying me (or exchanging something of significant value) for that constant stream of location data.

THAT is the issue I have with it

(In Australia) there's conflict between VERY cheap clothing vs "work conditions".

How much more would you pay? 10% 20%?

For this type of "report" the vendor will usually chuck in the hosting for free. It would have conditions like "can only be used for this test (not anything else" and "results must be published on your blog" etc. etc.

Microsoft do this all the time - its great publicity. It would be interesting to see if they (Microsoft) have something showing similar results...

To be fair, everyone (except Apple) misfired on music...

You are discounting a LOT of Bill Gate's history. Yes, he did miss the "internet", (as someone who worked with Microsoft in Australia) he literally turned the company around in 6 weeks.

But if you still say Bill "missed" the internet, you are discounting Netscape vs IE wars.

The internet in the 90's was a very different place to the internet today.

But before that, Bill Gates got a lot right! Eg Excel vs Lotus, Word vs Word Perfect, Windows vs OS. The whole history of DOS.

As others have said, its like saying Steve Jobs is a failure because he was sacked by the company he founded (Apple).

I think its very clever. I really like how your example takes me through the steps first, then asks to sign me up for an account.

Much better than asking to create an account first, then walk me through the app.

lol +1 I didn't see that...

He's a writer, and his business is to write books that people want.

I love his work! Similar to Dilbert's Scott Adam's books. After reading them, I don't walk away thinking "you weren't 100% correct, therefore I am going to ignore everything else you've said".

I find both authors highly entertaining. I think both would happily bend the truth if it helped the spirit of the work sound better.

It would be interesting to see how well (how much money you make) with the ads.

Its a free app. Just try it...

I think that is the best argument you could make!

I had a similar experience with GoDaddy. The magic trick was to put it in writing. An email was sufficient, make sure you are explicit - "Thank you for my free trial that commenced on xx/xx/xxxx. I do not wish to proceed. Please cancel my account"

Then, when / if they reply with whatever upsell they offer, I replied with - "I sent you this email on xx/xx/xxxx. Again I repeat, I want to cancel my account. If you charge me, I will raise this with my bank as an invalid transaction"

When I got charged, I printed off the emails (there were 3 incidents, 12 - 15 pages per incident) and I emailed this to the bank. Like magic! The bank reversed the transactions.

Keep the emails somewhere safe. If a collections agent were to call, I would supply them with the 12 - 15 pages.

Remember, when you initiate the chargeback, it is the vendors responsibility to prove you initiated the purchase. Not the other way around.

I can tell you my website goes down far more frequently (my fault) than Facebook's does

(honest question) is this a good thing? When would I want to use this?

If you read the criteria for bidder registration ($200,000 deposit) I wouldn't be too worried.

CodeLens - Yes, I see, you make a fair point...