jbillingsley

I've had (very) modest success at passive income ($60-100 a month) with a niche iPhone app. The nice thing about it is that it is truly passive. I haven't touched the ting in over a year (I know I should update and improve on it but I lost interest in it pretty quickly).

Not a hack really just a gross oversight on Sony's part.

Now you can see why the government wants to privatize everything. If it's a private institution they can infringe upon your rights however they like.

Add a really awesome voice control interface to this and I could see it being nice in a consumer context.

I came here to make the exact same comment...

I can't for the life of me remember what I put out on geocities but it was probably something to do with Star Wars. I think my username back then was Fett82. Good times...

It's nice to see some noteworthy CS/Mathmatics accomplishments coming from outside Stanford and MIT. But perhaps I'm biased being from the Dallas area.

If I'm understanding this correctly the competition wouldn't be dev vs dev but store vs store. If that is the case then your app becomes a commodity and each store will try to compete on price, lowering the dev's profit margin in the process.

The idea of "one or more" stores distributing these apps seems likely to hurt profit margins for developers. I was intrigued until they mentioned that aspect.

I'd like to see a poll of users to find out what percent actually uses instant as it is meant to be used. I know I still do searches how I always have, by hitting enter. I imagine most non-technical users are still hitting enter.

The thing that all these people who are bullish on streaming content replacing TV never discuss is sports. It the main reason I haven't ditched a cable subscription. Plus I don't like the idea of 5 different content providers replacing the 1 I have now, where's the convenience in that?

I fully agree with you. If your app is heavily social it would be ridiculous not to leverage the worlds largest social network, even with very occasional down-time.

I think the best thing for bicyclists to do is avoid main roads with a speed limit over 35 mph. You give yourself a better chance of being noticed by automobiles if your rate of speed is closer to theirs.

The last thing you want to do is be a nuisance, all it takes is one unhinged, rageaholic to end your life for a very stupid reason.

Great video player. I will be pushing clients to use this instead of flash-only players for sure.

I wouldn't put it past Siemens to be in on this. After all the most profits are made by playing both sides.