But problem is that it is. It's a EU law, so while I agree with you, I sense the IPFS will clash with this law. Let's wait and see, progress can't be stopped though...
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I only use Windows for Steam. Boot, play, logout, hand sanitizer, back to OSX.
I just hate Windows UI, that metro thingy. The explorer and button layout is just a mess. Buttons with icons, difference sizes.
eg:
http://media.askvg.com/articles/images3/Windows_8_Explorer_R...
vs
http://cdn.osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/mac-os-x-...
I really hope windows 10 cleans that mess.
Not better or worst, but because of how fast things move this days we must be "eclectic" regarding out tools, and shape-shifters from new frameworks that pop-out every week.
This is specially true in the JS world.
I really want to try VR, but if this motion sickness is not fixed it's gonna be a deal(heart) breaker for me :(
What I don't get it is why are people still buying EA games...
In my field I see a lot of people coming into CS just because it's trendy and they will sure have a job after graduation. But they lack the motivation to do something in that field. A lot are just in it because the pay is great and you can around computers all day..
I remember when I was 9 I had a goal, I wanted to make a game. I didn't even have a computer back then, but I knew I wanted to make a game so others could play it. I remember spending afternoons drawing level design, characters and how the game would work once I had my own computer. I never actually made a game but I loved the idea of creating something for other to use.
When I was 14 (now with a Pentium 100mhz good times) I wanted to be an hacker (hehe), so I learned C, Socket programming, I wet my feet into Linux, I started messing around deamons like email, web server.
When I was 18 I needed money, my parents couldn't afford to pay my tuition. So I created an app, to add my empty Resume and got hired by a software company to develop web apps.
Tens years fast-forward and here I am today, still making apps that people can use and still learning everyday, working for an awesome company, having my own small software-shop on the side and doing what I love to do.
I may not excel in my field, I may not be disruptive (haha), but I truly love what I do and can't honestly see myself doing anything else.
I just wanted to say that's fine not to excel or to be in the top 10. If that's your goal, go for it, but as long as you love what you do and have something that motivate you I'm pretty sure you will do just fine.
I'm also a Mac Developer, my app is Codebug (http://codebugapp.com/) an Xdebug client for Mac. I created this app in 2012 while I was learning Objective-C/Cocoa, and it's been a very cool steady growing since day one.
Specially the increase your price part. I actually added a bunch of new features and increased the price. Guess what ? The sales didn't drop at all, matter of fact they increased. I get a lot more top-quality users and people who actually engage with the app and are prone to spread the word. Also, I'm selling it from my own website, not from App Store. Sorry Apple, I already pay you $99 dollars a year for your dev program. Not going to share 30% of my profits with you :P
iOS or Mobile app doesn't appeal me at all from an indie dev perspective. Everything pretty much has been done, and there's this stigma of not charging your app of what it's really worth. Everyone is doing Free, In-app or 0.99 cents apps. Screw that, I need to put food on the table.
TL;DR: Make a good product, keep improving it, price it right and you will succeed in the long run.
It's amazing how so many people in IT which by default are very smart, can be so ignorant about what they drink/eat.
Coffee is small dosages is not bad for you, many studies say that in fact it's healthy in a long term.
In my case, I drink my morning black coffee, and one espresso after lunch and another after dinner. It fixes my daily "addiction" and I don't see it interfering in my life like an actual drug would, say cigars/alcohol/etc..
Including a bigger arrow icon after the right photo would help.
Anyways, I feel I'm being played by all the media attention that this got. Since when an app update gets all this attention ? Are we getting so superficial that this stuff really gets so many spotlights ?
It's not even a new app or anything disruptive, it's just Vine on Instagram with edition mode.
Quite frankly, I think web developers are, among all the IT people, the ones with more fragmented and disposable tools there is. If you look at a Mac developers, all they have is Xcode, that's it, one language, one framework to rule them all. Window developers have .NET. Game developers, they use one language/engine and that's it ! Not saying it's easier in anyway, just saying they don't worry about what tools to pick, they just do it, almost with just one language.
Web developers on the other hand have to work with a back-end and front-end language, deal with front-end JS mvc frameworks, maybe Coffescript instead ? CSS frameworks, or just use SASS ? cross-browsing issues and hacks, picking the right web server, database, VPN or CAP, on top of that you better have a task runner for all those "compiled" JS files and css, and a watcher so it compiles when you update a file..See where this is going ?
Plus web development tools are so volatile to change. Just look at Backbone for instance, last year it was the best thing for JS standalone apps. This year it's Ember... It's freaking insane IMO. So I really wish either OPA or something even more clever to come along and give us a little and let us just worry about building an app and not having to learn dozens of tools every year.
Having options is awesome, but needing to pick lots of options it's frustrating sometimes
Aes Dana - Memory Shell
Aes Dana - Season 5
Black Sands - Bonobo
Carbon Based Lifeforms - Interloper
I also find jazz and post-rock pretty good for ambient noise