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I haven't joined nReduce, but I thought it was a great idea and it inspired me to start a smaller weekly coffee meetup of product creators in my city. I call it the "Iterators" group. Similar concept: we are all working on stuff so meeting weekly and sharing feedback, status, etc. is a great way to stay accountable and share experience.

You can do a lot of interesting things when you meet weekly instead of monthly.
The Republicans have given their vision of how we build our future—they've said, 'I got mine, the rest of you are on your own'.

Now that's some thoughtful political discourse right there. Take the most draconian budget Republicans have even proposed, and you're still looking at trillions in spending for "the rest of you".

And anyone want to guess how big a % of the Federal budget "roads, bridges and schools" are? Next we'll have Federal candidates talking about firefighters. This isn't a serious argument.
Already done a long time ago: http://appbodega.com

(Although I believe Bodega launched a few years prior to the Mac app store)
A joke that (if you are Chinese in China) can get you jailed, put under indefinite house arrest, fired from job, kicked out of school, banned from professional associations, removed from your home, have savings confiscated, beaten by security thugs or failing that and with over-exuberance by thugs killed.
I think it's like 99% of the time for me.
Really think he's missing the part where laypeople will see the Mac App Store as their main portal for software. Sure us geeks will always know what the best option is, but what about from a common majority consumer's perspective?
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I wish there was a way for ordinary hackers to work on electric airplanes, space shuttles, or robots on the side rather than photo sharing apps.
Future of irrelevance to who exactly? The 1-in-10000 users who like to play with root level access and scripts and stuff perhaps, but do the other 9999 even notice the change? I'm thinking not.

Granted it's a big change from earlier times, the strategy of sandboxing works really well for security and general OS integrity (as iOS has proved) in a world that has no patience for fragmented and exploitative software. Perhaps we lose a little something in the process, but it's in the service of a better overall integrated service and experience.

Oh and by the way: Microsoft is going the same way too with Metro.
It works with the &hl=en parameter. I'm using a Swedish VPN so I ran into the same problem.
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One would assume you could email the developer and get setup with a non App Store version / license in that scenario.
Unfortunately I haven't seen an official Ableton Live python scripting support. I have tried to find it with no success.

Yes, the controllers are configured using precompiled python scripts and 3rd party users have been decompiling them and building their own bindings based on that. But liveapi.org / http://code.google.com/p/liveapi/ has been down for a while and was built for version 6.0.7 (current is version 8).

Currently official way to access Ableton API seems to be MAX [1] but I have no experience with that. At first sight it didn't seem to have any python reference. I could be wrong.

[1] http://cycling74.com/docs/max5/refpages/m4l-ref/m4l_live_api...
The article is not clear on this. But the data from the image is unrelated to the stat of 5 billion. The data was compiled over 7 days from 252 respondent 1 year ago. From that data, the median life time revenue of an app is about $3,000 and the distribution on revenue is a long tailed one. The OP is also misleading in that you can't assume a uniform distribution in each bucket. Quite likely the same uneven long tailedness would appear at each level.

http://www.streamingcolour.com/blog/2011/09/28/results-ios-g...
My thoughts on why reddit won: http://alexisohanian.com/how-reddit-became-reddit-the-smalle...

At the time, my open letter got me lambasted by the TechCrunch posse (badge of honor?), but I do hope all founders can learn from the digg story: http://alexisohanian.com/an-open-letter-to-kevin-rose

Since Steve and I first learned of digg (a couple weeks after we launched) all the way to right now (as a board member) -- I'm always reminding myself of how little there's to be gained from thinking about competition. Founders, regarding competitors, be aware but don't care!

Also: one probably shouldn't publicly blow your nose on a competitor's shirt.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyqe7A5ombA&feature=playe...
> (Note: I don't dislike it, I just take him for the biased source he is.)

This is the way to handle it. Gruber is what he is. The fact he spends so much time writing about Apple is both why you should read him if you're interested in Apple (because he's got the time, the knowledge and to a degree the access to have some genuine insight) and why you should be slightly sceptical about what he has to say (because it's almost impossible to spend that much time looking closely at something and not end up taking a side).

Plus he's not exactly secretive about his views. Anyone who has read more than 100 words he's written or quoted should be pretty clear about where he's coming from.
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Thanks for the report, I'll check what is the problem.
I added a contact email.
The day they do this is the day that I will partition my disk, install another OS and never look back. OSX is the only Apple product that is still attractive to me, but I fear that I will have to jump out sooner or later.
Thanks for that -- a bit surprising really (current stats show Linux users out giving the other two). Is that because they are more willing to pay for software as Linux goes mainstream, or desperate for games? (honest question)
"I know many of these folks personally, including at the company's underwriters, and like and respect them. I think the last thing they would intentionally do is unload stock when they thought it was about to crash--especially when the amount they made in the sale, though huge, is still relative chicken-feed for them.

Also, all of these folks only sold a fraction of their holdings, so they've been hammered along with the rest of Zynga shareholders by the subsequent collapse."

The above is of course what is "below the fold" and the "to be sure" statement that is supposed to inoculate against accusations of being misleading.

But above the fold of course is the link bait title that draws you in and makes you think that something terribly wrong has happened with this cash out.[1] Missing of course is the amount of other stock or what their losses were.

An alternative piece that could have been equally good bait would have been perhaps "Zynga insiders who took a bath when the stock crashed" with the "to be sure" as "they also cashed out a small percentage of their holdings ..."

[1] Edit: I'm not making a judgement on whether what was done was wrong by the way I am only presenting my opinion on how this was written and an alternative version.
(parent again) even though my comment seems popular by votes if not comments, i wish i had checked my tone more carefully, i blasted it off from my phone from a restaurant. i'm just reflecting that there's just an awful lot of startups--perhaps with an interesting business challenge but straightforward technically--who talk about how they only hire A players and how difficult it is to hire, when really they need a competent ios or rails guy, and the contracting market is swimming with them, and they're making a ton more money contracting than the type of startups i'm familiar with wants to pay. the devs who know lisp and haskell aren't building apps, they're architecting enterprise integration contracts or building databases.

*i don't have a relationship with hayzap and i've never worked for a CMS company.
I think small developers that use XNA and publish to the Indie section of the Marketplace don't have to worry about $40k patch fees.
Can't wait to see the finished book!
Could you point to a study or something that describes this phenomenon?

I only ask because I work with a huge (50k+) population of people who, based on the evidence I have from systems we manage, do seem to "get it" to varying degrees.

There's definitely a spectrum, from people who are digital slobs to neatniks who have more folders than files.
> 5. Localization is an under appreciated feature. Many apps can double or triple revenue after being localized.

Which languages do you prioritise? How many do you need to cover to get the double/triple benefit?
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Yes. Polemic columnists is a phenomenon exclusively observed in the Murdoch-owned end of the world.
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Good question.

I run Monologix, which creates driving test prep apps for Canada, US, UK and Australia, for each state/province and vehicle type (eg - "US DMV Driving Tests" app), as well as a free webiste at DrivingTests101.com for 11 countries.

The business model is free lite version (with ads) and in-app purchase on Apple and free apps monetized by ads on Android. Business model on Apple is changing more to free and monetized by ads. O

We have the #2 education app in Canada with very high clickthrough rates and it makes peanuts, but I enjoy the passive income.

When it is a free app, you need a large market, good volume and a high clickthrough rate for ads to make any money. All in all, it is a very competitive and tough spot to make money, but there are one-off successes and the app market and global reach is incredible.

It is fun getting emails from 16 year olds saying they were able to get their driver's license by using our material.

Here's a great email from the parent who made their teenager use our website:

"I can confirm its usefullness. I required my youngest son to use this and pass 10 tests in a row with a 90 or better before we would take him to the DMV for his learner's permit.
He aced his test, and has much better road knowledge than my older two sons who I only quizzed directly out of the DMV manual."
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Which would instantly kill the Mac as a development platform, and render all previously purchased software irrelevant. This just won't happen, though I can see a version of OS X that does this by default (perhaps on all "non-pro" models).
TextExpander 4 is one of major examples. TextExpander 3 is still in store but version 4 is only available direct from Smile. There are also ClipStart (I think that's the name, a video management app), SourceTree (version control) and probably some other. More will follow, I believe.
Solar airplane: http://solarimpulse.com/en/timestop/job-offer/

Space ship: http://www.spacex.com/careers.php

Robots: http://www.willowgarage.com/pages/jobs

We are hiring also: http://bu.mp/company/jobs
Here's the website link:
http://drivingtests101.com/
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I think it may help. I don't cover chord progressions in the book (that's for volume 2 ;-), but it should give you a good foundation.
The idea is for gifts to be no-strings-attached. Not knowing who exactly your donors are means you're more free to pursue your own vision rather than someone else's. The idea is that you're being productive on your own terms, and "society" is rewarding you for your productivity.
"This is why directories are getting old - they allow only one tag for a file"

Erm, no. A file can be tagged (linked) into as many directory locations as you like. This is what hardlinks do and it is not a new concept.
By default Mountain Lion can only run software from the App Store or by developers Apple has specifically certified. You can tune this restriction both up ("App Store only") and down ("any software can run").
Marco is accusing Apple of having made a critical strategic error. Where are all the people who call him a member of the Apple cult and all that crap? Funny how they disappear when it comes time to talk about what Apple is doing wrong.
Then it is important that the emails that are collected are then used for doing that. I have yet to receive anything more than a "verify your address" email based on submitting mine to any of these pre-launch email collection sites. Nobody has communicated with me about features, or tried to use my interest to help develop their brand. Perhaps if that were the case, I'd look upon these pages more favorably. But my thought in general still stands: If you don't have anything to share, you possibly should reconsider collecting emails until you do.
In my case, I sell my own software. So having a market that will buy my software is first priority. Providing support all day is not how I prefer to make a living. (that's fearful me talking)

I'd love to know the percentages of independent Windows devs that make a living selling software vs percentage of Linux devs that can make a living selling software. Sure, big companies will employ both, but how does it work out for the small guys?

Edit: I will admit Linux and its ecosystem are looking more and more attractive all the time...
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I really don't see the point that many HN users keep comparing apples with oranges. iOS and Android have no relevance in this discussion as they are not real OS'es. You cannot develop on them, you cannot do work on them except for replying emails and browsing some webpages. And that's how it will remain.

OSX is great, but please post the link from Apple store where you can get a decent working laptop for under $500. Good luck with that.

From a developer's perspective, I think we should keep a more clearheaded approach to this entire debate and not turn HN into a fanboy forum.
So, If I want to just learn the guitar and to be able to play classics like wonderwall, will this book help me?
I think many people think it should not be fixed, even though it has a use case which is mentioned elsewhere in the comments.

I absolutely agree than any changes to interface like this should be in clearly defined milestone releases, possibly allowing patches to be backported to legacy versions.
And what does it do for the user? "I am going to build a space ship for less than $1000, give me your email address and I will let you know when I am ready." What did that just do for you that it would not when it is actually done?
I'm not positive about this, but it sounds like lots of the applications/utilities made by Many Tricks are going to be pulled, or will at least see slower/limited updates if any: http://manytricks.com/blog/?page_id=2208
I love this as a pedagogical tool. Composers and hackers have a lot more in common than many folks realize, so to teach the basics of composing in a familiar language makes a lot of sense.

That said, where do we go from here? Many of the challenges in writing contemporary music are in fact notational challenges. We have a system of music notation that developed largely alongside the musical styles of the baroque and early classical eras, which tends to emphasize discrete pitches and a "divisional" model of time. (That is, the only allowable note lengths are those that can be expressed roughly as multiples of powers of 2.)

This book seems like a great way to get your toes wet, but what is the geek or nerd to do when their compositional ideas begin to butt up against what is possible within western notation and, indeed, pyknon?
"BUT EVERYONE ELSE IS DOING IT!!!!" is not an excuse you'd accept from a child, so why does it become an acceptable defence in politics and journalism?
I think the lack of positive feedback on the blogoweb is due to the the degree that 8 is directed at non-technical users. Many HN'ers and the tech writers we read will be put off by the metaphorical down-talking of the start 'menu'.

I doubt any technical users will have any interest in Metro apps on PCs. The same features that make non-techies feel less affronted with interface elements will feel childish to experienced users. (Just take a look at the HN discussions surrounding the skeumorphic calendar app in Moutain Lion - its the same distaste, just to a lesser degree.)

And, if you don't get any benefit from the Metro apps or start 'menu', you really don't get much benefit out of 8.

Gabe is absolutely correct to offer Steam on Linux. Many technical Windows users who have invested in their PCs (read: many gamers) will use their distaste as an opportunity to try Ubuntu. People are always looking for something new, especially in regards to software.

None of this, I believe, will make 8 a business failure for MS.
Yes, it should be available in a few weeks at Amazon.
All these problems could be solved if there were a way for companies to transfer your existing non-App-store licenses to the App Store, allow for paid upgrades on the App Store, and allow App Store licenses to be associated with real serial numbers (or something else) that could be used to "take" your license with you, in the event the App Store suddenly becomes too restrictive.

Basically make it seamless, monetarily and "upgradily", to go to/from the app store.

Of course, Apple will never let this happen.
Even when I disable in every machine I use, that's the idea behind KDE's Nepomuk.

http://nepomuk.kde.org/discover/user
There are regular "crackdowns" on internet cafes in Beijing, as they are an easy target for the security establishment to justify their existence to find hostile forces against stability and harmony. Many of the internet cafes are operating on fake or bribe obtained licenses. When their protector is removed, unless they find a new protector in the security establishment, they are closed in a crackdown and the owner/operators are often arrested. Even if they could pay a significant bribe, as other sponsored replacements will soon come to take their place.

Having been in several dozen internet cafes in Beijing and China over the last decade, most of the time its children and young adults playing games or watching movies or porn. Often at times during the day when they should be in school. Past crackdowns have focused on children not being in school and that has had more local support, rather than cracking down on dissent, which is rather limited in these locations anyway, as they are often highly monitored.
Yes, seems like Savannah can't completely handle HN ;)
I'm pulling my video editor Shave (http://shavevideo.com) out of the Mac App Store for these reasons, though most specifically the lack of paid upgrades. For a $10 video editor that, quite frankly, beats the pants off a lot of crap out there for day to day editing tasks, I can't afford to devote the time and resources it requires to maintain it without it having a baseline level of income. Not having an upgrade path to a major version number bump is ridiculous.

Also, the lack of direct contact with customers is obnoxious at best, crippling at worst. But the sandboxing entitlements kill the best bits of functionality, so I have not much choice but to say "fuck it" and move on.

I doubt Apple will miss me, though I'm the only other worthwhile editor on there other than iMovie and Final Cut in terms of actual editing functionality. The video category is a giant pile of shit save a few select pieces, mine included.
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sounds like you just don't know what to do with the traffic to your blog posts
Every time that layperson goes to look at their purchases and some are missing or they update and lose a feature, they may not know or care to find out what's going on, but Apple's "it just works" marketing message gets a black eye.
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Yeah, the author is apparently unaware that C# is one of the few truly multi-platform languages, which runs on Android, iPhone, OS X, Linux, windows of course, and whatever other platform the mono people have since added.

I don't even get the complaint about vendor lock-in. What does using C# lock you into (especially compared to the use of other languages)? Sure, it's possible to use C# in such a way that you're stuck with microsoft tech, but it's not mandated that this is the case.
They'll find out about software the same way that the "majority consumer" used to; reading magazines like Macworld, seeing advertisements in various places, and talking to friends. If anything, the App Store is the one trying to break into the old model of buying software (find something, pay for it, buy it).

In fact, the two conveniences offered by the App Store (visible to users) is ease of finding stuff and security. Security isn't much of an issue with the old model because, historically, there hasn't been many security concerns. If the "finding stuff" benefit goes away too, then the App Store will be completely irrelevant.
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By default, you can right click anything from anywhere and choose "Open". It will install/run, and you will never be asked about that program again. But you have to make a conscious decision to run it.
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Too bad epub/mobi do not support nice typesetting of equations (except as images). At least this was the situation last time I checked.

Is it different now? (Not that SICP is heavy on math...)
If you dont want to eat there, dont eat there. the government does not need to be involved and dictate where Chickfila should operate (ex. Boston). Let consumers decide what they care about. If they dont care about the CEO's beliefs, let them eat more chicken. If they do, let them go to McD's.

I dont agree with Zuck's beliefs on individualism, privacy, and most policy issues, yet I use Facebook. The product is good.
Perfect! I've often wished for such a book.

Note - It's also available on Amazon priced at 9.99, though that would be DRM encumbered and (probably?) not include the sound samples.
I'm 27 and have been programming in C# for 3 years using Visual Studio Express or Professional (started with Express and got a license for Pro 2 years ago).

You can use Microsoft developer tools to create platform agnostic code. So I fail to see how using a great product would make somebody "demented" or "brain-dead". If this attitude is common in other parts of the world, than it is no wonder that it is hard to find people who know MS languages well.
To me the tone of the article is that he is worried that Apple is missing chances of further enhancing lock-in to the Apple brand, specifically on the Mac OS desktop platform. The guy re-purchased apps he already had so that he could help with that lock-in. I see the rationale for doing that but when you start throwing free cash on duplicate app purchases to enhance lock-in I don't know what could be more cult-like.
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Depends on the kind of apps. Japan and China are huge markets, but a western oriented app may not work there. While that same app can work when localized for France, Germany etc

These are the major languages I would look at
1. Spanish
2. Portugese
3. German
4. French
5. Chinese
6. Japanese
Don't get too worked up. High cost of living plus high taxes mean your take home pay is considerably lower than what you get in the USA.
Come January 1st, the rules for accredited investors change dramatically, as a result of the JOBS act. Basically, anybody can play.