Archive for October 2009

Motorola Droid Is Limited to 256MB of Storage for Apps

30 October 2009 / Comments

How to screw up a very capable phone. How can you expect developers (and especially users) to live with that. I have 3.6 GB of apps installed on my iPhone!

WhereCloud in the Top 100 for iPhone Apps Websites

28 October 2009 / Comments

Thanks. We’re actually proud of it. It’s nice to share the place with the best.

Herd Mentality

24 October 2009 / Comments

John Gruber,

It’s not just that Apple is different among computer makers. It’s that Apple is the only one that even can be different, because it’s the only one that has its own OS. Part of the industry-wide herd mentality is an assumption that no one else can make a computer OS — that [...]

The Internet Movie Database Turns 19

17 October 2009 / Comments

It’s incredible that this site is still there and as popular. It was one of the first website I used to browse in 1994.

iPhone Cheapskates

11 October 2009 / Comments

Robert Scoble,

The main point here is that it’s not the App Store that’s screwed up: it’s our expectation that developers should work for free.

The Two App Stores

10 October 2009 / Comments

Nice piece from Marco Arment about the two types of customer buying stuff on the App Store. it’s important to know what’s your target audience.

Bill Gates’ Open Letter to Hobbyists

6 October 2009 / Comments

February 3, 1976,

As the majority of hobbyists must be aware, most of you steal your software. Hardware must be paid for, but software is something to share. Who cares if the people who worked on it get paid?