Photo shoot in the office today. (Taken with instagram)
Dumbo is Hiring
The DUMBO BID is always looking out for local businesses and they’ve put together a nice little list of local businesses that are hiring. Check it out!
PS- TENDIGI is on that list too ;)
Backyard vines (Taken with instagram)
Scam apps killed the app store
It’s stuff like this that makes part of me wish apple had an even stricter review process.
Foxconn or Apple Retail?
“the fast pace of work doesn’t allow for much distraction and the one interviewee who does report her mind straying from work says it only moved to the matter of how tired she was. The end result is that ‘soul-crushing boredom and deep fatigue’ have to be overcome on a daily basis”
Ask a few Apple retail employees if they can relate to this.
Dumbo. (Taken with instagram)
Foursquare Core Data Talk
Stumbled upon some notes from Anoop Ranganath’s Foursquare Core Data talk at my Brooklyn iOS Developer Meetup earlier this year. Below are slides and info from that night:
tumblrbot asked: ROBOTS OR DINOSAURS?
Robots. Duh.
Apple Rejecting White-Labeled Apps
I had a very interesting experience with the Apple Review team today that is worth sharing. Apparently they are rejecting apps that have branding that differs than that of the “Seller”. This is somewhat of a problem if you’re trying to white-label apps and planned to publish those apps under one single account.
“To be appropriate for the App Store, your app must be published under a Seller name and Artist name that reflects the [redacted] brand, as required by the iOS Developer Program License Agreement. Section 1.2: “You” and “Your” means and refers to the person(s) or legal entity (whether the company, organization, educational institution, or governmental agency, instrumentality, or department) using the Apple Software or otherwise exercising rights under this Agreement. For the sake of clarity, You may authorize contractors to develop Applications on Your behalf, but any such Applications must be submitted under Your developer account. If you have published these apps on behalf of a client, it would be appropriate for your client to enroll in the iOS Developer Program, then add you to their development team so you can develop an app for them to submit under their developer account.”
So if you’re planning on creating a series of white-labeled apps for different clients under one umbrella account you better think twice. You’ll need your clients to create their own developer account then add your development team to their account. It’s not the end of the world but something to be aware of.
Developeronomics
http://www.forbes.com/sites/venkateshrao/2011/12/05/the-rise-of-developeronomics/
“At the moment, the only thing potentially more valuable than a relationship with a great developer is a relationship with a survivalist who is good with things like guns, bunkers and cabins in woods (that’s in case the apocalypse does come about in 2012, with bullets for currency). Which you think is the better bet depends on exactly how gloomy and bearish you are. I am pretty gloomy, but not yet gloomy enough to turn to survivalist capital investments.”Great (long) read on the importance of developers in our modern age.
iPad Magazines
http://carpeaqua.com/2011/12/04/on-magazines-and-the-ipad/
“Reading magazines on the iPad is an exercise in frustration.”100% agree with all the points in Justin Williams’ post. To add to the frustration- many magazines have created their own navigation schemes that make users tap and swipe like mad in order to figure out what portion of the content will offer some reward.
Planned Parenthood: Siri Sucks. Humans are Better.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/cecile-richards/what-siris-blind-spot-on_b_1125377.html
“It’s fully accessible on mobile devices, and it won’t mislead you about where to find the health services you need. The humans who manage it make sure of that.”
The above quote is from Cecile Richards, president of Planned Parenthood Action Fund. Perhaps a little passive aggressive? Siri hasn’t mislead anyone and it’s a bit silly to call Siri’s lack of information on abortion clinics a “programming glitch”. It’s not a glitch. Sometimes Siri’s vocabulary and knowledge just doesn’t cover the question being asked and while Apple has touted Siri as your personal assistant it’s obvious to most people that Siri can’t do everything. If you depend on Siri to help you navigate complicated life issues, then there is something wrong with you. Siri is a novelty.
There are plenty of things Siri doesn’t know the answer to and some things it just likes to have fun with. Skynet will be here before we know it and will be begging again for the days when Siri didn’t even know where the nearest abortion clinic was located.
