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"the human desire to clean things up." I'm not sure I like where popular game-design seems to be headed. Core game mechanics driven by completing tasks, leveling up, reducing entro…

Great job on shipping. How long have you been working on this? The app looks neat. I'm guessing you've used bits of (twitter) bootstrap. I get what the app does almost instantly. T…

Great you're getting back at it. Tiny workouts during the week work wonders for the brain. Much of the info below wouldn't be new territory for you, but I hope it helps. The points…

Initial impression suggests this is similar to tungle.me Could you describe exactly what it'd do for me & my blog, besides allowing folks to see through my calendar of open/booked …

zero chance the next one will be called iPhone 5 Zero? There a reason for the certainty? I'm genuinely curious. They're talking about the device that'll end up being called the 'iP…

As others have stated, most devs have gotten a large chunk of their knowledge from the web. Google is their school. However , I believe you were asking about those that want a more…

The first time I'd been to a gym was about 8 years back, and I'd been led to believe that progress (weight loss & a certain muscular definition, from my pov) couldn't be had withou…

only one reason why people start businesses - circumstance Not necessarily true. Better proactive than reactive. I've a feeling that those who take deliberate measures to ensure op…

Been a long day. Sorry for the late reply again. BTW, haven't had a stimulating conversation like this in a while. I'm glad you've looked through the situation from different angle…

Whoa. Wasn't expecting that. Firstly, do not let go of your intense need/desire to fix this. There's someone out there who could really use your insights. Reading through, couldn't…

Apologies for the late reply. Lot of interesting stuff packed into your comment. Thanks for taking the time. Also, great to know you're healthier now. I'm intrigued about your 'ope…

Inspirational anecdote ya got there. Thanks for sharing. If you don't mind me asking. How long did it take to get to 5mm in revenues? Also, do you / did you ever have partners on t…

When I'd started my first job (after an ad-driven web app that went nowhere), I quickly found I wouldn't have much time for side projects. So I'd outsourced my little project to a …

Interesting subject. Time allows us to measure results. Not the other way around. Our consciousness cannot experience time going backwards. Time travel to the experiencer, would ha…

Agree that it wasn't the product. The product had a very vocal, loyal following. But it wasn't just 'marketing'. They'd touched a massive audience. Many just didn't 'get it'. The s…

Thank you for describing it so well here. [ http://blog.memrise.com/2011/05/how-is-memory-stored-in-brai... ] The actor/play analogy worked memorably well. Haven't heard of memrise…

I'd like to imagine the brain is a lot like the 'world wide web' as a data structure, than a pure graph. That it isn't just a question of pure storage and retrieval. There's quite …

Interesting. Well, you've built up a lot of authority over the years. That they trust you more, has been well earned. I'm baffled by the 'pre-interview' concept. Would love to see …

Keep up the good work Andrew. Premium subscriber here. Totally worth it. Video, certainly is the future of content. And you're leading the way, for us hackers. ----- I've gotta say…

Almost wierd that I feel sick to my stomach. RIP Steve. We'll certainly miss the most important innovator of our times.

That's great. You're much more of an entrepreneur than I'd assumed. Check out chapter 6 from 'Getting Real', by the folks at 37signals. [ http://gettingreal.37signals.com/toc.php ]…

I've been at this exact same place. The best way you can prep for a 'web startup' is to leverage the skills you've got (javascript, java, html), and take action RIGHT NOW. [I've a …

Absolutely. "Creativity as a service". I envision a lot of startups in the near future revolving around this model. Maybe we'll plug into a facebook-like universal AI-api (by apple…

I wouldn't be so sure about state-of-the-art natural lang processing & speech recognition systems being good enough, for Apple (given their track record) to pitch a complete virtua…