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In a great presentation at the AT&T Dev Summit’s Design track last week, AT&T’s Doug Sillars said that it’s time to “drop the word ‘mobile’ from ‘Web development.‘” We say “Amen” to that. In fact, we’d take it one step further: it’s time to drop the word “mobile” from the phrase “mobile developers.” If you're an 'X' developer, you're expedable
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In this post, the Windows Phone Store certification and policy teams share the most common certification failures we see as apps go through the certification process. This post also covers steps you can take to avoid these failures. Armed with this knowledge, you can increase your chances of passing certification the first time and publishing your app to the Store on schedule. "It ain't the melody and it ain't the music. There's something else that makes this tune complete"
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Microsoft's ambitious but accessible game creation tool program Project Spark began its closed beta in December for Windows 8.1 users and this week the Team Dakota team announced that the Xbox One beta testing will begin sometime in February. XBox not included
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I got my access last week. The kids love it.
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Congrats!
Are they just tinkering around with it, or do you think they might actually build something shareable?
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TTFN - Kent
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It's pretty comprehensive. It looks like they really will be offering something shareable.
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Yes, my son and I just started playing with it too - great fun.
"If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough."
Alan Kay.
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You can get beta keys from JoinProjectSpark.com[^] - the designer requires Windows 8.1 and is currently quite restricted....but the "brain designer" AI writing tool is actually quite a lot of fun.
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Mobile strategy and solutions company Mokriya is trying to help by launching MobileInsights, a series of free guides aimed at streamlining the way businesses recruit mobile development firms. Almost as good as selling an app? Writing guides about how to sell an app.
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Companies are also looking for workers with more traditional skills for security and quality assurance jobs. Less hot: ActiveX control development
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Microsoft's Windows team may share its high-level plans for its next-generation Windows "Threshold" release at its upcoming Build developers show, according to a new sourced report. Hopefully not on the first
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"Threshold will include updates to all three Windows OS platforms (Xbox One, Windows, and Windows Phone) that will advance them in a way to share even more common elements"
Why the elephant do they continue to think that that's a good thing and that the users want it? Did no one teach them "use the right tool for the right job"?
Kent Sharkey wrote: Hopefully not on the first
As if that matters.  I notice that Passover starts on the 15th -- maybe that would be more appropriate.
"And that would be very bad," interjected the cat, ... "For you, for us, for Mankind..." -- Threshold, David R. Palmer
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The analyst believes Elop as CEO and Nadella as CTO would be the best combination for Microsoft's future.
It's Gates and Ballmer, reversed.
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I don't take stock in much if anything that Gartner says.
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The startup's recruitment failed because the Google programmer was already making $3 million with restricted stock.
How do you work for Google, again?
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Christopher Shields wrote: because Google is playing him $3 million
Playing him or paying him? There's a big difference. 
/ravi
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Whoops...that should say "paying him." My bad guys.
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I wish I had that kind of problem.
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I wonder what this guy does that no one else can do, because $3 million is an insane salery for a programmer. Even programmers who've written AAA game engines don't earn anywhere near that.
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Google Jobs[^]
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair.
Those who seek perfection will only find imperfection
nils illegitimus carborundum
me, me, me
me, in pictures
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Christopher Shields wrote: $3 million
So that's what souls go for now?
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Everything important that you need to know about living a successful life, you can get from a computer program. And don't break the build
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#6 - Free Up Memory When You’re Done
That means I should go out drinking tonight, yes?
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 That's how I interpret it, yes.
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TTFN - Kent
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So there is an API for successful life?
Women are composed of carbon, hydrogen, oxygen and nitrogen; men are also composed of carbon, hydrogen, oxygen and nitrogen, but in such proportions that force respect.
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