“The Z10 does many things reasonably well, [but] it doesn’t necessarily do anything better than the competition.” —theverge.com/2013/1/30/3929…q
markgurman You know who else changed their company name when they announced their new phone?
ckindel How’d BB get 70K apps at launch? Two ex-MS leaders who lived the Win32 dev-rel playbook: @asaunders & @bobtaniguchi. Evangelism done right.
@edgeronia @kennethgyu I think they’re waiting for a blackberry that will never come #amirite
@edgeronia oh my god that’s the best ever /cc @levi_io @kennethgyu @wilhansen_li @syk0saje
stroughtonsmith RIM is no more; the company is now ‘BlackBerry’
giselabee Infographic: a term which used to mean data visualization, but was bludgeoned to death into a style of layout. Edward Tufte shakes his head
davelee “What did you learn from the iPhone?” … RIM Europe boss ignores Nicky Campbell’s questions in live interview: bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01…
Another fantastic entry from #ggj2013 — Surgery Simulator 2013. It’s like QWOP, with surgery.gamejam.bossastudios.comu •polygon.com/2013/1/28/3926…p
@enaescanan it was part of the kickstarter pledge. $15 USD :)
Finally got my @Pebble shipping confirmation email! :D I’m so excited! Wonder how long it’ll take for it arrive in PH? twitpic.com/bzfo4q
@talk2GLOBE the nano-SIM I got with my iPhone 5 two weeks ago says “4G LTE”. Is replacement still necessary? twitpic.com/bzbyix
McFunkypants Great advice for #gamedev team leaders: How to be a Better Game Designer j.mp/14skFyN
I’m enjoying this Global Game Jam simulator, appropriately made during #ggj2013. braceyourselfgames.com/jams/ggjsim/gg…
Game name mashup: Pocket God of War-Zone of the Endless Space-Team Fortress-ident Evil Genius. Two. (with thanks to @levi_io and @syk0saje)
@justinfeinstein and thank you too! :)
syk0saje this is brilliant jargonated.com (thanks to @_phi for the heads up)
@ianbautista aww. so kailan tayo ulit magkikita? hahaha
planetbeing iOS 6.1 appears to be vulnerable to the exploits we are planning on using. :)
The iOS 6.1 update brings iPhone 5 LTE support for Globe + Smart! (Now to find an LTE tower…apple.com/iphone/lteO4 twitpic.com/bz2ns775
MsLeaSalonga #freecarlosceldran For the record, you didn’t offend my “religious feelings.” Be strong, @carlosceldran!!!
so many things to do! but that’s okay
Scenes from the FA 2013 ID exhibit #checkpoint vine.co/v/bJJxX1dALKF
Dear Apple, dates are not supposed to be sorted alphabetically. :( #disappointed #ux pic.twitter.com/zRtOt058
@meggykawsek whoo! Congrats! :D tell us more about it some time~~ how was the implementation?
@syk0saje @thatsmydoing noo, he got fed up with Fez/Polytron, left for Capy. He’s really more of a Republiq DJ. *girllookatthatbody* *ahhh*
@xanderKhan oh wow, small world.
@meggykawsek Manila game jam is wrapping up. How are you in HK? :D
So now I’m judging entries! :D “@gabusch: It’s @_phi and @YGLWinston at #ManilaGameJam 2013 pic.twitter.com/gO2ei64H”
Random figures! #vine vine.co/v/bJ7xYTEjth1
@karenfuentestic Hindi ko kasi ma-imagine eh. Haha! Oh, anong oras pala yung ID exhibit opening bukas?
After directing both Star Trek + Star Wars, JJ Abrams will begin his sinister plan to create a crossover, uniting/dividing fans in…Trek Wars
#drivingdogs. Driving dogs! Need I say more? drivingdogs.co.nz • youtu.be/BWAK0J8Uhzk (great campaign!)
Nope, not quite legit yet.
ABSCBNNews Developing story: [UPDATED] Shooting incident in SM Megamall causes panic bit.ly/TBDv4y
elbertor Visual notes from Ros @juanxi Juan’s talk from #TheGamechangers event instagr.am/p/U8BXonoQr0/
iamsuperbianca meet @doblezeta. he had ideas. sana may twitter ang MMDA. sana may app to know kung saan traffic. he made it happen. pic.twitter.com/qG2dSVRp
@meggykawsek がんばって！ I’m really excited for your entry :D
@meggykawsek you’ve got gameplay down, but not implementation? so you have… an idea and design document? :)) (not riffing)
@meggykawsek how is your gaaammeee? :D
@syk0saje oh, but what ever on earth are you talking about? :>
Also, Evoland was originally an entry for Ludum Dare 24 (original version here: evoland.shirogames.com/classic) See, Game Jams are awesome!
Evoland, a game that “evolves” through action/adventure RPG history: rockpapershotgun.com/2013/01/25/bit… (Vote for it on Greenlight! steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/fi…)
@syk0saje but it’ll never happen xanthir.com/b4Ko0
@syk0saje BEST PAGE EVER— wait, no filters? A SHAM
@cheryllselda oh, ano meron? I might be attending something else then :( hanggang anong oras kayo? I’ll try to catch up!
If you’re going to sweat the details, Pay attention to all of them. Obsess over one, and everything else will suck. Tunnel vision is deadly.
@meggykawsek at the game jam? Let me guess. Sponsored by blackberry? :P
maxrudberg Learn from one of the best; Louie @mantia on how to make app icons. mantia.me/blog/about-app…
Oh wow, I feel old. But @IE’s “Child of the 90s” ad is pretty good. youtube.com/watch?v=qkM6RJ… (also, this —youtu.be/lD9FAOPBiDkf )
Leaked specs and details on PlayStation 4 developer SDK hardware: kotaku.com/5977849/the-pl…
Love games? Why not try making one! The Global Game Jam is this weekend :) manilagamejam.wordpress.com (alas, we won’t all be joining this year ☹)
planetbeing Tons of progress the last few days. I think the future is looking bright for jailbreaking. :)
@marcan42: “Kim Dotcom pulled a Nintendo Wii. Reasonably good security design, implemented by total morons.” —fail0verflow.com/blog/2013/mega…h
why is vector tracing illustrations so freaking addictive —
@richtuason oh thanks for the heads-up! :D (otherwise I would miss it, as you well know) yeah, I should be good for it! see you :D
JobStreetPH We’re very happy with @MMDA’s bike sharing project! Photo courtesy of @TheManilaTimes on.fb.me/VlQnZC
“If a company is to have a single strategy, it must be driven by a single P&L”— buff.ly/Yjb257t
LayerVault’s Designer News (news.layervault.com), an attempt to do a designer’s equivalent of Hacker News (news.ycombinator.com)
giselabee Sundance 2013: How did a newbie make an unapproved film in Disney parks? latimes.com/entertainment/… @aaronpalabyab @domdycaico
MargaretWallace Eric Schmidt’s daughter on North Korea visit: ‘It’s like The Truman Show, at country scale’ | VentureBeat venturebeat.com/2013/01/20/eri… @VentureBeat
@chantily cupcake <3
@meggykawsek well, 3D first-person stuff can be a bit unwieldy on mobile. The 2D sidescroller layout works well on touchscreens.
@meggykawsek why not give it a shot? it’s free anyway. :P also, as @wilhansen_li said: COME BACK WE MISS YOU
@meggykawsek you don’t have to like it; just thought you’d be interested. It’s not the 1st 2D minecraft-alike, so I wouldn’t call it rip-off
hey @meggykawsek, have you seen theblockheads.net ? it’s a free minecraft-like game for iOS (and quite fun!)
I <3 WebKit, but I’m hesitant about Opera using it. Diversity, not monoculture! theverge.com/2013/1/19/3892… (doubt they’ll dump Presto, but still.)
Failure rate (so far) of knock-off Lightning cables: 100% (maybe I should reinforce them myself. or stop bei instagr.am/p/UtPkgZhk5j/
So Microsoft actually hired the guy who did that cool rebranding project (minimallyminimal.com/blog/2012/7/3/…) — Awesome! Hoping mgmt doesn’t stifle him :)
bcardarella IE Market Share vs US Murder Rate i.imgur.com/47D7zGq.png
@richtuason I can sort of imagine @kennethgyu there (and maybe you ;)
@levi_io jackass. :P
@xanderKhan yup! Either on the main: ted.com/tedx/events/57… or the local: tedxxavierschool.com (my talk wasn’t super fancy or anything tho!)
@SirEdge thanks for the kind words, and for being so supportive back then! :D /cc @kennethgyu @levi_io
SirEdge “@jprenivs: Gloc-9 was a former pizzamaker in Little Caesars Katipunan when it was still there #TEDxXS” at ayaw nya ng eat all you can pizza
@JenOfGlobe thanks. looking forward to LTE on the iPhone5! :)
Gloc9 is on stage! (It’s tough speaking before him, he’s awesome!) #TEDxXS instagr.am/p/Upky6Ghk5x/
#TEDxXS is pretty good so far! Great talks from Michi, Chips, and Jomike. Bit nervous tho! instagr.am/p/UpbzFqBk-9/
one-hour SimCity closed beta next week, registration open now —theverge.com/2013/1/18/3890…M /cc@thatsmydoingg !!
So I guess Globe’s 3G can be pretty fast at night. I just wish it were consistent. :) twitpic.com/bwagv9
brand/five instagr.am/p/Ul5HuZBk3x/
@glencharles :( get well soon!
@glencharles how you feeling? still at home?
kennethgyu Sudden realization: Life of Pi is the DC New 52 reboot of Calvin and Hobbes.
hilgoldstein Kickstarter tips from 5 successful developers. l.gamespot.com/X88wIa via @gamespot
LukePlunkett that fancy future China in Looper? Yeah, paid product placement - motherboard.vice.com/blog/china-its…
Top developer at US infrastructure firm outsources own job to China; views cat videos and Reddit all day. —thenextweb.com/shareables/201…o
China’s terrible, “beyond-index” air pollution, as seen from space—vrge.co/10aDp5HX (hope none of that is drifting here!)
byimplication This Saturday, @_phi + @kennethgyu will be at TEDxXavier to talk about what we’re doing and why—tedxxavierschool.comE •facebook.com/TEDxXavierScho…N
psychicparrot I got into games because I love monetization strategy, analytics, gamification and in-app purchases. I mean who didn’t, right?
@kennethgyu @richtuason I dunno man, that’s not too far off from the truth #duck
@thatsmydoing haha! I could try, but I’d rather eat it myself :P
@psychicparrot 4th-gen iPod touch is similar to an iPhone 4, 5th-gen iPod is similar to the 4S (resolution aside)
TIL cats do not like sweets. :(
@syk0saje @levi_io @kennethgyu @wilhansen_li @thatsmydoing This was a big thing back in ’09. Inspired us to get into indie games. #notreally
@wilhansen_li @kennethgyu @richtuason @levi_io check out the original page rin evanliaw.com/portfolio/poke…
Game artist re-creates Pokémon Center in modern-day Unreal graphics engine sbn.to/RMITzV (/cc @kennethgyu @richtuason @wilhansen_li)
higley Great piece. “Suicide and society: Where does responsibility for preventing suicide lie?” blog.valerieaurora.org/2013/01/12/sui… by @vaurora (via @jcroft)
arstechnica Internet pioneer and information activist takes his own life ars.to/VyLzlD by @binarybits
destraynor Today is a really sad day for those of us who love tech. Aaron Schwartz, inventor of RSS, co-founder of Reddit, committed suicide, aged 26.
Design Jargon Bullshit. Ha, sound familiar? (Yes, guilty as charged.) designjargonbullshit.com (via @levi_io)
byimplication @dmartinng @jamesonho …launching some interesting not-games this/next month, lik@storylarkrk. Might hear about them a#TEDxXavierSchoolol ;)
Text scammers, you suck. (/cc @enjoyGLOBE) twitpic.com/bugva6
@ianbautista depends on what’s available, but off the top of my head, Corsair, Kingston, or G.Skill.
Why do all the great ideas and important insights come at 5 am after a sleepless night?
Cycloramic spins iPhone 5 thru vibration to capture 360° video. Cool idea, reminds me of the old “Nokia dance” :P appshopper.com/blog/2013/01/0…
0xabad1dea Pedantic note: it is definitely a Rails exploit, not a Ruby one. The honor of fundamental runtime flaws is reserved for Java right now.
mikko “Windows Phone failed to boot. Please insert your Windows installation disc…”: pic.twitter.com/qQUibDXz
#wontfit
@richtuason oh god, I played this a lot as a kid, on Windows 3.1 — blew my mind 16 years later when I found out you could hit F to speed up!
Kotaku How to launch your video game development career in 2013: bit.ly/VPP2cg
Engadget is also covering @Pebble’s announcement in a liveblog: engadget.com/2013/01/09/liv…
@meggykawsek Sorry, you’re in HK and can’t thwap me over the head.
OH YES FINALLY <3 — RT@Pebblee: First Pebbles will ship to our Kickstarter backers on 23 January.
@syk0saje well, I guess he’s just not your… *puts on shades* mac daddy. “YEAAAHHHH!”
Pebble Team Pebble’s @intlCES press conference starts in five minutes.
Join the @Livestream here: ow.ly/gExzG
@syk0saje Mac Mac Mac Mac Mac. Pero kung ayaw mo, Linux Linux Linux Linux is also acceptable.
@thisboykills_ @richtuason You’re very welcome! :)
So Valve’s new “Steam Box”/Piston PC (polygon.com/2013/1/7/38492…) was once a Kickstarter project from Xi3: kickstarter.com/projects/26247… — Interesting.
@syk0saje Internet → “Haha, Apple’s going to make an iMat or iBoard or some shit.” /
Manufacturers → “Shit, we have to beat Apple to it!”
A one-terabyte USB3.0 flash disk? Awesome! Wait, it’ll cost like three MacBook Pros? And then I lose it? uh nevermind. mashable.com/2013/01/08/kin…
@syk0saje can’t hold them all, man
@richtuason it’s cool :) I have a feeling I’ll be super busy the whole afternoon anyway (more deadlines!)
_kyleyamamoto True. True. RT @andrey_butov: If Super Mario Bros. was made in 2013 — imgur.com/gallery/VRg4v
This Lenovo “tablet” at 27 inches is totally practical. —mobileindustryreview.com/2013/01/lenovo…i
@richtuason oh did you get my email? are you passing by later today? :)
all these feels
leloyclaudio Tito Sotto’s site gets hacked! Do not mess with netizens, Tito Sen. Check now before it gets fixed – titosotto.com
stroughtonsmith I guess thanks to CS6 dropping XP support, Adobe have released the entirety of Creative Suite 2 for free (PC/Mac): adobe.com/cfusion/entitl…
GraphikaManila Graphika Manila 2013 website now launched! graphikamanila.com designed by @CreatePH, dev by Nadarei.co
Wow, crazy addicted much? — RT@vergee: Girls drug parents’ milkshakes to get around internet curfewvrge.co/RyRQg1y
Russian smartphone with e-ink display on the back: news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programme…
• and of course, an iPhone case on indiegogo: indiegogo.com/popslate
I love getting packages in the mail! :D But when I get the postal notice on Friday/Saturday, I have to wait till Monday to pick it up :(
Cool 25-minute tour of the International Space Station —youtu.be/doN4t5NKW-kR Awesome! (space tech/exploration has always fascinated me :)
TheTimeCowboy Your password needs to contain a capital letter a number an emoji a plot and a protagonist with some character development and a twist end.
slashgear I expected Apple to jump on Leap Motion first, not ASUS slgr.co/Rvbppy #tech #slashgear
(make that *this morning. hahaha. grade school, high school, college, freelance, client work, corp, startup. you’d think I’d learn by now.)
Not sleeping again tonight. This is what I get for putting off projects and work until the last minute. #storyofmylife
tomiahonen PS one more factoid on Microsoft Windows smartphones: had 12% in 2007, 5% in 2009, 2% in 2011, near 1% today
@chemikhazi in that case, there must be a universe/timeline where Community does go on, and our evil bearded selves must make our way to it.
@chemikhazi …happened, and that we never really know how their stay in Greendale ends. Though that’s pretty lame#sixseasonsandamovieovie
@chemikhazi I know! :( This 4th season may be the last (they have to graduate, right?) so if it ends with a flop, we can pretend it never…
(On that note, whatever happened to Community? Now *that* was an absolutely fantastic show. Y’all should go watch it. If it ever returns. ☹)
tpope Someone analyzed why Big Bang Theory is so terrible: butmyopinionisright.tumblr.com/post/310795610…
How a blind person uses @instagram (!) —youtu.be/P1e7ZCKQfMAi (Yay for accessible technology! No excuse to make unstructured apps/websites.)
Many small new players in mobile OS (Firefox, Ubuntu, Tizen, Sailfish), but will they make a dent in iOS/Android? Windows Phone barely so.
Ubuntu for Smartphones. A little weird, but that UI looks quite interesting. —buff.ly/12YxG2v9
This is a really lame bug, Apple. :/ RT @arstechnica: Apple says Do Not Disturb scheduling is broken until January 7 ars.to/THJl0y
0xabad1dea Today’s iOS protip is: * do * not * run * kuaiyong * or * anything * like * it *
CompSciFact ‘Learning to program teaches you how to think. Computer science is a liberal art.’ — Steve Jobs
A buildpack for easily deploying Hammer-built sites on Heroku: danpalmer.me/blog/articles/… (/cc @levi_io)
@richtuason @kennethgyu @meggykawsek @syk0saje @wilhansen_li if you run faster or make more progress quickly, I think it’s not that bad?
@richtuason @meggykawsek @syk0saje @wilhansen_li Yah, I’ve been meaning to try it! But I think @kennethgyu already has for stationary biking
Dear Windows: Of the three routers at home (yeah cancer), why do you insist on connecting to the weakest/farthest one? Every time.
@richtuason it’s all like:
*clears out basket* —
“K, I’m done.”—
*basket refilled* —
“Wait no! All these nachos will go to waste!”—
Repeat.
@richtuason yes. oh god
Thankfully, I burned most of it off with lots of Dance Central 3. Instead I will slowly die of exhaustion. (or live longer through exercise)
How to (slowly) kill me: put me in front of bottomless nachos + salsa. You’re done. instagr.am/p/T81ikEBk2u/
byimplication Happy New Year, everyone! Have a great 2013, and do awesome stuff :)
@SamTheDev Yup! Our logo splash screen, as well as the loading screen with the character are both videos. :)
Method of securely storing passwords, and verifying individual characters without plaintext. willtracz.co.uk/shamir-secret-… Pretty cool, but omg math.
@marionjames05 @kennethgyu @wilhansen_li Thanks! :D hoping you have a great 2013!
@meggykawsek @chantily 1.) try iMessage! it’s like texting, but free, international, and fabulous. 2.) hindi pa new year sa kanila haha :))
@kennethgyu … that’s actually a very good and valid takeaway. hrmifixit.com/Manifesto8y
@kennethgyu #wrongtakeaway so, you should never read your own pieces. or buy our own games or apps. no dogfooding. then they’ll be great! :D
@kennethgyu like them beats earphones from HK that you replaced twice? :P
@kennethgyu oh those ones! I was eyeing them too, but I guess I will stick to the earpods for a bit longer
@kennethgyu two-day-old? you got new ones? (that just died?)
@lechskywalker08 thanks :)
(And of course, the prepwork for that earlier photo) —instagram.com/p/T58zB8KuEb/h
2013: Happy Birthday Mom, and Happy New Year everyone else! instagr.am/p/T6FQm9Bk1a/