paul - 03/14/08 16:45
This is exactly the bottleneck problem with the whole itunes store paradigm with apple as the gatekeeper. It is such totally controlling Microsoft/Sony style bullshit. As far as I am concerned apple is the new microsoft. Can you imagine if the web was treated this way and Microsoft had limited all development in web browsers to the select few who had paid for the access keys. If they cant even get it together to get out the dev licenses how are they going to be able to review all the applications? Guess what big business will come first and every niche market will be taken.

Back when Microsoft was criticized for locking the web into their OS I used to love apple because they were not like that. Now they have gone from embracing opens source technologies to turning them for a profit and locking the end developers out of the game. How is it possible even?

If the web on iphone is really the next internet this is a horrible way to go. Imagine if computers went this way. Where every application had to go through a commercial gatekeeper to be on a device.

jim - 03/14/08 16:29
I've seen posts from a few big name Mac indie devs that also haven't gotten in, I think Apple was just overwhelmed with applications. The SDK was downloaded 100,000 times which is crazy.

They better get their act in gear quickly and open more dev slots or they're going to miss a huge opportunity. As is, not being accepted into the program means that you can only test in the simulator - not on the real device which is just fail all around.

carolinian - 03/14/08 16:01
My sentiments exactly, (e:paul).

:::link:::

So, anyone up for joining forces and trying to win $$$ in the remaining month of the Android Contest?

jason - 03/14/08 15:23
Well, it wasn't a flat out "no" so perhaps in the next round you'll get the call-up. Let us know how it goes.

paul - 03/14/08 15:01
This is why apple sucks. Other people will have a bigger headstart and way more advantage now. its sad because you are the biggest apple fanboy I know.

jim - 03/14/08 14:41
There's this guy I know, Wayne, who lives in town and is amazing. He's on the core teams of some big Ruby open source projects. He scares me he's so smart :/

jim - 03/14/08 14:25
I'm just the most bloggingest ruby programmer in Buffalo, I could give you a several names of better Ruby programmers then me lol.

mrdeadlier - 03/14/08 14:00
That's absurd. Aren't they aware that you are the premier Ruby developer in Buffalo, NY??!

flacidness - 03/12/08 22:39
Thats great! planet unicorn heeyyy!

fellyconnelly - 03/12/08 22:00
you are evil...
HEYYYYYY!

jim - 03/13/08 09:09
Wrong account? LOL

megan - 03/12/08 23:45
UPDATE users, outtatheloop SET users.intheknow = 1 WHERE users.uid = outtatheloop.uid AND users.tony = 'awesome';

My SQL's OK. My Ruby... not so good.

Sometimes I like to Megahurts my RAM in public, but i'm going to end up LOLing my ROXORZ if I keep it up... Yeah.

And SQL actually stands for Shugga Quit Lieing, and I'm telling the troof.

PS. just remember to fully qualify your columns with the table name in order to avoid selector ambiguity so that the DBMS doesn't scream at you. Cause that's the last thing you need happening. Crazy DBMS's.... shesh.

jim - 03/12/08 22:00
Structured Query Language, it's relational calculus - math for interrelated data sets.

So you could select all entries that have a username of felly:

SELECT * FROM users WHERE username='felly'

But it gets more complicated then that when you need to retrieve/update results from across multiple tables of data.

fellyconnelly - 03/12/08 21:51
Super Queer Lesbians?
Simply Quiet Lasers?
Sandy Quests Lust?
Sadley Quaint Losers?

i could go on....

jim - 03/12/08 17:39
It went really well, 15 people I think. I ended up finding my new job via the last Ruby meetup, so I'm really happy to be involved in it. I present at all of them - playing at teacher ;)

carolinian - 03/12/08 17:36
Oh sh*t, I missed the Ruby meeting. How did it go?

carolinian - 03/12/08 17:32
So no going nuts and doing stored procedures and custom aggregates anytime soon?

jim - 03/12/08 17:31
SQL is fine, I'm just not used to writing complex queries anymore.

paul - 03/12/08 17:02
You hate SQL or your atrophied ability?

fellyconnelly - 03/12/08 09:15
spring makes me a happy happy fellyy

drew - 03/12/08 00:05
I'm with you in the spring hope. Glad things are going well.

mrmike - 03/05/08 10:19
Very cool. Safe enough to bring in desk toys yet?

fellyconnelly - 03/05/08 09:54
awesome! did you dress up your cubicle yt?

paul - 03/05/08 09:08
awesome

ladycroft - 03/05/08 02:00
Hurray!