by Scott Judson
Owner of Judson Steel, an iOS development studio based in Auckland
Catching Elephant is a theme by Andy Taylor
Happy ‘Stra-ya Day!!
“The entire supply chain is in China now,” said another former high-ranking Apple executive. “You need a thousand rubber gaskets? That’s the factory next door. You need a million screws? That factory is a block away. You need that screw made a little bit different? It will take three hours.”
(via Apple, America and a Squeezed Middle Class - NYTimes.com)
Long but very interesting read, well worth it.
Valletta Ventures: $38, the value of a user to a social network
It is straightforward, if somewhat naive, to calculate an approximate value per user by dividing through the publicly estimated value of a social network by its number of user to get:
- Skype = $12.8 (purchased at $8.5bn, 663m users)
- Linked in = $53.7 (market cap $6.23bn / 116m users)
- Foursquare = $60 (rumoured summer round at $600m / 10m users)
- Facebook = $125 (upcoming IPO estimated at $100bn / 800m users)
- Zynga = $43.1 (upcoming IPO estimated at $10bn / 232m users) (in progress value changing regularly)
- Twitter = $18.4 (last round rumoured at $7bn / 380m users)
Google doodles, in a few words, are modified versions of the classic Google logo. They are often seen on special holidays and or for memorable events. Google doodles are a fun and pleasant surprise, because you never know what you’re gonna get. But do you know the story behind Google doodles? Let’s explore them together, and look at the most memorable examples of all time.
Google Doodle is currently accepting submissions until March 23, 2012.
A software engineer’s glory so often goes unnoticed. Attention seems to come either when there are bugs or when the final project ships. But rarely is a developer appreciated for all the nuances and subtleties of a piece of code—and all the heroics it took to write it. With Visual Studio Achievements Beta, your talents are recognized as you perform various coding feats, unlock achievements and earn badges.
(via Visual Studio Achievements | Achievements | Channel 9)
Oh my! How about the reward of writing some kickass code? Do we need micro high-fives from M$? Thank goodness this will never appear in Xcode.
Star Wars Posters - by Jason Christman
Prints available at his Etsy store for $15 each!
Gung Hay Fat Choy!
(Source: jprim)
Episode IV: A New Hope - Uncut
via Star Wars Uncut
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