I explain the weighting in the right-side. Each lie is on a scale of 1-5, based upon the source, where "true" is a 3. So, a weighted lie means that a 5 is worth more than a 4. Whereas, an unweighted lie means that a 4 and a 5 are the same.
I think that funding opens up doors to a next-phase of development for a lot of tech people who have previously been bootstrapping. In this light, it is a very logical "milestone" to be funded. The additional resources let us take development to the next level, from a product born out of passion to one which has the capacity to effect wider change. In traditional brick & mortar businesses, funding was a sort of "of-course" step... but now, in the software startup world, there are a lot of shades of gray. Being able to say that you're funded demonstrates a layer of "we're seriously striving for (and can reach) the next level of development."
That's a good point, I suppose. Though, a convertible note structure prevents any dilution at all until subsequent funding happens... but that's getting even more pedantic of me ;)
When you take funding, you may (or may not) give away part of your ownership stake (aka equity). As long as you maintain more than 50% ownership, you're still the owner... because you have the ability to make a "majority" decision by yourself. So, I'm still the owner, but that may not always be the case (eg. if we take more funding).
If that had fit into a title without running around a page, I promise I would have. "Google+ Android App vs. Mobile Web App [Screeshot Tour]" is really a mouthful ;)
If anybody requested an invite to Google+ through the blog they should be sent out now (8:30am Thursday PST). If not, contact me via the About Me page.
No, the very concept of circles is about content being exclusive. The point is that you know who you are sharing it with, of course, but the result is that all content posted is inherently more exclusive than elsewhere. Even the very creation of circles feels like adding someone to a club.
It occurred to me after posting this that Google+ is essentially stealing what was ORIGINALLY Facebook's business model (but which has been abandoned): exclusivity
Hm, well, your stream gives you a way to select which circles you are viewing, almost like tabs. I'm not sure I'd call it a competition with Twitter, though, more just a filter on top of streams in this case. Though, we have yet to see what can really be accomplished with streams.
Good point. I hope this is one of those things that will appear as the service matures, though maybe they did it to make you think more about who you are adding? Just speculation.
I think sooner or later most freelancers learn to adjust their prices based upon expectations. Not all clients are created equal, and you have to know how to judge a client for the amount of headache he will eventually cause you. Sad, but true, and it certainly separates the wheat from the chaff.
=\ I've been talking to HostGator support for 30 minutes and all I've managed to get from them is "500 errors are caused by too many processes running at once." Wow, thanks HG for that little gem right there. Sigh.
1) Sure. But they want good apps that do something useful. So what's your point?
2) I can state for a fact that the vast majority of the apps do not make more than $100 per month, both from my own experience and talking to other developers and to large companies. Pareto's principle at work.
3) That's exactly what I said in the article...
I wrote an article on this subject a few weeks back. It is not a step-by-step "how to write code," but rather a good way to understand the approach to self-teaching yourself computer programming.
Well I just started on a 28 day experiment... a bit more than a weekend, but fun nonetheless. Myself and some other travelers are building a travel moabile app for a contest. We're documenting the whole process and our steps so we can publish our methods at the end... I'll post the whole thing at http://LifeByExperimentation.com when we're done in about 3 weeks.