Re: MSDN mag

2013-09-30 Thread Scott Barnes
I once worked on a project that had Deep Zoom and Playboy archives... :D --- Regards, Scott Barnes http://www.riagenic.com On Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 10:23 AM, Greg Keogh g...@mira.net wrote: I buy it for the articles. That's what I tell my wife about Playboy magazine -- Greg

Re: MSDN mag

2013-09-30 Thread Stephen Price
I think that's technology abuse. It's also awesome. So did't hey have a relaxed nsfw policy? On 30/09/2013 6:14 PM, Scott Barnes scott.bar...@gmail.com wrote: I once worked on a project that had Deep Zoom and Playboy archives... :D --- Regards, Scott Barnes http://www.riagenic.com On

RE: MSDN mag

2013-09-30 Thread David Kean
To a degree, but I think that's more of a factor of what people are working on at the time and what they are comfortable with. For example, our team writes MSDN articles and we going to be talking about the new features that we just wrote, not existing areas that haven't been touched in years.

Re: MSDN mag

2013-09-30 Thread Scott Barnes
New isn't bad but it needs to balance out and if anyone inside the company actually thinks the large majority of .NET developers are working on new day in day out they probably have a distorted view over the entire landscape. The reports I used to read / get on developer adoption were inaccurate

OAIC releases privacy guide for mobile app developers

2013-09-30 Thread Ian Thomas
This may be useful for some people - The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OACI) has unveiled a guide designed to help mobile app developers embed better privacy practices into their products. The guide, Mobile privacy: A better practice guide for mobile app developers,

Re: MSDN mag

2013-09-30 Thread mike smith
Yes that might be where you want the customer to go, but I assure you that it isn't necessarily where the customer is going. The recent debacle with the tablet should be showing Microsoft that customers are not as willing to follow them blindly. On Tue, Oct 1, 2013 at 2:03 AM, David Kean

Re: OAIC releases privacy guide for mobile app developers

2013-09-30 Thread Preet Sangha
6/10? I'd love to see the sample set. I suspect if you had truly general sample set it would more likely be that they didn't have a smartphone because: a. They cost lots b. They don't need them (however true or untrue those ideas may be) On 1 October 2013 15:02, Ian Thomas

RE: OAIC releases privacy guide for mobile app developers

2013-09-30 Thread Ben.Robbins
I believe you misread this. The quote below was with respect to deciding whether or not to install an app, not whether or not they had a mobile phone. ...6 in 10 Australians chose not to use certain smartphone apps because... From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com

Re: OAIC releases privacy guide for mobile app developers

2013-09-30 Thread Preet Sangha
Doh. I did indeed :-) On 1 October 2013 16:39, ben.robb...@jlta.com.au wrote: I believe you misread this. The quote below was with respect to deciding whether or not to install an app, not whether or not they had a mobile phone. ** ** “…6 in 10 Australians chose not to use *certain

RE: OAIC releases privacy guide for mobile app developers

2013-09-30 Thread Ian Thomas
People say one thing, but do another. I was suspicious of the great caution and sensibility of these sample respondents! Nevertheless, the actual guide (on privacy notices for mobile applications - apps) is worth the read, I think. _ Ian Thomas Victoria Park, Western Australia From:

Re: MSDN mag

2013-09-30 Thread Stephen Price
Omg yes. If you have ever tried to sit down on a tablet and do something and after a few minutes of failing thought fuck this, I need a real computer then you know what I am talking about. When tablets can do everything a pc can do now then we won't need pc's. But there is still a lot tablets