42 Rules to Lead by. Apportable. Today we are thrilled to announce that we’ve closed $2.4 million in seed funding from Google Ventures, Morado Ventures, Salesforce.com, and other angel investors.
What is Apportable? The Apportable SDK cross-compiles Objective-C applications to Android, without extensive changes to the original codebase. Unlike other cross-platform solutions, developers can use Apportable to build for multiple platforms without leaving the comfort of Xcode and iOS. Using the same code on both platforms means better performance and fewer bugs, allowing developers to iterate on their app faster. So how does it work? Instead of translating the app to Java, Apportable cross-compiles the Objective-C code to machine code that runs directly on the Android device’s processor (no VMs were harmed in the execution of our code). Does Apportable convert source code to Java? Absolutely not. My application is very complicated and has intense performance requirements.
What APIs are available when using Apportable? Yes. Developing and Using the Narrative-Story Simulation as a Teaching Tool. Background This article describes the use of narrative-story simulations for the topic of agricultural safety.
The principles used can easily be adapted to other common topics taught by Extension. Cole, Vaught, Wiehagen, Haley, and Brnich (1998) indicated that a growing body of research from a number of fields suggests that decision-making skills needed to cope with emergency situations can be taught by well-designed simulation exercises based upon real-world cases. Gittip. Hello Sony. Goodbye Nikon. The Story of why I am Switching from Nikon to Sony. “‘To take an interesting photo, some may choose to carry around a lot of metal and glass and mirrors and silicon.
I choose to carry around less metal and glass and silicon. Oh, and no mirrors.’ – Me, quoting myself.” – Trey Ratcliff Oh, Nikon… Sad Emoticon Nikon, you’ve been good to me over the years. It’s not you. Sony a7R and NEX-7 Review Here’s my detailed review of the amazing new Sony a7R Full-frame Mirrorless camera (check prices) as well as my review of the Sony NEX-7 (check prices). Disclosures about SonyNone! The Hermit Studios.
Time Trader. I was one of the 520 people laid off by Zynga yesterday. AMA. In the Collaborative Economy, the Crowd Has Built a Car. What if I told you the next affordable, long-range, fuel-efficient vehicle might be assembled in your garage or built by your neighbors?
That's what I was surprised to hear when I learned about the Wikispeed auto project. Above Image: The orange Wikispeed SGT01 Roadster: crowd-funded, crowd-designed, crowd-produced, hitting the streets in small batches now for $25k, oh, and it gets 100 miles per gallon. Wikispeed is a business that crowdsourced designs, production, development, and has created a SAE-registered, road-legal-approved car, the Wikispeed SGT01 Car, now on sale in limited quantities. Toyota Production System. The Toyota Production System (TPS) is an integrated socio-technical system, developed by Toyota, that comprises its management philosophy and practices.
The TPS organizes manufacturing and logistics for the automobile manufacturer, including interaction with suppliers and customers. The system is a major precursor of the more generic "lean manufacturing. " Taiichi Ohno, Shigeo Shingo and Eiji Toyoda developed the system between 1948 and 1975.[1] Goals[edit] Waste of over production (largest waste)Waste of time on hand (waiting)Waste of transportationWaste of processing itselfWaste of stock at handWaste of movementWaste of making defective products. Meals Per Hour. Flanders Logistics-consulenten. Welcome to the ‘Sharing Economy’ Infographic: Want your new game to land in the US Top 10?
Infographic: Want your new game to land in the US Top 10? You have 72 hours to spend $56,000 Start strong, says Trademob After spending months or years of your life developing a mobile game, it's natural to think that it'll be appreciated by the world and instantly recognised for its genius. But time and again, great games launch onto the App Store and spend weeks struggling to break into the Top 10.
Trademob's taken a good hard look at what it takes to achieve a Top 10 rank in the App Store, and the results are surprising. Ink File Picker. Loves Indie. Skill Gaming. Jarrod Epps, founder and CEO of cashplay.co, looks at skill gaming and why it’s win-win for gamers and developers It’s the ultimate power-up for developers: a monetization method that not only allows them to make more money from their games but also make those titles more attractive to gamers.
Skill gaming is rapidly becoming one of the video gaming industry’s key discussion points, especially as big brands such as Virgin Gaming and Xbox cash in on console-gaming cash tournaments. But what is skill gaming? Simply put, it’s a system that allows player-to-player games to include a cash prize, the winner of which is determined by game-playing ability rather than mere chance.
Like an offline tennis tournament where the players pay an entry fee for the chance of winning the top prize, mobile-skill gaming allows two or more friends to play a game they love to play and win money based on the outcome. The Bottom Up Era.