http://jofarnold.com Rantings of an internet adventurer Wed, 07 Jan 2009 09:25:30 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en You know you are busy when you don't even blog about your own company! So I thought I'd take a few minutes out to introduce our new baby. It took months of part-time working, late nights, traveling (why oh why does Benjie have to live about 200 miles away by train), ... http://jofarnold.com/2009/01/06/gymfu-motivating-fitness-minigames/ [Edit – bugger; I drafted this on Dec 30 (http://twitter.com/JofArnold/statuses/1085661133) and binned it because I though it was a bit lame. Now everyone’s talking about Android! That’ll teach me. I’m back-dating the post so I look clever again.] First, let me open as I often do, with a disclaimer. Whilst I ... http://jofarnold.com/2008/12/30/what-they-might-be-thinking-in-cupertino/ VC will not die. There, I've said it. Again. This post addresses a number of points raised in a TC.com article which I feel are misleading. [Edit 2: VC = Venture Capital or Venture Capitalist in this context.] [Edit 3: This post is in response to this Techcrunch article] First though, let me ... http://jofarnold.com/2008/12/07/devils-advocate-on-the-vcs-will-die-meme/ Recently, I've been commenting a lot on twitter and in other people's blog about iPhone development - in particular, about our clearly-insane "we develop iPhone apps for free" venture.  However, I just this minute realized that as it doesn't even have a website yet, there's nowhere people can go to ... http://jofarnold.com/2008/11/27/ideas-were-always-cheap-so-were-making-them-for-free/ This idea straddles the thin line between "stupid" and "simple", but for me it's a WIN. So here's the scene - you're at a networking event and someone asks you "what great projects have you done?"  If you're lucky, you might be able to blurt out something the other person will ... http://jofarnold.com/2008/09/10/lifehack-carry-your-portfolio-on-your-iphone/ Ok, so I was a bit skeptical about all this Google Chrome rubbish so I thought I'd give it a go on the old "JavaScript Canvas Raytracer of Death". I'm amazed!  Check out these results (Settings: w500; h500; Best quality (1x1); Diffuse; Shadows; Highlights; Reflections): Same thing on Flickr That's nearly a ... http://jofarnold.com/2008/09/02/omg-bbq-chrome-v-firefox-v-safari-benchmark/ So, why do I finally have a blog? What's wrong with my other ones? Will I even do anything with it? My blogging track-record is lame... I've had a blog at wordpress.com for a little while, but I've not really used it. On reflection, this is partly due to it not having ... http://jofarnold.com/2008/08/28/finally-and-why-this-is-here/ Two weeks! Two sodding weeks without my iPhone working perfectly as an upgrade. Apparently (so I'm told this week) the system is giving them a "999 error" every time they try to process the upgrade. Now, I'm very forgiving when it comes to human errors, but each time I phone ... http://jofarnold.com/2008/07/24/carphone-warehouse-999-iphone-error-saga/ I'll do a post about my experiences of buying an iPhone later, but I feel compelled to point out something obvious: With large complex systems, there will almost always be problems in launch First batches of mass-produced hardware involve lots of manual hand-holding throughout the supply chain. Early adopters are often techie Early adopters ... http://jofarnold.com/2008/07/22/stop-moaning-you-early-adopting-iphone-mactards/ Lately I've seen quite a few articles (including this one sent to me by James Cherkoff) talking about how the most successful startups and entrepreneurs - tech startups in particular - didn't have a business plan. Part of the popularity of this idea seems to be coming from certain ... http://jofarnold.com/2007/08/01/successful-businesses-have-a-business-plan/