Jonathan Le Plastrier

I'm wondering what would occur if I met this head-on and released a nag-ware version of Peeps for jailbroken phones. I can't reasonably offer to provide people with ad-hoc signed trial copies without automation around the process. - landonf@bikemonkey.org

I just wrote a long reply to the original posting, which can be summarized as, 'the app store is flawed in the way that they claim and this is driving down app quality BUT cracking will only make the problem worse - stop pretending otherwise'. The crackers are basically dishonest in their argument - e.g. the excellent Instapaper Pro is available on Appulo.us. There IS a trial version of instapaper available on the App store, so there is no argument for having it on Appulo.us other than theft. - Robin Barooah

Can you make a free version of peeps that lets people try it, but then double the price of the real one, since you know that the only people who will pay are the ones who understand that they're getting value for money? It won't stop the crackers, but it would put them in the wrong. - Robin Barooah

Even with the features I have in the works, I'm not yet sure what I could remove to differentiate the application without either crippling the free one, or gutting the paid copies' sales. - landonf@bikemonkey.org

Well certainly it would seem that social network import could be a pro feature. Also, perhaps only show the users in the phonebook when it's first run. That way it wouldn't be crippled as far as a trial were concerned, but wouldn't be usable long-term. - Robin Barooah

Also - is it possible to detect that you've been "one touch cracked"? - Robin Barooah

I have some ideas on how to do so, mainly w.r.t to walking the Mach-O binary to check if the DRM is still in place. However, it's dangerous to make assumptions about Apple's DRM -- it may be different, or not there at all, in the future. - landonf@bikemonkey.org

an excellent way to hasten the destruction of our civilization - build machines to compel people to engage in economic activity based on a meaningless feedback loop of what stimulates the brain rather than careful deliberation about the consequences of said activity. - Robin Barooah via IM

I look forward to our future civilization in the Thunderdome. - Jonathan Le Plastrier

Interesting. I use diff output if I need to stop working on one feature, fix something else, and then get back to work on the original issue. It's an imperfect approach as it does not record metadata changes (delete/remove/move). Looks like subversion 1.5 added named changelists to help support this, but you can't 'stash' a changelist, and it's not really a proper analogue. - landonf@bikemonkey.org

Speed, and hunk by hunk checkins. - Robin Barooah

Oh the hunk by hunk thing I use time to time as well. - Jonathan Le Plastrier

Hunk by hunk? - landonf@bikemonkey.org

I also sometimes clone a repo locally for experimentation rather than branching. - Robin Barooah

Cool, thanks - landonf@bikemonkey.org

git-add --interactive is the hunk by hunk thing. - Jonathan Le Plastrier

Direct iTunes link : http://itunes.apple.com/WebObj... - Jonathan Le Plastrier

If you set your "release date" in iTunes Connect to the day it was actually posted (eg, today), then it'll show up at the top of the default "sort by release date" view of the Productivity section. Otherwise it shows up with your submission date as the release date, several pages in. - landonf@bikemonkey.org

Really enjoyed Frost/Nixon too. - Jonathan Le Plastrier

And Rebecca Hall is smokin' hot. I remember her from Vicky Christina Barcelona. - Michael

That is also true. - Jonathan Le Plastrier