Re: Google alerts

2012-05-24 Thread J. Landman Gay
On 5/24/12 8:07 PM, Mark Wieder wrote: Jacque- Thursday, May 24, 2012, 4:38:06 PM, you wrote: Apple has great technology but they give you a hard time. Google makes your life easier and ships crappy emulators. There should be a middle ground. Giveing you a hard time and shipping crappy e

Re: Google alerts

2012-05-24 Thread Tim Jones
On May 24, 2012, at 6:09 PM, Mark Wieder wrote: >>> Speaking of Alligators, > >> YOU will be shot if you aren't careful. > > That's "shod"… Nope - all 'em 'gators was barefoot. You'll have to find your own. - this is getting very sad... Tim ___ u

Re: Google alerts

2012-05-24 Thread Tim Jones
On May 24, 2012, at 5:55 PM, Andre Garzia wrote: > The middle ground was called webOS it had the following advantages on their > developer program: > * FREE Devices for Developers, just get in the line, you will get a free > device or a huge discount. > * No need to pay anything. > * Best document

Re: Google alerts

2012-05-24 Thread Mark Wieder
Jacque- Thursday, May 24, 2012, 4:38:33 PM, you wrote: > On 5/24/12 6:24 PM, Bob Sneidar wrote: >> Speaking of Alligators, > YOU will be shot if you aren't careful. That's "shod"... -- -Mark Wieder mwie...@ahsoftware.net ___ use-livecode mailing

Re: Google alerts

2012-05-24 Thread Mark Wieder
Jacque- Thursday, May 24, 2012, 4:38:06 PM, you wrote: >> Apple has great technology but they give you a hard time. Google makes >> your life easier and ships crappy emulators. > There should be a middle ground. Giveing you a hard time and shipping crappy emulators? That would be MicroSo... oh

Re: Google alerts

2012-05-24 Thread Andre Garzia
On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 8:38 PM, J. Landman Gay wrote: > On 5/24/12 6:23 PM, Andre Garzia wrote: > >> On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 8:03 PM, J. Landman Gay >> **wrote: >> >> I wasn't bold. I was scared not to. Eventually the balance tipped and I >>> took the plunge. But I'd definitely start with Androi

Re: Google alerts

2012-05-24 Thread Colin Holgate
We put that children's book app I made into the iOS app store easily, the Amazon store reasonably easily, but it took about three weeks of back and forth with Google to succeed in getting it into their store. Since it's been there I think two people have bought the app. On May 24, 2012, at 7:2

Re: Google alerts

2012-05-24 Thread Nicolas Cueto
> But I'd definitely start with Android if I were you, the Apple > swamp is much harder and there are alligators. Speaking as a non-professional programmer, most definitely true. The environment setup (both software and hardware), and then getting that first stack onto a mobile device -- it wa

Re: Google alerts

2012-05-24 Thread J. Landman Gay
On 5/24/12 6:24 PM, Bob Sneidar wrote: Speaking of Alligators, YOU will be shot if you aren't careful. -- Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com ___ use-livecod

Re: Google alerts

2012-05-24 Thread J. Landman Gay
On 5/24/12 6:23 PM, Andre Garzia wrote: On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 8:03 PM, J. Landman Gaywrote: I wasn't bold. I was scared not to. Eventually the balance tipped and I took the plunge. But I'd definitely start with Android if I were you, the Apple swamp is much harder and there are alligators.

Re: Google alerts

2012-05-24 Thread Bob Sneidar
Speaking of Alligators, you heard about the blonde who went shopping for Alligator shoes down in Florida eh? NO? Well, she walks into this fancy shoe store and asks to see some Alligator shoes. The clerk gets her a few samples, but upon seeing the price tag, she exclaims, "Why these prices are w

Re: Google alerts

2012-05-24 Thread Andre Garzia
On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 8:03 PM, J. Landman Gay wrote: > I wasn't bold. I was scared not to. Eventually the balance tipped and I > took the plunge. But I'd definitely start with Android if I were you, the > Apple swamp is much harder and there are alligators. Apple has great technology but they

Re: Google alerts

2012-05-24 Thread J. Landman Gay
On 5/24/12 10:13 AM, Bernard Devlin wrote: I salute those brave pioneers such as Jacqueline who have boldly gone into tomorrow. I know that sooner or later I will have to start doing mobile development, so I think this will be what I need to ease me into that. I wasn't bold. I was scared not t

Re: Google alerts

2012-05-24 Thread Andre Garzia
Colin, Congrats on the book! I am the first in line to purchase it! =) Cheers andre On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 1:21 PM, Colin Holgate wrote: > For what it's worth, Packt do publish books on some pretty obscure and > specialized topics. If you check for Drupal as an example, there are 39 > books o

Re: Google alerts

2012-05-24 Thread Colin Holgate
For what it's worth, Packt do publish books on some pretty obscure and specialized topics. If you check for Drupal as an example, there are 39 books on that. They have 116 "beginners" titles. I don't know how they caught on to LiveCode, and my book is the only LiveCode book they are doing. So, n

Re: Google alerts

2012-05-24 Thread Bernard Devlin
I'm glad to see this Colin (and I don't consider myself to be a beginner after decades of programming). But part of me doesn't want the big, wide world to know about Livecode. I guess that a fairly major publisher has taken an interest in Livecode shows that they think it has an edge when it comes

Re: Google alerts

2012-05-23 Thread tbodine
It will definitely be on my reading list! -- Tom Bodine -- View this message in context: http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/Google-alerts-tp4646849p4649568.html Sent from the Revolution - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ use

Re: Google alerts

2012-05-21 Thread Bob Sneidar
Har har! Bob On May 21, 2012, at 1:52 PM, Mark Wieder wrote: > Bob- > > Monday, May 21, 2012, 9:01:50 AM, you wrote: > >> I just tried it with my name. I appear to be web anonymous! > > I made an alert for Web Anonymous. You're everywhere! > > -- > -Mark Wieder > mwie...@ahsoftware.net >

Re: Google alerts

2012-05-21 Thread Mark Wieder
Colin- That's great! I'm looking forward to the release. -- -Mark Wieder mwie...@ahsoftware.net ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: ht

Re: Google alerts

2012-05-21 Thread Mark Wieder
Bob- Monday, May 21, 2012, 9:01:50 AM, you wrote: > I just tried it with my name. I appear to be web anonymous! I made an alert for Web Anonymous. You're everywhere! -- -Mark Wieder mwie...@ahsoftware.net ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecod

Re: Google alerts

2012-05-21 Thread Bob Sneidar
I just tried it with my name. I appear to be web anonymous! Bob On May 20, 2012, at 6:37 AM, Colin Holgate wrote: > Google have a thing they call "alerts". With those you can set a search > string, and how often to check, and if the string shows up anywhere online > you get emailed about it.

Re: Google alerts

2012-05-20 Thread Petrides, M.D. Marian
re early days. The publisher hasn't even told me about > the info pages being live. Google alerts beat them too! > > > On May 20, 2012, at 11:36 AM, "Petrides, M.D. Marian" > wrote: > >>> Looks great, Colin! I've bookmarked the site so I can get

Re: Google alerts

2012-05-20 Thread Colin Holgate
Yes, I guess these are early days. The publisher hasn't even told me about the info pages being live. Google alerts beat them too! On May 20, 2012, at 11:36 AM, "Petrides, M.D. Marian" wrote: > >Looks great, Colin! I've bookmarked the site so I can get back to it

Re: Google alerts

2012-05-20 Thread Petrides, M.D. Marian
Looks great, Colin! I've bookmarked the site so I can get back to it when the book actually becomes available in August. I assume the links to Amazon, etc. are not working because this is a preorder? On May 20, 2012, at 9:37 AM, Colin Holgate wrote: > Google have a thing they call "alerts".

RE: Google alerts

2012-05-20 Thread Lynn Fredricks
> This morning though I got one that was me, and as with the > last time it happened this alert was the first notice I got > of the thing being posted. As you check it out, you'll see > why I didn't put [OT] in the subject: > > http://www.packtpub.com/authors/profiles/colin-holgate Congratulat

Re: Google alerts

2012-05-20 Thread Richmond
On 05/20/2012 04:37 PM, Colin Holgate wrote: Google have a thing they call "alerts". With those you can set a search string, and how often to check, and if the string shows up anywhere online you get emailed about it. Quite a while ago I put my name in, to see what happened. Every now and then

Google alerts

2012-05-20 Thread Colin Holgate
Google have a thing they call "alerts". With those you can set a search string, and how often to check, and if the string shows up anywhere online you get emailed about it. Quite a while ago I put my name in, to see what happened. Every now and then I get an email about some business chap in Au