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Matt Gemmell:

That was a shitty thing for me to do, because having a following doesn’t just make patronage work, or let you take creative risks in product monetisation; it’s also a responsibility.

Now, that sucks, because you can’t possibly be held accountable for the actions of every sociopath who happened to click the Follow button on your Twitter profile. You can’t.

I am so glad he wrote this. I’ve been struggling with a similar post, but Matt has said it far better than I could have. Well done.

UPDATE 11-25-15: As with the other posts on this matter the new evidence coming forward calls into question the motives of the individual in such a way that I no longer feel as many people were, or are, in the wrong as they were.

Cerebral Gardens has released Rudoku which is a crazy number game. I’ve been lucky enough to have been playing it, and it is equal parts frustrating and amazing. Frustrating in that you think you are about to win and then — nope.

I love the game and it is well worth your time to check out. It’s fast to learn and anything but mind numbing. It’s one of the few games I keep on my iPhone.

Another great title from a co-worker. Go get it.

Samantha Bielefeld:

The issue isn’t that Marco is successful, there are many app developers who would love to be in the same position. He has earned his time in the spotlight, and it’s only natural for him to take advantage of it. Though to state that anyone can simply do the same thing and be successful, is just plain wrong.

Some great points in here, something about Overcast’s new pricing model has felt off with me since I read about it. I think a lot of it is encapsulated in Bielefeld’s post.

Launching apps, even if you have a name, is incredibly hard. What helps Arment is not so much that he can get the press coverage, but that his core audience is larger than most people’s. And it is that core audience which will spend money on whatever you do.

(BTW, if you aren’t reading Bielefeld’s blog, there’s no better time to start.)

UPDATE 11-25-15: While I think this linked post still makes very solid points, I can no longer in good conscience recommend reading the original source content’s author.

For posterity the original link point to: http://samanthabielefeld.com/journal/the-elephant-in-the-room

I used to keep a page on this site to sell this stuff, but I really wanted a better storefront for it. So, of course I had to get a new domain. I am super proud of the domain.

A few items on there now, more to be added later this week.

Mitchel Broussard:

The takeaway from Morrison and Evans’ videos today seems to be that while intense cases like synthetic Geekbench tests designed to push devices to their limits revealed as high as a 22% difference in battery life between devices using the two chips, real-world impacts may be much smaller depending on the mix of activities. In these specific usage patterns shown above, battery life differences between the two processors ranged from 6% to 11%.

Still glad I have the TSMC chip. Wonder if this is the nail in the coffin for Samsung making AX series chips for Apple.

Really misleading title, as the difference appears to mostly be about battery life. Now Engadget is claiming huge differences of up to 2 hours better performance with the TSMC chip phones, but speed differences are unknown. Interesting stuff.

Update: I didn’t realize at the time of posting that this was a user submitted post. Most of the data here is from Reddit. While not the best source, there does seem to be some anecdotal evidence to support the claim. This is going to be interesting as people test it more.