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Links for May 6th through May 9th:

Microsoft brings out Azure toolkit for iOS An iOS version of the Windows Azure toolkit is now available for developers, according to the official Microsoft blog. The download simplifies coding for Microsoft's cloud-based OS platform. Included with the iOS toolkit are compiled code libraries, a sample app, documentation, and an Azure deployment package….
cocos2d-javascript Cocos2d-javascript is a 2D game/graphics engine based on cocos2d-iphone but designed to run in the web browser. It uses the latest features available in HTML 5 allowing real-time rendering of 2D graphics without the need for plug-ins such as Adobe Flash.
cocos2d-android – cocos2d for Android: A framework for building 2D games for the Android platform. – Google Project Hosting cocos2d for Android is a framework for building 2D games, demos and other graphical/interactive applications. It is based on the cocos2d-iphone design: it uses the same API, but instead of using objective-c, it uses Java.
Slow and Steady Wins the Race: the Optimistic Numbers Post But what really happens is one app makes a certain number of sales per day, but two apps make more, and three apps make even more. The sales don't double each time you release an app, since sales of each older app decline over time. But the water level of
Achievement Design 101
Microsoft posts Bing Maps Control for iOS

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Links for 2011-01-17 through 2011-02-02:

Allerta – Allerta is an open source typeface designed for use in signage. Allerta was designed to be easily and quickly read from a distance. Each letter exploits the most unique aspects of that individual letter so that each character can be easily distinguished from any other.
Omnifocus Themes – Make OmniFocus less ugly with themes.
Picture Imperfect – Praise for Hipstamtic
Advanced drawing using AppKit –
MTA.ME – Animated musical MTA map
How Egypt did (and how your government could) shut down the Internet –
iPad App Marketing Case Study: Flickpad –
Startup Fundraising is a Time Sink — PaulStamatiou.com –
TextMate user – Using the best tool for the best job. TextMate – A great collection of TextMate tips & goodies.
Crash-only software: More than meets the eye [LWN.net] – Many Linux systems actually boot faster when recovering from a crash than from a clean shutdown & startup.
365 Days, $10 Million, 3 Rounds, 2 Companies, All With 5 Magic Slides –
Change Default iCal Event Length | Mac Tricks And Tips – I was looking for a way to change iCal's default event length to 30 minutes when I was scheduling meetings for MacWorld and I found this. It works nicely.
The F Word – You cannot advance the game by simply making it harder. This tactic hasn’t been acceptable since Space Invaders.
Scouting NY –
Dear Me: Get to work | 43 Folders – GTD is all about rapid, intuitive selection of what you need to be working on now. Whip out your context list appropriate for the time-place-opportunity-space you are in now. Scan through it, then do.
For the longest time I was having a problem with this. I'd scan through my context lists and I'd see things like:
Pack box up
Ask Bob about meeting
Review new design book
Send Cherry income information
Scanning down a list of actions in a context list should be like running your hand across a silk sheet. Scanning through these tasks felt less like silk and more like sand paper. Pack what into the box? What did I need to know about the meeting? Review the book for what, specifically?
Mobile & App Store WordPress Themes –
Persisting model state in Obj-C | XPerienced Blog –
Parallels Consumer Tech Blog: Do your classes require Windows? – Fact: 27% of college students use Macs (more than any other computer). Learn how to maximize your capability…

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