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Jari Huomo2012-10-31 08:08:13
Aakkospeli lapsille - ilmainen kokeiluversio

Learn the Finnish alphabets from A to M for free , iPad & iPhone version :)
English version will be released too in near future.

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/aakkospeli-lapsille-ilmainen/id572474544?l=fi&ls=1&mt=8

#devstuff
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  • Jari Huomo2012-10-30 21:10:56
    iPad minini <3

    Copyright: John Wilhelm
    http://500px.com/photo/16561373
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  • Jari Huomo2012-10-29 19:18:05
    Happens to me every night

    I think I heard footsteps... better go now .. bye
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  • Jari Huomo2012-10-29 15:35:39
    Bye bye summer
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  • Jari Huomo2012-10-29 12:04:14
    Monday!
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  • Jari Huomo2012-10-28 18:40:55
    Essential Android apps - help needed!

    I am new to the Android world and would like to fill my #nexus7  with apps :)

    What are you favorite apps for Android?

    Looking for video player , fun for kids , productivity apps , entertainment , news .. everything/anything :) I have nothing else than Google+ apps and my own test apps + Kindle installed currently.
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  • Jari Huomo2012-10-28 11:45:04
    Beware of the Ninja

    Indoor classic , artist Miloje
    https://www.facebook.com/pages/Miloje/150476148398910
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  • Jari Huomo2012-10-28 11:41:34
    Guldlock och de tre björnarna - En interaktiv barnsaga - Android

    For my Swedish friends :)
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  • Jari Huomo2012-10-27 06:26:21
    Cats are waiting

    Make them happy.

    #caturday
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  • Jari Huomo2012-10-26 19:55:16
    Why boys and girls throw differently

    Topic which I have been discussing lately with my wife :)

    "Men have wider shoulders, which translates to higher velocity at ball release. They’re bigger and stronger, and you could argue they can rotate their body faster, but the women have less mass to rotate,” Thomas says. The difference, he suspects, isn’t in the arm or the torso or the shoulder. “I’d bet my bottom dollar there’s something neurological. It’s the nervous system.”

    http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/throw-like-a-girl-with-some-practice-you-can-do-better/2012/09/10/9ffc8bc8-dc09-11e1-9974-5c975ae4810f_story_1.html
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  • Jari Huomo2012-10-26 08:23:59
    The Truth behind success with mobile apps

    I have had this conversation a few times:
    - Building anything new?
    - I am learning to make mobile apps.
    - Wow, you are soon a millionaire! 

    Too bad it´s not that simple :)
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  • Jari Huomo2012-10-25 19:21:19
    The Comparison Trap

    Post written by +Leo Babauta 

    I love reading about other people’s work setups, I really do. It’s one of my guilty pleasures.

    I’ll read about another blogger’s computer setup, or what kind of notebook and pen he uses, or how he works standing up or on a treadmill or while doing handstand pushups and growing a vegetable garden.

    And when I read about some cool setup someone else has, some cool new way of working, I inevitably want to try it. I’m only human.

    You’ve done this too, probably. You might read a review of some new software that will help you create, or a new fashion style or some cool shoes or beautiful furniture or the newest iPad, or the latest iPhone app. Or maybe you’re a minimalist and read someone’s barefoot running article, or how they’re living out of a backpack, and want to try that.

    It’s a trap.

    We’re endlessly looking at how others do things, for inspiration and ideas … but we end up wanting to try those things too. That sounds harmless until you realize that you’ll buy almost anything because someone wrote about it and made it sound amazing. You’ll live a life of an endless series of purchases because of what other people are doing. And it never ends.

    Even if you don’t buy stuff, you’ll change your life endlessly, based on what others are doing. You’ll give up your couch, you’ll stop buying Ikea furniture, then give up your cell phone, then give up your computer, then start doing yoga, then become a Zen monk, then create a tech startup. Those things are amazing, sure … but when does it ever end?

    When do we ever feel content with the life we’re living?

    If you look to the lives of others,
    you’ll always find yourself lacking.

    Look instead at what you have,
    and be grateful.

    Reduce your needs,
    and be content.

    And your life of striving
    for perfection, for the future,
    will become a life of balance,
    of the moment, of inner peace.

    Text source:
    http://zenhabits.net/trap/
    Photo source:
    http://theoatmeal.com/comics/apple
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  • Jari Huomo2012-10-25 13:09:20
    Why Does Apple Inspire So Much Hate?

    "The thing to understand about the kind of hate Apple inspires, both in favor and against Apple, is that it’s not unique. The exact same phenomenon occurs in politics, religion and many other areas of human culture.

    First and foremost, it’s about identity. Our computers, tablets and phones literally become part of us — our minds use them as peripheral memory, and we off-load processing to them from our brains. They see things, hear things and find things for us. They give us super-human powers of awareness, knowledge, communication and more.

    Because we identify with these products, an attack on them can feel like an attack on us.

    And as with politics or religion, one’s opinions are often inescapable within the context in which one views the world.

    So where does the hate really come from? Ultimately, it comes from love.
    Love and hate are not opposites. The opposite of love and hate is indifference.

    You don’t see serious flame wars and hate around, say, the Symbian platform, or around companies like HP or Oracle. And that’s because nobody loves them. And if nobody loves them, nobody is going to hate them.

    People love Apple products. People love Google products. And, yes, people even love Microsoft products. People also love Linux and open systems.
    And all this love engenders passion. And passion drives hate. And that’s why Apple inspires so much hate."

    Read the full story at http://www.cultofmac.com/172428/why-does-apple-inspire-so-much-hate

     
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  • Jari Huomo2012-10-25 12:56:20
    J.K. Rowling Speaks at Harvard Commencement
     
    "...and so rock bottom became the solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life. You might never fail on the scale I did, but some failure in life is inevitable. It is impossible to live without failing at something unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all, in which case you fail by default."

    20 minute speech worth watching :)
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  • Jari Huomo2012-10-24 09:21:12
    How To Change The World

    Via +Matti Ali-Löytty ;)
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  • Jari Huomo2012-10-23 20:28:40
    That´s a big number
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  • Jari Huomo2012-10-23 19:38:07
    Time to sell my Nexus 7 so I can get iPad mini . Who wants it? +Dusan Vrban ;)
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  • Jari Huomo2012-10-23 15:14:29
    Beautiful couple - Klingon style

    Swedish couple Jossie Sockertopp and Sonnie Gustavsson have tied the knot in a Klingon wedding at the 'Destination Star Trek London' convention.

    The three-day convention will be attended by all fives actors who played captains throughout the 46 year-old series.

    It's the first official Star Trek convention in Britain for more than 10 years, so it's exciting times for superfans.

    The couple exchanged vows, swearing to unite against all their opponents. His bride was unsure of the theme at first, but was eventually persuaded.

    "I hadn't seen Star Trek until I met him. He introduced me to it and it was really good," she said.

    "The ceremony was his idea. I thought about it a lot and then I said 'let's do it'.

    "It's a once in a life time thing."

    More at:
    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-20013244
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  • Jari Huomo2012-10-23 14:26:18
    Apple Special Event

    Live video stream will be available here:
    http://www.apple.com/apple-events/october-2012/

    (check the live streaming requirements ;)
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  • Jari Huomo2012-10-21 20:19:38
    Goldilocks and Three Bears - Nexus 7

    Got kids? Got #nexus7  ? (works with most of the other Android tablets too)

    Try Goldilocks and Three bears :)

    First five pages for free:
    https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jhdigitalsolutions.androidbearsenglishlite

    Full version about 0.99$ / 1.22€
    https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jhdigitalsolutions.androidbearsenglishfull
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  • Jari Huomo2012-10-15 20:31:24
    iPad Mini pricing leaked

    According to this article (http://goo.gl/gr3Da) pricing is 249€ so the US price might be 259$. Why?

    New iPad pricing currently:
    US 499$
    Germany 479€ 

    479€ * X = 499$
    X = 1.04175365

    249e * 1.04175365 = 260$
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  • Jari Huomo2012-10-15 10:59:59
    The Servant's Wish

    Once upon a time, in the West Lake village, a servant lived with his master. After service of about 30 years, his master became ill and was going to die.

    One day, the master called his servant and asked him for a wish. It could be any wish but just one. The master gave him one day to think about it. The servant became very happy and went to his mother for discussion
    about the wish.

    His mother was blind and she asked her son for making a wish for her eye-sight to come back. Then the servant went to his wife. She became very excited and asked for a son as they were childless for many years.

    After that, the servant went to his father who wanted to be rich and so he asked his son to wish for a lot of money. The next day he went to his master and made one wish through which all the three (mother, father, wife) got what they wanted.

    You have to tell what the servant asked the master.
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  • Jari Huomo2012-10-14 10:04:59
    Kultakutri ja Kolme Karhua - iPad lastenkirja

    Uusi versio nyt ladattavissa lapsille, ken tahtoo ilmaiseksi niin kysyköön ilmaiskoodia :)

    Uutta:
    Tekstin korostus ääninäyttelijän puheen edetessä!
    Paljon uusia äänitehosteita ja uutta kosketeltavaa.
    Entistä enemmän lentäviä höyheniä.
    Nappuloiden kosketusalaa kasvatettu jotta pienet sormet niihin paremmin osuisivat.

    https://itunes.apple.com/fi/app/kultakutri-ja-kolme-karhua/id514914146?mt=8
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  • Jari Huomo2012-10-13 15:12:11
    “Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.” - Oscar Wilde

    Photo source: My Nikon D7000
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  • Jari Huomo2012-10-13 12:05:01
    Saturday

    Time to have a break and put my app testers to work.
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  • Jari Huomo2012-10-13 09:16:21
    Google+ is a lot like ancient Egypt

    Isn´t that horrible great ?!

    #caturday

    Original photo:
    http://stinkulousreddous.deviantart.com/art/The-Egyptians-Worshipped-Cats-131883175
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  • Jari Huomo2012-10-11 17:54:42
    RESHARE:
    For the Android people

    And good luck +Carlos Icaza for your latest startup :)

    "Lanica’s Platino™, a cross-platform (iOS and Android) native game engine built for Appcelerator Titanium.

    Platino allows Titanium users to build casual to high-end games in JavaScript using a carefully optimized, C++ native-built, cross-platform game engine."

    Funded by Appcelerator:
    http://www.informationweek.com/development/mobility/appcelerator-funds-startup-lanica-for-be/240008418
    http://lanica.co/about/platino/

    #devstuff  

    Reshared text:
    Just plain awesome.
    Sent to Team Lanica, from one of our CodeStrong guests.

    Start the invasion!
    at http://codestrong.com
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  • Jari Huomo2012-10-09 06:12:59
    A new work day at the office

    Luckily office in this photo is not my office :)
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  • Jari Huomo2012-10-08 06:23:22
    Cannot access to my bank account using Mac OS X + Chrome

    So I guess it is time for me to change my bank :)
    I assume there are no easy solutions to fix this?
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  • Jari Huomo2012-10-07 19:04:30
    Promote what you love instead of bashing what you hate

    Thanks +Amanda Blain for reminding us about this :)
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  • Jari Huomo2012-10-07 14:54:59
    Added photos to Photo Processing Challenge 4/2012.
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  • Jari Huomo2012-10-06 18:12:33
    Good night

    Irish proverb +Dirk Talamasca +Eileen O'Duffy :)

    Photo source:
    http://www.ryseup.com/wallpaper/
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  • Jari Huomo2012-10-06 08:39:16
    Brace yourself , dogsunday is coming

    If there is some hashtag you would like to mute , for example #caturday ,
    I highly recommend to try G+ hashtags extension for Chrome made by +Siegfried Hirsch 

    Get it here:
    https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/g%20-hashtags/elpbjkmmckiobkfmdboeldkbijddkfgc

    #gplustip

    Edited photo found here:
    http://www.gamerorlamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/BF3-tank-cat.jpg
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  • Jari Huomo2012-10-05 20:22:00
    Google+ is for...

    These words are from +William L. Weaver .

    What are your views?

    Google+ is for ________
    Facebook is for _______
    Twitter is for __________

    Fill the missing words :)
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  • Jari Huomo2012-10-05 06:17:01
    Want to get smarter? Here's how...

    "Is it possible to increase your intelligence? Absolutely. Do you need technology or cognitive enhancers to accomplish this? Absolutely not. Science shows us that the key to cognitive improvement is keeping your brain active and challenged, while making learning intrinsically rewarding"

    Check +Andrea Kuszewski video post from yesterday:
    https://plus.google.com/108998673146368660257/posts/hRYK4rCamdS
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  • Jari Huomo2012-10-04 10:37:11
    Try this - takes 60 seconds
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  • Jari Huomo2012-10-03 14:43:43
    Piggies building houses now

    #interactivestorybook  project.

    +Heli Järvenpää will be doing the Finnish rhyming again :)
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  • Jari Huomo2012-10-02 11:18:10
    Shit Programmers Say

    An excellent view to a life of programmer.

    And it is really worth watching even if you do not understand anything about programming stuff , such a hilarious video! 
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  • Jari Huomo2012-10-01 16:38:45
    RESHARE:
    Free e-book! And happy birthday +Nicole S. Young!

    Reshared text:
    New FREE eBook! Light Stories: Writings on Photography & Inspiration

    http://nicolesyblog.com/books/book-lightstories/

    I am SUPER excited to announce the release of my brand-new eBook Light Stories. This eBook is in PDF format … and it's free! Yep, that's right :) Just head over to my website to download it … and please spread the word!

    I've been working very hard on a new project to start publishing my own eBooks, this eBook being just the beginning, and I thought that there was no better day than my birthday (yes, it's today!) to kick things off. And … why not do it with a gift I can give to everyone?! Don't worry, though, you'll still be seeing me publish through +Peachpit, +Craft & Vision & +Flatbooks  … I'm not jumping ship on anyone, just starting an adventure of my very own. :)

    To get your free copy, please head on over to my blog: http://nicolesyblog.com/books/book-lightstories/
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  • Jari Huomo2012-10-01 13:58:14
    Piece of Cake

    My first ever submission for #macromonday  . Sub-theme is food.

    Last piece of my birthday cake made by +Anne Huomo .
    After taking this photo I ate it :)

    Have a fun curation day:
    +Kelli Seeger Kim +Kerry Murphy +Jennifer Eden 
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  • Jari Huomo2012-10-01 13:41:30
    Flying away

    Winter is coming :)
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  • Jari Huomo2012-09-30 10:07:16
    Lizzy Hawker - Superwoman

    in the heat of Athens; #spartathlon awaits & the unknown road to Sparta … knee improves, but will knee, head & heart be strong enough?!"

    Lizzy Hawker tweeting day before Spartathlon.

    And here is a video by +Amira Elgan where she finish the Spartathlon at time 27 hours, 2 minutes and 17 seconds -- a new women's record for the race and only two men were faster than she
    https://plus.google.com/107503746996073201840/posts/ToE7SfKWYCt

    The distance of Spartathlon is 246 km (153 miles)!

    Lizzy Hawker is at Twitter - please go and congratulate her there:
    https://twitter.com/lizzihawker

    First time I was reading a book about ultramarathon runners , I had to stop reading and open Google to check are stories really true! +Dean Karnazes for example ran 350 miles (560 km) in 80 hours and 44 minutes without stopping 2005! 

    Photo credit:OlympusMarathon
    https://twitter.com/OlympusMarathon/status/252278581655396352/photo/1

    Glad you were there +Mike Elgan & +Amira Elgan !
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  • Jari Huomo2012-09-29 18:31:57
    RESHARE:
    Unused API calls still available, please use them ;)

    Check 100 people that have been most active in engaging with your 100 last posts by plussing, sharing and / or commenting.

    Reshared text:
    Check your Google+ "Best Friends"

    UPDATE: API CALLS ALMOST USED, WILL STOP WORKING VERY SOOON :D

    Useless & experimental but maybe a little bit fun new site for some Plussers :)

    Check who have been giving +1s / comments / shares to your last 100 public posts most actively.

    1) Load site: http://www.googleplussuomi.com/mybestfriends/?googleid=110479310742964256734 with your own GoogleID

    2) Wait , wait , wait ... first load ever is slow. Refresh the page and you should see your 100 most active Google+ friends . It is again using my super secret algorithms , meaning my codes gives little higher value for comments and shares than +1's .

    And as always, it will work as long as my daily API limit is used :)
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  • Jari Huomo2012-09-29 10:40:32
    Macro shooting - Day 2

    Things learned:
    Tripod and wireless remote control are my friends.
    Time to stop using auto focus & learn to use manual focus.
    Light! How to get quality light for my targets?
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  • Jari Huomo2012-09-29 05:05:23
    Friendship

    Looking for people with similar interests - try Google+ search!

    Have a nice weekend & #caturday  . Now time to unplug myself from the Internet :)
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  • Jari Huomo2012-09-28 19:05:38
    Spider

    Today I learned that it's not very easy to take macro shots , it´s actually very challenging.

    But I will learn .. someday.

    And I will post you a good macro photo .. someday .. but not today :)
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  • Jari Huomo2012-09-28 10:53:10
    Best of Amanda Blain e-book

    2,000,000 followers , congratulations +Amanda Blain !

    Here is an e-book created from her Google+ posts:
    https://dl.dropbox.com/u/26005155/AmandaBlain.mobi (about 15mb)

    Funny photos , inspirational , geek stuff , entrepreneurial posts  and Google+ tips. And since it is a book filtered video posts & circle shares & posts with less than 25 words :)

    Readable also in PC:
    http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html/ref=kcp_pc_mkt_lnd?docId=1000426311

    Photo from this post (my future office & home)
    https://plus.google.com/+AmandaBlain/posts/SvSSLgNPY2a
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  • Jari Huomo2012-09-26 20:24:51
    Why I don´t like Google+ API

    How many Google+ users there are currently?
    400 millions , I am not sure.

    How many API calls developers have every day per project:
    10000 (1 API call = for example load Google+ user profile information)

    So 10000 unique users from these 400,000,000 means that my daily limit is used if app / web site uses only 1 API call / user.

    Why the 10000 limit? I have no idea. It´s my birthday tomorrow , maybe team Google Developers could give me some API calls as a birthday present :D
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  • Jari Huomo2012-09-26 18:23:05
    Check your Google+ "Best Friends"

    UPDATE: API CALLS ALMOST USED, WILL STOP WORKING VERY SOOON :D

    Useless & experimental but maybe a little bit fun new site for some Plussers :)

    Check who have been giving +1s / comments / shares to your last 100 public posts most actively.

    1) Load site: http://www.googleplussuomi.com/mybestfriends/?googleid=110479310742964256734 with your own GoogleID

    2) Wait , wait , wait ... first load ever is slow. Refresh the page and you should see your 100 most active Google+ friends . It is again using my super secret algorithms , meaning my codes gives little higher value for comments and shares than +1's .

    And as always, it will work as long as my daily API limit is used :)
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  • Jari Huomo2012-09-26 14:46:51
    Stress management

    Anyone tried this? Does it work?
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  • Jari Huomo2012-09-25 19:17:27
    Why Programming is fun - The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering - Fred Brooks - Published 1975

    First is the sheer joy of making things. As the child delights in his mud pie, so the adult enjoys building things, especially things of his own design. I think this delight must be an image of God's delight in making things, a delight shown in the distinctiveness of each leaf and each snowflake.

    Second is the pleasure of making things that are useful to other people. Deep within, we want others to use our work and to find it helpful. In this respect the programming system is not essentially different from the child's first clay pencil holder "for Daddy's office."

    Third is the fascination of fashioning complex puzzle-like objects of interlocking moving parts and watching them work in subtle cycles, playing out the consequences of principles built in from the beginning. The programmed computer has all the fascination of the pinball machine or the jukebox mechanism, carried to the ultimate.

    Fourth is the joy of always learning, which springs from the nonrepeating nature of the task. In one way or another the problem is ever new, and its solver learns something: sometimes practical, sometimes theoretical, and sometimes both.

    Finally, there is the delight of working in such a tractable medium. The programmer, like the poet, works only slightly removed from pure thought-stuff. He builds his castles in the air, from air, creating by exertion of the imagination. Few media of creation are so flexible, so easy to polish and rework, so readily capable of realizing grand conceptual structures.
    Yet the program construct, unlike the poet's words, is real in the sense that it moves and works, producing visible outputs separately from the construct itself. It prints results, draws pictures, produces sounds, moves arms. The magic of myth and legend has come true in our time. One types the correct incantation on a keyboard, and a display screen comes to life, showing things that never were nor could be.

    Programming then is fun because it gratifies creative longings built deep within us and delights sensibilities we have in common with all men.
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  • Jari Huomo2012-09-25 06:21:55
    How to be an coding expert

    "People ask how I got started, when my previous career had nothing to do with web development.  I always answer the same. "Google knows everything. You just have to take the time and ask it questions." Soon you can be an expert on things too. So start now.  Most won't bother, but that won't be you will it... ;)" -- +Amanda Blain (https://plus.google.com/107982618909749811163/posts/9t2QRyap4qd)
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  • Jari Huomo2012-09-24 08:40:03
    Developing with Google+

    Would you like to integrate Google+ with an existing website, or build your own social application on the platform? Developing with Google+ takes you on a tour of the Google+ APIs, with lots of concrete examples and hands-on projects. You’ll learn how to take advantage of Google+ social plug-ins, communicate programmatically with Google+ over REST APIs, and author real-time Hangout Apps.

    Over the course of this book, you’ll follow the progress of a fictional company, Baking Disasters, as it incorporates all the features of the Google+ platform.

    - Make the most of social widgets such as the +1 button, Badge, and the Share button
    - Use performance tuning techniques to speed up social plugins on your site
    - Create your own plugins by accessing public data APIs with RESTful web services
    - Transform an blog into a social web application through server-side processing
    - Use OAuth to authenticate users and authorize your access to their private data
    - Extend Google+ Hangouts programmatically and create your own application

    http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920022053.do?sortby=publicationDate#
    http://www.amazon.com/Developing-with-Google-ebook/dp/B0099BK15A

    Written by +Jenny Murphy
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  • Jari Huomo2012-09-24 06:32:40
    Inspiration follows aspiration

    It´s monday again :) #mondaymotivation  
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  • Jari Huomo2012-09-22 12:18:12
    Music & Cats

    #caturday  

    Have a nice weekend!

    Edited photo found here:
    http://www.glittercats.com/
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  • Jari Huomo2012-09-22 05:43:01
    iOS 6 Breaks the App Store

    The thing I like least in iOS 6 is the new App Store search , it makes finding new apps much harder and slower.

    "Just as app discovery is getting harder than ever with the sheer number of apps on the store, Apple’s new App Store layout on iOS 6 makes it worse. Developers everywhere should be up in arms about this. Here’s why.

    Although Apple doesn’t make these numbers public, I bet most people search instead of browse through the App Store categories to find the apps they’re looking for. In iOS 5, if you do a search, you’ll see five apps and you can scroll down effortlessly to see the first 25. I timed it – it takes one swipe and less than one second to get all the way down the list. Most importantly, people can see the price, stars, and number of ratings, which in my opinion are key factors for purchasing an app, for a bunch of apps very quickly."

    From http://www.pixiteapps.com/blog/the-app-store-is-broken/
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  • Jari Huomo2012-09-22 05:23:26
    Coldplay - Paradise (Peponi) African Style (Piano/Cello Cover) ThePianoGuys

    This remake of Paradise by Coldplay is stunningly beautiful I have listened it about a hundred times this week as a background music while working.

    The story behind the song:

    Each time we write/arrange a tune we take a journey. We have to admit—this journey took us a lot further than we expected. Retracing our steps reveals several factors that made this a reality. As we started arranging it we had serious writer’s block. Perhaps some of the worst we’ve ever had. In fact, one day instead of writing we went around the entire studio with a can of WD-40 and coated every piece of metal to ensure that we were a squeak-free studio. Then on a whim we decided to back away and take an entirely new approach to the song—an African approach. It may seem random in retrospect, but at the time it was an exciting way to restart the arrangement. It was working, but our journey still was on foot until we called in Alex Boye, one of the most talented people we’ve ever met. Alex has this contagious energy that gave new life to the song and to us. He sings the tune in 4 different languages: Swahili, English, Yoruba (his mother’s native language), and Alex’s own African “scat” (we’ll call it…Scafrican) Most of the words you hear are translated from the lyrics in the original Coldplay Tune. We’re huge fans of Alex — We bet you are now too!

    When we had finished the arrangement we all agreed that listening to it was like taking a journey to somewhere remote and ruggedly beautiful. How were we to depict this with a cello, African percussion and, most difficult of all, a grand piano? We took a risky, but oh-so-valuable turn when we called in helicopters to air-lift us and our instruments where none had gone before! (Please excuse the Trek reference). Since no one had ever done this before where were we to go for advice? Well, we can tell you that Home Depot didn’t have a lot of answers (how disappointing) but we did clean them out of their strongest cable they had. We don’t mind telling you that when that helicopter began lifting our brand new-never-before-played grand piano into the air we couldn’t help close our eyes and cross our fingers. We consider a blessing of Heaven that it worked. I guess we figured that if it didn’t, maybe it could still be a viral video — “PIANO MOVE FAIL”

    We’d like to thank from the bottom of our hearts, Duane Fielding who offered the helicopters and SkyHawk for not dropping the piano… Half-way through the first day of shooting we discovered that, as typical guys, we had forgotten to bring ANY food or water to this remote location. We had two options: one, wrestle a mountain rodent and harvest cacti or two, starve. Duane, our head pilot, took pity on us. He took off (literally) and moments later landed in a Wendy’s parking lot, ordered 5 of everything (sadly, he couldn’t use the drive through)…took off again and brought us chicken sandwiches and hamburgers via airmail. Thank you Duane! Flying in your helicopter was a dream come true for us despite the lack of doors.

    http://thepianoguys.com/portfolio/coldplay-paradise-peponi-african-style-pianocello-cover/
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  • Jari Huomo2012-09-21 09:21:35
    StayFocusd - Chrome Extension

    StayFocusd increases your productivity by limiting the amount of time that you can spend on time-wasting websites.

    You sit down at the computer, and you swear you'll be productive. Next thing you know, it's twelve hours later. You've checked your email, updated your Facebook status, browsed the trending topics on Twitter, read your RSS feeds, looked up your favorite band on Wikipedia, vanity googled yourself, cyber-stalked your ex, looked at all your high-school crushes' Facebook photos, watered your plants on Farmville, and lost a week's pay playing online poker. What you haven't done is WORK.

    StayFocusd is a productivity extension for Google Chrome that helps you stay focused on work by restricting the amount of time you can spend on time-wasting websites. Once your allotted time has been used up, the sites you have blocked will be inaccessible for the rest of the day.

    https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/laankejkbhbdhmipfmgcngdelahlfoji
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  • Jari Huomo2012-09-21 07:14:31
    Beauty in morning light

    For #floralfriday  +Tamara Pruessner 
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  • Jari Huomo2012-09-20 19:24:47
    SIGMA 105mm F2.8 EX DG MACRO

    Used from Ebay :) Hopefully a beautiful day tomorrow so I can test it outside too. 
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  • Jari Huomo2012-09-20 10:45:22
    Best of +Jaana Nyström

    Here is the Jaana Nyström's most liked posts e-book, too bad videos
    are not showing in Kindle :)

    https://dl.dropbox.com/u/26005155/BestOfJaana.mobi

    Photo from this post:
    https://plus.google.com/+JaanaNystr%C3%B6m/posts/f7KTBko9CBR

    If anyone else would like to get own book , let me know in comments and I will create some with my automatic book creator tools later.
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  • Jari Huomo2012-09-20 10:01:34
    Best of +Mike Elgan

    Here is the link for "Mike Elgan´s 200 most popular Google+ posts" ebook:
    https://dl.dropbox.com/u/26005155/BestOfMikeElgan.mobi

    And here are all the "long posts" , over 200 words: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/26005155/BestOfMikeElganLong.mobi

    You can read it with computers too:
    http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html/ref=kcp_pc_mkt_lnd?docId=1000426311

    Photo from this post:
    https://plus.google.com/+MikeElgan/posts/BNXWNCT2vLw
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  • Jari Huomo2012-09-20 07:06:46
    Try something new for 30 days - Part 2

    Here are things I’m trying to quit doing at my desk:

    Thinking: Nobody does their best thinking sitting at their desk. When you reflect on your biggest “Ah-Ha!” moments, how many of them occurred while you were staring at a screen? If you’re like me, your best thinking happens when you’re not at your desk: taking a walk, going and asking another person for help, drinking a coffee, in the shower. Your desk is for executing; do your thinking elsewhere.

    Socializing: When I sit down at my desk, I want to be in work mode. I want to prioritize my most important tasks, and then complete them with the fastest velocity possible. Socializing while I’m at my desk sullies the purity of the workstation. This is why the water cooler is actually a brilliant social construct: when you want to hang out, you can get up from your workstation and go to the socialstation. I think every office should have a socialstation, a place (or time in the morning) where team members can hang out, and talk informally.

    Procrastinating: Check Facebook, check Twitter, go on YouTube, check email, mindlessly read blog posts. I think that breaks, and downtime, are important in a work day. But again: I think maintaing the purity of my desk as a place where I work is important. If I need some “mindless” time, I think it’s better to walk away from my desk and have a place and time limit where I do that. It’s also important that we catch ourselves when procrastinating and ask ourselves: “Why?” Are we procrastinating because we’re tired? Hungry? Bored? Are we stuck on a problem? Are we just feeling lethargic and need to get up and move around? Figure out what’s at the source of your mindless net browsing, and deal with the problem.

    Text source: http://justinjackson.ca/i-quit-my-desk/
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  • Jari Huomo2012-09-19 20:24:00
    It´s just a phone!

    My thoughts exactly , good night :)

    Found it here:
    http://twitter.yfrog.com/z/oelyoanj

     
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  • Jari Huomo2012-09-19 18:02:43
    My first year of photography

    One year ago I had no knowledge about the meaning of strange words like shutter speed , aperture , depth of field , exposure or what are the strange numbers in my lens. Learning has been fun and I have taken thousands of really bad photos.

    Here are some of my favorite landscape & nature photos from my photography adventure :)
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  • Jari Huomo2012-09-19 04:31:59
    RESHARE:
    Very cool ;)

    Reshared text:
    Cool View!  My G+ Photos isorted by "Most Popular":
    http://www.googleplussuomi.com/thumbs.php?id=105237212888595777019 

    You can do this too by putting your 21-digit numerical Google+ ID there in the end... I saw this tip on +Jeff Sullivan 's stream, so be sure to pop over there and thank him!  
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  • Jari Huomo2012-09-18 07:47:19
    BookBook for iPhone - Beautiful design

    The BookBook for iPhone is a genuine leather case that not only protects your iPhone, but serves as a wallet too. With sections for credit cards, a clear window for your photo ID, and space to hold notes it has everything you need when you’re out and about. 

    Video:
    Introducing BookBook For iPhone from Twelve South
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  • Jari Huomo2012-09-17 20:22:52
    Water is the driving force of all nature - Leonardo Da Vinci

    The Dam of Imatra. Photo taken today. I really enjoyed the view . 

    For more realistic view try this while watching this photo in full screen:
    1) Open http://www.soundsnap.com/node/96399 for water sounds
    2) Spray some water to your face and enjoy :)

    For #monochromemonday  +Jerry Johnson +Hans Berendsen +Manuel Votta
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  • Jari Huomo2012-09-17 19:46:56
    Imatrankoski rapids

    "The Imatrankoski Rapids are Imatra's most famous attraction, and travelers have been drawn to the rapids for hundreds of years. At the turn of the century the rapids - with Imatra's famous hotel, the Valtionhotelli, standing on its banks - was the most popular tourist attraction in Finland."

    Usually rapids are allowed to run everyday at 18.00 but because of high level of water really rare thing is happening this year and rapids are running now 24/7 at least few months! 
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  • Jari Huomo2012-09-17 07:50:46
    Making a difference. One App At A Time.

    Emotional footage features people all around the world whose lives have been deeply changed by apps.

    Official Apple Making a difference. One app at a time. Trailer
    http://www.apple.com/ios/videos/#developers
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  • Jari Huomo2012-09-14 06:23:38
    Back to work now...
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  • Jari Huomo2012-09-13 17:40:46
    15 reasons why you should not listen to "experts"

    1. "Children just aren't interested in Witches and Wizards anymore."
    —Anonymous publishing executive to J.K. Rowling, 1996.

    2. "There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home."
    —Ken Olson, Founder of Digital Equipment Corp., 1977.

    3. "We don't like their sound, and guitar music is on the way out."
    —Decca Records executives rejecting the Beatles, 1962.

    4. "This 'telephone' has too many shortcomings to be seriously considered as a means of communication. The device is inherently of no value to us."
    —Western Union internal memo, 1876

    5. "Everyone acquainted with the subject will recognize it as a conspicuous failure."
    —Henry Morton, President of the Stevens Institute of Technology, on Edison's light bulb, 1880.

    6. "You better get secretarial work or get married."
    —Emmeline Snively, Director – Blue Book Modelling Modelling Agency, to Marilyn Monroe in 1944.

    7. "The horse is here to stay but the automobile is only a novelty, a fad."
    —The President of the Michigan Savings Bank advising Henry Ford's lawyer not to invest in the Ford Motor Co., 1903.

    8. "Flight by machines heavier than air is unpractical and insignificant, if not utterly impossible."
    —Simon Newcomb; The Wright Brothers flew at Kittyhawk 18 months later

    9. "I would say that this does not belong to the art which I am in the habit of considering music."
    —Alexandre Oulibicheff, reviewing Beethoven's Fifth Symphony.

    10. "Drill for oil? You mean drill into the ground to try and find oil? You're crazy."
    —Associates of Edwin L. Drake mocking his idea to drill for oil, 1859.

    11. "How, sir, would you make a ship sail against the wind and currents by lighting a bonfire under her deck? I pray you, excuse me, I have not the time to listen to such nonsense."
    —Napoleon Bonaparte, when told of Robert Fulton's steamboat plans, 1800s.

    12. "I'm sorry, Mr. Kipling, but you just don't know how to use the English language."
    —The San Francisco Examiner, rejecting a submission by Rudyard Kipling in 1889.

    13. "Very interesting Whittle, my boy, but it will never work."
    —Cambridge Aeronautics Professor, when shown Frank Whittle's plan for the jet engine.

    14. "Television won't last. It's a flash in the pan."
    —Mary Somerville, pioneer of radio educational broadcasts, 1948.

    15. "To place a man in a multi-stage rocket and project him into the controlling gravitational field of the moon where the passengers can make scientific observations, perhaps land alive, and then return to earth – all that constitutes a wild dream worthy of Jules Verne. I am bold enough to say that such a man-made voyage will never occur regardless of all future advances."
    —Lee DeForest, Inventor of the vacuum tube, 1926.

    Original source: http://goo.gl/WiYmx
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  • Jari Huomo2012-09-13 04:13:30
    RESHARE:


    Reshared text:
    Who wants to make money off Google Plus in three easy steps?

    1. Go to your account settings.
    2. Deactivate your account.
    3. Go to work.

    cc #roryswan  
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  • Jari Huomo2012-09-12 18:32:55
    Amazon Kindle Paperwhite

    After seeing Amazon , Nokia and Apple presentations , this is the device I am most excited!

    "Don’t be fooled by your expectations for eReaders, though, because the Kindle Paperwhite brings a number of innovations to the table."

    - Gorgeous “Paperwhite” display.
    - Patented light guide
    - Battery can last up to 8 weeks. That’s with the backlight kept on the entire time, which is absolutely nuts.

    http://www.slashgear.com/kindle-paperwhite-hands-on-06246346/
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  • Jari Huomo2012-09-12 18:18:12
    84 Million potential users for my apps that I still have not made.

    That is a lot.
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  • Jari Huomo2012-09-11 20:39:16
    Google Nexus 7 - First Impressions

    My app tester did some testing with the new Nexus 7. 
    And it seems that he too liked it.

    #android  #nexus7
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  • Jari Huomo2012-09-11 16:20:31
    RESHARE:
    Time for a new 30 days challenge. What should I try this time?

    I will surely continue this no internet activity after 21.00 as much as possible in future months too, enjoyed reading and sleeping so much :-)

    Reshared text:
    My 30 days challenge

    Is there something you've always meant to do, wanted to do, but just ... haven't? +Matt Cutts  suggests: Try it for 30 days. This short, lighthearted talk offers a neat way to think about setting and achieving goals.

    My next 30 days challenge starting tomorrow is no internet activity after 21.00

    Why? So I would have more time for my other passions like running & music & books & photography & hopefully more time for sleeping :)

    If you see me giving +´1s & comments after 9pm (GMT+2) in next 30 days post a comment #fail !
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  • Jari Huomo2012-09-11 14:39:09
    For the Finnish Android Kids :)
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  • Jari Huomo2012-09-11 06:34:55
    Kiss

    Long time no photos for #portraittuesday  +Laura Balc . Fixed :)
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  • Jari Huomo2012-09-10 18:03:13
    Freemium vs Premium - App Store US

    iPad Grossing chart - App Store US - Top 200 Apps:
    135 free apps vs 65 paid apps

    iPhone Grossing chart - App Store US - Top 200 Apps:
    132 free apps vs 68 paid apps

    #apple   #appstore   #ios   #iphone #ipad
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  • Jari Huomo2012-09-10 12:03:55
    Monday again

    Here is some horse action for #monochromemonday :)

    +Manuel Votta +Hans Berendsen +Jerry Johnson 
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  • Jari Huomo2012-09-08 05:17:03
    RESHARE:
    And here is an excellent Chrome extension if you happen to hate for example #caturday  posts. Just tested it and it´s working great :)

    Reshared text:
    G+Hashtags updated to 0.48     Direct link http://goo.gl/OWouH

    Has taken longer, than I thought, but at last a new version is uploaded. 

    But first of all, I was able to speed up the extension to make it more usable, especially if you have lots of posts and #hashtags  in your stream. 
    The extensions now only shows about 15 most used #hashtags  in your stream, but you can show all, by clicking on the more button.

    I had some conversations with users and I have tried to bring in the best of their ideas and have reworked the design a little.

    I have changed the behavior of the view button to delay the popup of the listing of all postings with the shown hashtag. This way you can mouse over the hashtags and the view windows does not popup immediately. 
    I also have changed the position of the two buttons mute and view in the row of the hashtag. 

    The three top buttons mute/muted, pin and reset are now flat buttons with the following behavior:

    Mute/Muted Button
    If you have muted any hashtags, they are shown in a popup window and it is possible to unmute the hashtag in this little window by clicking on the x behind the hashtag. 

    Pin Button
    If you click on pin, the hashtags occupy the whole area between top and bottom of your screen to show more hashtags and have them always viewable, while scrolling down. This can switched off any time and the old view is restored

    Reset Button
    Use with care, because it resets the extension and deletes all your muted hashtags. 

    If you have further questions, ideas or critics to this little extension, please let me know. 

    Here you find the new version http://goo.gl/OWouH
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  • Jari Huomo2012-09-08 05:07:23
    Have a nice weekend

    and #caturday & saturday

    Photo source: www.animallwalls.net
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  • Jari Huomo2012-09-07 18:33:48
    Finland´s First Hangout On Air..

    Sorry , I am at Internet after 21.00 :)

    Suomen ensimmäinen HOA - Gplussa
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  • Jari Huomo2012-09-07 13:36:22
    Never give up

    Kathryn Stockett book The Help has since been published in 42 languages. As of August 2012, it has sold ten million copies and spent more than 100 weeks on the The New York Times Best Seller list.
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  • Jari Huomo2012-09-04 17:56:49
    Three (Incredibly Simple) Questions The Most Successful People Use To Change The World

    Question Number 1: What’s the outcome I want?

    Question Number 2: What stands in my way?

    Question Number 3: Who has figured it out already?

    http://www.forbes.com/sites/mikemaddock/2012/08/21/three-incredibly-simple-questions-the-most-successful-people-use-to-change-the-world/

    via +Dusan Vrban 
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  • Jari Huomo2012-09-04 17:48:40
    Google Nexus 7 - Curious

    I like this ad and I love making apps to kids :)
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  • Jari Huomo2012-09-04 11:39:34
    Letter from Mountain View

    "Here's a small token of our appreciation: a handful stickers :)"

    Wohoo!!

    Thanks to +Jenny Murphy :)
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  • Jari Huomo2012-09-03 07:53:54
    Monday Motivation

    #mondaymotivation  
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  • Jari Huomo2012-09-02 18:04:43
    Google+ What's hot archive

    Enjoy :)
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  • Jari Huomo2012-09-01 18:01:21
    Noticed last week that App Store has an API . Could not help myself not to test it so I build a new website this week :)

    What´s hot in Finnish App Store or something like that in English.
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  • Jari Huomo2012-09-01 11:38:41
    Shigeru Miyamoto - #caturday  wisdom
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  • Jari Huomo2012-09-01 05:17:00
    Andreas Illiger: “Tiny Wings success was scary.”

    I love making apps but hopefully I do not make anything as popular as Tiny Wings ever :) 

    ----
    “The first month was really scary,” Andreas comments on what was happening after Tiny Wings had hit the first spot in the US App Store. An avalanche of interest was so unpleasant that Andreas decided to disappear from the public and get back to his passion: creating games.

    It was really hard life when Tiny Wings become such a success last year. You have no clue what success means before it happens to you. Suddenly the whole world went to my room and everybody wanted something: to buy me, to buy the license, sell merchandising stuff, make cinema movie. It was totally crazy. I am a quiet guy and I like my quiet life. For me personally, nothing changed. I still live in a small flat, I don’t have a car because I don’t have a driving license, I haven’t bought anything except of a new computer. So I am still the guy I was before Tiny Wings and I just want to make cool games, that’s my passion.

    http://blog.flowstudiogames.com/post/22256606191/andreas-illiger-tiny-wings-success-was-scary
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  • Jari Huomo2012-08-31 07:32:48
    Aakkospeli #1 App Store Suomi - Education

    Thanks for the support Finnish iPad users , I really appreciate it :)

    http://www.parhaatiphoneohjelmat.com/ipad/koulutus/?lajittelu=maksulliset
    http://www.parhaatiphoneohjelmat.com/esittely/552864558/Aakkospeli
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  • Jari Huomo2012-08-30 06:56:35
    Broken iMac Prank

    Count how many times you hear "awwwww......" :)
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