http://www.cognited.com Fuel for the mind, sparked by curiosity. Sat, 09 Aug 2008 17:28:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en OK, this is more of a assumption than a fact. If one plotted revenue and development time on an app, the I'm Rich" app would have the highest profit margin of all. I don't know how many apps were sold, but at least one is believed to be ... http://www.cognited.com/2008/08/07/dont-hate-the-player-most-profitable-iphone-app/ My last post was discussing my hesitations on buying a new iMac 24 inch 3.06ghz. Apple's sextastic hardware wooed me into buying the mother of all iMacs. The unboxing of an Apple product is almost a ritualistic ceremony. The packaging is so meticulously done, you almost want to save ... http://www.cognited.com/2008/08/04/time-machine-works-part-1-migration-assistant-chronicles/ I'd be lying if I said I don't get excited about Apple hardware rumors. However, this one seems to be too good to be true, check below. I'm in the market for a new computer. I've settled on the 24" iMac 3.06. I'll be selling my homemade PC, and ... http://www.cognited.com/2008/07/29/rumor-apple-portables-get-aluminum-makeover-and-custom-chipsets/ I fought the Twitter craze for a while now, but the time has come to take the plunge. I tried to convince myself "Its just endless Facebook status updates, why do I need this?" The truth is, I don't but its pretty fun. I downloaded Spaz, this ... http://www.cognited.com/2008/07/28/twitter-submergence/ In a class this quarter taught by Andrew Nelson I read an interesting book, "Finding Time" by Leslie Perlow. The book discusses the impact of technology and the new economy on work/life balance. This year for the first time I enrolled in Yoga/Pilates for 2 reasons. Reason 1: I ... http://www.cognited.com/2007/12/05/finding-time-and-yogapilates/ One of the things recently talked about in our Facebook class is the news feed. The consensus was that its an Ace in the hole for Facebook. I'm not going to argue with that, but how much is too much? Sure, I'm glad that Facebook gives you the ... http://www.cognited.com/2007/11/03/facebook-news-feed-or-news-feast/ I'm fully aware of all the lame apps around, but creating a good app is a lot of work. My entire team definitely underestimated the amount of time required to develop an app that is useful to users. Our app is aimed at the car enthusiast community, therefore ... http://www.cognited.com/2007/10/30/respect-facebook-apps/ Despite my love for WordPress, I am apparently not immune to technological misfortunte. The WordPress database exploded 3 weeks ago, and school has been so intense that I haven't had a chance to debug it. Its up and running and in good shape now. Activity will resume, and ... http://www.cognited.com/2007/10/27/wordpress-database-explosion/ This year Stanford is offering a class for designing, developing, and implementing Facebook Apps. As far as I know, this is the first class offered on this subject. I've decided to take on the other members of my team in this class as authors for this blog. ... http://www.cognited.com/2007/09/27/the-stanford-facebook-class/ I could be jumping the gun here, but I cant remember the last time I channel surfed. I'm sure part of this has to do with a simple lack of time. However, I do find the time to watch some TV. In fact, I'm watching Heroes as ... http://www.cognited.com/2007/08/26/is-channel-surfing-dead/