Is there anything more annoying than being bombarded by a fleet of Star Wars based twitter accounts, just because you're posting daily Advent Calendar tweets?!
.. Well, yes, apparently there is!
Yesterday, I clicked on a link to a 9to5Mac.com article, hoping for an interesting read.
The 9to5Mac.com website is "OPTIMISED for your iPad!", meaning I got an OPTIMISED website to look at!
Awesome!!
"Holy shitballs, your website has no content, looks like crap, and is completely worthless.. ON PURPOSE!?!?! @9to5mac" t.co/JlafGJvq
The response was disturbing, to say the least..
"@Jayenkai click desktop site button"
You know, I don't want to sound like a complete git, and god knows I'm not one to be ranting about shit website layouts, but you'd think that someone who's target audience actually uses iPads, and who's bothered to make their website iPad "friendly" would actually give a rats ass if their website looks as completely fucking useless as it does, on the target fucking device!!
"DESIGN A BETTER WEBSITE.. I AM YOUR FUCKING TARGET AUDIENCE, YOU ARSEHOLES!!! @9to5mac"
.. 9to5Mac then swiftly deleted their tweet, blocked me, and haven't replied.
They also haven't fixed their website yet.
Lazy fuckers.
CodersRule warns us of the dangers of mouse tracking in the browser. Scary shit! socoder.net/?topic=3095
; Meccano Bridge
My village is getting a new bridge, made out of Meccano!! It's fantastic!! ... Did I put this in last weeks newsletter?! Sod it, there's a video up, now, too!! socoder.net/?topic=3073
A popular dev team put together their first Windows 8 Store app, and managed to generate a whopping £52 in their first week.
Cracking stuff... bit.ly/11QTGMi
; Eee-Eer-Err-Errr-Errrk
(...or something resembling that! it's a hard noise to type!)
WarOffice found a remote controlled Transformer! Kickass!!
"I just picked my jaw up off the floor... Where do I send my money?" bit.ly/X0EKdN
; QR Paranoia
Always on the look out to find new and interesting ways to create paranoia in tech circles, Symantec have outdone themselves, this time! Apparently, evil nasty crooks are slapping up their own evil QR codes, all over town, in the hope that folk unexpectedly let their phones do whatever the crooks are expecting them to do. t.co/khnYPt0n
; What Do You Like?
Have you checked your own Facebook account, lately? I recently stumbled upon some odd Red Casino bullshit that appeared on my timeline. Apparently I "used an offer" at the casino! Bollocks!! Anyhoo, it's not just me seeing crazy shit in my timeline. It's happening to other people, too. Do yourself a favour, and check what you like! bit.ly/UdIF1f
I've been in two minds whether to add this to this week's newsletter, or leave it until the New Year one. But since a PMC section would require I dig out the laptop (too lazy to bother!) I figured I should just waffle on a bit about this new Indie thing. I should also mention WarOffice, because he emailed me about it the other day. Of course, by that point, I was already knee deep in the thing, but still, at least WarOffice bothers to submit stuff to the newsletter!!
It all started about a week ago, when @McFunkyPants suggested a possible OneGameAMonth, on Twitter. Hundreds of his followers all wanted to join in, and so he setup a nice website to handle it, allowed folk to sign up using their Twitter accounts, and all is ready for a January launch.
Think of it as being like our old Monthly Workshop, except without any sort of boundaries. Just make a game. One a month, for a whole year.
Of course, being Mr AGameAWeek, I've been dragged into the thing whether I like it or not. @McFunkyPants sent over a quick interview email thing the other day, which I gladly filled out and sent back. Not sure what he's doing with it, but it's out there, somewhere!
Meanwhile, you can head over to the site, register yourself, and prepare for the insanity of it all come January. It's all for fun, no prizes, nothing like that, but if you're the sort of insane nutjob like I am, it might be something to keep your mind occupied!
