Comments on: Progress report http://www.71squared.com/2009/05/progress-report/ iPhone Game Development - Web Development Sat, 04 Feb 2012 20:13:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: mike http://www.71squared.com/2009/05/progress-report/comment-page-1/#comment-571 mike Fri, 15 May 2009 14:52:13 +0000 http://www.71squared.co.uk/?p=512#comment-571 Hi Xithis, glad to have you following along. I'm glad you are finding the tutorials useful and feel free to ask questions as and when necessary :o) Mike Hi Xithis, glad to have you following along. I’m glad you are finding the tutorials useful and feel free to ask questions as and when necessary :o)

Mike

]]> By: Xithis http://www.71squared.com/2009/05/progress-report/comment-page-1/#comment-570 Xithis Fri, 15 May 2009 14:40:56 +0000 http://www.71squared.co.uk/?p=512#comment-570 My first post, I stumbled upon this blog while researching OpenGL iPhone support, (Thanks Google!) I'm finding these tutorials a great help, because I'm jumping in from an ActionScript background. I'm not deep enough in my game yet to even know what types of questions to ask yet for future tutorials, still wrapping my head around the initial development. Hopefully soon enough I can add to this discussion. My first post, I stumbled upon this blog while researching OpenGL iPhone support, (Thanks Google!)

I’m finding these tutorials a great help, because I’m jumping in from an ActionScript background. I’m not deep enough in my game yet to even know what types of questions to ask yet for future tutorials, still wrapping my head around the initial development.

Hopefully soon enough I can add to this discussion.

]]> By: RoberRM http://www.71squared.com/2009/05/progress-report/comment-page-1/#comment-564 RoberRM Fri, 15 May 2009 11:32:39 +0000 http://www.71squared.co.uk/?p=512#comment-564 I'm just being selfish here: as Mike said, tutorials are time consuming tasks, if you add anything else to that I don't know if you'll get to make them with the same enthusiasm you do now. And I do prefer tutorials to a forum (there are plenty of forums around, just this page with such great tutorials). Hence, I think I'll vote no to a forum, for now. ;) @John: as for other authors moderating the forum, the way I see it, it will add too much to their workload (which some of them won't like a bit) and, still, you'll need to moderate too. Just think: how do you cope with your work and this site as it is? A forum will multiply your work by two (on the other hand, it will also enrich your experience by two because dialog will be more fluid and you'll get more ideas). That was exactly what happened here in Spain with a mac related news site: they added a forum and now it's not a news site anymore (they add one news every week or so). Again, being selfish, I wouldn't want that for this site. But, of course, it's your decision and I will respect it. ;) I’m just being selfish here: as Mike said, tutorials are time consuming tasks, if you add anything else to that I don’t know if you’ll get to make them with the same enthusiasm you do now. And I do prefer tutorials to a forum (there are plenty of forums around, just this page with such great tutorials). Hence, I think I’ll vote no to a forum, for now. ;)
@John: as for other authors moderating the forum, the way I see it, it will add too much to their workload (which some of them won’t like a bit) and, still, you’ll need to moderate too. Just think: how do you cope with your work and this site as it is? A forum will multiply your work by two (on the other hand, it will also enrich your experience by two because dialog will be more fluid and you’ll get more ideas).
That was exactly what happened here in Spain with a mac related news site: they added a forum and now it’s not a news site anymore (they add one news every week or so).
Again, being selfish, I wouldn’t want that for this site.
But, of course, it’s your decision and I will respect it. ;)

]]> By: mike http://www.71squared.com/2009/05/progress-report/comment-page-1/#comment-560 mike Fri, 15 May 2009 06:20:32 +0000 http://www.71squared.co.uk/?p=512#comment-560 @RoberRM, that is a valid point and something John and I have talked about. For me, the most important part of this site is its content. It was created to share our experiences in both iPhone Development and Web Development. If anything started to detract from that it would be stopped as the site would have failed. We are getting a real following now and it would be a shame to spoil that by having too much going on that we do not have time to manage. Getting the code written and the tutorials recorded is time consuming but its the core of the blog, so that will certainly continue and as John said, we are going to see what the outcome of the Poll is and plan how and when we introduce something like that. Thanks for the feedback. Its open and honest feedback such as that which will help keep our blog on track :o) Mike @RoberRM, that is a valid point and something John and I have talked about. For me, the most important part of this site is its content. It was created to share our experiences in both iPhone Development and Web Development. If anything started to detract from that it would be stopped as the site would have failed.

We are getting a real following now and it would be a shame to spoil that by having too much going on that we do not have time to manage. Getting the code written and the tutorials recorded is time consuming but its the core of the blog, so that will certainly continue and as John said, we are going to see what the outcome of the Poll is and plan how and when we introduce something like that.

Thanks for the feedback. Its open and honest feedback such as that which will help keep our blog on track :o)

Mike

]]> By: John http://www.71squared.com/2009/05/progress-report/comment-page-1/#comment-558 John Fri, 15 May 2009 04:33:14 +0000 http://www.71squared.co.uk/?p=512#comment-558 LOL! Tough call :D I do see your point though, maybe its one for later down the line. We are thinking of opening up the blog to other Authors, so maybe once we do that it would be cool to have them help moderate the forum. Will see what others think ;) LOL! Tough call :D I do see your point though, maybe its one for later down the line. We are thinking of opening up the blog to other Authors, so maybe once we do that it would be cool to have them help moderate the forum.

Will see what others think ;)

]]> By: RoberRM http://www.71squared.com/2009/05/progress-report/comment-page-1/#comment-554 RoberRM Fri, 15 May 2009 00:03:50 +0000 http://www.71squared.co.uk/?p=512#comment-554 Hello Mike! I just don't know what to vote here: on one hand it would be great to have a place to put comments and all that stuff, but on the other hand I've seen too many great places being ruined just because they added too many things, up to a point it was impossible to manage them and then they had to close. So, I'll have to say my vote depends on your next reply: are you sure you'll be able to manage also a forum (where people can get out of hand really easily and you'll have to moderate)? Long story short: (Are you going to be able) ? yes : no; :D Hello Mike!
I just don’t know what to vote here: on one hand it would be great to have a place to put comments and all that stuff, but on the other hand I’ve seen too many great places being ruined just because they added too many things, up to a point it was impossible to manage them and then they had to close. So, I’ll have to say my vote depends on your next reply: are you sure you’ll be able to manage also a forum (where people can get out of hand really easily and you’ll have to moderate)?
Long story short:
(Are you going to be able) ? yes : no; :D

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