Monthly Archives: March 2009

Leaks & Zombies – an intro to iPhone memory management

In addition to the Platform = Stage – How to choose a mobile development platform talk I gave in MobileDevCamp Helsinki, I gave a short BarCamp presentation about iPhone memory management practices titled Leaks & Zombies. It’s a more technical … Continue reading

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MobileDevCamp slides: Platform = Stage

Here are slides of a talk that I gave a few weeks ago in MobileDevCamp Helsinki. It’s a modified version of a similar talk that I gave in Slush Helsinki conference last fall. Talk discusses an important changes that happened … Continue reading

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Enthusiasm vs. Hype. True offline virality of Travian

Have you ever heard of Travian? No? That’s what I thought. Have you heard of Second Life? Probably. Travian is a browser based free strategy game, a phenomenon that almost nobody has heard of. But look the graph below. That … Continue reading

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