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Christmas and Holiday Game Discounts
Touch Arcade — A number of game developers have discounted their games for the holidays. The following is a list of notable sales: Free - $3.99 Duck Duck Duck ($0.99 -> Free) BurnBall ($2.99 -> $.99) - video Christmas with Weezer ($4.99 -> $1.99) Mines in Space ($2.99 -> $1.99) - review/video KamiCrazy ($3.99 -> $1.99) - video Sky Thunder ($2.99 -> $1.99) Ernie Els Golf 2008 ($6.99 -> ...

Four short links
O'Reilly Radar - Insight, analysis, and research about emerging technologies. — ... - a very sweet-looking mobile (iPhone in the particular) optimised Twitter interface. Although, as I said, every time a Twitter API-consuming web site makes me type in my username and password, a little piece of my soul dies. Thanks to @sogrady for the pointer. Prius as emergency generator - New York Times story about a clever gent who didn't panic during the ice storm, but used his Prius to generate power to see him through. BurnBall, an iPhone game by Kiwi Foo Camp alumnus Tim Haines. Links as a ...

BurnBall: Surprisingly Addictive [TheAppleBlog]
GigaOM Network — ... At first blush, I wasn’t convinced that BurnBall had the stickiness necessary to merit replay in my oh-so-valuable free time. As it turns out, the deceptively simple yet addictive game play make for a great and fun way to kill time on the iPhone or iPod touch. ...

Sue Me, I Think Developers Should Care
iPhone Development — ... , Tim Haines, and the countless others who cared enough to dive in and learn the platform, learn the language and tools, and deliver great user experiences on the iPhone despite having to learn to do it. I want developers who care. Developers who care, care enough to use the right tools and invest time learning about their platform and about the users of that platform. ...