My experience as a developer in London right now is that there is a huge shortage of talented developers, compared to demand. You shouldn't have had trouble finding a well-paid job, especially if you have experience with a front-end framework like Angular.
I was also under the impression that BankSimple rebranded to Simple due to regulatory issues (I think certain states have rules about the type of company that can have the word "Bank" in the name).
I wouldn't bother. For me, the revenue isn't worth it. Even under $10, not all sales get 70%. Some still only get 35%. Pragprog was definitely more worthwhile. Sales were more substantial and the folks at pragprog are fantastic. Very professional and easy to work with.
I would. There really wasn't much 'bother' to speak of once I understood how it worked. And even though it wasn't as fruitful as other efforts, many small returns add up quickly.
I'll be interested to hear how the print edition works out. So many things are different between the various ebook deals and their markets and the printed book deals and their markets.
The original Microprose game was awesome. The turn-based strategy version of this remake is more interesting to me than the FPS for sure.
There are some video trailers here: http://www.xcom.com/enemyunknown/videos
Thanks! It's pretty silly, really, but it has been fun to play with. I only got switched to 'production mode' by Sincerely on Sunday, so I have yet to receive any of my test postcards - but their main business is printing people's photographs, so I think they should be fairly acceptable quality.
A meme is a cultural unit. It can be an image or video, but also a belief or idea. It's like a gene, but in culture. So a "funny image with captions" might be a meme, but that neither means that every "funny image with captions" is a meme, nor that you can send all kinds of memes with that page. Thus the description is wrong.
