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Thanks! Turns out I need to file an Intent to Use - very different to the way it's handled here in Australia.

Hi, my thoughts were I would engage an attorney when required if I needed to send a CND. I don’t think that I’ll have any issues getting the trademark registered. It’s a largely obsolete English word but there is nothing similar that’s already registered.

I’m waiting to get the trademark process started before I launch, so little commercial use thus far.

The comments on this post really make me wonder how many people have actually written a UWP app or tried using the API?

I have experience across a heap of stacks... Cocoa, Cocoa Touch, Android, Win32/WinForms/WPF, Web, Xamarin Forms etc... I love UWP. It was pretty ordinary in the first few releases but it has matured well, has great documentation and the UI framework is developed in the open on GitHub.

I am by no means suggesting you could write something like Autocad or Photoshop in UWP; perhaps you could with a rethink of the UI. But UWP is an excellent choice for probably 70-90% of desktop applications, including enterprise LOB that are just forms over data or integrating with an online service of some kind.

If you're drawing your own conclusions based on what you read from others writing (who are likely doing the same) - actually try the framework, you might be pleasantly surprised.

Finally, I think Thurrott has lost the plot. He has been waging this war against UWP for many years now - to the point of a crusade - I just ignore any statement he makes on this.

Yes, .NET/C#/VB on a daily basis for a long time. JEE for a good period as well. I constantly keep an eye on jobs and in my local area I would say 85% fall into .NET or Java, with the majority being .NET. Other standouts include PHP, Python, and a little of C/C++, even VB classic. I've seen maybe 3-4 Ruby jobs advertised in the past 4 years, never anything for the Silicon Valley trendy. But then again, I live in a very small town (Hobart).

I had a P30 back in the day. I paid a lot for it, maybe 4k AUD, but it was my main machine from my late teens to very early twenties. The thing was stupidly heavy, used to carry it to uni on a 6km walk to the bus stop... something like 5kg with the power pack or maybe even 5.5kg....

Must be why I'm still happy lugging around a MacBook Pro now when mostly everyone I know has moved on to ultrabook style machines.

I remember making the mistake of playing NFS:Underground on it and it lasted 20 minutes on my bed before it overheated and turned itself off.

It hasn't been that common since the latest updates but particularly early iOS9 was very frustrating.

I see it most commonly when using Safari or AirPlaying anything, but have also had it happen randomly when using Settings, presumably because Springboard.app has died.

I had a debate about this the other day with a friend. I am firmly of the belief the quality is bordering on poor and that if this was a decade ago, the Apple fanboys would be all over Microsoft for the same performance - remember the taunts about Windows performance and crashing from the Switch campaign?

I'm sick of constant random iOS reboots, out of date OpenGL, poor/reduced quality apps (Photos I'm looking at you), the growing monolithic nature of iTunes and the fact I feel like I'm running Windows ME all over again.

I wish they'd stop spending so much time on marketing new features -- who cares, really -- and spend a few years making stuff great.

It's a shame how much Apple don't care about gaming. I'm actually selling my Mac Pro (2013) because the graphics performance is so lack lustre and I have no hope of running Oculus Rift.

I used to work at Dick Smith at the time they still carried the suffix Electronics, from 2003 - 2007. I loved it there, grew up going there and playing with the gadgets and electronics. They're a shell of their former selves now, just a cheap consumer electronics store that tried to compete with other Australian retailers selling house branded and lower-end branded products.

They could probably significantly revitalise by moving back to tools & parts, I doubt many former customers would be loyal now though given how they were treated at the point all the PRZ range was dumped (parts, resistors, capacitors & semiconductors).

Be interested to see how this all plays out.

One of my best mates took this video. He'll be well chuffed to know this has been posted here.

Opposite to everyone here - it's a big, fat no from me. I'm taking the 10 days to spend time with my family and finish some books. I'm always on the feeds and seeing what's happening, but it is, in my opinion, very important to down the tools and have a break. It's the same reason I don't code on vacation.

I did some work with SAML last year. Worst period of time ever, makes WSS look nice and clean.

I bought a pair of B&W P7s for $349 (AUD, RRP is $649). I was fortunate to get mates rates on a clearance item. Had been thinking about it for a while. The sound quality is incredible and you certainly can justify spending money here if you're at all passionate about audio. I listen to a lot of lossless with them and they sound superb.

Conversely, from listening to Beats I've found them to be overly cheap feeling and the sound quality isn't on par with their competition.

Completely agree on both parts. The people targeting her were socially inept from what she could work out but really creepy all the same. She had a computer in her room and parents with little understanding of technology.

I was close friends with an "internet celebrity" ca. 06-07, when she became huge on YouTube. She did get millions of views (I believe; she was on of the earliest to monetise YouTube), ended up pulling everything off after being hacked and abused at her home address.

I haven't spoken to her in years but I remember the affect the depraved stuff aome people do - call pizza for delivery, leave things in mailboxes, hack the computer and steal private files, stalking.... It's just crazy.

I know I'm coming late here, I really hope I'm not too late for you to read this.

I have two children - a four month old and a 5 year old. I tried working around the time they were up and I always felt guilty. I also work full time, loose an hour a day commuting (or there abouts), etc. The point I'm making is that I'm lucky to find a few hours free each day as it is.

Here's what I'm doing now and it's working well. Mentally, I'm in a good space, not feeling burnt out, feel like I'm seeing the kids enough, etc.

* I get up early. I have found going to bed early gives much better sleep. I am naturally an evening person so this was hard but getting up early (around 6am) I've found makes the days feel longer. This negates an anxious behaviour of mine feeling "there isn't enough time to do anything". Sometimes when I get up early I'll do an hour or so of work, othertimes I'll head in to my day job early so I can get out early.

* Learn about the pomodoro technique; it's invaluable and you can get a lot done. Break your work into Pomodoro slots (I use 25 minutes) and plan before you start. This way when you have a spare block or so you can just do that.

* Try to find 2-3 hours a day uninterrupted to work.

* Never forget you need time to yourself to unwind and relax. Make this a priority.

* Don't neglect your family. You will be far happier and productive when they're happy, at least that's what I've found.

* Never, ever work on weekends. You need time to yourself and do things you want to do.

* Get a good nights sleep

* Eat healthy. Make sure you get your 5 / 2 a day.

* Exercise during lunch. I go for a walk every day and love it.

Good luck! You'll get there with perseverance.

Doesn't work with JS off. Renders as a blank page.

Very interesting to see where this goes. I expect there are some seriously brassed guys sifting over satellite data at the moment. Hope the pilots are OK, and really hope this doesn't go any further than this.

Interesting read. Reminds me of another article I read here about a store closing down whose link I can't find.

I dislike that my children will never experience the video store like I.

Streaming just isn't there. The quality isn't good enough and the cost is, in my opinion, too high.

I read about this a while back if I remember correctly it's because people kept turning it off accidentally and breaking the Internet and blaming Firefox.