November 2011

You Guys Are Millionaires Right?

Then you see an app like ’101 sex positions’ or ’301 Fart Noises’ reach the lofty heights of App Store Success. They spent a week on a gimmick and made bank, you spent 6 months building an app of utility and are struggling. Let’s not even get into the long debates you get into with people about whether they should buy your $1.99 app. People will spend hours researching a $2 purchase, browsing reviews, emailing the developer, checking online forums. Then they will go to a coffee shop they’ve never been before and buy a $4 coffee. From the developer they expect unlimited support, unlimited free updates. From the coffee shop they expect nothing except mediocre coffee.

Some interesting insights and opinion from a small independent iPhone & ruby on rails developer. Link

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Twitter Updates for 2011-11-21

  • Yipit cut its start-up costs by as much as 90% by using pre-written software and by locating itself in the “cloud” http://t.co/YVmgR4P5 #
  • Four Keys To Apple’s Success from a Apple Marketing Manager. 1.Focus 2.Simplicity 3.Courage 4.Best http://t.co/fKDluJD9 #
  • "McAfee:Nearly All New Mobile Malware In Q3 Targeted At Android Phones" The price for an open environment & no testing. http://t.co/NrUw9LG2 #

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