Mobile is growing up and as a result more and more engineering convention is growing around it. One area that there has been very little focus on (which is surprising given the popularity of the lean movement and ‘experiments’) is running dynamic experiments / A/B tests on mobile. There are challenges. Lots of them, including [...]
Dear Long Tail of Apps – Fuck You
Dear long tail of Apps, Fuck you … … begins Apple’s announcement of the new and redesigned App Store in iOS 6. We felt that too many of you were getting downloads, making livings and generally participating in the ecosystem and so we’ve devised a way to counter this. I am of-course referring to the modifications to [...]
Ten Top Tips for Writing an App Press Release
We have just put together what I think is a great list of tips on how to write a Press Release over at AppLaunch and I wanted to share it with everyone here… Definitely worth a look if you’re launching an App: How to write an App Press Release Have a great weekend!
A service to stop Apple IAP Hacks
iPhone Developers: The question is simple.. Would you use a service that handles all receipt validation, verification and processing & provides a simple client-side Framework for integration? If you have 30 seconds, please let me know in this survey… http://www.popsurvey.com/s/40sofw
Get your App made for Free with AppIdol
I am proud to have been selected to act as both a judge for the AppIdol ‘get your App made’ competition and a mentor to the winning ideator. Every day I speak with people from all walks of life who have ideas for Apps – many of which are extremely viable but they lack the [...]
AppLaunch App Review Submission Platform – Public Beta
When looking for a better alternative to sending 100′s of emails to App review sites in an attempt to get them to review the new version of Corkbin, I drew a blank. There were PR Firms that would charge frankly-silly amounts of money to send the emails for me and do their ‘black magic’, but, [...]
I hope that iOS 6 doesn’t have an ‘App Shopping Cart’
The IB Times just posted an article suggesting that iOS6 will be released before the iPhone 5 – this is not impossible as the timelines have been messed up a little bit by the late launch of the iPhone 4S but I do take issue with one of their predictions. App Store Shopping Cart Every time [...]
