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No, the rule still applies. Get it out fast so you can find out if your users love it. Just don't push it to a broader audience. Iphone app companies do thi
by blazespin 10y ago
No, the rule still applies. Get it out fast so you can find out if your users love it. Just don't push it to a broader audience.
Iphone app companies do this one neat trick for this. They release in foreign markets (Canada, Australia, etc) and make sure their users love their apps before releasing in the US.
- CalChris 10y agoI remember seeing supermarket checkout scanners in Vancouver BC and wondering what this space age (now there's a dated term) technology was and why it wasn't already in use in Silicon Valley in 1980. George Bush was similarly amazed ... in 1992. The UPC was developed in the US starting in 1966 starting from freight car identification. Yes, late product release in the US even if the product was developed in the US is an old technique.
- merpnderp 10y agoGeorge H. Bush was "amazed" because he was being shown a newly developed model just being rolled out that scanned form multiple angles instead of just the bottom.
- bbcbasic 10y agoTime to release utes in the US! https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ute_(vehicle) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ute_(vehicle)
- danieltillett 10y agoPity there is no company left making these in Australia.
- endymi0n 10y agoThis is also one of the reasons New Zealand often gets products first - it's far away, super small, highly developed amd English speaking: http://www.economist.com/news/business/21651858-small-technophile-country-great-place-test-digital-products-kiwis-guinea-pigs http://www.economist.com/news/business/21651858-small-techno...