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by ajlburke 14y ago
A lot of these kinds of 'Automatic Diary' apps use Twitter feeds as a key data source (especially now that Twitter accounts are integrated directly into iOS) - is anybody else worried that this valuable source of life records might dry up i
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by ajlburke 14y ago
Now that so many things in our lives are timestamped and available online, collating it all together is a natural next step. It's interesting to see all the different ways that this is being done by different apps and services. When I came
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by ajlburke 14y ago
Yes I did. They even noted it was a known problem. That's part of why I was so eager to see if they had finally fixed it. I'm really hoping they do so in iOS6.
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by ajlburke 14y ago
In the interests of full disclosure: I haven't had the chance to try this out on the new iOS6 betas yet (I'm in crunch mode right now finishing up Remembary 2.0). Also, the jab at the end against "Rich Corinthian Leather" was totally unfair
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IOS Photo Library is *still* broken. Sorry Apple, Please Try Again(remembary.com)
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by ajlburke 14y ago
That looks very cool. The daily reminder email is a great touch. These are very interesting times for diary-keeping - we're leaving so many more traces of our lives around these days. The book output option is nice. I'm thinking of this as
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by ajlburke 14y ago
Thanks! By the way, the upcoming version will also work on iPhone/iPod Touch. I'm currently in that crazy-making pixel-perfect OCD design polish phase that takes so long in iOS apps. If the design gods and the testing gods smile on me, it s
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by ajlburke 14y ago
+ 1 on journal-keeping. I've been keeping a diary for the last 8 years or so. The act of writing about and reflecting on each day is useful - but it's also very helpful to be able to look back on what your daily life was like in the past. I
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by ajlburke 14y ago
On the topic of getting up early and finding that time between 6 and 9 when "nothing happens in the tech world": I happen to live one time zone over from most of my clients (I'm in Halifax and my clients are mostly in Toronto), which means
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by ajlburke 14y ago
Not to mention 'blockquote' for horizontal padding and hundred other dirty little tricks. I couldn't help noticing, though, that the page loaded wicked fast. Can't say I would mind it if more of the web was still that efficient.
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by ajlburke 14y ago
This sounds awesome, but I couldn't help but think that once they've built a fleet of robots capable of moving entire asteroids around, there's another viable backup business model to which they could easily 'pivot': 1. Assemble several doz
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by ajlburke 15y ago
With my diary app Remembary, I occasionally get empty emails submitted from the app's "Support Email" button in the help popover. The "?" button, the "Support Email" button, and the popup email's "Send" button are all in the top right part
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by ajlburke 15y ago
I'm "level 41" as well - a big thrill for me now is that when I was growing up in the early 80s I thought the best thing in the world would be to work with computers for a living - and that's what I do, on devices that I couldn't even have
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by ajlburke 15y ago
I tried doing my own finger cursor and it ended up just looking creepy - and you couldn't really see taps. I'll take a serious look at this one though. Thanks!
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by ajlburke 15y ago
The camera focus, the light balance, the difficulty of interacting with the iPad from the side - the cat was the last straw. I just went with an edited screencast instead: http://remembary.com
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by ajlburke 15y ago
In my experience, glare was the most difficult thing to address in making a live iPad demo video. The black plastic sheet with a hole in it they came up with here is an ingenious solution. Many app videos (including my own) just end up scre
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by ajlburke 15y ago
My tale led to an interesting discussion on Hacker News a few months ago: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2878871
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by ajlburke 15y ago
Congratulations! I went through a similar process with my first app as well. A few things I'd recommend: - Use appfigures.com and appannie.com to track your sales and rankings. They provide much nicer reports than those provided by Apple. A
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by ajlburke 15y ago
Addendum: Having a post about your app on the front page of Hacker News = several thousand hits, but no extra sales. Funnily enough, this is the exact same experience I had with AdWords. Have to say I feel much better with the hits from HN
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by ajlburke 15y ago
My next step is to extend Remembary to be a Universal iPhone/iPad app, and to build a cheaper 'impulse buy' iPhone version with only a few of the key features. I'll definitely be writing a follow-up with the details of how that goes. I just
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by ajlburke 15y ago
It actually gets easier to read over time - but I'll admit I didn't include it for legibility but rather how distinctive it looks. App sales seem to be a balance between well-implemented innovative features and flashy-looking hype.
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by ajlburke 15y ago
(BTW I'm the author of the article and the developer of Remembary) Thanks for reading. It is true that the diary space is crowded - and the lock-in on a diary app is pretty strong once people pick one. Getting reviews is of course a bit of