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by avgarrison 15y ago
Sounds good to me. I just wanted to make sure you were aware of a potential headache. Good luck to you, it is an awesome app, and I will most likely use it in the future. Also, where did you get the art for the iPhone image? I would like to
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by avgarrison 15y ago
This is a great idea and executed very well, however it looks like you are using the marketing resources from Apple for the iPhone graphic and the Available in the App Store graphic. You should be aware that the use of these graphics requir
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by avgarrison 15y ago
This is rather cool, however I was alarmed when another user was able to inject javascript and throw up an alert window in my browser. This begs the question, does this wrapper site do anything to protect me from XSS? Does it prevent someon
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by avgarrison 15y ago
This is neat, however I'd like to see it archive the comments as well. It looks like it redirects to the actual discussion page on Hacker News, which is not an accurate glimpse of that thread at the point in time it was archived.
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by avgarrison 15y ago
What do you mean by the exclusivity? How do you mean it can destroy your business if caught on the wrong side?
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by avgarrison 15y ago
I've been able to get by in Apple's app store with minimal knowledge of Objective C and a massive usage of C++. Thank God for *.mm files!
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by avgarrison 15y ago
Well, I suppose developers could develop for more than one platform.
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by avgarrison 15y ago
"...67 per cent of developers code for Android..." I'm a little confused. 67% of all developers? 67% of mobile developers?
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by avgarrison 16y ago
I posted this story earlier, but I decided to make it into a blog post since I reached #7, and I also included some analytics on the bulk e-mail that I sent out.
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How I got to #7 in the App Store (Including Analytics)(andrewgarrison.com)
13 points by avgarrison 16y ago|3 comments
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by avgarrison 16y ago
Yes, just a popup that asked if they wanted to be notified when I released my new game.
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by avgarrison 16y ago
I really wish I hadn't put my e-mail on this page...I'm already getting spam now. Can anyone delete my previous comment with my e-mail?
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by avgarrison 16y ago
Yes, BridgeBasher gave me a good seed to start with around 1.2 million total downloads, most of which were obtained when it was free.
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by avgarrison 16y ago
I think that, sadly, $0.99 is the expected price of iPhone users, and it is integral in climbing the charts, unless you have an extremely sophisticated or high quality game.
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by avgarrison 16y ago
Sure, you can reach me at iphone at andrewgarrison dot com.
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by avgarrison 16y ago
Thanks! I do have a blog, though it is geared more towards my users than developers: http://andrewgarrison.com
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by avgarrison 16y ago
I would love to port it to Android! Just don't have the time at the moment.
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How I got to #12 (and still climbing) in the iTunes App Store
39 points by avgarrison 16y ago|23 comments
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I've been programming for a solid 5 minutes now, so how do I make an MMORPG?(gamedev.stackexchange.com)
11 points by avgarrison 16y ago|4 comments
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by avgarrison 16y ago
i'm glad to see "shithead" made it on the list at the 249th place.
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by avgarrison 16y ago
that was four minutes and twenty eight seconds of pure enjoyment.
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by avgarrison 16y ago
It would be interesting to see how your profits may differ if you were able to sell the apps on the Android Marketplace (without ads). I've been leery about trying ad-based monetization, but it looks like it is working fairly well for you.
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by avgarrison 16y ago
I'm really embarrassed that I used the wrong number for the ROI. I fixed the article, but unfortunately I can't change the title of this link on Hacker-News. Hopefully I don't lead people astray making them think that MochiAds is a viable o
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by avgarrison 16y ago
Has anyone had any success advertising their iPhone apps? I'm disappointed MochiAds didn't yield a higher ROI. It seems like their ads could be more effective, considering they are blasted at the user, in the center of the content they are
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3% ROI for selling my iPhone app using MochiAds(andrewgarrison.com)
31 points by avgarrison 16y ago|17 comments
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by avgarrison 16y ago
This is certainly an inspiration for developers that want to take the time to make a quality game, instead of trying to "game" the app-store with submissions like iFart, etc.
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by avgarrison 16y ago
+1 just for the title of the article.
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by avgarrison 16y ago
Now, this is an ad-blocker with style.
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by avgarrison 16y ago
This is awesome! Too bad I'm the only one in the office at the moment...I guess I'll just go blow up Stackoverflow until somebody comes back.
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by avgarrison 16y ago
I agree...I want to see the algorithm for drawing rounded rectangles! I assume that he was able take his oval rendering code and use it for the corners of the square. Never mind, that would probably still leave the story unsatisfying.

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