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by ja27 14y ago
I know, but what is in even the biggest set of optional packages to reach 4GB? Fonts? Viewers and tools? Maybe it's just the old unix fart in me, but we've had entire OSs with many GUI apps in much less than 1GB.
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by ja27 14y ago
How is LaTeX now 4Gb? I haven't touched it in years, but I can't fathom how it's grown so much.
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by ja27 14y ago
My first iOS app's icon was a single bold white letter on a green background with the default Apple gloss. It's still my best-seller and not once has anyone complained about the cheapness of the icon. It stands out better than icons I spent
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by ja27 14y ago
We had a homeless guy living in our dorm lounge for almost a week before someone realized he wasn't a student.
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by ja27 14y ago
I wish I did but it's from a bunch of different posts. I wish it was easier to A / B test in the store but the daily traffic is so unpredictable and unmeasurable. I guess it could be tested on a landing page before hitting the iTunes store,
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by ja27 14y ago
It's weird because their other apps open a URL to authenticate within the main Facebook app. This is a bit cleaner. http://developer.apple.com/library/ios/DOCUMENTATION/ToolsLa...
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by ja27 14y ago
I just Googled the iTunes link and followed it on my iPhone. Opens the app in the store even though it can't be found by searching yet. http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/facebook-camera/id525898024?l...
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by ja27 14y ago
My current understanding of psychological price barriers, at least for mobile apps, is that once you're over the 99 cent barrier, there isn't much of a difference (at least to Americans with our $5 bill) between $1.99, $2.99 and $3.99. It's
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by ja27 14y ago
We participate in a weekly promotion like that for kid-friendly mobile apps, Moms With Apps "App Friday". Every Friday there's a joint promotion of quite a few discounted and free educational apps. http://momswithapps.com/app-friday/
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by ja27 14y ago
If you haven't used Appirater, the article doesn't make it clear that one way to use it is to only nag users for a review after they've hit a "significant event" like completing all the levels or improving their score or whatever.
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by ja27 14y ago
Funny because the majority of homeschoolers I know teach canned curriculum. The only real advantage for a homeschooler like that is that they can select the best curriculum for their individual kid(s) rather than having to select it for a w
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by ja27 14y ago
I know a teacher that has to regularly submit her hand-written lesson plans for the principal to review. That way the principal thinks she can be sure that the teachers are creating their own lesson plans late at night.
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by ja27 14y ago
I know but the app store is full of apps with a short description after the actual short name. They've allowed all of mine. Just keep it short and reasonable and it's a way to get more keywords in.
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by ja27 14y ago
Great job so far. I'm doing something similar - building a full-time income from the app store(s) - but I'm only two months into it. Are you considering raising the price on Debt Snowball+? It seems like it gives enough value to support a $
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by ja27 14y ago
IBM had their own P/390 systems that basically put a mainframe on a PCI card to go in a PC or RS/6000 host. There were also the FLEX-ES systems that were Linux-based mainframe emulators running on Intel hardware. IBM sanctioned and allowed
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by ja27 14y ago
I guess there's the related one - mostly by managers and developers - where they feel safe if all the data is on a RAID array without backups. Arrgh.
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by ja27 14y ago
I did this to myself in college, thankfully on machines where I didn't have most of my stuff. I figured it was an annoyance and put in a restore request to the support group. Days went by and I was getting frustrated that they still hadn't
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by ja27 14y ago
Right, but what does "uses Facebook Login" mean? Can it be optional and still get in their App Center? They mention Pinterest but their app allows login via Twitter or their own account infrastructure. I guess we'll see.
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by ja27 14y ago
That's not just startups where that happens. Senior developers, especially the "man in a box" geniuses that don't work well with anyone else are downright abusive of other developers (and God help the poor customer support or QA people that
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by ja27 14y ago
It's not a store. There is no purchasing through Facebook (except for I guess apps that run on Facebook, rather than Android or iOS). It's just a user review site like hundreds of others except for the scale.
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by ja27 14y ago
It's for more than just canvas apps that run inside Facebook. It's also for apps that use Facebook login, but they can be full-blown iOS or Android apps like Draw Something or web apps. I wonder if they'll allow apps where Facebook Login is
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by ja27 14y ago
But your odds of winning increase dramatically when you go from holding zero tickets to one.
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by ja27 14y ago
Can't help noticing that she's unpacking her food stamp purchases in front of a $300 KitchenAid mixer.
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by ja27 14y ago
I'll wait for the Forbes recap of the Techcrunch article.
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by ja27 14y ago
Your app name should be something like "Invy - pick a date with friends and family" instead of just "Invy". Makes it much easier for people to see at a glance what it is, especially from screens with lists of apps. I think it also gives you
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by ja27 14y ago
My first app has been in the top 1000 of its category most of the time. Never made it to the top 200 yet (been to 203 and 205 - argh). That's with zero marketing budget, no external reviews (yet), and just keyword matches and the occasional
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by ja27 14y ago
Right. If you build a game app, name it "Words Play" and your marketing strategy is to hope that people find it, you're playing the lottery - and losing. I have two apps and a third about to launch. One has kind of flopped so far - too wide
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by ja27 14y ago
The top reason I'd think of? Most companies build the iOS version first then port it to other platforms. That's usually under tighter deadlines than the iOS version had and there's not much design flexibility. Just make it work almost ident
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by ja27 15y ago
<i>“It’s like computers,” he continued. “They used to be in clean rooms and handled by guys in isolation suits. Now they’re in your pocket and it’s no big deal if you drop it.</i> What computers have ever required clean room
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by ja27 15y ago
You need a "pet project" that you want to build. Then build it. I wouldn't worry about making money from it. Just build something you want to have on your iPhone. For resources, I've found that once you get through either the first few Stan

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