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by ronyeh 14y ago
Nice comment, and nice article! Thanks.
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by ronyeh 14y ago
Do you have any pointers for us hackers? One thing I've used in the past is posting bit.ly links, which can give me some data. But it seems like I'd have to participate in many many different forums & blogs for these links to my product
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by ronyeh 14y ago
My biggest "struggle" is basically what you identified: that I (as a developer) don't like to do it. But I force myself to, since in the long run, I know it will be worthwhile. So I occasionally write blog posts [1], very occasionally tweet
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by ronyeh 14y ago
As a developer, I definitely feel much more productive if I'm coding rather than cooking up some scheme to market my apps better. But it is definitely a struggle. I know marketing is super important, because if I don't do it, I won't get en
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by ronyeh 14y ago
I also love BTT. I have some keyboard and/or trackpad macros that allow me to organize my windows very quickly, to my desired quadrant or half of my screen.
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by ronyeh 14y ago
Very nice site! I like your pricing page. As someone who planned his own wedding, I feel like your startup is tackling a great problem for people. The wedding industry is all about sucking people dry of their $$$, and if you can do a bunch
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by ronyeh 14y ago
You are already a sole proprietor. That's the default designation in US tax law [1]. I'd at least start a one-person LLC. There are liability benefits, and probably some tax benefits (I'm not an accountant). In my case, I started an S-corp.
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by ronyeh 14y ago
The first big jump I got was in March 2012, when I added iPad support (universal binary) and also translated the app store description to Chinese (钢琴). It turns out that people will search for their native word for piano! ;-) Then it grew s
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by ronyeh 14y ago
Good question. I guess I meant that I'd be able to pay off enough of the mortgage such that my monthly payment would be close to my current rent. :) If it turns out that I do better than expected, then I'll pay for it in cash. If not, then
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by ronyeh 14y ago
I built a company that develops iOS apps. My most successful app so far is http://www.tinypiano.com/ with 6 million (free) downloads (launched Feb 2012). The app is monetizing via ads and in-app purchases. I do this full time. My goal was
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Learning from Mark Cuban(blog.squarepoet.com)
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by ronyeh 14y ago
Happens every year. Welcome to the App Store. ;-)
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by ronyeh 14y ago
I got this email from Apple on Nov 29: ========= Subject: iTunes Connect: App Store holiday shutdown 2012 iTunes Connect will be temporarily shut down from Friday, December 21, 2012 to Friday, December 28, 2012, for the winter holidays. Dur
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by ronyeh 14y ago
The Computer Forum doesn't calculate stats on stock options, because "stock options offered by companies are so different in their actual and potential values." So it just means that they were offered options as part of their compensation p
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by ronyeh 14y ago
Undergrads: ~2 offers MS: ~3 offers PhD: ~3 offers I edited the original report to fit it into 2K chars. The report is compiled by the Stanford Computer Forum, and sent out to the jobs mailing list each year.
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by ronyeh 14y ago
A trend graph would definitely be interesting. Though, during the 6 years in which he/she could have been getting a PhD, the Stanford undergrad earns $480K pre-tax. And ideally you get a raise or two along the way to close the gap.
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Stanford Computer Science '11-'12 Salary Survey Results
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by ronyeh 14y ago
Thanks for sharing, PierreA. I started on iOS at around the same time as you, and became profitable this year (not quite as successful as you, but still doing well). It sure looks like it does take that long (2+ yrs) for an indie developer
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by ronyeh 14y ago
Fun talk to watch. I learned that NFL teams should go for it more often on 4th down: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/05/sports/football/05romer.ht...
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Nate Silver Talk at Google (Nov 26th Video)(youtube.com)
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by ronyeh 14y ago
Recently, I've been addicted to Ticket to Ride (board game). If you like music (or have kids), check out Tiny Piano (shameless plug, as I'm the developer). For typing notes, I like Daedalus. Also consider checking out the Anomaly graphic no
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by ronyeh 14y ago
Depending on how old your nephew/niece are, you can take them to do a cheap, but memorable holiday activity. For example, you can go to an ice rink and teach them how to ice skate for < $15. Or maybe have a mega ice cream day (with ap
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by ronyeh 14y ago
Hey all, I created a Facebook page, just for fun: https://www.facebook.com/UCAlumniAgainstNewLogo
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by ronyeh 14y ago
I agree. Maybe they should limit it to a single item, e.g., "the latest nexus dev phone" or "$300 of AppEngine credits." Maybe then, the tickets wouldn't sell out within the first 45 mins (a good thing for developers who really want to go l
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by ronyeh 14y ago
Very cool stuff. I like that he does a 10-finger demo near the end of the video. However, the harp gets very noisy at that point :-). I wonder if you can do something simple with just the iPad camera, with the iPad laying on a table. One co
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by ronyeh 14y ago
+1 to this. These days I do Objective C, but I still love AS3 & the Flash API. I just wish browsers would implement it natively (a JS version of the API), as opposed to the HTML canvas and (currently) flaky support for audio.
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by ronyeh 14y ago
That's because you have never worked in a team. :-) Read up on version control systems. Also, learn to use text editors other than notepad (emacs, vim, sublime, whatever). You can quickly become hire-able if you learn all the things that wi
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by ronyeh 14y ago
I've seen $49, $69, $99, and $299. ABCD price testing!
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by ronyeh 14y ago
As Nicholas Negroponte, the founder and chairman of the One Laptop Per Child foundation, asked in a September article for the MIT Technology Review: “If kids in Ethiopia learn to read without school, what does that say about k
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by ronyeh 14y ago
Pretty cool. It's funny how many thumbnails include the parked domain girl (with backpack). http://www.urlesque.com/2010/11/03/parked-domain-girl/

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