4 months ago
“Importing outsiders with fresh eyes and ideas, and giving them a free hand, is one side of the coin”
From sneakers to smartphones: The man behind MS Windows Phone design
Interesting piece on how Microsoft went outside of their existing Windows mobile team to get a fresh perspective on the UI design (although he has actually been at Microsoft since June of 2007). He was also part of the Tech Lab at Nike, which resulted in the Nike + iPod work with Apple.
More info in this article, as well.
5 months ago
Winning the battle of 140,000+ apps
There you are, putting the final touches on an amazing iPhone application. It’s useful, straightforward, and appealing - and a dead-on match for the magical confluence of your business goals and your users’ wants, needs, and desires. And then you submit it to the iTunes app store, where it disappears into the void among the thousands of IQ tests, flashlights, and fart apps.
So how can you make your app visible among 140,000+ others? We headed up to San Francisco last night to the Mobile Monday Developer Secrets - Increasing App Store Sales meetup to hear the latest from TripIt, AdMob, Flixter, Flurry, and Booyah. Here’s a recap combined with some thoughts from our own customer research:
Problems
- There are over 140,000 apps in the app store, and most people discover apps by browsing the Top 25 or Top 100 on their iPhone
- 90% of people are finding iPhone apps through the App Store on their phone, rather than on the desktop or via other websites
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8 months ago
Now available: Create with Context launches Windspire Me, an iPhone app to measure wind and promote wind energy http://bit.ly/7YJzVl
8 months ago
“Backyard wind turbine? There’s an app for that!”
Create with Context in CNET news: “Backyard wind turbine? There’s an app for that”
http://bit.ly/2cVoJv
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