michaeldwp

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by michaeldwp 10y ago
Hi, Congratulations on releasing your app! I just wanted to mention something that I'm hoping will help you guys. I realize that you've probably worked hard on the design of the website; but, personally I think the design needs a
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by michaeldwp 13y ago
Nice work, well done. Are you planning on supporting HTTPS anytime soon?
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by michaeldwp 13y ago
Well, I don't know the full situation, but I'd like to echo part of what NAFV_P said, with a focus on the talk: If it were me, I'd probably try grabbing a coffee/tea/beer with him outside of the office, if possible
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The Best Advice I Ever Got(linkedin.com)
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by michaeldwp 14y ago
You may also want to check out http://compete.com . If you can find a site that released their numbers, you can compare that site (your baseline) with other sites to get an idea of how popular they are, relative to your baseline. While you
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by michaeldwp 14y ago
Personally, I'd say always wireframe / sketch before coding. The reason behind this is the interface is what the users see and use. Your app's design (from a UI / UX perspective) will almost certainly come out better if you spend some time
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by michaeldwp 14y ago
Try some problems at http://rubeque.com/ or http://www.codeeval.com/ . Project Euler is also good, as duggieawesome suggested. As you're doing the problems, try and find "Ruby-esque" ways to solve them. Other than that, run through the
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by michaeldwp 14y ago
No problem. :) I remember having some fun with this one. I think the prof gave us a pretty simple maze, and a fairly complex one to test with. You may want to try the same, and start by solving the simple maze. Other than that, the advice t
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by michaeldwp 14y ago
I remember a fun program from school. Pretty much, it was a maze solver. Say you have a maze, and a mouse. The mouse, denoted by an uppercase 'M' character, starts out somewhere in the maze. The mouse has to find his way through the maze, t
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by michaeldwp 14y ago
I'm not sure if a site like that exists. If you find one like it, it us know. :) As for colour combinations in general, I switch between https://kuler.adobe.com and http://www.colourlovers.com/ . They both have some nice pre-made palette
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by michaeldwp 14y ago
You're most welcome. I hope it helps. Just remember that you can totally finish your projects, but you do have to make a commitment to see them through to completion.
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by michaeldwp 14y ago
I would suggest trying the following: 1) Pick just one project that you see yourself actually finishing. What's the one project that you're most passionate about? (It would be good if this wouldn't take more than 2-3 months.) 2) When you ha
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by michaeldwp 14y ago
I don't think so. I haven't used them much yet, but everything I recall hearing about them has been good so far.
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by michaeldwp 14y ago
I'm guessing you're using a public (open source) report on Github? Maybe consider posting it on Bitbucket.org in a free, private repo.
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by michaeldwp 15y ago
http://www.readability.com may help with #5. They have a handy bookmarklet too.
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by michaeldwp 15y ago
No problem. :) I see what you're saying; but for your first few titles, I'd probably recommend just focusing on creating something that people will want to download and use/play later in the first place. Also remember that once it's downloa
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by michaeldwp 15y ago
Well, I'm not in the iPhone app store, but I've done mobile development before... My advice would be to not rush to release a new app every 10-15 days, just because you have 1000 downloads a day. Instead, focus on making your next app good
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by michaeldwp 15y ago
I'm not sure if something like that exists, but I've used http://deviceanywhere.com in the past for Windows Mobile testing. This was before the iPhone, they're still around and have iPhone support, so it may be helpful. Once I got everyth
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by michaeldwp 15y ago
I would say: 1) First thing in the morning, don't check your email, Hacker News, or any other distracting sites. Not even for a minute. You can spend a bit of time figuring out your tasks / biggest rock(s) for the day (see #2); but after th
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by michaeldwp 16y ago
A few thoughts: - Just a quick thing on the hosting: If Mashable is planning on covering you, you may want to invest in a dedicated / cloud server, and just downgrade later once the traffic wears off. I'm guessing that other blogs will writ
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Cindy Alvarez Teaches How To Get Useful Feedback(appsumo.com)
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by michaeldwp 16y ago
You can also just make your own CSmartObject base class (which does reference counting), and just have all of your objects inherit from that. Reference counting may not be built into C++ itself, but it's not super difficult to add in either
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by michaeldwp 16y ago
I would suggest that you: (1) Talk with / survey your customers to find out what's actually going on. Based on your description, it doesn't seem like you've actually talked with them. You should find out why they're not spending the requi
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by michaeldwp 16y ago
He's talking about the Lean Startup Methodology, not just being lean in general. Either way, don't think for a second that it's a good idea to avoid reading books and learning from other people's experiences via podcasts and blogs. That, in
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by michaeldwp 16y ago
I find that knowing what to do next helps. Also, I try to make a habit of getting to work when I first turn on the computer (rather than going to Hacker News and whatnot) in the morning. This helps me get some momentum, which helps keep the
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by michaeldwp 16y ago
Outsourcing isn't so bad, but you do have to be careful. I'd recommend against going with anyone who isn't doing the actual development (i.e. someone who hires other specialized people to do the actual work). I only have two experiences wit