The Complex System

I pretty much always feel like there isn’t enough time and that I’m falling behind on getting to something that’s more important than what I’m doing right now. I know that’s a character defect I have, but I wonder if it’s common for entrepreneurs in general? This feeling is the strongest when I’m doing something [...]

I’m a pretty firm believer in developing a business model as soon as possible when starting a company. When I say business model, I essentially mean, how you intend on making money. Before the late 1990’s the idea of starting a business that was simply “cool” or “fun” was not even in the lexicon of [...]

You hear a lot about the MVP these days; it stands for Minimum Viable Product, which I actually didn’t know before earlier this year. Of course, in concept, I did know it. For anyone that’s built software in the past 10 years, it should be pretty obvious that the first iteration of your product should [...]

I often wonder who clicks on banners these days; who ever did for that matter. I’ve personally clicked on less than 100 in my entire life, and most certainly never bought anything on the other side of that click. So do banners even work? Well, they must because they continue to be one of the [...]

It’s a bit of a mystery, but it’s pretty fascinating. I admit, I check the placement of Where’s Mommy more than 10 times per day. I check it on my phone, I check it in iTunes, I look at how many reviews we have, I see if were on the What’s Hot list (which we [...]

I just love this. Truly. If you’ve ever worked with me you know how hard core I sweat the little things like icons. Most people think I’m lame or think that it’s important, but not that important. It’s at best an afterthought. Well, I know that’s just not true and I stand by my passion [...]

I already posted about this on FB and Twitter, but I had to put somthing up here. I really can't believe we're getting this much traction. We don't even have the good stuff built and launched yet. But amazingly we're showing as #5 on What's Hot in iTunes for the Games > Education category (see [...]

I’m really fascinated with how people use physics in mobile apps. Mostly I see physics used in games (ala Angry Birds or Tiny Wings), but I think there is some interesting opportunity to use this technology in other types of apps. Of course every app uses some type of finger drag or page swipe, that’s [...]

I’ve always wanted to learn computer programming, just like I’ve always wanted to learn play guitar. I think of myself as someone who really understands the engineering side of software and application development, but I’ve never really learned how to program. It’s actually quite frustrating sometimes. I’m a product person. I know how to envision, [...]

I’m pretty much addicted to my iPhone these days. I often do more than pinch myself for waiting this long to get one; but needless to say, I believe it has unlocked a previously inaccessible portion of my brain. And although it has been thoroughly debunked, I’m a subscriber to the theory that we only [...]