Archive for July, 2011

The Secret to Getting Into Apple’s Developer Program Faster

Wednesday, July 27th, 2011

It took much longer than I expected to actually sign up for the Apple iOS Developer Program.  Two weeks ago after starting the process I found myself searching on Google for “How long does the Apple Developer Signup Take?”  And much to my disappointment it seemed to take anywhere from 10 minutes to a month. It took [...]

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Last 20% Takes 80% of the Time

Monday, July 18th, 2011

There’s a principal called the Pareto principle or the 80/20 rule that says roughly 80% of the effects come from 20% of the efforts. This ratio seems to pop up everywhere. In the case of software development what I have experienced in just about every project I have ever worked on is that it also [...]

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iPhone App Business Strategy

Wednesday, July 13th, 2011

Well I’ve had so much fun writing my first iPhone game that I’m starting to think more about what to do next.  So I have put together a bit of a business strategy to help grow into a successful mobile game/app business. While still in the early days of the mobile app marketplace (the App [...]

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Waiting on Apple

Friday, July 8th, 2011

I have been working on my first simple iPhone game for the last couple of weeks and now that it is getting close to finished I thought it was a good time to sign up for the Apple Developer Program. Lesson Learned: Should have started this process earlier. I had heard the horror stories of [...]

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iPhone App Store SEO

Thursday, July 7th, 2011

The Apple iTunes App Store search engine is a bit of a black box. Unlike Google which has some transparency (though they keep a lot of things close to the chest). With Google you have the opportunity to find trends through Google Trends, or see competition and search volumes by keyword within the Adwords Keyword [...]

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