If I were running a restaurant, I’d want to collect some basic statistics on how much my customers enjoyed their experience. In many businesses, if the customer isn’t happy, then the company doesn’t want the customer’s money. This is more true in the Internet Marketing world than anywhere else, because word travels fast on the…Continue Reading…

At this point, it looks quite likely that I’m going to really work on my startup in earnest. Now, this might seem odd, since my startup has been around, in some sense, since I released my first iPhone app back in August 2008. But I was still a student back then, and my tremendous success…Continue Reading…

Today I was interviewed by Zynga, the social gaming company. Some of the details of the interviews are covered by an NDA, so to be safe I’ll just talk about my feelings at a high level. To keep people’s identities under wraps, I’ll refer to them using the first one or two letters of their…Continue Reading…

I met so many interesting people today that I’m not even sure where to begin. There are the four panelists, plus a few other folks I met as well. James Anthony, Inedible Software: I really resonate with his story. In many ways, sounds just like my own– including the success we’re both experiencing. Ben, Fluther:…Continue Reading…

The iPhone 3GS wasn’t Apple’s first “GS” computer. Back in 1986, Apple released the Apple IIGS, where the GS stood for Graphics and Sound. The iPhone 3GS’s S stands for Speed, and the G comes from “Generation”, as in “3rd generation wireless data”. I found two sites that compared the IIGS with the 3GS: Learning…Continue Reading…

It can be done. My first iPhone app, Brain Tuner, took about a week. 8 developers, 2 designers, and 1 team lead created a social networking, event planning app called Wikimeety, in just 7 days. Here’s the marketing blurb they sent me: The I-Phone Reality Show live from Venice, Italy Command Guru is a newborn…Continue Reading…