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Signed up! I've always been interested in spaced repetition but never had the patience to learn the "right" way to do it. This looks pretty helpful. Do you think this AI x repetiti…

It seems like marketing is king on the app store. I'd love to see some success stories that aren't taptaptap (and the MacHeist juggernaut and their 600,000 person mailing list) jus…

I can't get enough of these types of blog posts. The app store is a fascinating study of marketing, economics and good ol' bootstrapping. Good luck in your endeavors and thanks for…

I love the idea, and I'm sure it will improve once more people join up and contribute, but I put in "portland, or" and it told me to go to the zoo. Thanks, website.

"... in 20 years maybe. They're currently worth 5% of that though". Paraphrasing the article of course. At current trading, Wal-Mart is worth just over 204B, just for comparison.

The thought of Apple getting a 30% cut of all apps sold on all of their platforms makes me cringe.

I think you kind of missed something. The $ by itself in a variable name doesn't do anything. It's simply a notation to keep your DOM elements (and other variables / objects) separ…

Working on http://herefilefile.com , an iPhone app that lets you access all of your computer's files from anywhere. Currently doing a UI refresh, planning a big marketing push incl…

You just need to weigh the scope and reward of individual things. Some things are worth waiting for, others aren't. From a hype perspective a journalist can help you understand wha…

Enjoyed the slides for the most part. The importance of PR for startups cannot be overstated. Get out there, get to know people, go to conferences, talk to media, be personable. If…

You're also using iconography that resembles an iPhone, another no-no in the App store. Looks like getting rejected is a one way ticket to hypesville, though, so good luck with tha…

Yep. And I don't have to bear the time cost of the interface downloading and rendering. As a user and not a developer I will take a native app over a web app any day. But giving th…