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How I taught myself Design and shipped an app in 12 weeks

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Re: How I taught myself Design and shipped an app in 12 weeks

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Post by udayaprakash19 »

STRML wrote: post #10
udayaprakash19 wrote: post #2

Guys, Traces is a mobile blogging application for iPhone, we are planning to launch in a couple of weeks time.

So has it only been 8 weeks since the beginning and you're planning on shipping in 4? Otherwise I don't really understand the 'shipped in 12 weeks' remark.

Exactly! I finished the app in about 8 weeks, but dint read thru the guidelines and had to rework the major portions from scratch again and took me another few weeks to get it completely done. Not paying attention to apple guidelines cost me dearly.

Re: How I taught myself Design and shipped an app in 12 weeks

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Post by philbarr »

Well done and looks good!

One thing I would add - I noticed a few clumsy typos in the slides and in the title of this very post. Please do proof-read your copy before you publish for your app. It probably doesn't matter as much here, but I think you can ruin your carefully designed professional impression with just one or two misspelt words.

Re: How I taught myself Design and shipped an app in 12 weeks

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Post by udayaprakash19 »

dreen wrote: post #4

Well good for you, im happy you could launch an app. Is it a particularly hard thing to do? Is it news-worthy? I really don't think so. Good luck with your future work.

A post about someone's journey learning code gave me inspiration to start programming, I intend to give back in the same fashion. Will be happy if someone finds inspiration with this presentation and designs something.

Re: How I taught myself Design and shipped an app in 12 weeks

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Post by udayaprakash19 »

philbarr wrote: post #12

Well done and looks good! One thing I would add - I noticed a few clumsy typos in the slides and in the title of this very post. Please do proof-read your copy before you publish for your app. It probably doesn't matter as much here, but I think you can ruin your carefully designed professional impression with just one or two misspelt words.

thank you! yea did realize it a little too late. But will be more careful next time.

Re: How I taught myself Design and shipped an app in 12 weeks

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Post by udayaprakash19 »

shuaib wrote: post #13

Why did you decide to go with Photoshop, and not Illustrator? I am asking because I am in pretty much exactly the same situation, and getting ready to get dirty with design skills.

The honest answer is that I dint know what I was doing when I began and Photoshop was the only software I had and I remembered seeing people designing stuff with Photoshop and so I stuck. I still haven't used Illustrator. I ve heard Illustrator is good for creating vector graphics and Photoshop is great for UI design. But please do get a professional opinion.

Re: How I taught myself Design and shipped an app in 12 weeks

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Post by cpursley »

udayaprakash19 wrote: post #9
cpursley wrote: post #5

This is pretty impressive. Do you mind posting a few links to learning resources as well?

few people have mailed me asking the same, I am planning to put it up as a small eBook and give away.

You should write specially about learning photoshop to design mobile apps and charge for it. I'd pay $15. Especially if it included some PSD freebies. You should do a little sample and build another sign-up site to generate some interest.

Re: How I taught myself Design and shipped an app in 12 weeks

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Post by udayaprakash19 »

jkd wrote: post #16

we have help here hackdesign.org I am also in similar position. But have some time to learn. Is it only iPhone app? I am from Bangalore and have android device.

Hello fellow banglorean! initially we plan to roll out an iphone version, andriod will come a few months later.

Re: How I taught myself Design and shipped an app in 12 weeks

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Post by filvdg »

shuaib wrote: post #13

Why did you decide to go with Photoshop, and not Illustrator? I am asking because I am in pretty much exactly the same situation, and getting ready to get dirty with design skills.

I Have decent experience with both and even if illustrator would probably be more fit for the job here , Photoshop is easier to master and can be used in more use cases (like manipulating images)
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