June 2011
5 posts
My Ten iOS Apps
Responding to Engadget’s editorial that the new Nokia N9 phone is dead on arrival because of its MeeGo platform, David Heinemeier Hansson wrote:
The pattern I’ve seen for many people new to iOS is a rush to try a bunch of apps and then never use most of them again. There’s a large market for people who just want the core ten apps executed even better. I’d be happy to trade my iPhone for a...
“When you start cutting corners, customers can’t always tell. But employees...”
– Marketing to Your Own Team (http://37signals.com/svn/posts/2945-marketing-to-your-own-team)
SMS use cools off →
While the telco operators are disrupting other industries (with digital content, online payment, etc.), they themselves are being disrupted by messaging apps and social network. I guess I shouldn’t be surprised by this news, but I sort of was. The SMS has been such a force — but now there are so many more ways to get your voice heard by a large number of people.
The WSJ Online article linked...