Think back to the last app you downloaded to your mobile device. A sale, tweet or mention in the App Store probably drew you to its features. The time to wait isn’t what it used to be, but those moments are spent anticipating how cool the new experience will be. Once the moment comes to […]
Read more "Blog Post: Your Tutorial Is Probably Irrelevant"Well, that was depressing. Not the phones themselves. I could easily see my wife enjoying one of the iPhone 5Cs with a complimentary cheese grater case. She does not care much about anything other than camera, and a cheaper price would be right up her alley. What many seem to keep discounting with these “S” […]
Read more "Blog Post: Are iPhone Upgrades Enough For You To Buy?"Much like XP and Agile, there is a disparity of information involved with describing what exactly people mean when they say their shop is “lean”. While the definition itself may be simple to pass along to the uninitiated, beginning the process can be a huge mess of confusion. Lean is self-descriptive, but not indicative of […]
Read more "Blog Post: What Do You Mean By ‘Lean’?"Retailers are constantly on the lookout for more ways to connect iwth their customers. The manner in which buyers purchase products was restricted once upon a time, giving businesses the power to distribute as they saw fit. As we know, the power is now literally in the palm of our hands to swing it back […]
Read more "Blog Post: Is ‘Omnicommerce’ Our Next Big Buzzword?"When I was first tasked with leading an agile team, it was very important to me that I nail the planning ceremony of my first sprint. I had a series of precise questions to help lead the team in identifying the most important features needed and was determined to get there. In my head, I […]
Read more "Blog Post: Start Your Sprint With A Goal"Regardless of the platform, user and industry you design software for, we have all discussed at length the end result of interacting with our products. If you are new to a project, the emotions associated are usually negative. Something being built from the ground up by your team is often viewed in a positive light. […]
Read more "Blog Post: What Emotion Does Your Product Evoke?"I can’t decide if the weeks before an Apple announce are the most exciting or annoying days of the year for me. On one hand, the need to “report” rumors and roughly-founded opinions has gotten old for me. The other hand holds an entire sea of possibility that provides wonder to Wall and Main Streets. […]
Read more "Blog Post: Optimistic About Another Apple SDK"Everyone in the Apple Developer community has known how to win the game of App Store rankings for some time: you need a junk-ton of downloads and five-star reviews if you have any hope of being invited to the inner sanctum. The problem is nowhere does that account for apps that actually get used. While […]
Read more "Blog Post: Serve Your Users, Downloads Will Come"Releasing updates can be a pain sometimes. In the mobile space, it usually includes asking the user to download something again as well as refreshing their credentials in some way. Luke Wroblewski — who writes some tremendous material on mobile development — mentions in this post how you can announce your refresh with some panache and reward your users for continuing to use your product with some Easter eggs.
Don’t make the update a pain. It might mean some additional work will need to be done to include the artwork or new graphics. The UX team might need to rethink some of the work they thought was done.
Regardless, it’s important to the process and allows users to enjoy and share in the hard work you are doing!
Blog Post: Announce Your Refresh with Gusto
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Chris Murman 