OpenBrand Infographic: Want your new game to land in the US Top 10? Infographic: Want your new game to land in the US Top 10? You have 72 hours to spend $56,000 Start strong, says Trademob After spending months or years of your life developing a mobile game, it's natural to think that it'll be appreciated by the world and instantly recognised for its genius. But time and again, great games launch onto the App Store and spend weeks struggling to break into the Top 10. Trademob's taken a good hard look at what it takes to achieve a Top 10 rank in the App Store, and the results are surprising. According to its data, Trademob states that an app "must achieve a high number of downloads within 72 hours" to crack the Top 10 - with the last 24 of those 72 hours being the most significant. Further, it's estimated that you'd need 80,000 installs to break into the US Top 10. Swings and roundabouts The good news is that to actually hit the mark, you only need to splash out on half as many installs. Click for full scale image
Underdog: Get a job at an NYC startup Gittip, Year One — Building Gittip I invented Gittip on Friday, May 11, 2012, while co-working with Christian Wyglendowski in Salem, Ohio. The zeroth payday was three weeks later, on Friday, June 1, and included two participants, myself and a test account. On Tuesday, June 5, Jordan Messina put us on Hacker News for the first time, and for our first payday on June 8 we had 175 total users and 12 givers. We moved $24.80. Here we are, a year later. That’s not nothing. What comes next? Gittip’s goal is for people to find a living on the platform, by doing what they love and sharing their gifts with the rest of us. One of the biggest lessons I learned during the first year of Gittip is that I’m not building Gittip, I’m building a community that’s building Gittip. Participants—representing either individuals or “opaque” groupsTeams—up to 150 members—representing “transparent” groupsCommunities—150 or more members—representing ecosystems On the other hand, I’m learning that microcelebrities might not be Gittip’s target users.
Auctionata Ink File Picker Sold. Hello Sony. Goodbye Nikon. The Story of why I am Switching from Nikon to Sony. “‘To take an interesting photo, some may choose to carry around a lot of metal and glass and mirrors and silicon. I choose to carry around less metal and glass and silicon. Oh, and no mirrors.’ – Me, quoting myself.” – Trey Ratcliff Oh, Nikon… Sad Emoticon Nikon, you’ve been good to me over the years. Sony a7R and NEX-7 Review Here’s my detailed review of the amazing new Sony a7R Full-frame Mirrorless camera (check prices) as well as my review of the Sony NEX-7 (check prices). Disclosures about SonyNone! Is the Sony NEX-7 Really the Best??? UPDATE: I still love the Sony NEX-7 but I recently upgraded to Sony’s a7R Full-frame Mirrorless camera that is nearly identical in size and weight to the NEX-7. Yes, the NEX-7 is the best for my kind of photography. Above: After weaning myself off Nikon over the past 4-6 weeks, I had no hesitation at all whipping out my Sony to get this shot a few nights ago. Is the Sony NEX-7 WAY better than the my previous camera, the Nikon D800? Sample Photos
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