kevinyun

Enjoyed this post :D

+1 to this idea.

Also, this is awesome OP. Got some genuinely honest feedback and it's much appreciated.

thanks! my email is kevin@fitsby.com -- i can send you the download link

Sounds great!

Please email me at kevin@fitsby.com so I can send you the APK

Sounds reasonable :)

There's definitely a lot of room for improvement in this market. If you've been keeping up with current mobile statistics (which you obviously have), you'd consistently be seeing how the app markets are shifted way off to one small corner. I'm positive that solid product design and build are huge factors, but there are apps out there that don't get enough credit they deserve. Unfortunately, I feel that this problem relates to the world in general as well. Not everyone who is doing interesting and disruptive things will get all of the attention that they deserve.

As a guy who's always been on the business side of things, I started to code and design web/mobile apps only 2 years ago. As my startup (Fitsby) is getting ready for launch, I'm coming to terms with a new lesson. I used to think product dev was 90% of a startup, and that a product that was solid in design and build would be enough. Of course, I also understood that getting enough interest to validate assumptions was necessary. We've been doing that these past months, and I feel like we're getting enough interest (and even love) from people. At the same time, we're finding that it really is difficult to get people to use the product, let alone a mobile-first product. We're in private beta & it truly is a grand task onboarding and getting feedback from even our closest family and friends. Even with our most enthusiastic/anxious waitlistees, this is difficult.

At the same time, this is a truly awesome opportunity that we have where we are experiencing these problems. We're learning so much as we go! On the bright side, the users who are testing our app are enjoying it. The best thing to do, I feel, is to continue to build a solid product that people truly love and will want to spread to their friends to use.

which would you prefer? - Prezi - Sliderocket - Keynote

I like your simple landing page :)

Klout for style?

Great post! I couldn't agree more with your beginning words -- learning is huge in life.

"The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man." - George Bernard Shaw

Great question. Not sure if you've heard of what Mozilla's been trying to do Persona (http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/persona/). Also, I can't recall the name but I remember a popular (Kickstarter?) project that wants to use your phone to verify your information.

this one did it for me as well!

great slideshare! A lot of interesting and informative numbers -- really reminds you of the continous intertwining between business and technology

just got 1 last night! design's looking awesome