patrics123

Hey Jannes, currently we're (semi-)manually gathering the data. I'll look up the source for our 3.2 mill data point for iOS Apps.

And yes, you're right. We have a challenge to make the data comparable as some marketplaces publicly show download count where others completely hide it or only publish it in ranges.

+1 for the sort by popularity feature ;)

We are currently at 65 marketplaces / platforms and counting ...

What are you going to tell them about crypto?

Do you have a source?

I'd believe the 15B is transaction volume (including investors buying/selling) not payments for regular goods?

Do you get transcripts from dropvox / are they searchable?! (Looking for something like this..)

Are you building a browser extension for this or how can I imagine using your tool?

Interesting, going to check it out - iOS only so far?

Yep, transcribing voice notes yourself sucks. Did that a few times - however I like recording voice notes so gotta find a solution here too.

Workflowy seems nice and easy to use. Will check it out!

Great advice! I think thats the main reason I want to use a reliable tool in my process: to be able to get it out of my head without thinking: this is going to be lost ;)

How do you like the tagging system of Bear?

Ha! I might need to introduce the "someday hell" board... ;-)

Nice, did you have a chance to try the "assistant" mode of Any.do?

Ok thanks! So if I understand it right you have a daily routine to "sort-and-review" any recent notes and all of them live in a single spreadsheet to be searchable, etc. I like the simplicity!

Yep, good point with the regularity! Still, depending on how the tool is able to match my workflow is quite critical I think. And lots of tools trying to enforce their workflow on me ;-)

Going to check out Omnifocus btw..

Thanks for the links, I didn't know simplenote yet.

I Like the "kids add stuff too" - as long as they dont mess with it ;-)

How do you add tasks/ideas/notes on the go?

Wow,thanks! Sounds quite established! And I really like the "send stuff to your future self" ;-) Currently I use calendar entries for such things but thats not quite ideal.

Writing extensive TODO comments for future features instead of actually implementing them. Never read a single ToDo comment afterwards. Ever.

If I had to give advice to my 17yo self it would be this:

- ditch "gaming" as a hobby. Its a lot of fun but you'll regret most of the time you spent later on. Go create more stuff instead...

- think about the "business side" of software too, not just the technical part. There are more ways to make money than you know / can think of! (I was surrounded with loads of crappy share- and freeware tools where people were still making a living of. I did not realize this and skipped a lot of opportunities.)

- stop "coding" in VisualBasic ;-) try other languages (However, if you just want to quickly get something live, use what you know best already)

- Keep your eyes open for new emerging platforms and technology which pop up every century or so... and get onboard early on to understand the dynamics, play around, try your ideas. You'll have a first mover advantage for ~1-2 years and can get away with almost any not-too-perfect-solution because there is nothing else solving it right now. (Think the Internet, think cheap web hosting, think online gaming, think iPhone / AppStore & Smartphones in general, then Android, then xxx, ...

- Whatever projects you start. Make a commitment to yourself to launch them all. At least a version 0.0.0.1 .. ´. Nothing wrong with a crappy and dead tool or website which is not supported since years - but everything wrong with a private repository and an un-launched 99% ready software/webstie where you spent countless of your life-hours on! Launch everything!

- Oh yes, and just try ALL your crazy ideas too. You have nothing to loose. Just do them!

Planning one for next year, thinking about a website to send around. Quick thoughts:

- website is (maybe) looked at twice, (if at all). On invitation + on the day itself. - so updating the page might not reach all invited guests - show locations on a map (church, party, possible accomodations) - show schedule of the day, when to be where, what happens... - show contact info of relevant people - show possible accomodations (if guest need to book their rooms themselves) including any blocked contingents and expiry date of those blocked rooms

I hope that helps a bit...

(PS: would probably not pay for it since adding a page to any of my wordpress systems or own HTML would be easier. Might use some free offer. You could make money off the hotel bookings if the guests book trough your system. Check this interview where the guy is doing it for conference organizers: https://www.indiehackers.com/businesses/stay22)

What about a simple game clone, add multiplayer for added complexity. Forget about Performance at first ;)

Good advice, I will probably try the Beta approach - however I fear that $5 will attract bottom feeder clients?! But a beta programm to learn is a great idea.

It was targeted traffic from Facebook (freelance designers who are looking for work)

My issue was while the first step conversions were high, no one did a purchase + I got lot of "not needed" responses in my 1-on-1 conversations.

If we think about Twitter bots and Facebook fake profiles there might be an opportunity to automatically detect and flag those accounts. Would that Work?

Hey there! Here is my perspective (Freelance Usability Engineer, Degree in Software-Engineering and Human-Computer-Interaction) on your situation...

Quick answer: Your hunch is right. If you actually NEED quantitative research with scientific findings in the end you would need a lot of data (> 1.000 evenly distributed participants, no bias, no research background, ideal target group) and a bullet-proof testing set up with control groups etc.

But, from reading what you intend to do - this is not actually what you need. My assumptions are as follows (tell me if I am wrong): - You don't need to publish anything "scientific" in the end - You don't have a unlimited budget or large enough expected $$ outcome to justify spending lot of money into making it "statistically correct" - You want to test/build/validate hypothesises quickly to come up with a viable product solution within reasonable effort and timeframe (Usual Entrepreneur / Intrapreneur limits)

Long answer: I love the idea of approaching "idea generation" from a analytical + user centered point of view. Too often the engineers or founders give birth to a new feature or something "we should try" without checking if there is any possibility the users need it too. Because? Most of entrepreneuers and engineers would rather DO and IMPLEMENT stuff they like instead of waiting and talking to users - only to find out "their idea" is not needed at all.

I have done several projects in different niches where we did extensive user observation (contextual inquiry in their real life working environments [1] ) and requirements engineering interviews. What people tell you != what they actually do and feel! Nowadays this might be called "idea extraction" but uses the same concept of asking about their work process, good, bad, annoying and time consuming tasks. Trying to talk and ask without suggesting anyting and paying attention to their answers...

User interviews should be structured and you should try to be neutral + ask the same questions over and over again. BUT you dont need 1000 people. Usually it is far more effective to talk to (or observe) 7-10 people about one specific topic because you will still catch 80% of their issues and there will be patterns you can recognize.

So my personal approach would be to "scientifically" form 3-5 hypothesises which can be validated or invalidated by analyzing data, observing users and asking specific questions. Do your homework before and after, check analytics, get more insights from your databases, pre-validate your ideas and come up with observation-scenarios and questions which will validate or invalidate your hypothesis. Usually a few will already drop dead. Now as you are suggesting you would like to validate by using a product or prototype of some sort? For early validation and testing I would recomment to read "Sketching user experiences" from Bill Buxton [2] - lot of low fidelity ideas to test a product before writing any code at all.

You can either use live users to test some hypothesises, use remote usability testing tools or invite 5-10 people into your office for conducting a actual user test. I would highly recommend to go step by step. Only do a in house ux test if you are actually convinced something will work and you still have hypothesises on real users behaviour. The effort is far to high for just trying out stuff on an idea-level.

I hope this added some insights to your current challenge? Patric

[0] http://uxstepbystep.com [1] http://www.usabilityfirst.com/usability-methods/contextual-t... [2] https://www.amazon.de/gp/product/0123740371

Somewhere there is an awesome Video about balsamiq where the founder Talks about how he tried everything he could to remain a single-person operation but failed to do that due to support requests

+1 for the VR "feeling transmitting Tech" thing.

however it might be a bit scary to use it in the long term I expect a short hype like with Chatroulette or SecondLife because everybody wants to try it at least one time but itl only stick with a few of those Initial Users and serve a real purpose there...

What about visually overlaying all the ad areas with something else ... lets say whitespace or cat-pictures instead? ;-)

I think its good if a tech like this is publicly available. It will be used by comedians and satire outlets and over time raise awareness about possible fakes - pics/video or it did not happen... Well, no problem anymore ;-)