Disqus - Latest Comments for JohnAtkinson

Re: Being Open and Honest About Startup Process

JohnAtkinson — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:23:26 -0000

Count me in - I would like to follow the project!

Re: Digital iPhone cheapskates

JohnAtkinson — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 14:00:02 -0000

As a mobile developer, thank you for writing this post so I didn't have to. Now I can just point my friends here.

The disconnect between consumers expectations and the reality of the ongoing costs to build and update apps is partially due to the "iPhone App Gold Rush" propaganda - which has led many to believe that apps are "easy" to build & they're all getting hundreds of thousands of downloads.

It likely cost $25k to $75K minimum to build Tweetie 2.0, plus they have ongoing costs. It is an absolute steal for $2.99.

If it weren't for the "false economy" on The App Store, Tweetie would be at least $29.99 and it would still be a good value.

Re: It is ridiculous startups have to pay to pitch

JohnAtkinson — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 13:16:36 -0000

+1 on tehdik for putting Edwin K in his place

+1 on Edwin for acknowledging the err of his ways ;)

Re: What it Takes to Be an Overnight Success

JohnAtkinson — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 09:35:41 -0000

Very effective way to make your point - especially the pitch black ending.
Wish I were that coherent on 3 hrs sleep.

Re: Ochocinco on iPhone: Twitter’s Loudest NFL Star Launches App

JohnAtkinson — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 22:11:06 -0000

Love him or hate him - Chad's a smart marketer who knows how to get attention.

What's really interesting is that after Bengals games he's been inviting people here in Cincinnati to impromptu meetups at bars & restaurants via Twitter (& picking up the tab).

Next time he announces a flash meetup, let me know if Mashable needs a "foreign correspondent" & I'll cover it live ;)

Re: PRNews Recognizes PR 2.0 with Nomination for 2009 Blog of the Year

JohnAtkinson — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 22:17:55 -0000

My prediction is that you'll have something to celebrate about on 12/1/09. Keep up the great work.

Hope to see you at BlogWorld this week.

Re: HOW TO: Integrate Facebook With Your Blog

JohnAtkinson — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 13:20:03 -0000

Nice detailed post. If you're not integrating to Facebook, you're missing out.

For our applications, we're using Facebook APIs that allow our users to post audio to Facebook (Their mobile APIs could use some improvements though).

We're also working on audio apps for Facebook, and will be integrating Facebook connect to streamline our registration process.

For our blog, we use ShareThis for sharing of our posts to Facebook and other sites.

Re: Mobile Apps: Farts Win the Battle, But News Wins the War

JohnAtkinson — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 22:32:55 -0000

Great research - as with every chart, you want to be in the top right quadrant.

As developers of voice-based news apps, Flurry's research validates our actual findings. We're seeing heavy recurring usage and session lengths much longer than we anticipated.

Re: iPhone app shootout Thursday

JohnAtkinson — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 11:43:45 -0000

Sounds like a great time Robert - Wish I could be there.

I'd love to hear the group's feedback on the new BuzzVoice iPhone app, since it's on your iPhone ;)

Downloading the appsfire app now.

Re: Finding Your Inspirational Code

JohnAtkinson — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 08:14:05 -0000

Who inspires me has changed over the years.. In my earlier years when I was in sales, you couldn't get in my car without hearing Zig Ziglar or Brian Tracy.

Now it's Vaynerchuk - any time I need a jolt of passion, any of his videos will do the trick (even though I don't drink wine)

Re: The Shape of My Game

JohnAtkinson — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 09:18:48 -0000

Makes me wonder how you manage to respond to everyone's emails, and appreciate it all the more.

Re: The Worst Anti-Piracy Ad Ever?

JohnAtkinson — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 09:36:58 -0000

I guess Mr. Belding, Screech and Zack are on the editing room floor.

Re: LUNCHTIME POLL: What’s Your Favorite Web Browser?

JohnAtkinson — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 17:31:07 -0000

Chrome, because it's faster - but it doesn't seem to display RSS feeds in a human-readable format (maybe it's a setting?)

Re: Crush It – A Video Book Review

JohnAtkinson — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 01:20:53 -0000

Can't wait to read Gary's book.

Chris, loved your line: "He's the #1 self-promoting guy that people don't hate" - So true.

Re: Now a New York Times Bestseller

JohnAtkinson — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 09:44:37 -0000

Congrats Chris & Julien... heading over to Twitter to fulfill my promise to buy 11 copies of TA and give 10 away.

Bought 6 and gave 5 away a few days ago (kept 1 for myself :)

5 more to go!

Re: RSS: interesting or boring? (Hint @marshallk and @louisgray, we’re not normal)

JohnAtkinson — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 14:43:00 -0000

I'm missing something with the "RSS *versus* Twitter/FriendFeed" debate. One could argue that news on Twitter/FF is *dependent* on RSS (at least in part):

Robert, when you find out about a news story via Twitter/FF, isn't it a safe assumption that a fair amount of people posting those links found out about the news story from their RSS feeds?(or some other product that uses RSS)

If so, aren't you still using RSS for news, only you're letting others on Twitter/FF do the filtering?

RSS is interesting to me, not because I think it's a good end user "product"(it's not), but because it is the foundation for which to wrap great products around. RSS is fuel.

Re: The Big Push

JohnAtkinson — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 02:05:07 -0000

Can't wait to read Trust Agents Chris. I've learned so much from your blog and you've been so kind, that I'm buying 11 and giving 10 away on Twitter tomorrow!

I'd love to hear everyone's suggestions to create the max Twitter buzz for the "TA Giveaway"

-How would you tweet it?
-What should the criteria to win one be?

Re: The Microsoft Fune: A Smartphone Fresh Out of 1999 [Parody Video]

JohnAtkinson — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 00:42:24 -0000

Nice design - looks like the motorola "bag phone" I had circa 1991

Love the bluescreen DOS App Marketplace!

Re: Screenr: Simple Screencasting for Twitter Users

JohnAtkinson — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 00:33:52 -0000

Nice find Jennifer. Just tried screenr. Very easy to use - and when you download the MP4, they don't force their logo onto it, which is nice.

It would be nice if captures weren't limited to 5 mins & if they offered other download formats(avi, wmv, mpg).

Re: On Sleep

JohnAtkinson — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 23:23:28 -0000

Same problem for me - I don't remember the last time I was in bed before 2 am (3-4am for the last 2 weeks).

I'm getting pretty good at faking "coherency" around my wife when I wake up at 6:30 am.

Re: Ben Stiller Discovers Social Media [VIDEO]

JohnAtkinson — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 15:39:01 -0000

Hilarious, dry humor, which is why I like Stiller (@RedHourBen). Equally funny are the comments on YouTube, where a surprising # of people don't realize... it's dry humor.

Re: FCC investigating rejection of Google Voice apps from iPhone store

JohnAtkinson — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 00:07:03 -0000

Not sure how I feel about AT&T possibly influencing app rejections - and I'm equally worried about the FCC sticking it's nose into Apple's business.

That said, being the founder of a mobile voice service - I hope Apple reconsiders it's stance on Google Voice apps.

Re: AdMob report finds Android lifting off, passing Windows

JohnAtkinson — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 10:56:55 -0000

Surprising to see Android overtake windows mobile so quickly, especially when it seems that most "normal people" don't know what Android is.

And wow - 45 million iPhones & iPod Touch devices sold to date - If you divide that by the 1.5 billion app store downloads Apple reports, that translates to an average of 33 iPhone apps downloaded for each user - if my math is correct.

Does that seem believable ?

Re: How soon will the AppStore hit 2 billion downloads?

JohnAtkinson — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 12:52:51 -0000

It would be interesting to see a breakdown of which apps make up the 1.5 billion downloads.

Dean, do you have any sources for this type of info?

Re: 20 Developers to Follow on Twitter

JohnAtkinson — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 13:25:31 -0000

You'll learn a lot if you follow Ewan MacLeod http://Twitter.com/ew4n He's a serial entrepreneur and founder of the new Mobile Developer TV http://mobiledeveloper.tv/

Roy Georgia and I would love to connect with other devs/entrepreneurs too(we created http://PimpMyNews.com ) Follow us at http://twitter.com/JohnAtkinson and http://twitter.com/RoyGeorgia and we'll follow you back.