It looks like I have quite a few users in South Korea for Super Simple Photo Resizer. Super Simple Photo Resizer, Apr 1st 2011 – May 17th 2011 1. Korea, Republic of 2. United States 3. India 4. Germany 5. Taiwan, Province of China 6. Indonesia 7. United Kingdom 8. Australia 9. Canada 10. Mexico… Continue reading Where People Use Photo Resizer – Korea #1
Osama Bin Laden Dead Thanks to iPhone Tracking
Highly reliable sources (the voices in my head) are reporting that the death of Osama Bin Laden is entirely thanks to him owning an iPhone, allowing his location to be tracked. Osama was a rabid Apple fanboy owning over a dozen iPods alone. He allegedly had also already received 2 white iPhones through covert channels,… Continue reading Osama Bin Laden Dead Thanks to iPhone Tracking
A Kick-Ass Article on Asynchronous Operations
As I am virtually incapable of doing anything the same way twice, I had to go out and find another way to deal with blocking operations (blocking as in network blocking), and came across Asynchronous Method Invocation at the Code Project. Perfect. The author, Mike Peretz, does an excellent job of explaining Begin/EndInvoke, delegates, catching… Continue reading A Kick-Ass Article on Asynchronous Operations
Passing Information Between Winforms the Sneaky Way
There are many ways to pass data between form in .NET. This article, Passing Data Between Forms, at the Code Project is an excellent one that shows 4 ways to do it. My favorite way to do it is with delegates and events. However, very often you simply need a quick and dirty solution where… Continue reading Passing Information Between Winforms the Sneaky Way
Why Developers Need to Squeeze Software for Ca$h
Everybody talks about Google, Microsoft, Apple, Angry Birds, Twitter, Facebook, and a handful of other software companies and applications, but they are not representative of the majority of software companies or authors. And the amount of money they make isn’t representative either. Few developers ever make the gobs of money that you see in TV… Continue reading Why Developers Need to Squeeze Software for Ca$h
Win an iPad 2 – A Mobile Ad
Here’s a screenshot from a game I have on my HTC Desire HD (click the images to zoom on them): Note the ad that covers the play area. Now, here’s what you click through to: Note the red bar for that shows the fold in the mobile browser. Also how much it costs to “enter… Continue reading Win an iPad 2 – A Mobile Ad
Menus are for Restaurants, Not Software
Ok, that’s a bit of a bold and overstated title, but it’s basically true. Menus hide things. They make things harder to find and harder to use. They make software more difficult for people to use. I’d like to outline some basic principles, and then talk about how they relate to Super Simple. Now, for… Continue reading Menus are for Restaurants, Not Software
Robosoft and DynamicPAD Results 12 Days In
So, Super Simple has been live for 12 days. It took about 2.5 days to submit, and since then I’ve only made some blog and forum posts. Results? Not too bad. Photo Resizer has moved from second click results to first click results, just as predicted. The Super Simple Photo Resizer even has a top… Continue reading Robosoft and DynamicPAD Results 12 Days In
Purchasing Artwork for Commercial Use Cheaply
If you’re like me, your creative, visual design skills SUCK. Badly. But I can edit. And purchasing artwork for commercial use saves a lot of time. And, knowing where to purchase can save you a LOT of money. Now, if I can be forgiven for being so bold, the design at the Super Simple web… Continue reading Purchasing Artwork for Commercial Use Cheaply
An Initial Look at OpenCandy Revenue
I keep getting people asking me about what the revenue for Super Simple through OpenCandy is. Well, here’s the information to date! I can only report on the results that I’ve seen, so here are some initial results for the first 10 days of the release of Photo Resizer at Super Simple (the marked dates… Continue reading An Initial Look at OpenCandy Revenue