Was digging thru my feeds this morning on all things RTP, and saw this great article about a new competition. Go check out SMOffice where they are running a contest for any Startup who wants to get started in Durham, NC. You get the world’s smallest office for 6 months free and a free condominium […]
Author: Michael Rowe
Apps are your personal engagement with customers
I used to be a “Webmaster” on a few different websites, back in the early internet days. I designed and posted the website for a light opera group I sang with in Atlanta. Back then, the fact that we had two columns with a menu on the left, and scrolling content on the right, was […]
Are app factories worth your time?
I was listening to a story on the news the other day, and at the end the section was sponsored by a local app factory. This got me thinking. How much value do companies get out of app factories? Are they really just delaying the time when their developers need to get up to speed […]
Local App Spotlight – Downcast
I listen to a lot of podcasts. Probably way too many podcasts. When I am traveling on business, I tend to blow thru my iPad data plan in a week. Additionally, AT&T recently informed me that I am in the top 1% of data plan users of my unlimited iPhone data plan. In order to […]
Is the Triangle really an App Hotbed?
I was reviewing a study that I heard Leo Laporte talk about on MacBreak weekly, that claims that the App Economy has created 466,000 jobs in the last few years. The article can be found on cNet. I downloaded the report from TechWeb and saw this graphic – . According to this study North Carolina […]
We are working on our Logo
So far.. this is what we’ve got.. but not quiet happy with it.
Over 25% of Downloaders have Upgraded
Well, so far version 1.3 is having a pretty fantastic uptake on the upgrade list. We have over 25% of the people who have purchased the app have taken advantage of this update.
Twitter integration for Wasted Time
So, now that we got the persistance across sessions and meeting restart functions approved and on the app store, it’s time to really focus on Twitter integration. We are glad we hadn’t gotten to far before this time, since Twitter has officially shut down all apps that are using simple integrations. So now we have […]
Latest Updates
We think we are only a couple of days away from submitting the next version to Apple for the App Store. Data storage and retrieval between running session is within sight. Trying to decide if we should wait for twitter integration or submit this version first.
Data Persistence Across Platforms
We are currently looking at Android for a version of WastedTime…Today when you purchase the iPhone app, you get a fully functioning iPad app two, not some cheap pixel doubling app. Given this, you may find yourself, like I do, having to chose between the iPhone and the iPad version for all your meetings during […]