Cocoaheads app-in-4-weeks

4 apps in 4 weeks Chris Eidhof

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4 apps in 4 weeks

4 apps in 4 weeks1 app in 4 weeks

Off to Spain

Three ideas1. iPad: explain a concept2. iPad: build interactive iPhone prototypes3. iPhone: take notes about people you meet

Check in to People• Existing apps: • FellowUp • Hashable • With • ...

MVP• Checkin• Review• Search• Business model: charge $$$

Sketches and ideas

Week 1: First build

Selecting people

Design

Design ichte r... Br for L oren enough f it’s goodI

Branding• Checkins are confusing, let’s call them Meetups

Names• Meetups• James

Names• Meetups• James As always, let me know what you think: send an email or mention/message me on Twitter.

Passcode lock

Passcode lock efaults UserD use NSDon’t

Beta comments• Swipe to delete• Text Color for highlighted UITableView cells• Go to Address Book• Screen rotation support

Search• sqlite has builtin full text search

Search Too mu ch work• sqlite has builtin full text search

More Screenshots

Blogging is awesome• Lots of feedback• Build an audience• Build something people want

Beta results• Half of the people used it for more than 3 seconds.• 1 person used it regularly

More designs

More designs Clickable

Website Design

Website• Screenshots • Use iPhone, show on background• Good one-sentence explanation• Start with the important things http://met.io

Press Release• Good experiences with TrackMe• Slightly worse with Met

Closing Remarks• Building a perfect app is hard• Designing an app is hard• Writing a press release is hard• Selling an app is hard• Building something people want is hard

Closing Remarks• People are extremely helpful• Doing this publicly has a lot of beneﬁts• It’s a lot of fun

Contact detailshttp://chriseidhof.tumblr.comchris@eidhof.nl@chriseidhof

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