I guess this was inevitable. We will miss you bit.ly. Update 2: t.co URL wrapping In the coming weeks, we will be expanding the roll-out of our link wrapping service t.co, which wraps links in Tweets with a new, simplified link. Wrapped links are displayed in a way that is easier to read, with the actual domain …
Author Archives: Prasanna
Dirty tactics
I get 2 types of mails to my support email. 1. Happy customers thanking for one of the Cab Meter apps, and asking for a feature they would love to see. (Unhappy customers don’t seem to contact me. They leave a review on the app store. I wish it was the other way around). 2. …
Constraints and guides
One of the most important shortcomings of the App Store is that, it is very easy for a buyer to make an unfair or uninformed review of an app. The developer has no way of communicating back to the user, or other potential buyers, to clarify an issue. There are many high profile developers who …
Learn Leadership By Riding the Subway
When a train stops in New York, an announcement will come on apologizing “for the unavoidable delay.” The recorded message will continue to urge passengers to “please be patient, we will be moving momentarily.” If the delay continues, the same recorded message will repeat again and again until the train finally moves. It’s very different …
Notes on using Telstra
After a bit over 2 weeks of using Telstra, my experience with them is mostly positive. I have not dropped a single call (coming from 3, that’s heaven) and have connectivity nearly everywhere. While the call quality is overall better, it isn’t absolutely without problems. There have been times when call quality is very low, …
Code as if everybody’s watching you
The other day, I saw somebody wearing a T-shirt that said “Dance Like Nobody’s Watching”. I’m not much of a dancer, but I like the sentiment. However, dancing is not coding. The worst thing you can do is code like nobody’s watching. You should code like everybody’s watching you. via iPhone Development: Code As If…. …
App Store and startups
Take software updates. On the Mac, you have to add the Sparkle framework to get automatic updates for your app. On the App Store, that’s all taken care of for you. You don’t have to maintain an update feed or provide bandwidth for downloading the app. Or take sales. On the Mac, you have to …
Laptop battery myths
The “memory effect”, or the need to “refresh” or “deep-cycle” the battery by completely discharging before recharging, is stale knowledge from the time of NiCad and NiMH batteries. Lithium-ion batteries don’t suffer from the memory effect. It’s also not bad to leave your laptop plugged in. In fact, it’s a good thing to keep it …
The problem with SEO is that the good advice is obvious, the rest doesn’t work. via Derek Powazek – Spammers, Evildoers, and Opportunists. Tweet This Post
Do something compelling. There’s a trillion people writing blogs that need something to write about. There are magazines hungry for content. There are hundreds of thousands of people bored on the internet wanting something to look at or do. For the most part, people have exceedingly low standards on the internet. But, I think people are …