I’m working on an iPhone game I started when learning Objective-C. It’s unknown (about 3000 free downloads/week) but loved (mostly rave App Store reviews), so I’m trying to make it go viral.
The version awaiting Apple review has incentives for introducing new players, and usage analytics to get a more accurate idea of what to fix and simplify. (Fan feedback is great, but they’re already converted & over the learning curve). I think I’ll still need to lower the learning curve/barrier to entry & boost the purple cow factor, but I’ll bet I see something in the analytics data I would never have considered.
Also, after years of staring at keyboards I’m finally learning to type, hopefully from tonight, straight to Dvorak, no labels. Any advice for doing this, or software recommendations for a Mac, would be most welcome.
I was learning Dvorak on a mac so there weren’t a huge number of options, but I found a typing tutor called Master Key with a Dvorak option and that did the trick. You can get it from http://macinmind.com/
There are lots of general Dvorak resources out there and more tutors for PCs if you have one. It’s has some quite dedicated followers.
I’m working on an iPhone game I started when learning Objective-C. It’s unknown (about 3000 free downloads/week) but loved (mostly rave App Store reviews), so I’m trying to make it go viral.
The version awaiting Apple review has incentives for introducing new players, and usage analytics to get a more accurate idea of what to fix and simplify. (Fan feedback is great, but they’re already converted & over the learning curve). I think I’ll still need to lower the learning curve/barrier to entry & boost the purple cow factor, but I’ll bet I see something in the analytics data I would never have considered.
Also, after years of staring at keyboards I’m finally learning to type, hopefully from tonight, straight to Dvorak, no labels. Any advice for doing this, or software recommendations for a Mac, would be most welcome.
There are a lot of typing flash games out there. It’s a fun way to combine relaxation/time-wasting and learning how to type.
How were you results with learning to type? Could you reccomend any methods?
I was learning Dvorak on a mac so there weren’t a huge number of options, but I found a typing tutor called Master Key with a Dvorak option and that did the trick. You can get it from http://macinmind.com/
There are lots of general Dvorak resources out there and more tutors for PCs if you have one. It’s has some quite dedicated followers.