One app with two developers has earned over $1.28 million in profits for the developer. DoodleJump required less than $5000 in development costs (estimate due to art and third party score server) and has sold over 1.85 million units, as of 1/20/2010 units sold. That’s $1.83 million in sales. With Apple’s 30% cut of the [...]
Read more...Voice Band and their video demos. It’s all about going viral. Their strategy is a great one. Audio/video centric app, promoted on YouTube, perfect! Incredibly good example of iPhone app marketing combined with YouTube marketing meets brilliant use of iPhone technology. Clever, yet not too risky twist on Rock Band trademark. These truths are self [...]
Read more...Previous Linux DDOS Defense post: – Linux DDOS Defense with .htaccess Linux has a great multipurpose tool called iptables. Blocking IPs in iptables blocks the IP from using any of the server resources not just the web server. This is effective against broad range attacks target multiple ports (FTP, telnet, http, etc.). Unfortuneately, many server [...]
Read more...See my next Linux DDOS Defense post for more techniques to mitigate DDOS damage. Lately, it seems DDOS attacks have become a more popular way for a tech savvy customer or competitor to attempt a bit of revenge. I’ve consulted on several emergency projects within the past month in which a client’s server – web [...]
Read more...Yesterday evening some of the features of the new iPhone OS 4.0 leaked in San Francisco. These are unconfirmed by Apple. However, they have a big announcement scheduled for January 27th (one week from today). This will likely be the details on the Apple Table “iTablet” and the new 4.0 version of the iPhone OS. [...]
Read more...The following is via David Gonzalez of AIMEN: Please RSVP to this coming Austin Internet Marketing Entrepreneur Network (AIMEN) mixer here: http://budurl.com/AIMEN609 It’s this coming Tuesday, 6/9/09: mark your calendar now Details: When: Tuesday, 6/9/09 —> 7:00 to 9:30 PM Where: Six Lounge 117 W. 4th St. Austin, TX 78701 (it’s at the southeast corner [...]
Read more...I’m often surprised at how many of my clients (even the technical ones) don’t understand what a conversion rate is. There are all kinds of definitions floating around. As is often the case, the simple one is the right one. What is Conversion Rate? Conversion rate is the ratio of visitors to desired action. Whatever [...]
Read more...Oops! Just one day after HP accepted my somewhat illicit order (stacked coupons totaling $400+ off a $1000 order for the ultimate travel notebook), HP announced a 17% drop in profits over last quarter. I didn’t realize my 40% super sneaky deal would cause so many to lose their jobs. To those who are now [...]
Read more...I’m a big fan of business cards as a physical take away. They have proven to be one of the only ways that I remember someone’s name after a conference. I’m a very sensual person (get those dirty thoughts out of your head…) and I tend to remember things I smell and feel. This is also called kinesthetic. A large portion of creative people are kinesthetics. So, if you want a creative person to remember you give them something to feel! (you’re bad! stop it!)
Read more...I’ve searched the world over and found my true love! I have extremely high standards when it comes to selecting a new laptop. I was the founder of WidowPC, while I was there it was one of the world’s leading high performance PC boutiques. I’ve sold the company and I’m now doing pretty much whatever [...]
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Name: Joshua McClure
Location: Austin, TX
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