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Build Blog by ThinkApps
Company blog · thinkapps.com/blogdesignprogramming
Build Blog by ThinkApps is the company blog at thinkapps.com, writing about design and programming. Since 2015, 9 different Hacker News readers have linked it 13 times. The last post was in 2016, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link ThinkApps' Build Blog for posts on app monetization and on Clayton Christensen's disruption theory. The comments mostly dispute the conclusions of those posts.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 2 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
ThinkApps is an app development and design company based in San Francisco. We build mobile, wearable and web applications.
What Hacker News says?
I would've thought on HN of all places that one wouldn't have to explain how silly it is to make conclusions based on incredibly anecdotal experience (particularly when more robust statistics are a quick Google away). "According to Distimo App Analytics, the mobile apps with higher gross earnings in both the Apple iTunes App Store and Google Play Store use freemium monetization methods.In October 2014, nine of the t…
Comment linking /blog/post-launch/paid-vs-freemium-app-monetization-statistics/
on “Google now automatically converts Flash ads to HTML5”Submitted Startup Advice from House of Cards’ Frank Underwood as a story · 13 points
HN discussionI guess this is a 2013 article, but I'm surprised that what hasn't been mentioned in the comments yet are the platform/network effects of iOS apps and the App store. I think it's interesting to identify a consumer focus on status/UX/psychological benefits, but I actually think it's wrong to say that the consumer isn't paying for more functionality because I think the iOS app ecosystem actually provides pretty compel…
Comment linking /blog/development/platform-build-first-ios-vs-android/
on “What Clayton Christensen Got Wrong (2013)”Submitted Highway1 Helps Hardware Startups Reach Mass Market as a story · 9 points
HN discussionSubmitted How Thalamus Gobbled Up the Biggest Names in Advertising Within a Year as a story · 8 points
HN discussionSubmitted Create an interactive Apple Watch app prototype in 10 mins as a story · 6 points
HN discussionSubmitted How to build chat into your app as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted How to Design for iPhone 6 Plus as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted 10,000 Signups Mean Nothing Unless They Convert to Paying Customers as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Lean Start-Up Methodology Simplified as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted How to Develop Apple Watch Apps as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted How Photo App Oneminute Grew to Over 22K Users in Just 10 Days as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Future of Social Networks From The Man Who Invented The Hashtag as a story · 1 points
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