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Category Archives: Business
Getting Rich, Following that Dream, Being Happy
I found a question/response thread on Hacker News to be quite interesting. The question was “how did your life change after FU money”. FU money being a term for enough money that you have complete freedom to not work. Paul … Continue reading
Posted in Business
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Free In-App Purchases Will Change…. Little?
Apple’s announcement that they are going to start letting free applications sell in-app content seemed to be a big one. Even game changing. But, the more I think about it, the more I think there will be great hesitation for … Continue reading
Posted in Business
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App Icons are Itty Bitty Banner Ads
An old blog post I wrote last year about a decades old humor article on icon design is actually remarkably relevant to today’s App Store market. Years ago, Apple published a developer magazine. I don’t even remember the name of … Continue reading
Posted in Apple, Business
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Followup on Another Quitting Story
A couple of months ago I mentioned a husband and wife team that made up Imangi Studios who I met at GDC. Keith had quit his full time job a year prior while his wife Natalia had just given notice … Continue reading
Posted in Business
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A Year Later…
So, it’s already been a year since I quit my job and dedicated myself to web projects, and it’s gone really quickly. I’ve kept myself very busy during that time, probably a bit too busy. I have absolutely no regrets … Continue reading
Posted in Business
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The Risk and Economics of Quitting
This year, I traveled to the Game Developers Conference (GDC) for the first time. It was a really great time and I met a number of iPhone gaming developers — many who I’d known online for many months. Despite my … Continue reading
Posted in Business
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Online vs Print, and the Evolution of Media
Here are a few random thoughts I’ve had recently about blogging, online media and traditional print media. Online Ads vs Newspaper Ads Here’s a promising chart for all online-media folk published by Alley Insider. Newspaper ads dropping, online ads keep … Continue reading
Posted in Apple, Business
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AppShopper.com, TouchArcade.com, Stats, and Stickiness
So, this blog has been relatively quiet. Not because I haven’t been keeping busy… in fact, I might have been keeping too busy. In retrospect, the quitting decision was clearly the right decision. One major perk of not being a … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Mac Web
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50% of Primary Care Doctors Planning on Cutting Hours, Retiring or Quitting
CNN reports on the results of an interesting survey of primary care doctors which found that nearly 50% of them are looking to quit or reduce hours. Many of the reasons cited dealt with too much red tape surrounding insurance … Continue reading
Posted in Business
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On Twitter…
About a month ago, I joined Twitter. My account: http://twitter.com/arnoldkim I’d heard all the commotion about it for some time, but finally decided to join in on the fun. I’m still a relatively sporadic poster of Twitters, but find the … Continue reading
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