What's an MVP? (Minimum Viable Product)
When Henry Ford first released his Model T car, it was a basic chassis with four wheels, a seat, and a steering wheel. It had all of the basic features required to make it appealing to a mass market, but almost none of the features we now take for granted in modern cars. No air-con. No roof. No seat-belts. No speedometer. No odometer. No doors. No accelerator pedal. No electric ignition. No stereo. Those were added later.
Written by Gavin Morrice —Jul 5th, 2013
How Much Does It Cost To Develop An iPhone App?
We regularly receive emails and calls asking for quotes to build an iPhone or iPad app. The tricky part about providing preliminary quotes is that, without a lot more discussion, it’s not easy to provide an accurate estimate. Building an app, or website is a lot like building a house.
Written by Gavin Morrice —May 19th, 2013
Adding gender-specific messages to your rails app with genderize
Often in an application, you’ll want to display a clear, readable message back to the user about another user. e.g. “Sarah is a new member, why not send her a message?”
Written by Gavin Morrice —May 6th, 2013
We've Just Launched Pingr
Pingr is our latest open source project. It’s a ruby gem to help developers notify search engines like Google about changes to their sitemap. Submitting your sitemap, rather than simply waiting for Google to crawl your site again means your new content and changes will be visible in search results much sooner.
Written by Gavin Morrice —Feb 27th, 2013
Blogit version 0.7.0 released
We’ve just released the next version of blogit, our largest and most popular open source project.
Written by Gavin Morrice —Feb 27th, 2013