Do One Thing Well: The Focus Philosophy

9th January 2012 by bretton

My intention is for this to be a companion piece to Luke Wroblewski’s excellent writeup: “Mobile First Helps with Big Issues“. If you haven’t read it yet, I suggest you do so. I’ll wait here.

Luke’s article was mainly about focus in the context of screen real-estate; since mobile screens are so much smaller than desktop screens, mobile apps are forced to focus in ways desktop & web apps are not. I’d like to address the focus issue within the context of mobile apps, using three examples.
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Macworld Gives iMockups 4.5 Stars

3rd January 2012 by kmore

The good folks at Macworld gave us a new review of iMockups over the holidays and it’s another winner.

Calling it “indispensable for anyone who works with wireframes” they rated iMockups a 4.5 out of 5 stars.

You can download iMockups from the iTunes App Store.

See the review now.

Mobile Apps Continue to Dominate

3rd January 2012 by kmore

Interesting piece on ReadWriteWeb this morning on app download numbers over the holiday period.

From the piece; “Across iOS and Android, over 1.2 billion apps were downloaded, according to a new report by Flurry Analytics. That was a 60% increase over early December.”

Those are some crazy numbers and illustrate just how fast the smartphone market is growing.

Read the rest of the article now.