Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-01-30
- The horizon leans forward, offering you space to place new steps of change. #
- If you had an #opportunity to be a #technical co-founder in the US for a #gaming company, would you take it? #startup #
- @wienbar How can we get in? in reply to wienbar #
- @wienbar you bet we will be there
in reply to wienbar # - @Zynga Rips Off Tiny Tower With Dream Heights, @NimbleBit Fires Back http://t.co/DQSaa6Mu via @modojowebsite #
- You have a new fan @Finnair happy #republicday http://t.co/QcLzLS56 #india #finair #bollywood #
- How to Create Your Own Promo Video for Under $100 http://t.co/6Huhvlt8 via @kissmetrics #
- New screens from @BrainBart for #Android #App for #Education @appbackr http://t.co/frzXajUy http://t.co/O5YuJ5gx #
- http://t.co/csNi1mIT @appbackr @brainbart (@ GameFactory) [pic]: http://t.co/RvCt2Otz #
- We are looking for funding to launch NinMin HD – Life Games fo…, check it out! #apps http://t.co/EbLQUuz0 via @appbackr #
- US Budget, in simple english – http://t.co/vR83wyL3 http://t.co/goLIaJMz #
- #Education is extremely personal, everyone is unique & different in their talents & learning styles http://t.co/frzXajUy @appbackr #
- @BrainBart is looking for funding on @appbackr http://t.co/frzXajUy #education #android #app #
- We are building an awesome #educational platform on http://t.co/frzXajUy using @appbackr #android #eduapp #crowdfunding #
- What to create cultural sensitivity in #kids http://t.co/csNi1mIT #android #game on @appbackr #
- Don't you just love it when @pandora_radio takes 30 songs to play the one that you just asked for #sarcasm #
- Lets build a #betterworld using games http://t.co/csNi1mIT #android #ios #ipad #games @appbackr #
- Looks like we'll have beta version out in less than 3 weeks @appbackr #android #ipad2 #crowdfunding @trevorcornwell http://t.co/GFB8CfCU #
- The making if monster pizza. (with Carmen) [pic] — http://t.co/E59U7xDI #
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Why Trevor Cornwell should hire me as appbackr’s UX guy!
I just got back from an awesome dinner date with my GF at a lebanese restaurant. We ate our brains out cause the food was delicious, then walked around a couple of places including Kroger and Target (oh yeah! she loves to shop!). I kept looking at my phone, every 15 minutes and she kept asking me, “you are quiet, is everything ok?”. I said everything was fine, but you know how women are…
I’ve been spending way too much on appbackr and obsessing over the platform and the idea. Its a great platform and an even better idea, very well executed by Trevor and his team – but as an artist and designer – it fails to knock-my-socks-off. (maybe fails is a strong word). I love the simplicity of it, but why be OK when you can be AWESOME, right?
So, I started putting down all the things that will make is an awesome platform – and here are a couple.
Slide Show Needs Work
Its awesome that we are able to upload pictures, and they play automatically. But a little manual control with thumbnails wouldn’t hurt, especially when someone wants to stay on a certain image or skip forward/backward. Plus – it looks sexy!
Add a ‘Developer Updates’ Tab, plssss…
It is so tiring to update the front page every time you want to share some new information with the backrs! Plus it looks cool, you can have it almost like small blog but just related to the project. Plus backrs appreciate transparency!
Communication is the Key!
If there is a way to communicate with your backrs, even if its a simple message (probably AJAX popup box) both developers and backrs would appreciate it. Especially when Trevor backs ‘The Untouchables’ with a whopping $7.5K. If he did the same to my project, I would send him a hand made card . But really, a way to communicate with any backr (non-anonymous) would be great! Also, just a side not, you would want to giveout some badges (as you can see in the image) to the backrs, helps motivate them better.
Lastly, wysiwyg editor pls, this is 2012!!!
Guys, comeon! A wysiwyg or a tinymce editor would go a long way! Its makes writing a good looking description, so much easier.
Oh, I forgot to tell you – the reason I was looking at my phone frequently was because of my obsession with this site. I was trying to come up ideas to make it easier from a UX perspective.
So Trevor, maybe you can hire me as an outside UX/UI consultant. Though I am not rockstart in photoshop or PHP, I think I can help you guys get a lot better +plus I can cook some awesome ethnic food!.
