Simple, Accessible Notes
Taking notes on a computer should be the most basic of functionalities: throw up a window that can accept text input, and save the text to a file. Optionally, sync these notes to the cloud,...
Apps
Whether Mobile Products Monopolize
I got in a brief discussion with the famous Startup L. Jackson on Twitter the other day. The thread started with a comment from me: @StartupLJackson Mobile is even more winner-take-all than web. — Allen Cheung (@allenmhc) August 13, 2015 We went a bit back and forth on the characteristics of mobile products vs. web products....
Apps don't Magically Increase Reach
Apps are supposed to be magical. Well, not so much magical as they are a supposedly a requirement for most businesses, the main way to get in front of users whose time is increasingly dominated by mobile. Admittedly, I feel a little schadenfreude whenever evidence points to the contrary, a big part of it coming...
The Dying Web
The web is dying? Of course it's dying. The author of this opinion piece isn't the first to point out that it seems like mobile apps are taking up a ton...
The Great App Cheapening
During a fairly lonely drive to a friend's gathering up in Tahoe a few weeks back, I was listening to ATP, and the hosts of the podcast were chatting about the newly announced iPhone 6 Plus. In their keynote, Apple showed off apps that made use of the additional screen real estate for...
The End of Standardized Readability
It started with Instapaper. The idea was to boost efficiency by employing the batching technique to article consumption, particularly mid- to long-form journalism found online. Saving an article for later separates the act of browsing content (say, from an RSS feed) from putting in the time commitment to engage with longer pieces of writing. As...