First things first, I consider myself a polyglot programmer reguarly running the spectrum from Java to Groovy to JRuby to Python.  Scala is certainly interesting from the outside looking in, but I haven't had the time to jump in with both feet. My latest...

Onver the last short while, I've been putting together a new service aimed at delivering Facebook-style feature introductions to any web application/site. You know, the little step-by-step walkthroughs of what's new/changed. In the interest of being lean,...

Up until yesterday I was the guy you saw huddled in the corner at Starbucks basking in the pale glow of an iPhone 3G. Everyone around me had upgraded, at _least_ to a 3GS, but my unwillingness to give the Canadian carriers any more money (early upgrade...

I've been working on tools to better understand the app store, they've been made available as part of Appiity. My underlying motivation is to try and help developers make better sense of the app store (different categories, countries, competitors, etc.)....

It's been a couple months now since I announced my latest project, Appiity. Identifying trends on the iTunes App Store and making it easier to find great apps! At that time, it was the cumulation of over a years worth of data from the iTunes...

Just a note to anyone contemplating having Ignacio Giri do any web design work. He's a scam. Do not pay him anything. He will not deliver. I unfortunately made the mistake and this is my warning to anyone else in a similar situation....

A quick follow-up to the post from earlier this week. iPad Chart and Data iPhone Chart and Data   There's still some actual analysis to be done but you can clearly see the state of EA's applications before, during and after the sale. It was definitely...

I just finished a quick analysis on the overall impact to Electronic Arts of this past weekends 99c sale. The follow data has been pulled from the Top Paid US iPhone and iPad charts.   Prior to the sale, EA had a total of five ranked iPad applications...

The manners in which applications are discovered has been a particular passion of mine for awhile now. About a year ago, I started collecting the data to drive the site that has eventually morphed into Appiity. If you haven't seen it, Appiity is an...

The following are preliminary results from a survey circulated yesterday titled "Discovering Mobile Applications".  If you haven't had an opportunity to complete the survey, you're more than welcome to do so now.   In putting together the survey I was...