You know, almost every day we make progress. No quantum leaps but still progress.
Yesterday I rolled out the new app to Google and Apple - Google delivered it pretty quickly but Apple likes to take their time and review every submission.
I am not going to do any more app dev until this version is rolled out to the iPhone.
Instead, today I looked at flyer designs (which were produced yesterday evening). I also found that Dropbox has some quite good capability to comment on files.
TheCrazyChicken and I also had a chat with the friend who is interested in joining us as a co-founder.
Progress is progress but we aren't really making the progress we need to make investors want to give us loads of money.
Wednesday, 7 December 2016
Thursday, 1 December 2016
A week of adventures
Last Thursday I had lunch with a friend who may be interested in joining us as a co-founder.
After lunch we went to a nearby café and there I had a cappuccino.
I spent the rest of the day feeling nauseous and in the small hours started throwing up.
I'm not saying it was the coffee, or the meal but it was definitely something.
As you can imagine this laid me low for a few days - in fact I still don't feel fighting fit.
App-wise we have a new logo which will go on stickers for shop windows and also go on the app.
By Monday I was making some progress with the app. I gave up using the multi-app plug-in - the latest version doesn't work with appery.io any more - and simply coded it in by hand, seeing as I am such a JavaScript-wallah by now.
On Wednesday I bought a new old MacBook Pro. New because it is still in its box (and it is still in its box, I haven't opened it) and old because it isn't the new version of the MacBook Pro. I need USB ports and in an interesting product management move Apple no longer provide them on their devices.
So I bought the old one which was on sale to clear the stocks.
I also bought it as my mini Mac is very slow, only 4Gb RAM. I also need to access a Mac wherever I am (which most likely means England over Xmas) as I can no rely on remote access to my desktop Mac.
Yesterday I went to an AGBC meeting where TheCrazyChicken found two people who wanted to use the app for their businesses.
To think: she was almost not going to attend.
After lunch we went to a nearby café and there I had a cappuccino.
I spent the rest of the day feeling nauseous and in the small hours started throwing up.
I'm not saying it was the coffee, or the meal but it was definitely something.
As you can imagine this laid me low for a few days - in fact I still don't feel fighting fit.
App-wise we have a new logo which will go on stickers for shop windows and also go on the app.
By Monday I was making some progress with the app. I gave up using the multi-app plug-in - the latest version doesn't work with appery.io any more - and simply coded it in by hand, seeing as I am such a JavaScript-wallah by now.
On Wednesday I bought a new old MacBook Pro. New because it is still in its box (and it is still in its box, I haven't opened it) and old because it isn't the new version of the MacBook Pro. I need USB ports and in an interesting product management move Apple no longer provide them on their devices.
So I bought the old one which was on sale to clear the stocks.
I also bought it as my mini Mac is very slow, only 4Gb RAM. I also need to access a Mac wherever I am (which most likely means England over Xmas) as I can no rely on remote access to my desktop Mac.
Yesterday I went to an AGBC meeting where TheCrazyChicken found two people who wanted to use the app for their businesses.
To think: she was almost not going to attend.
Tuesday, 22 November 2016
Is nothing easy?
No, because I ain't an app developer.
It's just not in my nature.
The only reason I have been able to develop to apps and configure a back-end system is because I am persistent.
Having now rolled out the main app to Apple and Android - in a MVP+ state - I now want to add a new feature: multi-language.
Easy. There's a plug-in for this and appery.io have a tutorial on how to do this.
Except it no longer bloody works. No doubt I will get it working but nothing works first time.
(Except many months a go I managed to write a JavaScript database query which was quite complicated and worked the second time).
It's just not in my nature.
The only reason I have been able to develop to apps and configure a back-end system is because I am persistent.
Having now rolled out the main app to Apple and Android - in a MVP+ state - I now want to add a new feature: multi-language.
Easy. There's a plug-in for this and appery.io have a tutorial on how to do this.
Except it no longer bloody works. No doubt I will get it working but nothing works first time.
(Except many months a go I managed to write a JavaScript database query which was quite complicated and worked the second time).
Thursday, 17 November 2016
Instant Startup
This evening I went to a little start-up event. Twenty minutes to prepare a business idea based on a combination of three randomly chosen existing businesses.
It was fun but also a good networking opportunity. More importantly I received good feedback about our business proposition with one person (an experienced businessman) seeing lots of use cases.
It was fun but also a good networking opportunity. More importantly I received good feedback about our business proposition with one person (an experienced businessman) seeing lots of use cases.
Wednesday, 16 November 2016
It's traction, baby
Yesterday I submitted the latest versions of the app to Apple and Google.
The Android version went out during the day and this morning I was surprised to see that Apple had also approved and released the iPhone version. That's very quick for the fruity company.
I'm still experiencing some occasional initial instability problems with the iPhone version but it quickly disappears and is not a show stopper.
After a brief migraine this morning I went for a coffee with an analyst from a VC.
It was a good chat although he said his firm needed to see a revenue stream before any sort of investment, even seeding, could take place.
I hope that in early 2017 we will show a growing revenue stream as well as a growing customer (and user) base. Right now all we have is two onboarded businesses.
He did, however, see the value in the idea and said he could even see himself using it. Which is great feedback.
The Android version went out during the day and this morning I was surprised to see that Apple had also approved and released the iPhone version. That's very quick for the fruity company.
I'm still experiencing some occasional initial instability problems with the iPhone version but it quickly disappears and is not a show stopper.
After a brief migraine this morning I went for a coffee with an analyst from a VC.
It was a good chat although he said his firm needed to see a revenue stream before any sort of investment, even seeding, could take place.
I hope that in early 2017 we will show a growing revenue stream as well as a growing customer (and user) base. Right now all we have is two onboarded businesses.
He did, however, see the value in the idea and said he could even see himself using it. Which is great feedback.
Monday, 14 November 2016
Feeling lofty
A few months ago Amazon Web Services asked to speak to me about my views around them assisting startups.
One of the things on my wish list was for them to have one of their Amazon Loft events in Munich.
Well, about a month ago they emailed me about their upcoming month long loft event in Munich. I only responded to it last week.
Felt of bit of a hipster being there.
Afterwards I paid a social visit to our first onboarded business who was a few metres away.
One of the things on my wish list was for them to have one of their Amazon Loft events in Munich.
Well, about a month ago they emailed me about their upcoming month long loft event in Munich. I only responded to it last week.
Felt of bit of a hipster being there.
Afterwards I paid a social visit to our first onboarded business who was a few metres away.
Belated news
On Friday we increased out onboarded businesses by 100%
Er, that means we now have two businesses.
We have to keep an eye on them and help and encourage them to use our service.
I probably didn't write more about it because I was busy running and drinking later on Friday and the next day recovered just in time to go to a wine trade show.
As well as buying a lot of wine I also sampled loads. Which explains my lack of production on Sunday.
Er, that means we now have two businesses.
We have to keep an eye on them and help and encourage them to use our service.
I probably didn't write more about it because I was busy running and drinking later on Friday and the next day recovered just in time to go to a wine trade show.
As well as buying a lot of wine I also sampled loads. Which explains my lack of production on Sunday.
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