Woohoo! Always wanted to see an Apptivity Lab app icon be THE icon for a category, never thought it'd come so soon :)
Malaysia Crime is currently #1 under Utilities category for the Malaysian App Store. And I got the photo evidence of it! Awesome! haha
P/S: A new update has been sent for approval :) Watch out for it.
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Stick around awhile, and picture the situation ten years in. After ten years, assuming all the costs stay the same, you get to pay Comcast over $4000 to be their loyal customer! Ten year cost: just over $16,000. Sweet deal. For them. So they hate churn, they want you to stay put. Too bad they don’t make it attractive to stay put.
Every time I see a Comcast ad “For New Customers Only” I have the same thought: why don’t I get a break for being a loyal customer? If they really value my business, how about, oh, a discount based on how long I’ve been with them? Screw new customers, they are likely to leave (chrun!) anyway. Golden-handcuff me with a really sweet deal based on my longevity. To counter the above example, say I had started at $125 a month. Starting in year 3 I got a got a 5% discount each year, up to 30%. Not compounded, additive. So after nine years, I am at a capped at a 30% discount, for a monthly bill of $88.
Great reminder. Companies (including mine) should do more to value loyal customers as much, if not more, than new customers.
Time to start planning out fresh rewards for loyal users! :)
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A: Learning :)
And it was quite an interesting experience too. Not going to go into platform debates -- won't work here. But I did observe some really interesting points to learn:
Of course, there were briefing sessions too. Learnt a thing or two there. It's really interesting that Nokia is well aware of the inherent problems of their platform (proprietary software OS -- aka poor API?, product fragmentation, unfamiliar tools). They're working to overcome it. In the mean time, I really appreciate developing on the iPhone OS. It's simpler.
Bonus: @roslanbz gave a talk on funding. Rather, on the potential of mobile apps. Thought the slides really stood out.
What made it really worth the time though, were the people I got to meet. Read somewhere that we should never leave a room full of people until meeting someone new. Totally agree with that. It is a great time to be a developer, entrepreneur and Malaysian.
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Let's see if Posterous can make it easy enough, for me to gather my thoughts online :)
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