App idea Following an interesting recent conversation, I thought I’d write a post especially for those of us who have a great app idea, want to find out more about how to develop it and get it to market, and yet want…

Irish industry Like many people in the Irish Software sector, I recently read through the Irish Software Landscape Study. My curiosity was not only due to drastic media headlines such as ‘Thousands of Irish software jobs could be forced overseas’ but it’s…

Mobile wearables Mobile wearables google android wear sdk Google have released a beta software development kit for Android ‘wearables’ enabling developers to extending android functionality to wearable devices like wristwatches/bands etc. It’s based a lot around: 1. Voice -> meaning (if you’re…

Promotion Looking for a way to promote your web or mobile app? Here’s the latest advance in scientific method. There’s a new Periodic Table… of Content Marketing 🙂 created by Chris Lake at eConsultancy. It seems to me like a great checklist…

Mobile first Mobile first enterprise apps winning. Interesting article on the current situation and opportunities in the Enterprise Applications market from DFJ, a venture capital firm with a strong presence in Ireland. The market opportunity: Enterprise software is a billion dollar market…

Monitoring servers and apps Enterprise apps making mundane sexy exciting. There’s more interesting ways to spend your time, right? Maybe, but that’s why software that automatically monitors performance for you is not just mundane, but sexy! Case in point: NewRelic.com Just check…

Mobile app Great read on how (not) to screw up your enterprise mobile app by Quinton Wall, Director, Platform Technology, Salesforce.com @quintonwall. Main takeways 1. Don’t spend weeks or months gathering requirements from all the stakeholders. Instead quickly decide on the minimal…

Legal resources I was at ProductCamp in Dublin last week, a free event which I highly recommend to anyone responsible for managing technology products. During a talk by John Gleeson of AccessLegal, I learned about some great free legal resources that are…

Design strategy If you are in the position to create a design strategy for your business, I am pleased to tell you that your efforts will be rewarded! Creating and maintaining a design strategy saves you time, money and headaches each time…

Design strategy Email usage statistics. I just looked at some statistics from our April newsletter which went out yesterday. Incredibly, 42% of all opens were from either an iPhone or an iPad. Gmail, Apple Mail and MS Outlook each accounted for around…