Over the last couple of days, I've gotten a lot of questions that go along the lines of "what is it that you guys are doing?" People want to know "what is the CollegeKidApp?" I guess it's a fair question as we've been rather vague so far this summer in explaining what it is we're actually doing as a business. Hopefully I can answer some of those questions here.
If you've been checking out the site, you know that we started about a month ago on this journey of becoming an iPhone development team. We've been blogging about it, sharing our advertising stories, showing off example screen shots, posting links to interviews, but what have we really done as a development team? What projects are we working on and when will something be in the store?
Well, here's where we're at so far. Right now, we've got a couple apps that are in development, one of which I'm excited to share the first details of with you today. The other two are going to have to be kept under wraps, sorry :-(.
We started back in May with about 20 applications we would love to develop. After our "boot camp" week, we quickly learned what we were and weren't capable of when it comes to development. We would love to make a clone of Google Earth with our own maps that lets you see where gold is located and it would be super useful since people love gold, but we definitely could not make that app haha. We limited our list down to 3-5 projects we felt we were capable of this summer and got to work with sample code and product design.
Early into our development process and after our interview on KUSP, we were approached by a couple of different people who were looking to have applications developed. It wasn't originally a business idea we set forth with when we began the summer, but it seemed like a great idea. We talked with some people, discussed different concept applications, made some mock ups, worked out agreements, and we're off with our first project as developers.
So what is this first project which we're working on? Well, we've just started development on an electronic reader for an independent publisher and the author of a short essay on success skills. We've just finished up the agreement and hope to have the project done in the next two weeks.
For the near future, we'll be posting quick updates into our progress with the reader application as we push to get it into the iTunes App Store. We're super excited about having a product available and can't wait until we can finish it up so that you can download it. We have a lot of work over the next couple weeks, but we're ready to take it on.
Then what do we do after we finish this application? We'll have about 2 months of summer left and definitely will need something to occupy our time. Well, we first have one application which is our own idea which we're working to push into the store as well. We've actually got a decent amount of progress into it and we're not sure when exactly it will be available. It's kinda a side project that we're working on here and there as we learn more about what we need to know in order to finish it. After we get that out, we're also looking at other contracted projects through people who are looking to have apps made. To be honest, we're not entirely sure as to what our plan is for two weeks or so from now when we're done with these projects but we'll figure out when we get there.
Hopefully that clarifies a bit as to who we are and what our goals are for the next 3 months. There is no "CollegeKidApp" necessarily and we're not just working on one project. CollegeKidApp is the name of our site as well as our business and we're working for the next three months to find ways in which we can be profitable while making iPhone software. We're hoping to make as many apps as possible in order to have the greatest chance of success and keep this project going for a long time.
So there you have it. We'll have posts up later this week which go into futher detail about the design of this new application we're working on. Don't forget we're also having our Metroid Marathon on Friday as well. Couple that in with all our in betweet work and it's going to be a busy couple of days.
If you've been checking out the site, you know that we started about a month ago on this journey of becoming an iPhone development team. We've been blogging about it, sharing our advertising stories, showing off example screen shots, posting links to interviews, but what have we really done as a development team? What projects are we working on and when will something be in the store?
Well, here's where we're at so far. Right now, we've got a couple apps that are in development, one of which I'm excited to share the first details of with you today. The other two are going to have to be kept under wraps, sorry :-(.
We started back in May with about 20 applications we would love to develop. After our "boot camp" week, we quickly learned what we were and weren't capable of when it comes to development. We would love to make a clone of Google Earth with our own maps that lets you see where gold is located and it would be super useful since people love gold, but we definitely could not make that app haha. We limited our list down to 3-5 projects we felt we were capable of this summer and got to work with sample code and product design.
Early into our development process and after our interview on KUSP, we were approached by a couple of different people who were looking to have applications developed. It wasn't originally a business idea we set forth with when we began the summer, but it seemed like a great idea. We talked with some people, discussed different concept applications, made some mock ups, worked out agreements, and we're off with our first project as developers.
So what is this first project which we're working on? Well, we've just started development on an electronic reader for an independent publisher and the author of a short essay on success skills. We've just finished up the agreement and hope to have the project done in the next two weeks.
For the near future, we'll be posting quick updates into our progress with the reader application as we push to get it into the iTunes App Store. We're super excited about having a product available and can't wait until we can finish it up so that you can download it. We have a lot of work over the next couple weeks, but we're ready to take it on.
Then what do we do after we finish this application? We'll have about 2 months of summer left and definitely will need something to occupy our time. Well, we first have one application which is our own idea which we're working to push into the store as well. We've actually got a decent amount of progress into it and we're not sure when exactly it will be available. It's kinda a side project that we're working on here and there as we learn more about what we need to know in order to finish it. After we get that out, we're also looking at other contracted projects through people who are looking to have apps made. To be honest, we're not entirely sure as to what our plan is for two weeks or so from now when we're done with these projects but we'll figure out when we get there.
Hopefully that clarifies a bit as to who we are and what our goals are for the next 3 months. There is no "CollegeKidApp" necessarily and we're not just working on one project. CollegeKidApp is the name of our site as well as our business and we're working for the next three months to find ways in which we can be profitable while making iPhone software. We're hoping to make as many apps as possible in order to have the greatest chance of success and keep this project going for a long time.
So there you have it. We'll have posts up later this week which go into futher detail about the design of this new application we're working on. Don't forget we're also having our Metroid Marathon on Friday as well. Couple that in with all our in betweet work and it's going to be a busy couple of days.
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