It Cuts, It Cuts Real Deep…
…but it is so true.
Just got emailed an article from my brother that I had to repost. Oddly enough, I am reposting something that completely rails on my janky BarCards Website. I just read it and realized how true it is.
The post is by a person Matt Gemmell and is called Your App’s Website Sucks.
Now, I doubt Matt has ever come across my app, or my app’s website, however if he did he would be pretty appalled. I mean, I am not going to lie, it is really bad. But I hope that the picture of the cardboard sign conveys the skill that was put into the website — virtually none.
So let me offer my apologies to Matt in case he does approach my site, but I hope that he will understand a few things:
1) I am not technical. I am surprised I got this Word Press site up. I mean, I created the BarCards website on an old copy of Microsoft Front Page that ran on my Windows XP box…
2) I am terrible at design. My graphics artist is the bomb, but I am not.
3) I was really trying to focus on getting something out, so being worried about a website that people may or may not visit wasn’t a major concern.
I will say this, the website is a thorn in my side now. In fact, I was working with my graphic artist tonight and we have a slick new design we are working on. Even more than graphics, it is also going to have some cool features that integrate into the app that hopefully my devs will be able to fold in soon.
So yeah, my website for my app sucks. But it is only going to suck for <hopefully> just a little while longer.
Aaww, come on, dude. Chin up. Given that the site really does need some pimping in terms of design and stuff, you still created a good app. And more people are discovering it.
I read about your app from Techrockstar last month and downloaded the free version and me and my friends had a great fucking time with it. And a couple of hours ago, they kind of did another writeup and included Barcards in a three-app thing.
Thanks for the shout out man! Just want to let you know that hopefully by this next week our website won’t be so janky. We actually have some pretty cool stuff that should be coming down along with an app update. Stay tuned!
-g
This is me staying tuned. haha
Ha, yeah I know, I know… Ran into some complications with the development. I am really crossing my fingers to hope that it comes out within the week with an iOS4 update to stop the crashing and release some features.
Here’s hoping for a successful launch soon!
-g