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Re:I quit my high-paying job to follow my dream of launching... by gozman on Wednesday January 11, 2012 @10:50AM (#3452201)
hey mark!

it was strange to me too at first, but we built it in response to the fact that we kept on getting asked about getting onto the "app store" by small business owners who were going digital and building Wordpress sites. Everyone wants an app nowadays - so we're filling a niche.

In the end, browsers are great but mobile safari doesn't yet let you have access to everything you can get in Cocoa. We want to open those features up to anyone with a Wordpress site.

Mike

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Re:I quit my high-paying job to follow my dream of launching... by marknutter on Wednesday January 11, 2012 @12:01PM (#3452544)
> we kept on getting asked about getting onto the "app store" by small business owners who were going digital and building Wordpress sites.

Ugh, that makes my stomach turn, but I know it's true. And I don't fault you for capitalizing on it, but man is it irritating.

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Re:I quit my high-paying job to follow my dream of launching... by lachyg on Wednesday January 11, 2012 @10:55AM (#3452220)
Mike, not the OP but which features are you opening up? This question is not attacking you, i'm just genuinely curious. I'm in the WordPress business (http://thewp.co) and would love to offer this to my clients!
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Re:I quit my high-paying job to follow my dream of launching... by huhtenberg on Wednesday January 11, 2012 @01:44PM (#3453025)
> Everyone wants an app nowadays

Every merchant wants an app, but their customers couldn't care less. Not that it affects your business model in any way.

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Re:I quit my high-paying job to follow my dream of launching... by jordanmessina on Wednesday January 11, 2012 @02:08PM (#3453142)
I feel like everyone with content on the Internet wants an app. My old co-founder wasted about 3 months worth of time talking with an Obj-C dev and drawing screens because he was obsessed with having an iPhone app. His proof that we needed it? Every time someone saw our icon on his iPhone (which just launched our site in Safari) they'd ask if we actually had an app. These people wouldn't even use our site in the first place, I'm not sure what made him think they'd use an iPhone app instead, yet he was dead set on getting one into the app store.
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