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Product Requirements Management Software, Any Suggestions or Recommendations?

Warren — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 17:03:19 +0000

Needless to say, Excel, GoogleDocs, Wikis, Word, are not the right tools for managing product requirements within an organization. Its like using a screwdriver as a hammer. That said, I’ve seen a few products that have steep learning curves which are unacceptable to my organization. Not everyone will spend all night figuring out a new system(nor would I want them to, they should be building the products). Accompa seems to be the best thing to fill the void, but I’m curious if any Product Managers out there have any recs. Oh, and money is not just an object.

Here are my needs:

Inexpensive
Reasonable learning curve
Hosted(SaaS)
Bug management preferred
API Access preferred

The Most Profitable iPhone App, EVER

Warren — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 02:46:04 +0000

OK, this is more of a assumption than a fact. If one plotted revenue and development time on an app, the
I’m Rich” app would have the highest profit margin of all. I don’t know how many apps were sold, but at least one is believed to be on a special iPhone. Here’s the “proof”:

Uploaded with plasq‘s Skitch!

I feel for this poor guy, but thats a pretty creative way to make a buck. I’m sure there are plenty of individuals out there looking to make a point with a thousand bucks just laying around. With that said, shame on you developers for trying to take advantage of us Apple Fanboys.

Updated!

According to the LA Times, 8 people purchased the “I am Rich” app. $8,000 for a few minutes of coding? Sounds like a win to me.

Twitter Submergence

Warren — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 08:58:14 +0000

I fought the Twitter craze for a while now, but the time has come to take the plunge. I tried to convince myself “Its just endless Facebook status updates, why do I need this?” The truth is, I don’t but its pretty fun. I downloaded Spaz, this new Adobe AIR app and Twitterrific for the iPhone. Its pretty fun and quite addictive. I haven’t truly had the time to explore the app, but I’m convinced that Twitter will be playing a larger role in my life in the days to come (whether I want it to or not). For you Twitter veterans out there, should I stop before its too late? In the mean time, follow me.