Author Archives: Mike Clark

Working with Bing

Posted on February 7, 2011 by Mike Clark

I just added my product website to Bing, now.  Bing doesn’t have Analytics, but that’s OK.  Now, I guess I need to get back to building my WP7 app for Ham Radio Exam practice.

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Working with Google

Posted on February 7, 2011 by Mike Clark

Well, it seemed like a good idea to make sure Google was going to look at my product website, so I signed up for Google Analytics and started using their Webmaster Tools.  I have no clue how to make the … Continue reading →

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Finally Got My Product Website Up

Posted on February 7, 2011 by Mike Clark

I’d been ignoring the marketing aspect of this whole thing, but I have finally built the first cut of my product website and deployed it.  It’s a bit simple, and there’s less actual information about my apps than will be … Continue reading →

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90% Crap in the WP7 App Store? Probably.

Posted on January 3, 2011 by Mike Clark

 Paul Thurott recently wrote about an iPhone developer, Justin Williams, who had positive things to say about Windows Phone 7, here.  The gentleman in question said, however, that there were “…5000 apps, but 4990 of them are junk.”  This may be so.  But … Continue reading →

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2479 Apps in the App Store

Posted on November 21, 2010 by Mike Clark

I just now checked via Bing, and the total number of WinPhone7 apps in the App Store is 2,479.  On November 11, according to Paul Thurrott there were over 1,600.  So, in 10 days there have been about 879 apps … Continue reading →

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Celsius Fahrenheit & Kelvin Temperature Conversion

Posted on November 20, 2010 by Mike Clark

My fourth app has been submitted to the App Hub!  Like the last three, this one is nominally a component of my unsubmitted Converter Plus app.  This app converts between the three major temperature scales, namely, Celsius, Fahrenheit and Kelvin. … Continue reading →

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My newest app: Decimal2Fraction Converter

Posted on November 19, 2010 by Mike Clark

My third submitted app for Windows Phone 7 has been submitted to the App Hub!  It’s actually been in there for testing already, but there was something wrong with the .xap file that I submitted and it didn’t work.  This … Continue reading →

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It’s Paul Thurrott’s Fault

Posted on November 18, 2010 by Mike Clark

I went to bed at 12:30 AM last night.  And Paul Thurrott is responsible! Well, that’s my story, and I’m sticking to it. What has Paul done?  It’s very simple: Call of Duty – Modern Warfare 2.  For the past several months, … Continue reading →

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Fraction Calc gets first sale!

Posted on November 16, 2010 by Mike Clark

Fraction Calc passed its testing this morning, and was placed into the App Store.  I am happy to report its first sale!  At 20:38 this evening.  I know this because I put a “phone home” routine into the app which … Continue reading →

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Fraction Calculator Resubmitted to App Hub

Posted on November 15, 2010 by Mike Clark

Well, I got my Fraction Calculator resubmitted to the App Hub, and so we’ll see how fast that goes through.  I actually could have put it through again faster, but by oversight left it sitting on Ready for Submission.  Constantly … Continue reading →

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