Sunday, December 13, 2009

Wow! Looking for the "long tail" here

Friday, December 11, 2009

The Tall Tail of the App Store or The One That Got Away


The Tall Tail of the App Store or The One That Got Away

This pretty picture tells the story from the developers' perspective. The timeline is, of course, the startling part. November 2008 wasn't that long ago.

What happens next? Well the exponential growth apparent here might continue for some time. Even if developers leave the platform and apps are abandoned, the apps won't get removed from the store. But it would be interesting to track an aging of app updates. That might present an indication of whether the app population is starting to flatten out and resemble a logistic curve.

Tuesday, December 08, 2009

New Home of Richard Lawler's Blog

Observations on the craft of software development and other important matters.