Gave myself a 1 year deadline
by joshdanceI decided to have an app in the App Store within a year.
I had a vague idea of what I wanted to build and I just dove into learning Swift to make it happen.
I decided to tweet my journey to give myself accountability and maybe get some downloads.
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Wait, this says 2017....so did you do it?
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I did it! https://apps.apple.com/us/app/pushup-hero/id1410662331
I would consider myself a very bad programmer. I understood some concepts but I didn't know any Swift.
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@joshdance I plan to do something similar. I've started a blog to teach myself to code in 181 days and build an app to launch. Did you find twitter help keep you accountable or was it a distraction? Also, did it help you gain a following and did they convert into downloads?
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I found Twitter did help me to be accountable. Directly once. I tweeted about a different project and someone was like 'dude you haven't finished your app yet!' and it was really the kick I needed to get back into it.
I don't know if it helped me build a following. I have hid twitter follower numbers so I didn't track it. :)
I bet some did convert to downloads. I didn't track the download source super carefully.
But I would highly recommend it.
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Good luck!
Rooting for you.-
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Thank you! I made the challenge!
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/pushup-hero/id1410662331
Now working on version 2! https://twitter.com/JoshDance/status/1300812607012573184
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I wish you good luck! BTW, is your goal to get money from it?
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Yes goal it to make money on it eventually. But I have another job so it is a side project for now.
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Thank you! I completely my original challenge.
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/pushup-hero/id1410662331
I am now working on version 2! https://twitter.com/JoshDance/status/1300812607012573184
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