Seasons Journaling v1.10 - Audio and Video Uploads

After about 5 weeks of development, v1.10 has been approved into the iOS app store!

Retrospective:

1. I bit off more than I could chew. I knew this as I was doing it, but in an inspired, manic frenzy I just started "going for it". As we should all know by now, the work needed to complete and stabilize a feature always expands as you progress through it and test various use cases.

2. The idea and execution of photo and audio uploads was not based on any particular user feedback. I am uncomfortable with this fact, but there is a correlation between users creating their first journal entry and over retention. If photo and audio updates can increase these metrics then it will be well worth it. This feature set is also somewhat justified by the fact that they also exist similar apps. Also, I think the features are really cool :)

3. I have begun #buildinginpublic. I've been writing updates on most major releases on IH, but started tweeting daily. So far it's been a great experience, gets me in the habit of being open and honest with my work, and motivating to get feedback and see what others are working on.

Technical Accomplishments
-Got more familiar with AWS s3 buckets
-Generated pre-signed urls to keep images and audio files secure (very proud of this)
-Messed around with UIDatePicker
-Fixed a ton of date conversion issues (gives me a headache just thinking about it)
-Got AVAudioRecorder, AVAudioPlayer, AVPlayer, etc to work
-Created a cool button animation
-Cleaned up some code and patched up some use cases instead of leaving them undone prior to release

Looking Ahead:

1. Admittedly, I am still a bit lost in terms of how to market my app.

2. Good news - I have a good idea of what I believe to be the next few sets of features.

3. Constantly trying to balance building free features and how to integrate them with a monetization strategy.

All things considered, happy with what I accomplished, and optimistic about what is to come.