MindSea Digital Health Blog
News and insights on mobile app development, design, and digital healthcare
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Cross-platform App design for iOS and Android
MindSea recently developed the East Coast Music Association (ECMA) app that showcases East Coast artists and the Music Week festival. The timeline meant we had to build versions simultaneously for both iPhone and Android. We’ve ported apps from iPhone to Android before, which usually means trying to shoehorn an existing structure to work on another platform.… Read more
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App Localization Case Study: Etchings Goes Global
In December 2012 we released Etchings 1.5, which includes translations for 7 additional languages: Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Brazilian Portuguese, and Spanish. It’s been out for a few months now, giving us a chance to reflect on our effort and observe the results. Read more
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Mobile App Marketing Case Study: Etchings Instagram Contest
Recently we ran an Instagram contest to promote our Etchings App for iPhone and iPad. To help us run the contest we used Statigram which is an Instagram web viewer and social analytics tool for contests & community management. Statigram has over 3.1 million users so their contest platform seemed to be the best way… Read more
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How To One-Up Your Event Marketing With A Mobile App
In partnership with the East Coast Music Association, MindSea designed and launched an innovative app for iPhone and Android music fans. Co-written by both teams, this case study describes what we did together. Read more
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Infographic: From Mobile Pitch To Market Success
How do you go from mobile pitch to app store success? There’s no single formula, but you can increase your odds of a winning app by following our infographic roadmap and downloading our App Design Checklist. Read more
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Downscaling Huge ALAssets Without Fear of SIGKILL
With the latest release of Etchings, we wanted to support high resolution output. This means reading high-res versions of images from the camera roll, but not blowing our memory limits if the user selects a 30MP monstrosity. We came up with a way to get a smaller version of any ALAsset without having to first… Read more
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iPad App Case Study: CanaDream Club
This year, MindSea created an iPad app for CanaDream, one of Canada’s largest Recreational Vehicle rental companies. We’d like to share some insights into our process for designing the app to meet CanaDream’s goals, for the interest of other developers and potential clients. Read more
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In the news…
This article from The Chronicle Herald Published: 2009-11-29 Shared business-space gamble an adventure IN A CITY filled with people working on laptops in coffee shops, a collaborative workspace like the Hub on Barrington Street seems like a sure-fire business venture. However, potential imitators of this eclectic, membership-driven enterprise might want to have a chat with… Read more