The Hypertext Edition of “140 Characters” is a new book format that is constantly updated with fresh content.
Twitter Co-creator Dom Sagolla covers all the basics of great short- form writing, including the importance of communicating with simplicity, honesty, and humor.
This is the first writing guide specifically dedicated to communicating with the succinctness and clarity [...]
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(Left to right: Duran Rose, Stephen Lynch, Jahanzeb Sherwani, Edward Marks, James Anthony, Farah Memon, and Dom Sagolla. Photo courtesy of Michael Margolis.)
It was a thrill to present Big Words at the first ever App Store Showcase at the Apple Store in Downtown San Francisco. I was in august company, where we presented in this order:
Mobile [...]
I appeared for the original debut of Adobe TV, talking about my experiences with the Mac after hours, and all about iPhone.
I no longer work at Adobe, but have gone full time with DollarApp and my latest project 140 Characters. Adobe has recently relaunched the site, allowing me to embed this well-produced video here.
Thanks [...]
Associated Press visited the DollarApp office last week, to discuss the controversy over a recent iTunes App that undermined Apple’s reputation for quality:
‘Baby Shaker’ iPhone Game Sparks Outrage (see 0:36 to 1:08):
Dom: “So this is an application designed for President Obama when he was running for office…”
[voiceover] Independent developer Dom Sagolla helped build the iPhone [...]
DollarApp has done it again with another App Store Staff Favorite! This time Math Cards, our mighty learning tool has made it onto the front page of the App Store itself:
Some comments from reviewers:
This app is great math for young and old (DaveWalter)
This app is great in its simplicity and user interface. The real-time [...]
Our first app Big Words has become an iTunes Staff Favorite!
Thanks to the tireless marketing efforts of its inventor Tim Robertson and Big Words Evangelist Sam Levin, the iPhone App team at Apple took a look and saw that it was good.
Check out the Staff Favorites in iTunes (scroll down if you’re on an [...]
We’ve discovered the DollarApp logo. It is an abstraction of both the sand dollar shape, and the infinity symbol. Also, it reminds me of the Apple “command” symbol, with five turns instead of four.
In this continuum symbol, I can see five fingers, or a person, or sometimes a knot. I just like looking at it, [...]
Why set your price at a dollar? It has something to do with being accessible to the greatest number of people, managing user expectations, and providing a focus on simplicity.
Liana discussed this topic with me in a recent episode of the Apple Phone Show over at Podango studios in San Francisco. [...]
