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5-Pass Reduction Wireframing: A minimalist UX design technique.
There’s a very famous quote by a French author and aviator named Antoine de Saint-Exupery. It's the foundation of the minimalist movement and it goes: “Perfection is achieved not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away”. In my...
How to make an app – A breakdown of the app development process.
Ever wanted to know how to make an app? Here's the short answer. Let me start by saying - making an app isn’t easy. There are various ways to go about it but each and every method requires skill, passion and determination. This is especially true if you want to do it...
Designing an app icon that converts
Design by Dimitri LitvinovThe humble app icon. So small yet so powerful. Of all the factors that impact downloads on the app stores, your app icon is arguably one of the most important. Your icon is the first impression someone has of your app and unless you get it...
Why your app isn’t making money and how to fix it
How to diagnose and treat a failing app. It’s a common predicament. You spend thousands of dollars building an app, launch it and nothing happens. The revenue you expected to come pouring in simply doesn’t. Not even a trickle. So, you go through the five stages of...
Steve Jobs VS Reid Hoffman: Which Philosophy is the right one?
Founder of LinkedIn and former PayPal executive vice president, Reid Hoffman famously said: “If you’re not embarrassed by the first version of your product, you’ve shipped too late”. Apple and Pixar founder Steve Jobs, on the other hand, had almost the exact opposite...
5 apps to take your business mobile right now!
Now is a stressful time for business owners. In just a few short weeks, the Coronavirus pandemic has changed the world we live in and the way we do business. With self-isolation measures now being enforced in Australia and around the world, thousands of businesses are...
Steve Jobs Quotes: The Genius of Steve Jobs in Words and Images
Love him or hate him, there is no doubt that Apple and Pixar founder, Steve Jobs was a unique and influential human being. Not only did he revolutionise personal computing but he also effectively created the mobile app industry as we know it. I have no doubt that...
DreamWalk 2019 MUX Awards Finalist – Mobile App Design
Mobile App Design Award News Last week DreamWalk was announced as a finalist in the prestigious 2019 MUX Awards for our mobile app design work on the Recycle Mate app.The innovative design revolves around a unique animated 'object analysis' theme. It's unlike anything...
100,000 Users in a Day: An App Marketing Case Study
INTRODUCTION This is a real life app marketing case study that follows the launch of our popular music app, Jam for iPhone (Now Jam:Instant Song Creator). Hopefully this case study will provide readers with some useful app marketing tips and strategies. More...
Dating App Satisfaction Study 2020: Insights for startups and app developers
- Joe Russell, Founder of DreamWalk app developers in Australia "Users are having good experiences but they'd still prefer not to have to use dating apps!" About this study Over the last 10 years the dating app market has become quite saturated. A quick scroll through...
App Development Trends 2020: Joseph Russell’s Pause Fest Keynote
Last week DreamWalk founder Joseph Russell spoke about app development trends at Pause Fest Tech Trends 2020 meetup hosted by General Assembly. Here is his presentation and transcript. Russell: Hi and thanks for being here. I founded DreamWalk back in 2008 when the...
2019 in Review: DreamWalk App Developers Australia
2019 has been a big year for Dreamwalk! From new app releases to Apple features and everything in between, this is the year that was 2109 at DreamWalk App Developers Australia: Apple shows love for Easy Weddings The top-rating wedding planner app we designed and built...
Making an app with no money
For an aspiring entrepreneur, coming up with an amazing app idea is only half the challenge. Actually, I’d argue it’s more like a tenth of the challenge. Execution is where the real magic happens but finding the funds for app development is often one of the biggest...
How to choose an app developer in Melbourne
Which Melbourne app developers you hire to design and develop your mobile application is an extremely important decision. So much time and money is at stake. Your choice can mean the difference between launching an app that succeeds and one that fails. Worse still,...
What it takes to win an Apple Design Award
An in-depth study into ADA winners and what they have in common. Firstly, let me just state that I have personally never won an Apple Design Award (ADA). Not many people have. In fact, the highly prestigious award is only presented to a handful of app designers and...