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Growing pains August 18, 2008 · Filed under status, iPhone, simplifyblog
We launched the first version of Simplify Media last summer. For the past year, weve experienced smooth growth, but all of that changed dramatically less than 4 days ago when our application debuted in the Apple App Store. Our (aggressive) target was to have 100,000 downloads in 30 days. Instead we reached that goal in about 30 hours. As of last night, we had 205,909 downloads.Your generous reaction to Simplify Media has exceeded our wildest projections. Blogs like: Gizmodo, Lifehacker, TUAW, CrunchGear and Download Blog and forums / news sites like: modmyifone, MacRumors, AppleInsider, MacBidouille and digg are filled with encouraging comments. However, there have also been people who ran into trouble.
The overwhelming response has caused us to experience some growing pains:
Infrastructure: We discovered two problems with our servers (one Friday and another last night) that forced us to scramble. That meant many of you couldnt connect for a period of time.
Product: We learned that two of our features, album art on the iPhone and password reset, werent scalable, so we disabled these. If you have forgotten your password, email us from the address associated with your screen name.
Support systems: We found out that our email provider enforces a hard limit on the number of email we can send per day.
Now we face a dilemma. According to the free for the first 100,000″ plan we announced, we should be charging for new downloads. However, we are not confident that we can deliver a user experience that meets our expectations (and yours) until we work out a few more kinks. As a result, weve decided to remain free for a while longer as we make improvements. In return, we ask for your continued patience as we work through the growing pains.
A final note: to stay ahead of the curve, we are schedule a maintenance window on 8/19 from 9:00 -9:30a Pacific, thats tomorrow
wow 205,900
Growing pains August 18, 2008 · Filed under status, iPhone, simplifyblog
We launched the first version of Simplify Media last summer. For the past year, weve experienced smooth growth, but all of that changed dramatically less than 4 days ago when our application debuted in the Apple App Store. Our (aggressive) target was to have 100,000 downloads in 30 days. Instead we reached that goal in about 30 hours. As of last night, we had 205,909 downloads.Your generous reaction to Simplify Media has exceeded our wildest projections. Blogs like: Gizmodo, Lifehacker, TUAW, CrunchGear and Download Blog and forums / news sites like: modmyifone, MacRumors, AppleInsider, MacBidouille and digg are filled with encouraging comments. However, there have also been people who ran into trouble.
The overwhelming response has caused us to experience some growing pains:
Infrastructure: We discovered two problems with our servers (one Friday and another last night) that forced us to scramble. That meant many of you couldnt connect for a period of time.
Product: We learned that two of our features, album art on the iPhone and password reset, werent scalable, so we disabled these. If you have forgotten your password, email us from the address associated with your screen name.
Support systems: We found out that our email provider enforces a hard limit on the number of email we can send per day.
Now we face a dilemma. According to the free for the first 100,000″ plan we announced, we should be charging for new downloads. However, we are not confident that we can deliver a user experience that meets our expectations (and yours) until we work out a few more kinks. As a result, weve decided to remain free for a while longer as we make improvements. In return, we ask for your continued patience as we work through the growing pains.
A final note: to stay ahead of the curve, we are schedule a maintenance window on 8/19 from 9:00 -9:30a Pacific, thats tomorrow
wow 205,900
