Chapter 2. Who’s using the app?
This chapter covers
- Seeing yourself as different
- Knowing who the app is for
- Understanding how people differ
- Appreciating how people use the app
You’re unique. There’s no one in the world who’s exactly like you. That’s a fantastic thing. You get to bring something unique to the apps that you create. The downside of your uniqueness is that the people who use the apps you create can be vastly different from you. If you’re creating apps for yourself, that doesn’t matter. If, as I suspect, you want more people using your app than just yourself, then it’ll pay to consider who those people are. The consequences of not doing so can include a lot of wasted effort in creating something that doesn’t meet the expectations ...
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