New MacBook Pro with Touch Bar

Touch Bar located above the keyboard on the new MacBook Pro 2016.

The Touch Bar is a Retina display screen, multi-touch input up to 10-fingers, provides dynamic interface controls for interacting with content on the main screen.

User Interface Designer with Sketch!

Design & Programming For Touch Bar

First and formost we need to userstand the human user interface guideline by Apple. The UI design that we wish to build must align with what Apple intend the Touch Bar supposed to be. Here are the highlight of the list.

• To implement Touch Bar support you need to use NSTouchBar class.

• To design for Touch Bar make it contextual, relevant, use as an extension of the keyboard and trackpad, not as a secondary display. 

• Strive to match the look of the physical keyboard in terms of size and color.

• Avoid use Touch Bar for well-known keyboard shortcuts. It also shouldn't controls that replicate key-based navigation such as page up and page down.

• Reflect the state consistently and accurately if the controls also have on the main screen.

• If there is secondary (or 2nd tier) control needed, make sure it's also on the Touch Bar as well, not on the main screen.

Touch Bar Human User Interface Guideline

https://developer.apple.com/library/content/documentation/UserExperience/Conceptual/OSXHIGuidelines/AbouttheTouchBar.html

NSTouchBar

https://developer.apple.com/reference/appkit/nstouchbar

Right now we only can see the Mac but will looking forward the future to do something with the Touch Bar next 2 years or so.

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We at iReka Soft not only develops mobile apps, but also Mac App as well such a App Icon Resizer (AIR) that help mobile app developers to produce icons for Xcode projects.

A Look Back to Mobile Apps Business

So far I have been in the software industry is about 6 years, particularly in mobile technology. Previously, I worked at some of pioneer of mobile industry on the town. At the time, the tech is quite rare and the development cost is 'high'. There were no so ubiquitous development people on the industry. People at the university maybe didn't learn about this at the time.

There was the time where things like these are cool. We tried many cool stuff, on games, publication etc. But, if we looking back why those are flop and why some are working out, there is reason why that's happening.

Fast forward, the tech is seems to be everywhere, people can learn at many places online or offline. And students seem comtent with mobile tech development.

Many things can happened in the future.

Recently Galaxy Note 7 was shutted down. A really high profile smartphone maker close it's popular smartphone line. It's a shame after could catch up with iPhone. And actually a market creator for phablet, even Apple create phablet phone as well.

So for us learning the tools is essential. We are not creator of the tools. Google and Apple making those tools. We just really need to learn them. They working hard to make really good platform in the future.

No matter what, users is matters. What people want to download and use is matters.

Build things for the people, for the market and for the demand.

Peace,
Hijazi

iPhone 7 Price in Malaysia

iPhone 7 will go on sale in Malaysia on 14 October 2016. And the line up and pricing already be known.

iPhone 7 32GB – RM3,199

iPhone 7 128GB – RM3,699

iPhone 7 256GB – RM4,199

iPhone 7 Plus 32GB – RM3,799

iPhone 7 Plus 128GB – RM4,299

iPhone 7 Plus 256GB – RM4,799

iPhone 6s 32GB - RM2,699.00

iPhone 6s 128GB - RM3,199.00

iPhone 6s plus 32GB - RM3,199.00

iPhone 6s plus 128GB - RM3,699.00

iPhone SE 16GB - RM 1,949.00

iPhone SE 64GB - RM 2,199.00

MaGIC Co-working Space

Hola,

It has been exciting to joing awesome start-up group in MaGIC, Cyberjaya. Truely, the vibe is different.

You know, for those who do business to make something, create something, give value. The energy to do that are different.

So for start-ups we have chance to reside the co-working space with interview to make sure you are know what you are doing.

So far it's a positive energy. I can focus on doing work. Rather than being distracted somewhere.

Till then.

MaGic rocks.

BlueCloud Empire

Hey guys. I just sign up for BlueCloud Course, so what it is? It's a course that is actually really near to what I am doing and really doing, and want to succeed.

Unlinke ther online course I took many of them are about making things, make things work and what not. BlueCloud course, teaching about get a success on the App Store and Google Play.

It's start from the IDEA. We can get idea from many places, from disapointment, inspiration and others. Well, those are good, but what really matters is that the idea has the market for it? We can do some market research by looking at the current chart of paid download. You see, paid download means that people are willing to pay for the app. And it's really crucial to understand why it's getting download, and one of them is solving people's problem.

So look at the apps, and pick some of the apps that seems that you have interested into or you want to build. And... what you need to do is to read reviews. Read reviews for 2-3 stars reviews. It really shows what people are want more on the apps. There is the actual people there who want something more out of the app. They are real people. They grave for something that actually we could serve them.

Okay, what have to do is to list down all interesting reviews and jot down to a spreadsheet. And finally get the essense of the problem that user wanted. Well that's our chance to go improve the problem, and make it better. It sound like we will make something that proven that user wants, and we try to make a better product. Sound reasonable isn't ??

Well that's for the idea. Particularly, we can get the right idea. But it will come to the execution, which about all the nitty gritty of oursourcing, put on the meta-data, keywords, icons, screenshots and more.

I am still learning about it, but already half-way to finish it. It has been interesting thing to learn, but importantly to implement it.

See you on the next post. I am an apprenuer millionaire. Bye.

Seminar Roket Emel

Pada tanggal 10 Sept telah hardirkan diri ke Seminar Roket Emel di, sangat dekat dengan kediaman ku, di Cyberjaya. Lebih spesifik Masjid Haji Fisabilillah.

Ia berlangsung dari pukul 9 pagi hingga 10 malam, dikendalikan oleh pakar marketing internet, Najib Assadok.

Jom kita kupas sikit isi-isi panas lagi beralun dalam perbentangan beliau.

KISS - Keep it Simple and Stupid

Buat benda simple dan bodah? Buat benda bodoh ke. Anggap audience anda tak tahu apa-apa, so kita as marketer is to teach them what the heck is something. Apa yang you nak ajar kat mereka dan apa yang you nak bantu mereka.

Objective Seminar

1. Nampak

- Nak bagi orang ramai nampak kita. Kena bagi tahu berulang-ulang kali non-stop. Kita hanya boleh stop bila, bila dapat WhatsApp dari Israil.

2. Kenal

- Kenali brand kita, jadi kena lah letak nama sendiri. Guardian and Watson pun jual barang orang lain, tapi still guna nama kedai sendiri. Jadi pandai-pandailah cari nama untuk bisnes anda.

3. Suka

- Bagi lah free gift, bagi value untuk orang lain. Ajar something, buat ebook mengajar.
- Kongsi tips.

4. TRUST

- Lepas step 1, 2, 3 kita nak bagi orang bagi kepercayaan kat kita. Trust take time, so sebelum orang nak beli something dari kita dia nak build trust dulu sebelum dia nak keluar kan duit. Jadi, bina keyakinan orang dengan authoriti atau kepakaran kita.


4 Perkara Wajib Nak Mula Bisnes

Orang cakap kena ada wang untuk start bisness, memang betul tapi ia bukan perkara utama. Ini adalah perkaranya:

1. Ilmu
2. Mentor
3. Sistem
4. Komitment

Benda 1, 2, 3 memang pakai wang, itulah tempat yang patut dilaburkan dahulu bro. 4 tu bermula dalam diri sendiri. Cari BIG WHY anda, baru serius nak buat bisnes beb.

4 Perkara Wajib Dikuasai Dalam Pemasaran Internet

1. Produk
2. Copywriting
3. Trafik
4. Database

Cerita Sikit Pasal Copywriting

1. Jangan menjual, tapi sharing and educate.
2. Soft Selling
3. Elakan ayat susah & skema. Guna Bahasa Mudah, 'teknik basuh otak'.
4. Guna bahasa audience. Bro, sis, mommies.
5. Scannable.
6. Emosi. Visual Auditory Kinestatik.

Jenis Copywriting

1. Masalah.
2. Penyelesaian.
3. Review
4. Benifit (Kelebihan)
5. Unique Selling Proposition
6. Sense of Urgency
7. VALUE

Tertib dalam FB Ads

1. Brand Awareness
2. List / Database
3. Sales

Okay baik, so far anda dah baca sampai sini, jadi bila jadi roket emelnya? Sabar, ini ada tertibnya.

Jadi kita diterangkan pasal Facebook Pages dan Facebook Ads, jadi pertama kalinya anda buat Facebook page, perlu dapatkan 3,000 likes seperti di sarankan oleh Sifu. Likes tu datang dari targetterd audience okay. Kalau niche produk anda produk kesihatan, cari interest orang yang sama.

Lepas dapat likes apa yang nak dibuat adalah membawa audience ke website kita. Paling simple dan mudah untuk permualaan adalah buat minisite. Kelebihannya ia amat fokus untuk pelawat beri database kepada kita. Jadi kita perlu buat win-win situation di sini, beri something for FREE but have value, in exchange kepada database mereka iaitu nama dan emel.

Dengan database tersebut kita akan masukan dalam autoresponder, dan jangan lupa bagi FREE gift anda. Jadi dengan autoresponser tersebut email akan dihantar kepada pengguna berkali kali dengan sela tertentu. Tertibnya 4 kali beri email yang ada value dan emel ke 5 baru boleh buat promosi.

Hey, kita nak bina trust okay. TRUST takes time, tak gitu?

Jadi memang kita belajar secara teori yang dipraktikan oleh beliau tapi macam mana nak praktikan, gi kelas coaching beliau.

Walaupun rasa-rasa saya boleh je nak buat semua tu. Dari segi teknikal memang kita insyaAllah boleh. Nak buat sendiri boleh jimat duit dan masa, tapi kita tak ada jerung lah. Dan juga penanda kertas periksa.

Okaylah, sampai sini saja coretan blog ini. Ia ditulis sebab untuk mengingatkan diri sendiri juga, boleh beri sedikit sebanyak tips kepada pembaca.

Uber-ify App Service

Recently Uber-ify services for everything is on rise. Uber for food, gas, car and many other things. And also brands are acknowledging that mobile app playing a role as a catalyst for their sales.

The key about Uber-ify is about real-time service and real time notification.

So, what so important having the app?

User experience. Well made app, with clear purpose and value added. Can make better user experience compared to website or mobile web.

Purchase instantly.

For product that may be being purchased one time only, web can get the job done. But the web has to behave like an 'Uber' app. Fast, straight to the point. No shopping cart, just go check-out. Simply put like a minisite rather than complex full-fledge e-commerce website.

What are the components of Uber-ify services?

Back-end, admin and mobile apps.

Start with MVP

Well, having everything in perfect condition is might take longer time and cost consuming. Having a lean product but start with the right strategy is important. Technically and operationally.

Operational has to understand how their operational works. And need to translate it into a system. A system is in on-line term can be managed on the admin and the back-end. They have the highest authority to control the system, create and remove any kind of things they need or don't need. They have to think about situation where customer can backfire them back.

The simpler is better, but make the jobs done. Which is increasing sales.

Admin and Back-end

Admin system is basically to manage the store. Prepare how much agents they has. Manage the agents accounts. Set the working hour, delivery time and most importantly the inventory.

Without inventory what would customer would like to have. Managing the inventory depends on the nature of business. Some like food and baverages require to use BOM system. Some other industries use simpler method. The admin need to manage the price for each inventory and its quantity.

Back-end system is technically manage the transaction runs smoothly and process any neccessary record for future's reference.

Admin need sort of notifications system, more than just form of email. Push notification on mobile or desktop will help. But responsible admin need need to know when they should be on stand by.

Mobile Apps

Mobile apps is the window from customer to the business and the way to interact with agents. Customer not only can purchase but, the app can be personalized according to the user's tastes. In technical term, it's when user login, the data is persist, and the admin can do personalization based on user's behaviour.

Simple works better because, people are generally lazy. And by having simple easy to do purchase, sales will hopefully can be increased.

By using native mobile apps, the experience is much better than hybrid approach. And the information from is more accurate. This will prevent big loss in sending data to server which leads to bad user experience. Having a native apps not only speed up the process but lower the error compared to hybrid apps.

Conclusion

Having MVP can help business owner measure whether their business is fitted with Uber-ifying service. With marketing and technology budget, we can understand your customer behaviour. And might leads for success in app world.

There is more detail about running the Uber-ify service, but I am afraid that reader can't cope with the technical jargon, or very hard to explain terms. I will doing more write up on this matters.