Going All-In on Indie App Development — Ryan Jones, Weather Line & Flighty
Our guest today is Ryan Jones, long-time indie developer of Weather Line and Flighty. Before going full-time on his apps in 2019, Ryan spent time in operations at Apple and as Entrepreneur-in-Residence at McGarrah Jessee, a full-service product marketing agency. In this episode, you’ll hear about: (3:53) Ryan’s background in mechanical engineering and the oil industry. (6:35) Ryan’s first app, Weather Line, hit #12 in the App Store (11:09) Weather Line’s Super Forecast (16:21) Networking with famous app bloggers as a growth hack; the “reply guy” (34:41) The fine line between zero tracking and anonymous tracking. (44:31) Integrating customer feedback into your app; user studies. (46:22) Ryan’s controversial opinion on customer support.