Fani Kiran Vulapalli

I was listening to the latest Walled Garden podcast and towards the end they stopped just short of stating what many developers I talk to have been saying–mobile gaming is dead. Ok, not actually dead. After all, mobile gaming revenue is higher than it’s ever been, and mobile consumption of everything is eating the planet. However, mobile gaming is completely dead as a business model for independent developers and undercapitalized startups. IAP has become so dominant that there’s really only one somewhat reproducible way to make money in the AppStore: make a hamster wheel f2p game in a handful of established genres and spend tens of thousands of dollars a day on user acquisition to drive traffic to it. Despite many bold experiments, the charts increasingly bear this out. This means that some companies with top charting mobile games aren’t actually making a profit as UA costs can eat up most of the revenue. Surely this will produce a shakeout and consolidation in 2014. This is sim...

The surprising science behind fonts (and how they make you feel)   Read on Medium   I've noticed how seemingly small things like font and the spacing between letters can impact how I feel when reading online. The right font choice along with the absence of sidebars and popups makes everything feel easier and better to read. Websites like  Medium ,  Signal vs. Noise , and  Zen Habits  are like yoga studios for content. Their presentation of content puts me at peace while reading, allowing me to fully focus on the stories without distraction. Just look at the difference between Medium and  Cracked : Exhibit A) Medium.com Exhibit B) Cracked.com When you compare the two, it's obvious which one makes you feel like crud. The Cracked layout is painful to look at. Your eyes squint and dart, constantly second-guessing what you're reading now with what you should be reading next. After experimenting with how we display content on  the ooomf b...