Hi everyone,
So that the Communications team has a baseline which they can operate from, we've set a specific time at which the APK for the Android release will be pushed to the store. We'd already agreed on the date, 25th June, but now we've set a specific time: 9am (SF time) on Wednesday 25th June.
The Communications team is aware that, in order to be fully accessible, the app must still then propagate through Google's servers and that we have no way of knowing how long this will take. But guaranteeing that we will at least push the APK at a set time removes one of the variables from the equation for them.
Thanks!
Dan
Thanks Dan,
We'll set the release -- media, blog, etc. based on this. Also, I've poked around with some other folks this evenings with successful products in the store and have been told two things:
1) We'd talked about 'days of release' in other industries, and it seems as though it holds for Apps: Apparently Apple and Google both do "featured apps" on Thursdays. Pushing on Wednesday for Android seems to increase the likelihood we could get featured. Has anyone on your team been in touch with the Google Play bizdev folks about that possibility?
2) Reportedly the current baseline between pushing and propagating now is about 1.5 hours. If we push at 9am PDT, we could be relatively confident that a 12pm embargo/blog publication would offer sufficient space for catching (obviously non-existent) bugs in the process. Sound good?
3) Finally -- there are some outstanding comments in the launch plan doc that could use the eyes of someone on your side: namely, the banner strategy for alerting users.
Much appreciated!
Katherine
On Mon, Jun 23, 2014 at 3:57 PM, Dan Garry dgarry@wikimedia.org wrote:
Hi everyone,
So that the Communications team has a baseline which they can operate from, we've set a specific time at which the APK for the Android release will be pushed to the store. We'd already agreed on the date, 25th June, but now we've set a specific time: 9am (SF time) on Wednesday 25th June.
The Communications team is aware that, in order to be fully accessible, the app must still then propagate through Google's servers and that we have no way of knowing how long this will take. But guaranteeing that we will at least push the APK at a set time removes one of the variables from the equation for them.
Thanks!
Dan
-- Dan Garry Associate Product Manager for Platform and Mobile Apps Wikimedia Foundation
Hi, I can send a note to Tim Quirk and Zahavah Levine at Google Play if no one else has given Google a heads up that it's coming yet.
The messaging points are all really helpful for my meetings in India. I'm talking to Samsung, Micromax and Spice tomorrow and Thurs.
On Tue, Jun 24, 2014 at 1:22 AM, Katherine Maher kmaher@wikimedia.org wrote:
Thanks Dan,
We'll set the release -- media, blog, etc. based on this. Also, I've poked around with some other folks this evenings with successful products in the store and have been told two things:
- We'd talked about 'days of release' in other industries, and it seems
as though it holds for Apps: Apparently Apple and Google both do "featured apps" on Thursdays. Pushing on Wednesday for Android seems to increase the likelihood we could get featured. Has anyone on your team been in touch with the Google Play bizdev folks about that possibility?
- Reportedly the current baseline between pushing and propagating now is
about 1.5 hours. If we push at 9am PDT, we could be relatively confident that a 12pm embargo/blog publication would offer sufficient space for catching (obviously non-existent) bugs in the process. Sound good?
- Finally -- there are some outstanding comments in the launch plan doc
that could use the eyes of someone on your side: namely, the banner strategy for alerting users.
Much appreciated!
Katherine
On Mon, Jun 23, 2014 at 3:57 PM, Dan Garry dgarry@wikimedia.org wrote:
Hi everyone,
So that the Communications team has a baseline which they can operate from, we've set a specific time at which the APK for the Android release will be pushed to the store. We'd already agreed on the date, 25th June, but now we've set a specific time: 9am (SF time) on Wednesday 25th June.
The Communications team is aware that, in order to be fully accessible, the app must still then propagate through Google's servers and that we have no way of knowing how long this will take. But guaranteeing that we will at least push the APK at a set time removes one of the variables from the equation for them.
Thanks!
Dan
-- Dan Garry Associate Product Manager for Platform and Mobile Apps Wikimedia Foundation
-- Katherine Maher Chief Communications Officer Wikimedia Foundation 149 New Montgomery Street San Francisco, CA 94105
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On Mon, Jun 23, 2014 at 3:57 PM, Dan Garry dgarry@wikimedia.org wrote:
So that the Communications team has a baseline which they can operate from, we've set a specific time at which the APK for the Android release will be pushed to the store. We'd already agreed on the date, 25th June, but now we've set a specific time: 9am (SF time) on Wednesday 25th June.
And just because no one has called it out this will be landing at the exact same time as the biggest Android conference in the world: Google I/O
https://www.google.com/events/io
Their keynote starts @ 9am on 06/25
--tomasz
I'm so out of touch, I didn't realize it was Google I/O this week!
Katherine, it's in scope for my team. Sorry, with everything going on, I just wasn't on top of Google Play. It's been on my list.
I don't want to bump into anyone on this, I can send an email now or tomorrow morning when I wake up IST (12.5 hours ahead of PDT).
Please confirm, and I'll jump on it.
Thanks
On Tue, Jun 24, 2014 at 12:14 PM, Tomasz Finc tfinc@wikimedia.org wrote:
On Mon, Jun 23, 2014 at 3:57 PM, Dan Garry dgarry@wikimedia.org wrote:
So that the Communications team has a baseline which they can operate
from,
we've set a specific time at which the APK for the Android release will
be
pushed to the store. We'd already agreed on the date, 25th June, but now we've set a specific time: 9am (SF time) on Wednesday 25th June.
And just because no one has called it out this will be landing at the exact same time as the biggest Android conference in the world: Google I/O
https://www.google.com/events/io
Their keynote starts @ 9am on 06/25
--tomasz
Mobile-l mailing list Mobile-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mobile-l
Thanks Carolynne, that'd be great. Can you keep me on copy
On Tue, Jun 24, 2014 at 12:19 PM, Carolynne Schloeder < cschloeder@wikimedia.org> wrote:
I'm so out of touch, I didn't realize it was Google I/O this week!
Katherine, it's in scope for my team. Sorry, with everything going on, I just wasn't on top of Google Play. It's been on my list.
I don't want to bump into anyone on this, I can send an email now or tomorrow morning when I wake up IST (12.5 hours ahead of PDT).
Please confirm, and I'll jump on it.
Thanks
On Tue, Jun 24, 2014 at 12:14 PM, Tomasz Finc tfinc@wikimedia.org wrote:
On Mon, Jun 23, 2014 at 3:57 PM, Dan Garry dgarry@wikimedia.org wrote:
So that the Communications team has a baseline which they can operate
from,
we've set a specific time at which the APK for the Android release will
be
pushed to the store. We'd already agreed on the date, 25th June, but now we've set a specific time: 9am (SF time) on Wednesday 25th June.
And just because no one has called it out this will be landing at the exact same time as the biggest Android conference in the world: Google I/O
https://www.google.com/events/io
Their keynote starts @ 9am on 06/25
--tomasz
Mobile-l mailing list Mobile-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mobile-l
-- Carolynne Schloeder Director Global Mobile Partnerships Wikimedia Foundation
Sure thing, sending momentarily...
On Tue, Jun 24, 2014 at 12:28 PM, Katherine Maher kmaher@wikimedia.org wrote:
Thanks Carolynne, that'd be great. Can you keep me on copy
On Tue, Jun 24, 2014 at 12:19 PM, Carolynne Schloeder < cschloeder@wikimedia.org> wrote:
I'm so out of touch, I didn't realize it was Google I/O this week!
Katherine, it's in scope for my team. Sorry, with everything going on, I just wasn't on top of Google Play. It's been on my list.
I don't want to bump into anyone on this, I can send an email now or tomorrow morning when I wake up IST (12.5 hours ahead of PDT).
Please confirm, and I'll jump on it.
Thanks
On Tue, Jun 24, 2014 at 12:14 PM, Tomasz Finc tfinc@wikimedia.org wrote:
On Mon, Jun 23, 2014 at 3:57 PM, Dan Garry dgarry@wikimedia.org wrote:
So that the Communications team has a baseline which they can operate
from,
we've set a specific time at which the APK for the Android release
will be
pushed to the store. We'd already agreed on the date, 25th June, but
now
we've set a specific time: 9am (SF time) on Wednesday 25th June.
And just because no one has called it out this will be landing at the exact same time as the biggest Android conference in the world: Google I/O
https://www.google.com/events/io
Their keynote starts @ 9am on 06/25
--tomasz
Mobile-l mailing list Mobile-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mobile-l
-- Carolynne Schloeder Director Global Mobile Partnerships Wikimedia Foundation
-- Katherine Maher Chief Communications Officer Wikimedia Foundation 149 New Montgomery Street San Francisco, CA 94105
+1 (415) 839-6885 ext. 6635 +1 (415) 712 4873 kmaher@wikimedia.org
many thanks!
On Tue, Jun 24, 2014 at 12:29 PM, Carolynne Schloeder < cschloeder@wikimedia.org> wrote:
Sure thing, sending momentarily...
On Tue, Jun 24, 2014 at 12:28 PM, Katherine Maher kmaher@wikimedia.org wrote:
Thanks Carolynne, that'd be great. Can you keep me on copy
On Tue, Jun 24, 2014 at 12:19 PM, Carolynne Schloeder < cschloeder@wikimedia.org> wrote:
I'm so out of touch, I didn't realize it was Google I/O this week!
Katherine, it's in scope for my team. Sorry, with everything going on, I just wasn't on top of Google Play. It's been on my list.
I don't want to bump into anyone on this, I can send an email now or tomorrow morning when I wake up IST (12.5 hours ahead of PDT).
Please confirm, and I'll jump on it.
Thanks
On Tue, Jun 24, 2014 at 12:14 PM, Tomasz Finc tfinc@wikimedia.org wrote:
On Mon, Jun 23, 2014 at 3:57 PM, Dan Garry dgarry@wikimedia.org wrote:
So that the Communications team has a baseline which they can operate
from,
we've set a specific time at which the APK for the Android release
will be
pushed to the store. We'd already agreed on the date, 25th June, but
now
we've set a specific time: 9am (SF time) on Wednesday 25th June.
And just because no one has called it out this will be landing at the exact same time as the biggest Android conference in the world: Google I/O
https://www.google.com/events/io
Their keynote starts @ 9am on 06/25
--tomasz
Mobile-l mailing list Mobile-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mobile-l
-- Carolynne Schloeder Director Global Mobile Partnerships Wikimedia Foundation
-- Katherine Maher Chief Communications Officer Wikimedia Foundation 149 New Montgomery Street San Francisco, CA 94105
+1 (415) 839-6885 ext. 6635 +1 (415) 712 4873 kmaher@wikimedia.org
-- Carolynne Schloeder Director Global Mobile Partnerships Wikimedia Foundation