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What is Culture and why does it matter?
What is Culture and why does it matter?
Culture is your day to day. The way you communicate, the way you get work done, the way you prioritise, the way you celebrate success, the…
Aidan Sliney
Dec 7, 2015
Top User Stories from the Soundwave App
Top User Stories from the Soundwave App
When we built the Soundwave app, we wanted to connect people with their friends through music. Now home to millions of users across the…
Leanne Fitzgerald
Dec 3, 2015
Music Consumption on Mobile
Music Consumption on Mobile
The Good, the Bad and a Less Ugly Future
Craig Watson
Oct 19, 2015
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Soundwave on Music Biz Podcast
Soundwave on Music Biz Podcast
A couple of months back, I spoke with Kyle Bylin who is a pioneer in the digital music space. The podcast from that chat has just been…
Craig Watson
Sep 29, 2015
Backstage at Soundwave
Backstage at Soundwave
While our editor’s choice Android app and multi-featured iOS app are the faces of Soundwave, there is a lot going on backstage to keep our…
David Lynch
Sep 23, 2015
50,000 new users in day; How we built a product from scratch to handle scale.
50,000 new users in day; How we built a product from scratch to handle scale.
The 18th of September, 2013, started off like any other day. Soundwave was now live for two months. Technically we had a flawless launch…
Aidan Sliney
Sep 7, 2015
So You’re Leaving Already?
So You’re Leaving Already?
Analysing user stickiness in the digital music space
Craig Watson
Sep 1, 2015
5 Reasons Why it’s Awesome to Work for Soundwave
5 Reasons Why it’s Awesome to Work for Soundwave
Soundwave is a music tech startup based in Dublin and we’re looking to hire some new software engineers! Joining our team has the perks of…
Leanne Fitzgerald
Jul 15, 2015
“Context is the New Genre”
“Context is the New Genre”
Why it’s all about the Why
Craig Watson
May 22, 2015
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Offline: The best way to connect with your online community
Offline: The best way to connect with your online community
For the past four weeks, my work day at Soundwave has consisted of phone calls and emails to music management, bands and photographers.
Leanne Fitzgerald
Apr 24, 2015
How do you get to Carnegie Hall?
How do you get to Carnegie Hall?
“Practice, practice, practice”
George Boyle
Mar 24, 2015
6 Tips for creating great User Personas
6 Tips for creating great User Personas
As an app company, we never have any technical need to meet our users face to face and it is for this reason that keeping our customers…
Roisin Mc Cormack
Mar 19, 2015
How many pieces of software* does it take to run a start-up?
How many pieces of software* does it take to run a start-up?
Aidan Sliney
Mar 10, 2015
THE NOISE AND THE SIGNAL — METRICS, MONITORING AND ALARMING AT SOUNDWAVE
THE NOISE AND THE SIGNAL — METRICS, MONITORING AND ALARMING AT SOUNDWAVE
Soundwave has around 1.5 million installs spread across most countries, and therefore most time zones. At a significant number of points in…
David Lynch
Mar 2, 2015
Core Data Concurrency & Maintaining a Silky Smooth UI
Core Data Concurrency & Maintaining a Silky Smooth UI
Brian Boyle
Feb 23, 2015
3 lessons from building the metrics engine of a growing startup
3 lessons from building the metrics engine of a growing startup
Just over a year ago I joined the small startup team at Soundwave, which already had hundreds of thousands of users. These users were…
Clodagh
Feb 17, 2015
Why you need to be aware of gamification
Why you need to be aware of gamification
Gamification is becoming increasingly recognised for its potential when applied and executed correctly, especially in the app world…
Roisin Mc Cormack
Feb 12, 2015
Teenage Mobile Behaviours — Part 3
Teenage Mobile Behaviours — Part 3
A Three Part Series on the Results of Hundreds of Hours of Interviews with ‘Actual’ Teenagers
Craig Watson
Feb 9, 2015
Teenage Mobile Behaviours — Part 2
Teenage Mobile Behaviours — Part 2
A Three Part Series on the Results of Hundreds of Hours of Interviews with ‘Actual’ Teenagers
Craig Watson
Feb 5, 2015
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