About a year ago, I produced two mobile apps – one for the iPhone and iPod touch and another for both iPhone/iTouch and iPad. To get the apps done, I outsourced the programming work through Elance. In this article, I’ll share my approach and some advice if you’re planning a similar project. My experience is most relevant if you’re thinking of creating a mobile app, but the same general approach should work for desktop applications, web apps, or any other project where you need technical work done that is outside your skill set. Also, I’ll cover the way I managed the process on Elance, but what I learned should largely apply to running similar projects on Odesk, Guru.com, or any of the other outsourcing services out there.
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