Introducing Fifty for iPhone
Some friends and I set out to make the simplest, most comfortable app for following pro football.
(*If only there were more things in my life for which the introductory blog post could start like that)
The inspiration for Fifty came from a few places. For one, we were all constantly toggling between a few apps while games were on: ESPN for scores, Twitter for news and commentary, Messages for chatting with friends, and a few other apps and websites. We wanted to bring a few of these things into a single app. We captured everything but messaging in this initial version but might add messaging at some point.

Cool, right?
And only last week, there was a great game between the Rams and Chargers that the Rams nearly won in the end. The Chargers had the ball with a three point lead with less than two minutes left, which gave them a 91% win probability (and the Rams' 9%). A defensive stop by the Rams and an unlikely drive down the field totally swung the game: the Rams Win Probability shot up from 9% to 76% in the course of one minute of game play. An interception, though, killed the Rams drive and their chances to win the game. Here's how that game looked in our app:

The other thing you'll notice right off the bat are the Twitter feeds in Fifty. All the best, live football commentary happens on Twitter. For geeks like us, we have Twitter lists for following football and other sports. But for the many that are intimidated by Twitter, or just plain aren't that into it, we make it simple and easy for them by presenting relevant tweets for each game. Each game in Fifty presents tweets by NFL observers and beat writers and bloggers for the two teams in the tilt. Just download the app, pick a game or a team, and you can immediately start scrolling lots of great stuff. No need to follow anyone or search for hashtags. No need to even sign up. Just start scrolling and enjoying.

One neat feature: You can shake the app to change team colors.


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