When Czech Army Colonel Uses your Indie App - Story

So I built a Hiking and Backpacking packing app for iOS and Android. Nothing huge, but has steady user base etc.

Yesterday I see a huge spike in daily active users and track it down to a tweet, where someone shared a link to their pack the built in m y app and asked for other user feedback.

I was like cool, someone using my app and sharing it without me asking. I felt great! I re-tweeted the guys post and wrote "Random internet person using my Hiking and Backpacking Packing app...."

Apparently that Random guy was Ivo Zelinka who had 68k followers and is apparently a huge deal in his circles. Also found out "Random Internet Person" was not a great phrase to use and a bunch of people from the region all laughed at me because he is anything but "Random" and super well respected.

It was a super cool experience all and all and everyone seemed friendly with my ignorance and an a US Marine Veteran it was super cool to see this well respected Colonel using my small indie app.

Building in Public is really about the people you meet along the way!