Archive for November, 2009
6. Role of iPhone publishers and Uproar’s next project
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In episode 6, Kevin and Rick talk about the role publishers play in the iPhone market vs other traditional software markets. They then talk about their next project (currently under wraps); specifically, their recent progress, finding the best way to be productive, and maintaing motivation.
Update (11/25/2009): Oliver Cameron of Taptivate wrote us to let us know we were wrong/confused about a couple of things. First, Voice Candy is an existing Mac app made by Potion Factory that existed prior to the Voices app — so Voice Candy was not created or spun off from the Voices app. Seeing the similarities between the two apps, Taptivate and taptaptap saw an opportunity to do a bundle launch between the two. And finally, Taptivate had worked with taptaptap previously (before the iPhone even hit) so their relationship on Voices wasn’t a run of the mill contract job but rather a collaboration between the two, with taptaptap handling the publishing. Our apologies for the errors and congrats to Taptivate and taptaptap for Voices hitting #1 in the App Store!
Links mentioned during this episode
Voices app, published by taptaptap and developed by Taptivate
Voice Candy for Mac given away free via a tweet blast promotion
Convert’s tweet blast promotion
Moonfruit MacBook Pro tweet blast
Designers of Classics and Designers of Convert
Versions, a collaboration between Sofa and Pico
Defender Chronicles, published by Chillingo and developed by Gimka and Menara Games
Gamasutra interview with Neil Young on founding ngMoco
Realmac Software, makers of LittleSnapper and RapidWeaver
Do-it-yourself wall-sized whiteboards
The music for this podcast, used by permission, is by Pretty Lights (intro) and Avi Ghosh (outro). The transition music is from Nine Inch Nail’s Ghosts I-IV album, a Creative Commons 3 licensed work.
5. Uproar’s latest work, and high profile developers leaving the iPhone
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In episode 5, Kevin and Rick talk about a pair of karaoke apps they created for Lakeshore Records and the movie Fame. Then they chime in with their take on the recent news surrounding high profile developers discontinuing iPhone development. Finally, they discuss the merits of Apple’s recent new features in the app submission process.
Links mentioned during this episode
http://bit.ly/famefloor – Fame: Get on the Floor
http://bit.ly/fametry – Fame: Try
http://twitter.com/joehewitt/status/5631765190 – Joe Hewitt Tweet 1
http://twitter.com/joehewitt/status/5645649654 – Joe Hewitt Tweet 2
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/11/11/joe-hewitt-developer-of-facebooks-massively-popular-iphone-app-quits-the-project/ – Techcrunch on Joe Hewitt
http://github.com/facebook/three20 – Three20 project
http://rogueamoeba.com/ – Rogue Amoeba
http://rogueamoeba.com/airfoil/ – Airfoil
http://rogueamoeba.com/airfoil/speakers.php – Airfoil Speakers
http://www.lala.com/ – Lala
http://www.rogueamoeba.com/utm/2009/11/13/airfoil-speakers-touch-1-0-1-finally-ships/ – Rogue Amoeba’s blog post re: rejection
http://www.eff.org/ – The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)
http://iphonedevelopment.blogspot.com/2009/11/rogue-amoeba.html – Jeff LaMarche post 1
http://iphonedevelopment.blogspot.com/2009/11/some-more-thoughts-on-airfoil-situation.html – Jeff LaMarche post 2
http://iphonedevelopment.blogspot.com/2009/11/my-last-word-on-rogue-amoeba.html – Jeff LaMarche post 3
http://daringfireball.net/2009/11/airfoil_touch_situation – Daring Fireball on Rogue Amoeba
http://www.tomrichmond.com/blog/2009/11/09/apple-rejects-my-caricature-app/ – Caricature app rejection
http://www.evernote.com/ – Evernote
http://culturedcode.com/things/ – Things
http://www.tuaw.com/2009/11/14/apple-rejects-unity-games-on-the-app-store/ – Unity games rejected for phone number access
http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2009/11/apple-iphone-app/ – Submission status
http://www.tuaw.com/2009/08/01/apple-adds-queue-time-contact-info-to-iphone-developer-pages/ – Submission queue times
http://bit.ly/gaystars – Oh My Gay Stars
The music for this podcast, used by permission, is by Pretty Lights (intro) and Avi Ghosh (outro). The transition music is from Nine Inch Nail’s Ghosts I-IV album, a Creative Commons 3 licensed work.
4. App developers are like bands
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In episode 4, Kevin and Rick discuss how iPhone developers are like bands, they field questions about promotion and starting a business, and they talk more about gaming the app store.
Links mentioned during this episode
Craig Hockenberry on how developers are like bands
Steve Jobs has transformed 4 industries!
Search for business names in Missouri
iStock – stock photo, video, and sound
Eddit – Professional icons for your iPhone app UI
Glyphish – more icons for great iPhone apps
The music for this podcast, used by permission, is by Pretty Lights (intro) and Avi Ghosh (outro). The transition music is from Nine Inch Nail’s Ghosts I-IV album, a Creative Commons 3 licensed work.
3. App Store, In-App, piracy
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In this episode we talk about the frustrations that big companies experience when entering the app store. Apple recently opened up in-app purchases for free apps and we discuss the implications for developers, including piracy and our experience with piracy of Gratuitous.
Also, Rick talks positively about Microsoft without convulsing, and Kevin paid upwards of 75 cents for old comic books.
Links mentioned during this episode
panelfly.com – Recently signed Marvel to their comics app
office.microsoft.com/oneNote – A TabletPC app from Microsoft with great handwriting recognition
furbo.org/2009/07/23/waving-a-red-flag – Apple adds a “critical bugs” support line
www.tuaw.com/2009/10/15/apple-relents-in-app-purchase-for-free-apps-allows-demo-to-paid – In-App purchases for free apps
appshopper.com/ – For browsing apps and finding prices changes
www.travian.com/ – A web-based game with a unique business model
gizmodo.com/5165362/cydia-opening-parallel-paid-app-store-for-jailbreak-apps – Cydia and paid apps
www.myeoffice.com/2009/04/steve-jobs-office-back-in-1982/ – Steve Jobs in his minimalistic living space circa ’82
www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2004/07/24/HOGNQ7QCOH1.DTL – Steve Jobs vs. his “abomination” house
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Static_code_analysis – Static Analysis
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halting_problem – The Halting Problem
The music for this podcast, used by permission, is by Pretty Lights (intro) and Avi Ghosh (outro). The transition music is from Nine Inch Nail’s Ghosts I-IV album, a Creative Commons 3 licensed work.
