Archive for December, 2009
8. Keep Your Options Open
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Another short episode, Kevin and Rick review a few recent news items and then talk about their ongoing experiences with consulting and product development. There probably won’t be any more episode for 2009, so you’ll hear from us again in January!
Knocking Live – The first live video app for the iPhone
http://knockinglive.com/
http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2009/12/steve-jobs-intervenes-approves-knocking-streaming-video-app.ars
On being auto-rejected for following Apple’s guidelines
http://www.juicybitssoftware.com/2009/11/30/apple-is-rejecting-its-own-advice/
Lala.com – recently purchased by Apple
Lala.com
http://www.tuaw.com/2009/12/04/lala-bought-by-apple-streaming-itunes-store-around-the-bend/
The Karaoke Apps, again
http://bit.ly/famefloor
http://bit.ly/fametry
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.
7. Is your idea bootstrap-viable?
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Episode 7 is the shortest yet, but we cover a lot of topics. First some corrections from Episode 6 regarding Voice Candy, Voices, and Taptivate. Then we share what we heard from developers about publishers and promoters. The iPhone Small Business Mailing List is a great resource; we discuss the idea of a trade organization that came up on the list.
How do you decide if an idea is business viable, and if so, is it bootstrap viable?
Finally, Rick shares his experiences with Droid.
Voice Candy
http://www.potionfactory.com/voicecandy/
Chillingo, an iPhone games publisher
http://www.chillingo.com/
iPhone Small Business Mailing List
http://groups.google.com/group/iphonesb
iPhoneSB Thread about forming a Trade Org.
http://groups.google.com/group/iphonesb/browse_thread/thread/956c7df37c6f3695/3c94d27880e14fa8?lnk=gst&q=trade+organization#3c94d27880e14fa8
TickSpot
http://tickspot.com/
FreshBooks
http://www.freshbooks.com/
Droid
http://phones.verizonwireless.com/motorola/droid/
Android 2.0
http://developer.android.com/sdk/android-2.0-highlights.html
DroidLive, a Radio App for Android
http://www.droidlive.com/
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.
