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This week we discuss our experience at Big Omaha and what’s next for Uproar.

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In further pursuit of the business model, Kevin and Rick discuss developing a “portfolio of apps” approach.

Links of interest

• WWDC
• Bootstrapper’s Bible (available as a free PDF download)
• Thread about an app that suspiciously shot to #1 over night
• HP bought Palm
• In the future, we’ll all be traveling in tubes
• Time Travler: that holographic game from the 90′s

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This week we discuss Uproar’s taxes, the challenges between building a product for yourself vs a 3rd party, and the challenges of bootstrapping vs a pure startup.

Links

• Apple hires Matt Casamassina from IGN to be their global editorial games manager
• Another week, another App Store rejection.  This time the kid-friendly programming app, Scratch.
• Pulitzer Prize winner Mark Fiore has his political cartoon app finally approved after a 4 month battle
• Interview with Iconfactory’s Craig Hockenberry on tips to get your app approved
• Rick’s using Trip Cubby to help track expenses
• Georgia TV station replaces paper with iPads for their anchors
• “You haven’t blown them away until they send you a check”

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Kevin and Rick were too busy this week to be bothered putting together a proper podcast. Instead, please enjoy 15 minutes of us rambling on about the news and stuff

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We start off with a discussion of the iPhone OS 4.0 announcement and how it affects developers and businesses on the Apple platform.  We then talk about what we’ve been doing with Uproar over the past couple of months as well as where we’re taking the business.

Links

• Rate on delete being removed?
• Section 3.3.1
  • John Gruber’s take
  • An open letter to Steve Jobs
  • /dev/why? take
  • TheFlashBlog’s response
  • Steve Job’s brief response
• App Store drama
  • The Expurgation of Maniac Mansion for the Nintendo Entertainment System
  • Wobble’s App Store drama
• Game Center
  • Ngmoco on how this affects Plus+
  • SlideToPlay reporting that Game Center supplants all existing networks

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No surprise here, we discuss the iPad!

This week’s topics

• iPad Impressions
• Popular Science+
• Thoughts on the App Store
• Apps at launch
• Average price is $5
• Less impulse buying
• 80% of launch apps are paid
• No Facebook app

Links

• Popular Science+
• NewsRack
• Evernote
• Sword of Fargoal
• FlightTrack
• Ebay for iPad
• 1Password
• Instapaper
• Twitterific
• Marvel iPad app
• PanelFly
• Graphic.ly
• TechStars

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This week’s topics:

• Follow-up on our previous pricing discussion
• Running out the clock
• iPad vs iPhone app versions
• iPad predictions

Links

• Planet Comicon
• Dominion card game
• App Store review payola
• iTunes Affiliates
• MindMeister iPhone app
• Pomodoro Technique
• iPad pre-order estimates
• iPad usage survey
• Big Omaha
• Rework

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This week we’ve started using a more structure format and pre-planned segments. Consider it Creating and Uproar 2.0! Topics this week include:

• The new format
• The 3 ways to estimate work
• Collaboration tools we find useful

Links to stuff mentioned in episode 16:

• Wave
• Mindmeister
• The Panic Status Board
• Highrise
• Salesforce.com

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We start off discussing the latest on the Windows Phone 7 Series and its integration with the XBox.  Next, we follow up from last week’s podcast episode and answer a listener comment.

On disagreements with business partners:

• 4 day work week?  Opinions from 37signals and Ryan Carson
• Jason Fried of 37signals
• The Omni Group
• Droplr
• CloudApp

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We start off discussing the recently announced Windows Phone 7 Series.

Regarding iPhone biz, we discuss our thoughts around pay-for-review sites (that often mask this by calling it an ‘expedited review’)

• http://apprebates.com/
• http://www.appcraver.com/
• http://www.theiphoneappreview.com/
• MobileCrunch catches PR firm writing app reviews for their clients

…which then led into a discussion on Apple’s recent banning of ‘sexy’ apps from the store

• NY Times on Apple’s ban of ‘sexy’ apps
• http://mrgan.tumblr.com/post/412064300/not-in-their-front-yard
• Apple yanked StoneLoops! based on a copyright complaint

On mentorship

• Boagworld podcast (@boagworld)
• Escape from Cubicle Nation

And finally, Rick’s Garfield poster memories from 5th grade.

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