As 2009 comes to a close I’m sitting in a nice, comfy coffee shop, working on some code for an iPhone app I wanted to release a couple weeks ago. I’m not going to be hard on myself. The Holiday season came upon us and there became more important things like family, friends, and feasts. …
Monthly Archives: December 2009
Case in Point: Orbital iPhone App
Check out this article in TUAW about how an iPhone app, Orbital, isn’t really making it for the developer after less than (nearly?) 100,000 units sold. The article suggests it’s just a case of bad luck. True? I’m not so sure. Here’s why. Saturation It seems to me that the App Store is pretty saturated. …
Take a Moment and Take a Survey
Take a moment to take this survey at A List Apart. As a web professional, it’s a worthy cause.
Thoughts for the App Store
With regards to last night’s post on App Store pricing itself into an unprofitable wasteland, I thought of something. What if there were two versions of the App Store? One for inexpensive, useless, or just plain bad apps, and another for apps that met certain price, quality, or other criteria? For those wishing to make …
Race to the Bottom: iPhone App Store Pricing
I’ve had a notion for some time that the price wars on the app store may be detrimental to the community. I know I’m not alone in this feeling, and have found others online who would agree. Finding like-minded developers isn’t my goal. I’m wondering when, or if, the App Store will begin to resemble …
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Compile Multiple App Versions in XCode
Well on my way to becoming comfortable with Objective-C and Cocoa, I came across the need to create two versions of an app I was working on – one a “Lite,” and the other a full version. Branch merging scares me Like any good developer, I use source control management to keep tabs on my …