Monthly Archives: January 2015

Episode 24 – Just Add Water

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This week we discuss the Betty Crocker approach to harder on boarding. As well we discuss Charles Parry’s follow up post on metakite.com about the State of the App Store, in light of numbers released by Marco Arment and Ustwo. Our Picks this week are Material Palette, Apple’s Quarterly Income, Pocket and the New England Patriots vs the Seattle Seahawks.

 Episode Notes:

Charles Perry – The Shape of the AppStore
DEAR ZOË KEATING: TELL YOUTUBE TO TAKE A HIKE
Why harder onboarding can lead to better users.
PhotoShop Express (PS Express)
iPhoto iOS

Episode Picks:
Material Palette
Pocket: Save Articles and Videos to View Later
Apple Just Had The Most Profitable Quarter Of Any Company Ever
Super Bowl XLIX
Scales & Modes Scales & Modes for iPad by Smappsoft

Photo: Steven Elphick

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Episode 23 – Microsoft and the Holographic Blankets and Cats

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This we discuss Microsoft’s keynote announcement – introducing Windows 10, Project Spatan web browser, Cortana & Xbox Live on the desktop and Hololens. We discuss Duolingo creator’s pure swift experience building Duolingo Test Center. This week’s picks are Kahn Academy for the iPad, Super Secret Service, Order Ahead, Pizza Splat, iNacho and Cyber Dust. In the after show we discuss Google Glass, first hand, blankets and cats.

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Episode 23 Notes:

The 9 biggest announcements from Microsoft’s Windows 10 event
Real World Swift
Designing for Watch (David Hoang, January 8, 2015)
Hype Cycle
Facebook Tweaks with Swift Tutorial
360iDev
NSNorth.ca

Episode 23 Picks:

Khan Academy App
Super Secret Service
Order Ahead
Pizza Splat
iNacho
Cyber Dust

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Episode 22 – Indie Development by the Numbers

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This week we discuss the recent app incomes published for Overcast by Marco Arment, Monument Valley and Dash. We discuss various ways to quote on jobs in mind of studio and indie development. We also cover the topsy turvy view of app and UI design in Asian markets. Our picks for the week are Swap Heroes,  Curved Labs Macintosh Facelift and Anki Drive. In the after show Jaime, Tim and Aaron discuss traveling to the NSNorth conference to be held at Le Chateau Montebello, PQ.

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Episode 22 Show Notes:

Overcast Sales Numbers
Monument Valley in Numbers
Dash – year in review
Core Intuition
Release Notes
Chinese Mobile App UI Trends
Everything’s a Remix
2life
2life Ultimate Wedding Planner
NSNorth – iOS Conference
RWDevcon
12 inch Macbook Air Redesign Rumor
The Other App Store

Episode 22 Show Picks:

Swap Heroes
Curved Labs Macintosh Facelift
Anki Drive

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Episode 21 – Swift, Ready or Not Here it Comes

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This week we discuss the use of Swift in production apps. We each relate our experiences with the interactive and often difficulties working with Xcode and Swift 1.1. We also discuss the reaction to a post by Marco Arment that sparked many developers into voicing an opinion. We discuss our picks; Smash Hit, Piskell, AV Audio Engine and Printrbot Simple Metal 3D printer. During and after the show we briefly discuss Magicavoxel, Aaron’s prowess at Crossy Road, Dash and app pricing.

Restart USBmux Daemon in Terminal
on the command line enter:
sudo launchctl stop com.apple.usbmuxd

Thanks to Fahim Farook (mentioned as the dev from Malaysia)

Pure Swift Apps on the App Store:

WriteTrack – Submission Tracking for Writers
WriteOn
WriteOn Lite
Instant Poetry 2

Episode 21 Notes:

Swift 1.1Devices not connecting in XcodeApple Has Lost the Functional High Ground
Release Notes Podcast
Fast Fourier Transform
Dash API Docs
RayWenderlich.com

Episode 21 Picks:

Smash Hit
Piske
MagicaVoxel
AVAudioEngine
WWDC 2014 Videos
Printrbot
Riverdale3D

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