Monthly Archives: March 2015

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Episode 32 – WTF: Why the FaceBook?

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This week we discuss the challenges of marketing your app from a developer perspective. We touch on Facebook’s F8. We debate Instagram’s Layout for iOS similarities and app name confusion with Mike Swanson’s Layout. We talk about the cross-platform crisis that developing for the Apple Watch introduces to users of the third party iOS developer tools.
Picks: Becoming Steve Jobs, Launcher and Mr Jump

* Sorry I forgot to put my echo shield behind my microphone – Tim

Episode 32 Notes:

App Store Review Guidelines History (diff)
Joe Cieplinski on marketing your app
Release Notes – the Business of iOS and Mac Development
Fantastical 2 for iPhone – Calendar and Reminders
Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die
Contagious: Why Things Catch On
Mobile Marketing: 99 Ways to Get Your App Noticed – Parisa Foster
PrMac
TACOW
Mark Pavlidis Co-founder of Flixel – YouTube
Apple Developer Relations
Layout by Mike Swanson
F8 2015
Apple Watch and the Cross-Platform Crisis
Creativity, Inc.
More Than Just Code – Episode 10 – I am the one who knocks.
Start With Why – Simon Sineck TED Talk
Magpie Video (@magpievideo on twitter)
Relive Events on iOS

Episode 32 Picks:

Becoming Steve jobs
Launcher with Notification Widget 
Mr Jump

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Episode 31 – Palo Alto’s Lucky Day

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This week we follow up on TestFlight Beta and ResearchKit. We discuss our thoughts on use cases for the Apple Watch. Aaron talks about NSNorth and Farely Caesar’s Functional Swift talk at TACOW. Jaime picks Video Backgrounds in iOS apps and Tim discusses Mackup.

Mark & Tim Cook

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Episode 30 – Apple Watch, MacBook and Bears

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NB The feed has been updated*: This week we follow up on the “software engineer” title and Apple’s implementation of TestFlight beta testing. Now that the Watch pricing, new Retina MacBook and ResearchKit has been made public, we review the pricing and new technologies as consumers and developers.
Our Picks: Magisto, Apple Watch sizing guide, ColorSafe and ScreenShot Builder.

* some listeners may have downloaded the incomplete show. Please delete and reload – if you don’t hear the theme music at the start. Thanks

Episode 30 Notes:

iTunes TestFlight Beta Testing Takes Off
How Apple Will Make the Wearable Market
Why The Apple Watch Won’t Sell
Start With Why – Simon Sineck TED Talk
Watch Apple’s Spring Forward event in 11 minutes
Chris Hawkins’ Feedback
Chronicons
QNX Operating Systems
ResearchKit
Thousands Have Already Signed Up for Apple’s ResearchKit
GigaOm Was Universally Respected. Too Bad Respect Doesn’t Pay the Bills.
Matthew Ingram
Jim Dalrymple vs Martin McNulty

Episode 30 Picks:

Magisto – Magical Video Editor
Try It On: Apple Watch Sizing Guide
ColorSafe
LaunchKit: Screenshot Builder

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Episode 29 – Professional Watch Speculation with Greg Heo

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This week we welcome Greg Heo as guest-host. We discuss CrossyRoad developers earning $10 million from their app. We follow up on Pebble vs Apple, just before we anticipate the Apple “Spring Forward” announcement on March 9, 2015. Later we discuss the need for a developer code of ethics.

What you won't hear on the show - due to technical difficulties.

What you won’t hear on the show – due to technical difficulties (Mac is Tim’s dog.)

Jaimes pick:
Objective-C
[[UIApplication sharedApplication] openURL:[NSURL URLWithString:UIApplicationOpenSettingsURLString]];

Swift version (?)
UIApplication.sharedApplication().openURL(.OpenSettingsURLString)

Episode 29 Show Notes:

Crossy Road earns $10 Million
Pebble vs Apple – David and Goliath This Ain’t
Unreal Engine 4
Unity 5
Leaked: Apple Watch gets price from $349 to $20,000
Dell 13” XPS
Software Engineer Code of Ethics
Skeevy-Looking Bonjour app

Episode 29 Picks:

Monodraw
UIApplicationOpenSettingsURLString
MixYourWatch.com
Appcode

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Felix Huang
Bill Smith

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