I just found out about the iPhone Application Sketch Book, a product aimed firmly at iPhone developers.
It looks like I may get a chance to review one of these, so probably when I get back from vacation I'll post my impressions of the actual product.
It's going to get bonus points if the template matches in size the iPhone Stencil Kit I ordered last week.
(yes, I like doing designs using analog tools, sue me)
Showing posts with label iPhone Developers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label iPhone Developers. Show all posts
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Mint Apps Promo Day is Today!
Min Apps, makers of Mint Nutrition, FallBall!, and Countdowns has organized a Promo Day for iPhone developers.
As a way to foster a sense of community among iPhone developers, they're giving away not only license codes to their own apps, but they've gotten several other iPhone developers to chip in promo codes as well. The only requirement to get the free promo codes? That you be an iPhone developer of some form. Codes are available here until they run out, so check it out!
As a way to foster a sense of community among iPhone developers, they're giving away not only license codes to their own apps, but they've gotten several other iPhone developers to chip in promo codes as well. The only requirement to get the free promo codes? That you be an iPhone developer of some form. Codes are available here until they run out, so check it out!
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
What Are All the Cool Kids Doing These Days?
There's been a trend lately that I like. For some time, experienced independent Mac software developers have been blogging about how they got to where they are, what risks and tribulations were involved in getting to where they are, and what mistakes they made on the way to being an indy dev.
Gus Mueller from Flying Meat, makers of the fabulous Acorn Image Editor and VoodooPad, recently blogged about How to become an independent programmer in just 1068 days. I'm a user of Acorn, and these guys are really great. Bug reports are responded to with real responses and, if needed, a prompt fix. Yet, even with how hard they worked, theirs was not an overnight success story, as you probably guessed from the title.
Daniel Jalkut from Red Sweater Software then wrote an entry about The Road Less Traveled on his blog. I don't know Daniel, but have been reading his blog for quite some time, and it is almost always worth the read. I find his perspective especially interesting because he left a job that many of us (me included) would love to have - a job working as a developer for Apple.
Lucius Kwok, author of Sound Studio gave his story in Why I write software. I met Lucius very briefly at WWDC and again, briefly, at Macworld, and Lucius comes across in person like a very nice, very genuine sort of person, which is exactly how he comes across in his blog. Lucius is very forthcoming in his blog posting about how he got to where he is, even going so far as to tell you how much he made in different years.
If you're an iPhone (or Mac) dev who is considering going full-time as an independent, it is well worth your time to read these three posts. They will give you a nice grounding in reality. There are a lot of gold-rush type stories that make it seem like you can do anything and make a fortune on the App Store, which simply isn't true. The App Store has changed things, and it's definitely a boon to indy developers, but it's no panacea. Being self-employed is incredible, but it can be challenging, and unless you hit the fart-app lottery, you shouldn't expect to get wealthy writing iPhone just one iPhone App.
I'm a little different from these three guys in that the bulk of my income comes from doing contract iPhone development work and writing books and articles as opposed to creating and selling my own products. But if I were to lay out my story of how I got to where I am in a similar way, I think you'd see many of the same themes as you see in those three blog postings above.
Gus Mueller from Flying Meat, makers of the fabulous Acorn Image Editor and VoodooPad, recently blogged about How to become an independent programmer in just 1068 days. I'm a user of Acorn, and these guys are really great. Bug reports are responded to with real responses and, if needed, a prompt fix. Yet, even with how hard they worked, theirs was not an overnight success story, as you probably guessed from the title.
Daniel Jalkut from Red Sweater Software then wrote an entry about The Road Less Traveled on his blog. I don't know Daniel, but have been reading his blog for quite some time, and it is almost always worth the read. I find his perspective especially interesting because he left a job that many of us (me included) would love to have - a job working as a developer for Apple.
Lucius Kwok, author of Sound Studio gave his story in Why I write software. I met Lucius very briefly at WWDC and again, briefly, at Macworld, and Lucius comes across in person like a very nice, very genuine sort of person, which is exactly how he comes across in his blog. Lucius is very forthcoming in his blog posting about how he got to where he is, even going so far as to tell you how much he made in different years.
If you're an iPhone (or Mac) dev who is considering going full-time as an independent, it is well worth your time to read these three posts. They will give you a nice grounding in reality. There are a lot of gold-rush type stories that make it seem like you can do anything and make a fortune on the App Store, which simply isn't true. The App Store has changed things, and it's definitely a boon to indy developers, but it's no panacea. Being self-employed is incredible, but it can be challenging, and unless you hit the fart-app lottery, you shouldn't expect to get wealthy writing iPhone just one iPhone App.
I'm a little different from these three guys in that the bulk of my income comes from doing contract iPhone development work and writing books and articles as opposed to creating and selling my own products. But if I were to lay out my story of how I got to where I am in a similar way, I think you'd see many of the same themes as you see in those three blog postings above.
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Twittering iPhone Developer List
Tim Haines, the developer of the excellent BurnBall game, has started a list of iPhone developers who use Twitter. The last time I checked, there were over 100 iPhone devs on the list. If you have a Twitter account, go add yourself to the list. There is no minimum requirement and no test will be administered, it's just an informal list of people interested in iPhone development who also use Twitter.
D'oh, it helps if I include the link, doesn't it?
D'oh, it helps if I include the link, doesn't it?
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