Developing Perspective

Under the Radar RSS Feed Overcast Link iTunes Link PocketCasts Subscribe Link I am delighted to announce that today I am launching a new development related podcast with Marco Arment. It i...

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I tend to think of my app business in terms of revenue per day. Breaking it down to that level helps me keep a close eye on it and know how well or poorly I’m doing. Today I walk through the re...

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Some thoughts on the implications of having to take an unplanned absence from your work when you are self-employed. There are a lot of benefits of being independent that manifest themselves in a ...

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An overview of what to expect this summer: the beta schedule, timing for release, the importance of RADARS, my growing interest in Swift and an encouragement for everyone to build something new...

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First Impressions from WWDC 2015. These are my initial reactions right after the Keynote, I’ll probably do another episode later in the week which has more considered reactions.

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Some high level thoughts about WWDC and my excitement for it. Then, a few thoughts about whether mobile advertising is in a precarious position.

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Today I begin a new Start-to-Finish series discussing the creation of an application from idea to the App Store. MY ESSENTIAL EXPERIENCE TARGET: An application focused on surfacing the data cur...

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2015 DEVELOPING PERSPECTIVE T-SHIRTS (4 days to order, ends May 18.) One of the most dangerous traps when learning from someone else’s experience is ascribing intentionality to what in real...

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2015 DEVELOPING PERSPECTIVE T-SHIRTS (1 Week left to order.) Once again the topic of sustainable revenue has surfaced around our lovely community. I’ve recently been changing/adapting my th...

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2015 DEVELOPING PERSPECTIVE T-SHIRTS My WatchKit Apps Release Notes Conference In some ways this week’s episode is a follow up to last week’s show about hustle . All that thinking ab...

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Thinking through why I have such a hang up about talking about and asking for Money. Why this is probably not such a great thing for my business and what I might do to fix it. My WatchKit Apps

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How to build little features into your applications that re-wire your user’s brains to come to expect a certain behavior. These ‘insidious’ features are a delightful way to help build loyal...

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Simultaneous Invention or setting realistic expectations for uniqueness. Simultaneous Invention

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After a longer than typical break I’m back with another episode…on a related note I’m talking about how to get unstuck. How I manage the situation that seems to happen often enough where I ...

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In the run up to Apple’s media event on March 9th I keep hearing the phrase ‘Gold Rush’ over and over again. Today I unpack that concept and whether it might apply to the Apple Watch. The...

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Prompted by some thinking I did around building the App Preview for Pedometer++, I start to wonder about honesty in advertising. How honesty should I be? What level of candor is appropriate, help...

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I’m not a huge fan of the term polymath. It sounds kinda pretentious but sometimes the best word for something is that way. Today I was struck by the wild variety of tasks and skills that it ta...

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Today I walk through my history thinking about Swift. From WWDC to now I’ve done a lot of thinking about Swift as whether I should be using it. The result makes me feel a bit conflicted, but th...

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I take a break out of my normal 15 minute format for a return of my occational interview series . This week I’m delighted to talk to Sam Soffes about balancing your own product work with doing...

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Rather than wading into the hullabaloo regarding Apple’s software quality directly I instead decided to take a step backwards and consider the forces that have driven us to this situation in th...

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Today I think out loud about the implications of an App Store that is functionally full. Where applications cannot realistically thrive simply because of novelty or freshness. Whatever you do now...

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Thinking out loud about why I recently starting my series called As I Learn WatchKit . I’ve learned a lot about the creative process by giving myself permission to put unpolished things into th...

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My first reactions to WatchKit. I’m really glad Apple has given is some genuinely powerful capabilities with this first generation of APIs. Getting Started with WatchKit My Initial Impressions...

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For a while now I’ve had an episode idea discussing some of the ‘interesting math’ about working on a project by yourself. I discuss how working on something by yourself is so very differen...

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I’ve had a few folks ask me about my plans and ideas for Apple Watch. While I don’t try to be too coy about what I’m working on I’ve definitely kept some of my ideas close to the vest. I�...

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With the impending arrival of the AppleWatch next year and the WatchKit SDK next month I’m starting to shift my focus towards ‘wearables’. They present a few challenges to me as a developer...

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I recently hit a few milestones that got me thinking about the attributes of sustained projects. My 7th iOS (iPhone) Developer Program My first app approved 6 years ago 200 Episodes I tried to ...

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Thinking through the Retina iMac in a world where pixels stop mattering. Also, what’s going on with the iPad? Marco Arments’s thoughts on Retina iMac vs Mac Pro AnandTech’s Hands-on

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While a single button might seem somewhat boring or mundane to discuss I unpack the process of thinking through a single button in Emoji++ . Specifically how to handle editing of favorites. Ultim...

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Talking through the process that ultimately lead to the creation of Emoji++ , my recently launched custom keyboard for iOS 8. 🎉

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Getting an app ready for day one of an iOS/device launch is impossible to do right. As a developer you have a variety of options available for how you approach it, none of which are perfect. Tr...

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With the rollout of iOS 8 upon us I consider two aspects of the current Apple ecosystem that appear to lie in tension. PINCER MANEUVERS Apple is fantastic at laying groundwork. When you take a...

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Today I wanted to take a quick run through the App Review Guidelines . Love ‘em. Hate ‘em. They are one of the most core parts of creating and distributing apps for the App Store. I will give...

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Today I’m going to dive into the world of app updates. Why we do them, how often we do them and whether they are important. CONTEXT I did a long analysis of the update trends in the App Sto...

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This past week has seen an explosion of writing and discussion about the business of making software for sale on the iOS App Store. Personally I love it when these little bubbles of discussion ap...

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Back from a delightful, extended vacation I want to take a minute (or 15) to talk about the importance of stepping back from the day to day inputs that can so easily mold or distort your views on...

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> I will be on vacation for the next two weeks, so unless something > monumental happens in between now and late July there won’t be any > episodes of Developing Pe...

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This past week we had a bit of drama about the role of podcast networks. I don’t intend to wade into that discussion but as a result of it I was asked about the role that linking and recommenda...

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ASCIIwwdc Accessibility is an important aspect of software development. Apple’s platforms provide a wide array of tools for easily adding it into your apps. The return for this effort is of...

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We are exploring a new territory within the Apple developer landscape. Here is how I plan my expedition. GET A SOLID GRASP OF WHAT’S NEW Start with Apple’s own overviews: iOS 8 for Develop...

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My initial impressions on the 2014 WWDC Keynote. Wow, it was a big one.

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This year I’m going to skip my usual soapbox speech about WWDC tips and etiquette. Given the way the ticket distribution played out it seems neither kind nor productive. If you are going to WWD...

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I wax philosophical about the future. Trying to wrestle with the uncertainty that surrounds our industry. Some products succeed, some products fail. Where will mine fall?

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My thanks to everyone who purchased a t-shirt in the last two weeks. They should be at the printer and then on their way to your door within the next week or so. ANXIETY AND INERTIA I’ll be ...

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T-SHIRTS I am doing another run of t-shirts for the show. After I did the campaign for them last fall I heard from a lot of people that they missed out. This year I’m giving the campaign a ni...

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T-SHIRTS I am doing another run of t-shirts for the show. After I did the campaign for them last fall I heard from a lot of people that they missed out. This year I’m giving the campaign a ni...

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I hope you fared better in the WWDC lottery than I did, though I’m hopeful for a possibility of a second round on Monday (maybe?). The system and process generally went really well and I think ...

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A few words of appreciation for the new lottery based WWDC ticket sales. Get your name in the hat by Monday morning. Then I talk through some of the tradeoffs involved in choosing the level of...

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After taking credit ;) for Apple’s experiments in search improvements I dive into a few changes to the App Store that could improve doing business in the store. MAKE THE APP STORE REFUND PO...

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I will be at NSConference next week, if you are a listener of the show please make sure you find me and say hi. Continuing my series of Towards a Better App Store, trying to find practical sugg...

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TOWARDS A BETTER APP STORE: PART 2 MAKE IT UP IN VOLUME This is Part 2 of an ongoing series trying to explore practical ways that the App Store could be better for customers. Today I’m going ...

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This begins a multi-part series on how I think we could move the App Store forward. I had initially thought this could be a single show but quickly realized that it will take quite a few 15 minut...

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There is something tragic about the Flappy Bird saga. The events and realities of it aren’t necessarily anything new but they showcase some of the darker sides of our industry. THE HATE Thin...

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I’m trying a new format for show notes. This is half blog post, half podcast. Let me know what you think . I’m not going to wade into the specifics of the Paper-on-Paper-on-Paper-on-Paper b...

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Lessons learned from launching Pedometer++ 2.0. Stopping worrying too much about version numbers. Leaving time buffers to accommodate iTunes Connect issues. The success of localization.

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I recently went through the process of localizing Pedometer++ . Today I walk through my thought process and experience doing that. Whether you should localize isn’t always a simple question. Pr...

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I’m renumbering the shows going forward. Early on the show’s history I made a few mistakes where I skipped numbers in the ordering. Now the numbers correctly reflect the number of episodes I�...

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I took two weeks off the internet and work. Here are a few of the things I learned from the experience and the changes I’m making in my own life. Invest in fewer but more personal relationships...

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It matters that you can make a living — but it matters more HOW you make your living. Decisions and Tensions

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Talking through some of the implications of the Christmas bump in the App Store. How to prepare for it and some mistakes I’d like to avoid making again. Allowing yourself to be a bit creative a...

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Looking at app marketing as a spectrum between push and pull. Each developer needs to decide how much they want to interject themselves into a potential customer’s attention. How much do you va...

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Some lessons and storytelling about the extended outage Feed Wrangler experienced this past weekend.

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A retrospective on the lessons I’ve learned from 5 years working in the App Store. Five Years in the App Store

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An overview of my experience surviving my first government audit and how I try to take a very conservative approach to accounting and tax compliance.

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A few lessons for Tuesday’s keynote. We are living in the world of commodity software. The faster we adapt and react to that the better we will be able to continue making the software we love.

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Wrap up from Cingleton. Initial reactions and thoughts about Tip Jar In-App Purchases. Some predictions and thoughts about next week’s Apple event.

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Looking for unique opportunities and taking risks. Embracing experimentation. The importance of getting up and moving. The Prompt: The Mind of the Underscore Pedometer++

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With all the recent discussion about App Store pricing and the sustainability of making a living from the Store I thought it might be constructive to bring actual customers into the conversation....

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Thursday, September 26, 2013 - Introducing Pod Wrangler. Looking for places where you have unique experiences or resources that let you make things faster or better. Getting creative for business...

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As an engineer my tendency is to think that all problems are best solved by cleverness. This week I’ve learned that the reality is that I should not try to solve with cleverness that which can ...

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Tuesday, September 10, 2013 - First Impressions on the iPhone 5s/5c event. Generally it met expectations, which makes me very happy.

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Friday, September 06, 2013 - Taking pundit commentary with a grain of salt and a few thoughts about next week’s event. Developing Perspective t-shirt The Inspirational Mug Grain of Salt Origi...

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Friday, August 30, 2013 - Announcing the first ever Developing Perspective t-shirt. A discussion about how I beta test my apps to get them ready for the store. Developing Perspective T-shirt Hoc...

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Wednesday, August 21, 2013 - Understanding the App Transfer process and an overview of Apple’s new affiliate marketing system. #72: Mistakes, Designing Icons and getting Acquired. iTunes Conne...

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Friday, August 16, 2013 - Walking through the tricky decision I have made about dropping support for iOS 6 in a lot of my adds. What the new ‘cheaper’ iPhone means for developers in the App S...

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Thursday, August 08, 2013 - A behind-the-scenes look at what it was like to respond to a catastrophic database migration that took down Feed Wrangler. What happened and a few things I’ve learne...

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Friday, August 02, 2013 - The release of iOS 7 “This Fall” brings with it a number of challenges. In this episode I try to unpack the tensions between market timing and technical timing. Also...

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Friday, July 26, 2013 - Grab-bag episode. The Developer Portal outage. Deciding the kind of business you want to run. Leverging your past solutions to new problems. Staying with it when you get s...

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Friday, July 19, 2013 - The important and useful role that test projects can serve. How I re-wrote SimpleGram to learn about iOS 7. Using SQLite for applications where batch operations are common...

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Celebrating 2 years of Developing Perspective. 38 hours of me jabbering on about development. Thanks for putting up with me. Discussing a few principles of solid design that apply very strongly...

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Friday, July 05, 2013 - How to get yourself ready for iOS 7 and the changes it will bring. My strategy for using iOS 7 in my daily life. Approaching iOS 7 adoption. iOS 7 Redesigns

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Friday, June 28, 2013 - Some reflections on a crazy week scaling Feed Wrangler and the often difficult choices that result of trying to build good products…in a practical way. Pinboard Article ...

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Friday, June 14, 2013 - My overall impressions from the week of WWDC 2013. Lots of opportunities and difficult decisions for developers going forward. Be bold, Be Brave.

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Monday, June 10, 2013 - My first impressions from this morning’s Keynote. I recorded this directly after the announcements so that I could talk freely before learning any NDA information.

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Thursday, June 06, 2013 GENERAL TIPS Casey’s WWDC Tips Jeff LaMarche First Timer’s Guide Pick up your badge Sunday Have questions prepared for the Labs Don’t feel like you have to do ...

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Thursday, May 30, 2013 - Some of my hopes and desires for what will be unveiled at WWDC regarding iOS 7.

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Thursday, May 23, 2013 - A quick survey of my preparation for and process of scaling a backend webservice. Also walk through the process setting up useful monitoring.

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Friday, May 17, 2013 - My take on our Semi-Annual discussion about App Store pricing and whether things should change in the Stores.

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Friday, May 10, 2013 - My experience of fear and insecurity whenever I launch something and some of the coping mechanisms that I’ve had to developed to get over it and actually ship software.

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Thursday, May 02, 2013 - Introducing Feed Wrangler, my latest product. I talk through some of the motivations behind it and how it works. I also talk through why I chose subscription pricing for ...

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Wednesday, April 24, 2013 - A few thoughts about this mornings announcement of WWDC 2013 and the way they are handling tickets this year. WWDC Tickets WWDC Apple Design Awards WWDC Student Scho...

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Tuesday, April 23, 2013 - How I deal with the app rejection process, things to look out for and how to act. Napkin App ADN Invite Link

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Monday, April 15, 2013 - I walk through the process of setting initially setup to distribute apps within the App Store. Apple Walkthrough

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Friday, April 12, 2013 - Thinking about App Store rejections. Building reliable, queue based app components. Whether it is better to build out everything you want or ship a small polished kernel....

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Tuesday, April 09, 2013 - Talking through one crazy week. The wisdom or folly of attacking ambitious goals. Why you want to own your sync solution. What’s next.

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Tuesday, April 02, 2013 - How I approach improving the performance of my apps, products and my work more generally.

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Thursday, March 21, 2013 - Some thoughts on how to manage splitting your attention and not going crazy. Then developing a healthy view on competition. Ash Furrow’s Your First iOS App project

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Monday, March 18, 2013 - I take a break from the usual 15 minute show format and talk with writer Shawn Blanc about interacting with the press. We discuss how to pitch your app or idea in such a ...

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Thursday, March 14, 2013 - I unpack the news that Google Reader is being killed off and pre-announce my next big project, Feed Wrangler. Feed Wrangler is an alternative service that I’m looking...

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Tuesday, March 12, 2013 - Thinking out loud about the challenges and dynamics of working by yourself versus working with others.

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Friday, March 08, 2013 - How I manage my server infrastructure and a few things I’ve learned. RailsCasts Recipes for provisioning servers Linode (affiliate link)

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Tuesday, March 05, 2013 - Talking about how to handle upgrades of older apps and dealing with burn out. My website, David-Smith.org

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Monday, February 25, 2013 - Answering a question about the values of a university education and some advice about what to do while you are there. Then, a discussion about App.Net and what that me...

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Monday, February 18, 2013 - A conversation with Marco Arment. Marco.org Marco on Twitter Marco on App.Net Instapaper The Magazine TextMate 2 Beta Soulver

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Friday, February 15, 2013 - A discussion about some lessons I’ve learned in how to negotiate. Interview with Brent Simmons My Article about Negotiating

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Tuesday, February 12, 2013 - An interview with Brent Simmons of Ranchero software. Inessential, Brent’s Blog Identical Cousins, Brent’s Podcast Azure Heroku Linode xScope Skala Preview ...

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Wednesday, February 06, 2013 - iOS Adoption rates and the age old question of when to drop old OSs. A discussion recommending the Identical Cousins podcast and seconding Brent’s reasons for goi...

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Tuesday, January 29, 2013 - The role of fashion in making timeless apps.

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Friday, January 25, 2013 - Walking through the aspects and characteristics of a comfortable work environment. I’ll be in San Francisco coincident with MacWorld this year. If you want to meet ...

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Monday, January 21, 2013 - A brief discussion of Apple’s new screenshot policy. Followed by a more broad discussion of why I love App Review and how to take advantage of it.

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Tuesday, January 08, 2013 - Some great advice about writing better Objective-C based on articles by Brent Simmons and Ash Furrow. Seven Deadly Sins of Modern Objective-C Coders in the Hands of a...

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Thursday, January 03, 2013 - How to stay sharp and keep your coding skills getting better and better. nshipster Mattt Thompson on github Objective-C on github Mike Ash Peter Steinberger

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Tuesday, January 01, 2013 - Some things I’ve learned (often the hard way) about how to try and balance your work and personal life.

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Wednesday, December 12, 2012 - A few thoughts on how to stay motivated and stick with something, prompted by reaching episode 100.

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Thursday, December 06, 2012 - Some practical thoughts about handling the financial side of a small business.

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Tuesday, December 04, 2012 - How I handle the email that comes into my helpdesk system. A few little tricks helps the process take very little time. Google Apps TextExpander

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Tuesday, November 27, 2012 - The mechanics of putting an app on sale and trying to gain focus. Dragonforce

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Tuesday, November 20, 2012 - Deciding when is the right time to end something. How to submit multiple versions of the same app. When and how to use analytics in your apps.

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Friday, November 16, 2012 - How to decided if when to use external services or APIs. Considering the cost of external services. Staying motivated when working with new services.

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Thursday, November 08, 2012 - I’m moving into a season of answering your questions. If you have topics you’d like me to cover let me know on Twitter (@_DavidSmith) or ADN (@DavidSmith). Today...

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Thursday, November 01, 2012 - Thinking through whether to make your app Universal or have a separate iPad version. When having a Lite version makes sense.

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Wednesday, October 24, 2012 - A few thoughts about the new iPad lineup and then a longer discussion about how the new Macs change the ideal developer machine equation.

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Thursday, October 18, 2012 - Thank you all for the amazing response to Check the Weather. Today I talk about two lesson I’ve learned in development that apply very well to the launch. Malcom Gl...

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Wednesday, October 17, 2012 - Introducing my new weather app, Check the Weather. Thank you for helping me get it out the door. This is also coincidentally the 100th regular episode of Developing ...

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Tuesday, October 16, 2012 - Walking through the steps you do right before launching an app.

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Monday, October 15, 2012 - I talk about my experiences at Cingleton and generally how I try to handle the potentially awkward and complicated social opportunities of a conference. Then, I dive in...

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Tuesday, October 09, 2012 - Check the Weather is now approved and heading to launch next week. My thoughts on generating buzz. TestFlight User Friendly Promo Codes

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Friday, October 05, 2012 - App Store pricing.

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Thursday, October 04, 2012 - Being pragmatic about how ‘good’ your software is and avoiding fear of it not living up to impossible expectations.

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Friday, September 28, 2012 - The importance of celebration when you ship a project…oh and I shipped Check the Weather ;)

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Thursday, September 27, 2012 - Performance tuning your application and embracing the process of showing it off to new people.

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Tuesday, September 25, 2012 - Walking through the process of localizing an app. It is remarkably straightforward. Linguan App Localization Services: Tethras - My chosen provider. I went with ...

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Friday, September 21, 2012 - First impressions on the iPhone 5 then a few considerations it and iOS 6 bring to developers. Smart App Banners

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Wednesday, September 19, 2012 - Talking about how to best manage the feature-set and functionality of a new app. Don’t worry about building everything, start with the kernel of a good idea and ...

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Thursday, September 13, 2012 - Talking about the new iPhone 5 and getting ready for iOS 6. iOS Version Stats

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Tuesday, September 11, 2012 - Another quick tip on prototyping, then how I managed 3rd party libraries. CocoaPods

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Thursday, September 06, 2012 - I kick off a multi episode arc discussing my process in developing a weather application. Today I’ll be talking about how to jump start development with rapid pro...

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Tuesday, September 04, 2012 - I talk about my experience with getting excited about my latest project and how that improves productivity. If you aren’t excited about what you are doing, why are...

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Thursday, August 30, 2012 - Talking about different types of contracting and how to choose a good rate for your work.

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Wednesday, August 29, 2012 - An interview with Rob Rhyne of MartianCraft. We discuss design and its role in software development. Rob comes at the development from a design savvy background and w...

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Tuesday, August 28, 2012 - Making the move to iOS development from an experienced background on another platform.

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Tuesday, August 21, 2012 - Talking about how to manage and understand App Store updates.

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Thursday, August 16, 2012 - A brief apology and how to appropriately handle mistakes, a discussion on the process of designing an app icon, and the options you have when your app gets acquired. N...

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Wednesday, August 15, 2012 - A conversation with Bill Dudney about learning Objective-C, how to be productive in solving hard programming problems and effectively using Apple’s debugging tools....

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Tuesday, August 14, 2012 - A discussion of how to manage your time when it comes to working on something new or updating an existing app. Build and Analyze #90: This Person Isn’t Really Here U...

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Thursday, August 02, 2012 - Discussing the importance of integrating rest into our daily or weekly schedules.

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Tuesday, July 31, 2012 - A conversation with Matthew Bischoff of Lickability and the New York Times. Matthew Bischoff on Twitter MatthewBischoff.com Quotebook Pair Programming Tomorrow Theme ...

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Tuesday, July 31, 2012 - Announcing a new segment where I’ll be having conversations with prominent developers and a discussion of why I never talk about money publicly.

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Thursday, July 26, 2012 - Why I haven’t upgrade to Mountain Lion yet and how I am a ‘Student’ of the App Store. #58: Managing new SDKs The Path to Success in the App Store AppAnnie App F...

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Tuesday, July 24, 2012 - Announcing a new schedule for Developing Perspective. New episodes will now be posted on Tuesdays and Thursdays. My first impressions of the Retina MacBook Pro and how ...

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Wednesday, July 18, 2012 - A bit of housekeeping. Comparing the various advantages and disadvantages of charging for features. Also whether to be universal or have two seperate apps. Survey Edge...

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Monday, July 16, 2012 - Recommending Edge Cases podcast, the origin of the Underscore, and discussion about Piracy. Edge Cases Popular Names

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Friday, July 13, 2012 - Some footnotes on having Side Projects and a few thoughts on using iCloud for Core Data syncing. Show 63 Simperium Parse

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Thursday, July 12, 2012 - The importance of having Side Projects and Internationalization. iOS and Mac Podcasts Plain Wallpapers Cheddar API Question from Paul Dunahoo.

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Monday, July 09, 2012 - Discussing the implications and considerations that a smaller iPad Mini would introduce.

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Thursday, July 05, 2012 - How to make peace with checking Twitter/RSS feeds during your work day. Question via @EricWelander

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Monday, July 02, 2012 - A discussion of the path any developer can take to move towards independence. Question via Mason.

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Wednesday, June 27, 2012 - Using Octopress, the new Podcasts app, watching WWDC videos and why I got a Retina MacBook Pro. Links: Octopress Podcasts App WWDC Videos Retina MacBook Pro

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Thursday, June 21, 2012 - How to manage the various SDK versions that Apple has floating around while making sure you can always ship. Question via @nalenb

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Tuesday, June 19, 2012 - A moment of solidarity for developers who work from home with their children. The main topic is a discussion of the current landscape of developer machines and why I thin...

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Monday, June 18, 2012 — Reflections on how different this year’s WWDC was to last.

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I continue my WWDC shows with a discussion of my favorite features in iOS 6. The main discussion is about the value of personal connections and how great it is to meet people in person. The Value...

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Recorded a few minutes after leaving the WWDC keynote I walk through my initial impressions on the announcements—the things that excite me and the things that disappointed me.

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AKA: Please, don’t be a jerk at WWDC. Be thankful to the Apple engineers and employees Be considerate of others and your presenter during sessions Make sure all your technology is on Silent (no...

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The Mac Pro…can’t wait. Geekbench Scores

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Discussions on Multi-Platform Development and the new AppleTV Instapaper for Android Show 5 and Show 0.8

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How to effectively use the WWDC app Instapaper on Kindle Practical lessons from How to build an App Empire

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Getting Crash Reports from iTunes Connect Tracking user retention with update stats Pricing as a way to maximize revenue

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A few thoughts about The Talk Show leaving 5by5. A discussion of the process of an app being featured in the App Store. 5by5 | The Talk Show #56: That Day Has Come Thanks @gruber and @danbenja...

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Brief followup about yesterday’s launch of Audiobooks , then a thorough discussion of setting goals and how to define success for yourself.

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A brief reminder to think of questions for WWDC, then a walkthrough of launch day. itcStatus Majic Rank Audiobooks

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A more personal and off-topic discussion of handling the unexpected success of being linked to. Back to Work #23: Failure is ALWAYS an Option Marco.org: iOS 5.1.1 upgrade stats My very first E...

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A little bit of housekeeping on the future and outlook for the show. The role of free in the app store How you can make user friendly iTunes affiliate links Links: SimpleCasts User Friendly i...

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Discussing dealing with the unpredictable nature of app development.  Starting with an example of how Audiobooks just got delayed and then hopefully giving some tips on how to handle disappoint...

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Evaluating the various places you can try to pay to get your app attention and how they all fail.

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Discussion of the steps involved in actually shipping an app once all the coding is done:  iTunes Connect stuff, Marketing and promotion.

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Discussing my process for doing a major app update. Things you should never do A lathe in use Audiobooks

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A discussion of the risk, perils and benefits of growing your small, independent business. My Audiobooks app Build and Analyze: #75 My Twitterrific Moment

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A few thoughts on WWDC , the annual Apple Developers Conference.

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Some thoughts on the impending Apple Event. Recorded just prior to the announcement on March 7th.

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Discussion of securing iOS Address Book, iTunes Connect users, and OS X Mountain Lion. HashContacts: an iOS Address Book Wrapper OS X Mountain Lion

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Brief discussion of Clear, the new todo manager for iPhone and how its success should encourage indies. Clear DEVELOPING PERSPECTIVE is a podcast discussing news of note in iOS, Apple and the...

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Discussion of the various hosting options for small, indie developers. Linode Engine Yard

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Discussing how my attention and focus shifts between consulting and personal projects. Build and Analyze: #6: Cycles of Motivation

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A discussion of low quality apps that rip off great apps in the App Store. Temple Run Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Ark

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AFNetworking MKNetworkKit asi-http-request NSURLConnection Network Link Conditioner

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Discussion of why I work from an office, rather than from home. Regus

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Forcing Quiet into my Day Instapaper on the Kindle Truly Unprecedented in iBooks 2

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December 28, 2011 The App Store Christmas Bump User Friendly iTunes Affiliate Links

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Rambling thoughts from an Apple Fanboi.

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Tuesday, September 27, 2011 Git Is Simpler Than You Thin k A better introduction to Objective-C How to clean Apple products Developing in secret. On Wednesday, Amazon Will Unveil The...

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Friday, September 16, 2011 P versus NP ~/.osx — a collection of sensible defaults for OS X Lion Twenty-Five Pieces of Basic Sartorial Knowledge So You Don’t Look Dumb Bootstrappin...

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Thursday, September 8, 2011 Lessons from Valve – How to build a designer’s paradise What’s Your Start-up’s “Bus Count”? 7 Myths of Entrepreneurship and Programming The London...

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Tuesday, September 6, 2011 GOLD3N RATIO Six Stages of Debugging xdissent/ievms - GitHub Amazon’s Kindle Tablet Is Very Real. I’ve Seen It, Played With It. | TechCrunch After...

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Friday, September 2, 2011 Linode Reduces Transfer Pricing (Incoming Data is now Free) Texture Tutorial on Vimeo The Price of (Dev) Happiness: Part Two Submitting to the App Store i...

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Thursday, September 1, 2011 Why Markdown? A two-minute explanation Spotify inside your iOS app GitHub Flow How Steve Jobs handles trolls (WWDC 1997) 5% off everything. Avoiding ...

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Wednesday, August 31, 2011 Learn Vim Progressively XPCKit Importing and displaying large data sets in Core Data A simple way to create custom Rounded Rect Buttons The Apple Logo ...

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Monday, August 19, 2011 A Tribute to Steve: 21KM Apple Logo Objective-C - GitHub What’s New for Developers in Mac OS X Lion (Part 3) Exporting from Photoshop How I learn new la...

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Friday, August 26, 2011 thoughtbot playbook What’s New for Developers in Mac OS X Lion (Part 2) Rob “CmdrTaco” Malda Resigns From Slashdot How we found the file that was used t...

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Thursday, August 25, 2011 Letter from Steve Jobs Thoughts on Steve’s transition to Chairman of the Board.

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Wednesday, August 24, 2011 Plausible Labs » A software… cooperative? Creating web apps for iOS How to Get $12 Billion of Gold to Venezuela ∞ Mac Pro Fast How to measure you...

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Tuesday, August 23, 2011 Irradiated Software - SizeUp github/gitignore at master A letter from _why Recent / iOS UI Patterns (beta) My Setup

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Monday, August 22, 2011 on_the_path_gitflow Learn Ruby The Hard Way The Macalope Weekly: Gotta know when to hold ‘em, know when to fold ‘em Importance of Perspective

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Friday, August 12, 2011 Camels and Rubber Duckies Polyglot Platform Personal Style carlbrown/PDKeychainBindingsController Less Code, less effort. Discussion on taking vacation ...

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Thursday, August 11, 2011 The Price of (Dev) Happiness: Part One Adam Lisagor Is The Quietest Pitchman Sandwich Video Giving up on giving up TextMate Amazon Kindle Cloud Reader ...

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Wednesday, August 10, 2011 The Growing User and the Perennial Beginner Apple - Recycling Program Lion Recovery Disk Assistant Automatic Reference Counting for Some Files Bash pro...

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Tuesday, August 9, 2011 Lion Adoption Agile Week 2011: 40% off The Definitive Guide To Forms based Website Authentication The Trivialities and Transcendence of Kickstarter Talkin...

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Monday, August 8, 2011 Show TODO’s And FIXME’s As Warnings In Xcode 4 - Deallocated Objects by Jake Marsh Network Link Conditioner in Lion » Matt Legend Gemmell CodeKata: Code Kat...

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Friday, August 5, 2011 Learn Ruby The Hard Way Why “Coupon Code” Should Not be a Field on Your Payment Form Mac OS X 10.7 Lion Automation Release Notes Free icons for any object i...

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Thursday, August 4, 2011 By The Numbers: What Can An OWC 6G SSD Do For Your 2011 Mac mini? Meet Comex, The 19-Year-Old iPhone Uber-Hacker Who Keeps Outsmarting Apple Tweetbot 1.4.3 The...

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Wednesday, August 3, 2011 Essential TextMate Shortcuts, Tips and Techniques Streamline your git workflow with aliases Core i5 MacBook Airs approach perfection Review An iOS Developer ...

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Tuesday, August 2, 2011 Apple - iCloud stores your content and pushes it to your devices. Method and Apparatus for Kicking Ass Invisible Scrollbars iOS and Mac Development Link Round...

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Monday, August 1, 2011 Marketing Hacks for iOS: How we got 250k downloads in 4 days. Making Lion Work Right For Me A few days of programming on iOS and Android illustrates a vast differe...

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Friday, July 29, 2011 Articles about the App Store, design and Bjango Apple captured two thirds of available mobile phone profits in Q2 Secrets myell0w/MTStatusBarOverla y Using 3rd...

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Thursday, July 28, 2011 Is Compilation CPU Bound? Invest In Yourself Wanted: Technical Writer / Tinkerer ∞ How I Evaluate and Decide to Purchase New iOS Apps App Store Sales ...

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Wednesday, July 27, 2011 mattt/FormatterKit Rails Ultimate Install Guide on OS X Lion Defining quality Read It Later Raises $2.5 Million, Wants To Become The Dropbox Of Content Mac...

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Tuesday, July 26, 2011 Pilky.me - The Xcode 4.1 Review iOS reading apps begin ditching outside store links in droves 1Click Bookmarks | 1Password 3 User Guide Text files and me IV -...

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Monday, July 25, 2011 A robot that flies like a bird Mac mini Hosting Intellectual Ventures And The War Over Software Patents When Patents Atack On Succeeding Steve Jobs mogene...

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Lodsys sues Rovio over Angry Birds for iPhone and Android The iPad’s Dominance of the Tablet Market Multiple APK Support in Android Market Troubleshooting / Lion — TextMate Wi...

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Cloud Sync Beta Introducing Lion Recovery Lion’s Whole-Disk Encryption Petabytes on a Budget v2.0:Revealing More Secrets Developer Machine Landscape

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BBEdit 10 is here! Google: The Beginning Why doesn’t every company buy developers the best hardware? Seven under-the-radar Lion features you might have missed Apple - Press Inf...

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Reading on the iPad iPad 2 and Verizon iPhone Take Some Wind Out of Android’s Sail Designing GitHub for Mac What Google’s Famous Cafeterias Can Teach Us About Health The iPhon...

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Michael Gartenberg: ‘Why Apple Dares to Change Your Apps’ Yes to Lion, no to cruft: get a clean start with manual Mac migration Auto-Incrementing Build Numbers for Release Builds i...

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An Analysis Of Apple’s Adjustment Of International App Store Prices Ready, Set, Whoops. Showbot Rapid DHCP: Or, how do Macs get on the network so fast? Moving Back to BBEdit fro...

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Details on Apple Rebalancing international App Store prices Push Notifications, Push Notifications, Push Notifications! How to use the Home Button The Rise and Fall of the Independent Develop...

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Back to Work: #24 Tweetbot Tips and Tricks A Tale of Three App Stores

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