Comments on: Episode 26: There’s A Pad For That http://www.coreint.org/2010/02/episode-26-theres-a-pad-for-that/ Wed, 23 Jun 2010 16:47:44 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Nicholas Tulach http://www.coreint.org/2010/02/episode-26-theres-a-pad-for-that/comment-page-1/#comment-1024 Nicholas Tulach Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:07:13 +0000 http://www.coreint.org/?p=229#comment-1024 There's a lot of concern at the moment by indie Mac developers about the iPad and rightfully so. I'm just starting a new Mac product and the iPad announcement has some difficult implications for me as i move forward. All that said, i think the iPad/Mac relationship will shake out which tasks really need more attention and minute interactions and which tasks can be more casually applied. Your comments about the convergence of iPhone OS and Mac OS are interesting to consider as well. The common origins of the two probably mean each will continue to redefine the other moving forward. Apple's emphasis on iPhone OS stuff is a little disconcerting for Mac developers at the moment, but that will probably change with the announcement of the Next Big OS Thing. What's more problematic for most of us is what impact an expansion of the App Store model will mean for our ability to deliver software to users and continue to make a living. The new markets for iPhone and iPad apps are overwhelming at the moment as everyone tries to cash in, but i think this will also shake out and spaces will open with opportunities for indie developers to deliver great software and get compensated for it. Cuz that's what it's about, right? Call me an optimist, i guess. Great podcast, keep it going! There’s a lot of concern at the moment by indie Mac developers about the iPad and rightfully so. I’m just starting a new Mac product and the iPad announcement has some difficult implications for me as i move forward. All that said, i think the iPad/Mac relationship will shake out which tasks really need more attention and minute interactions and which tasks can be more casually applied.

Your comments about the convergence of iPhone OS and Mac OS are interesting to consider as well. The common origins of the two probably mean each will continue to redefine the other moving forward. Apple’s emphasis on iPhone OS stuff is a little disconcerting for Mac developers at the moment, but that will probably change with the announcement of the Next Big OS Thing. What’s more problematic for most of us is what impact an expansion of the App Store model will mean for our ability to deliver software to users and continue to make a living.

The new markets for iPhone and iPad apps are overwhelming at the moment as everyone tries to cash in, but i think this will also shake out and spaces will open with opportunities for indie developers to deliver great software and get compensated for it. Cuz that’s what it’s about, right? Call me an optimist, i guess.

Great podcast, keep it going!

]]> By: Peter Targett http://www.coreint.org/2010/02/episode-26-theres-a-pad-for-that/comment-page-1/#comment-1021 Peter Targett Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:43:51 +0000 http://www.coreint.org/?p=229#comment-1021 Nice episode and positive overview of iPad - I'm encouraged that the iPad might be way to get a 1.0 out there, then make the Mac companion afterwards. It's such a compelling device now that it's got a bigger touch screen. This might be a question for a future episode - if you were starting out right now, would you focus on iPad for a first indie 1.0? Thanks again. Nice episode and positive overview of iPad – I’m encouraged that the iPad might be way to get a 1.0 out there, then make the Mac companion afterwards. It’s such a compelling device now that it’s got a bigger touch screen. This might be a question for a future episode – if you were starting out right now, would you focus on iPad for a first indie 1.0?

Thanks again.

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