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Comment on Episode 26: There’s A Pad For That by Nicholas Tulach

Nicholas Tulach — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:07:13 +0000

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!

Comment on Episode 26: There’s A Pad For That by Peter Targett

Peter Targett — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:43:51 +0000

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.

Comment on Episode 25: Maybe It’s A Deprecated Thing by Dave Peck

Dave Peck — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 01:49:49 +0000

Thanks for the episode, guys. I enjoyed the part about warnings. These days, I start all new projects by enabling Wall (sometimes even Wextra) and Werror. So: the compiler is pedantic, and if I do something even vaguely bad I get stopped in my tracks since warnings are treated as errors. I think this is a great way to go…

Cheers,
Dave

Comment on Episode 23: Too Distracted To Name This Episode by Manton Reece

Manton Reece — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 13:40:52 +0000

Thanks Jason! I think using “mac” is more common than I implied on the show. I looked at my referrers just now and some of the most popular keywords for Wii Transfer are “wii mac software” and “stream mac to wii”.

Comment on Episode 23: Too Distracted To Name This Episode by Jason Spencer

Jason Spencer — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 04:44:27 +0000

Regarding your keyword musings in the podcast… I’m not sure how representative I am, but I always use “mac” as a keyword in a Google search for apps. My first stop would probably be iusethis rather than Google though.

-j.

Comment on Episode 22: Not Just A Hobby by Philippe Guitard

Philippe Guitard — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 14:30:49 +0000

No free pass to C4 when your Blitz Talk is approved but you don’t need to wait in line to get seat. Ask @philippec…

Comment on Episode 19: Fishing For Customers by daniel

daniel — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 11:53:25 +0000

Thanks, Andy! Shows that science is more accurate than … well … my thin-air speculations ;)

And the worst thing is I had even seen your results previous to recording the podcast.

Daniel

Comment on Episode 19: Fishing For Customers by Andy Brice

Andy Brice — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 09:26:47 +0000

Here are some real numbers on download and sales conversion ratios from a recent survey I did of Indie developers (Mac and Windows):
http://successfulsoftware.net/2009/04/23/the-truth-about-conversion-ratios-for-software/

5 downloads out of 100 visits is actually quite low, if you believe the survey results.

Comment on Episode 19: Fishing For Customers by Mirko Froehlich

Mirko Froehlich — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 17:08:56 +0000

First of all thanks for putting together this podcast. I’m a recent listener that started doing iPhone development last year, but now that I took the Objective-C / Cocoa learning curve, I might also work on some Mac apps at some point.

In this episode you talked about your new logos (which look nice, by the way). I wanted to point out a resource that may be useful for your listeners: 99designs.com is a crowdsourced design website. I used it to get a logo for my consulting website (http://codemeup.com) and am very happy with the results. You do end up spending a fair amount of time providing feedback to all the designers that are submitting designs for your contest, but in return you get to see a lot of very varied concepts. I would definitely use them again, particularly for logos, icons, etc.

Comment on Episode 19: Fishing For Customers by Carl H. Blomqvist

Carl H. Blomqvist — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 23:14:50 +0000

Thanks for a great podcast.

Keep up the great work!