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Developing Perspective
Developing Perspective is a podcast discussing the news of note in iOS Development, Apple and the like. Hosted by David Smith, an independent iOS developer.
Episodes
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#230: Designing for the Duo, with Rafa Conde
I’m joined by Rafa Conde to talk about our experiences designing apps for the iPhone Duo. Together we have worked on Pedometer++, Widgetsmith and Check the…
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#229: Portal Gun Development
Gone are the days of map-and-compass development, now if we can imagine it and see a line of sight to it we can build things nearly instantly. Which totally…
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#228: New Platforms
I walk through the history of Apple developer platforms over my history as an app developer and grade them, then think a bit about what has made them…
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#227: Pivotal
I’m bringing Developing Perspective back. This first episode wrestles through why being an indie app developer right now feels so “pivotal”, in both senses of…
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Developing a New 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…
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#225: Users per Day.
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…
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#224: Unplanned Absence.
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…
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#223: What to expect this summer.
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…
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#222: WWDC 2015 First Impressions.
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…
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#221: Circular Revenue.
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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#220: The Essential Experience.
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…
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#219: Accidental.
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…
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#218: Blazing Trails.
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…
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#217: The Brand.
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…
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#216: The Hustle.
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…
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#215: Insidious Features.
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…
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#214: App Store Snowstorm.
Simultaneous Invention or setting realistic expectations for uniqueness. Simultaneous Invention
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#213: Showing Up and Shipping Apps.
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…
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#212: Four Phases of a Gold Rush.
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…
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#211: Asterisk Free Marketing.
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…
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#210: Polymaths.
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…
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#209: Not so Fast.
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…
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#208: Sam Soffes.
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…
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#207: Irresistible Complexity
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…
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#206: Can the App Store be Full?
Today I think out loud about the implications of an App Store that is functionally full. Where applications cannot realistically thrive simply because of…
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#205: AILW - Economics of WatchKit Apps.
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…
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#204: Delightfully Pragmatic.
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…
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#203: Divided by One.
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…
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#202: Four Quadrants of Ideas
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…
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#201: On Expedition.
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…
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#200: Sustained.
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…
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#199: Resolution Irrelevant.
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…
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#198: Boring and Superstitious.
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…
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#197: Speculative Development.
Talking through the process that ultimately lead to the creation of Emoji++, my recently launched custom keyboard for iOS 8. 🎉
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#196: Faust had it easy.
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…
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#195: Pincer Maneuvers and Stubbed Toes.
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…
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#194: In Review.
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…
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#193: Update Treadmill.
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…
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#192: Nobility of Effort.
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…
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#191: Insulated Perspectives.
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…
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#190: Everything but a Business Model
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…
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#189: In the Loop
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…
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#188: Thoughtful Accessibility
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…
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#187: Explorers
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…
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#186: Dropping Bombs
My initial impressions on the 2014 WWDC Keynote. Wow, it was a big one.
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#185: Pick up your Kite.
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…
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#184: The Middle Path?
I wax philosophical about the future. Trying to wrestle with the uncertainty that surrounds our industry. Some products succeed, some products fail. Where will…
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#183: Anxiety and Inertia
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…
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#182: Unconventional Wisdom, Listen to Spock.
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…
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#181: Unconventional wisdom, pricing.
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…
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#180: Enduring Features.
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…
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#179: Avoiding the Stampede.
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…
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#178: Customer Escape Hatches
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…
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#177: Something in Mind.
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…
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#176: Make it up in Volume
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…
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#175: Towards a Better App Store: Part 1
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…
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#174: A Livelihood
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…
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#173: Roses by Other Names
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…
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#172: Going Global.
Lessons learned from launching Pedometer++ 2.0. Stopping worrying too much about version numbers. Leaving time buffers to accommodate iTunes Connect issues…
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#171: Pros and Cons of Localization.
I recently went through the process of localizing Pedometer++. Today I walk through my thought process and experience doing that. Whether you should localize…