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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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#97: Sales and Power Songs.
Tuesday, November 27, 2012 - The mechanics of putting an app on sale and trying to gain focus. Dragonforce
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#96: Ending Something, Splitting Something, Analyzing Something.
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…
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#95: Reinventing the Wheel
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…
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#94: Git and Source Control.
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…
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#93: Universal and Lite.
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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#92: The New Developer Machine Landscape.
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…
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#91: Thank you and the Road from Here.
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…
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#90: Check the Weather
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…
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#89: Counting Down.
Tuesday, October 16, 2012 - Walking through the steps you do right before launching an app.
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#88: Conferences and Unique Opportunities.
Monday, October 15, 2012 - I talk about my experiences at Cingleton and generally how I try to handle the potentially awkward and complicated social…
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#87: Basic App Marketing.
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…
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#85: Pragmatism.
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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#84: Shipped it.
Friday, September 28, 2012 - The importance of celebration when you ship a project…oh and I shipped Check the Weather ;)
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#83: Performance and Letting Go.
Thursday, September 27, 2012 - Performance tuning your application and embracing the process of showing it off to new people.
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#82: Localizing an App.
Tuesday, September 25, 2012 - Walking through the process of localizing an app. It is remarkably straightforward. Linguan App Localization Services: Tethras -…
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The iPhone 5.
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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#80: Managing functionality.
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…
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#79: Getting Ready for iOS 6.
Thursday, September 13, 2012 - Talking about the new iPhone 5 and getting ready for iOS 6. iOS Version Stats
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#78: Managing 3rd Party Libraries.
Tuesday, September 11, 2012 - Another quick tip on prototyping, then how I managed 3rd party libraries. CocoaPods
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#77: Prototyping a new project.
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…
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#76: The best way to avoid distractions.
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…
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#75: Rates and Contracts
Thursday, August 30, 2012 - Talking about different types of contracting and how to choose a good rate for your work.
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Rob Rhyne
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…
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#74: Transitioning to iOS
Tuesday, August 28, 2012 - Making the move to iOS development from an experienced background on another platform.
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#73: Updates, Updates, Updates.
Tuesday, August 21, 2012 - Talking about how to manage and understand App Store updates.
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#72: Mistakes, Designing Icons and getting Acquired.
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…
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Bill Dudney
Wednesday, August 15, 2012 - A conversation with Bill Dudney about learning Objective-C, how to be productive in solving hard programming problems and…
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#71: Pruning your App Garden
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…
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#70: The Importance of Rest
Thursday, August 02, 2012 - Discussing the importance of integrating rest into our daily or weekly schedules.
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Matthew Bischoff
Tuesday, July 31, 2012 - A conversation with Matthew Bischoff of Lickability and the New York Times. Matthew Bischoff on Twitter MatthewBischoff.com Quotebook…
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#69: Talking about money
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…
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#68: Being a Student of the App Store
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…
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#67: The Apple Business Team
Tuesday, July 24, 2012 - Announcing a new schedule for Developing Perspective. New episodes will now be posted on Tuesdays and Thursdays. My first impressions…
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#66: Pricing for Features
Wednesday, July 18, 2012 - A bit of housekeeping. Comparing the various advantages and disadvantages of charging for features. Also whether to be universal or…
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#65: Pirates and Piracy
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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#64: Footnotes on Side Projects and iCloud Data Sync
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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#63: Side Projects and Internationalization
Thursday, July 12, 2012 - The importance of having Side Projects and Internationalization. iOS and Mac Podcasts Plain Wallpapers Cheddar API Question from Paul…
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#62: Size Does Matter
Monday, July 09, 2012 - Discussing the implications and considerations that a smaller iPad Mini would introduce.
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#61: Having a healthy relationship with Twitter
Thursday, July 05, 2012 - How to make peace with checking Twitter/RSS feeds during your work day. Question via @EricWelander
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#60: The Path to Independence
Monday, July 02, 2012 - A discussion of the path any developer can take to move towards independence. Question via Mason.
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#59: Good and Real Reasons
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…
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#58: Managing new SDKs
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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#57: A Developer’s Machine
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…
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#56: Meritocracy
Monday, June 18, 2012 — Reflections on how different this year’s WWDC was to last.
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#55: Personal Connections
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…
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#54: First Impressions from the WWDC Keynote
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…
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#53: Please, be polite at WWDC.
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…
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#51: Fear the Robot
Discussions on Multi-Platform Development and the new AppleTV Instapaper for Android Show 5 and Show 0.8
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#50: ‘Hacking’ the App Store
How to effectively use the WWDC app Instapaper on Kindle Practical lessons from How to build an App Empire
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#49: Addressing Demand
Getting Crash Reports from iTunes Connect Tracking user retention with update stats Pricing as a way to maximize revenue
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#48: All Good Things…
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…
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#47: Just beyond your grasp
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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#46: On the Rocket
A brief reminder to think of questions for WWDC, then a walkthrough of launch day. itcStatus Majic Rank Audiobooks
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#45: Failing in Success
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…
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#44: Free as in Beer
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…
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#43: Dealing with Delay
Discussing dealing with the unpredictable nature of app development. Starting with an example of how Audiobooks just got delayed and then hopefully giving some…
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#42: Good money after Bad
Evaluating the various places you can try to pay to get your app attention and how they all fail.
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#41: Prepare for Launch
Discussion of the steps involved in actually shipping an app once all the coding is done: iTunes Connect stuff, Marketing and promotion.