June 2010
1 post
Assessment of App Store economics →
This article is one of the better “back of the envelope” App Store scare stories. It is sad that most apps cannot turn a profit, but what if you left out all the obvious garbage, spammy, just plain bad apps? I think the outlook for good apps isn’t nearly this bad.
The estimate of $15,000 to develop an app sounds about right. It’s what I would charge for one month of full...
April 2010
4 posts
Big Hairy Challenge →
A friend is doing painful, humiliating things to his body for charity.
Responsive UI on the iPhone and iPad
Today I released an update to my iPhone & iPad app LinkDew. I think it does a decent job of keeping the UI responsive while doing some fairly intensive background operations.
The Problem
LinkDew is a Twitter client that displays photos uploaded by the people you follow. It uses Core Data to save information about your friends, their tweets and photos that were linked in the tweets. In the...
LinkDew is ready for Twitter’s transition to OAuth
Twitter recently reminded 3rd party developers that the “Basic Authentication” method will be removed in the coming weeks. This means that many web sites and applications, including iPhone apps, need to be updated in order to keep Twitter integration working. I expect that some old, abandoned apps in the App Store will stop working altogether.
My own LinkDew app was built for OAuth, so it will...
LinkDew for iPad and iPhone: A beautiful Twitter... →
My new app is available now. It is intended to be the simplest way to view your friends’ photos on Twitter. Hopefully I succeeded!
March 2010
2 posts
Best Free iPhone Apps for March 2010 →
Thank you to Appolicious for naming WhatVeggie one of the best apps of March 2010. I’m honoured!
WhatVeggie iPhone app now available
I’m pleased to announce a new iPhone app called WhatVeggie. It contains all kinds of great reference material about fruits and vegetables. Just take it to the store and type in the 4-digit codes on the stickers.
http://www.lundie.ca/whatveggie/