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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. Never longer than 15 minutes.

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#186: Dropping Bombs

Developing Perspective ·

2014/06/02

My initial impressions on the 2014 WWDC Keynote. Wow, it was a big one.

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14:57

#185: Pick up your Kite.

Developing Perspective ·

2014/05/27

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 productive. If you are going to WWDC I commend these two #128: WWDC Tips and Etiquette. #53: Please, be polite at WWDC. Today I’m going to talk through a bit of my thoughts heading into WWDC. If the last episode bummed you out a bit this will hopefully put a more positive spin onto things. I also talk a bit about what

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14:51

#184: The Middle Path?

Developing Perspective ·

2014/05/16

I wax philosophical about the future. Trying to wrestle with the uncertainty that surrounds our industry. Some products succeed, some products fail. Where will mine fall?

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0:00

#183: Anxiety and Inertia

Developing Perspective ·

2014/05/02

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 so. Anxiety and Inertia I’ll be taking a quick break from the Unconventional Wisdom series today. I want to ruminate a bit on something more topical for my personally. Feed Wrangler hit its one year anniversary this past week. That accomplishment in and of itself is rather significant for me. If you have been listening to this

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11:55

#182: Unconventional Wisdom, Listen to Spock.

Developing Perspective ·

2014/04/25

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 year I’m giving the campaign a nice long run (through April 28). The shirt design this year combines three distinctly geeky things—underscores, square brackets and fixed width fonts. Shirts are $14.59 (never longer than 15 minutes). Get one at http://teespring.com/developing. My thanks for the dozens of people who have already got

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15:00

#181: Unconventional wisdom, pricing.

Developing Perspective ·

2014/04/18

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 year I’m giving the campaign a nice long run (through April 28). The shirt design this year combines three distinctly geeky things—underscores, square brackets and fixed width fonts. Shirts are $14.59 (never longer than 15 minutes). Get one at http://teespring.com/developing . Wrapping up I have published the consolidated,

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15:00

#180: Enduring Features.

Developing Perspective ·

2014/04/11

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 generally went really well and I think this is likely the process we’ll see going forward. It isn’t perfect but is as good as I could imagine. Improving the App Store: Part 5 Ratings The star rating of an application is the most important aspects of the sale experience that is outside of the developer’s direct control.

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14:52

#179: Avoiding the Stampede.

Developing Perspective ·

2014/04/03

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 involved in choosing the level of abstraction to use for your web-service backends, explaining my own tendency to go pretty low level. Starting from these few posts: The Parts of Your Platform Web Hosting For App Developers On Running Your Own Servers, and Why We’re Not

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14:28

#178: Customer Escape Hatches

Developing Perspective ·

2014/03/27

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 store. Make the App Store Refund policy more obvious I really don’t understand why Apple makes the refund process so opaque and awkward. I know from my own experience in physical stores that a clear and easy refund policy helps drive sales. It is far better than a ‘trial-mode’ because it sustains the value of the app

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13:56

#177: Something in Mind.

Developing Perspective ·

2014/03/14

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 Store, trying to find practical suggestions for how we could improve the App Store. Today I’m going to focus on Search. Physical Design: Make the cards interface for search optional (if not eliminated). Ranking: Rewards or punish applications based on objective measures. For example, recently updated, crash frequency, refund requests,

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0:00

#176: Make it up in Volume

Developing Perspective ·

2014/03/06

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 for customers. Today I’m going to talk about the Store’s size. The size of the App Store’s catalog is often thrown around as a valuable, useful metric for judging the heath and vitality of the ecosystem. That may have been true before a certain scale. There is value in having a diverse and deep inventory that mets

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15:00

#175: Towards a Better App Store: Part 1

Developing Perspective ·

2014/02/27

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 that it will take quite a few 15 minute conversations to really unpack what can practically be done to make the App Store a better place. A note on Show Notes. I’m planning to continue the long form notes for now, but realize that they are only a taste of what is discussed in the show and not a transcript. The Goal It is perhaps a bit

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0:00

#174: A Livelihood

Developing Perspective ·

2014/02/12

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 of our industry. The Hate Things like Twitter and the short attention span culture that grows up around it have developed a mentality where it seems perfectly acceptable to tear apart other people or their work. Over the weekend I was disheartened to see so many people I know and admire passing judgement on someone they didn’t

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14:46

#173: Roses by Other Names

Developing Perspective ·

2014/02/05

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 Paper-on-Paper-on-Paper-on-Paper battle but I thought it was an interesting topic to address more generally. Naming is an important part of creating, launching and marketing a product. Along with your icon it is probably the single most significant part of your branding efforts. It is what people will search for and how they will

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14:50

#172: Going Global.

Developing Perspective ·

2014/02/03

Lessons learned from launching Pedometer++ 2.0. Stopping worrying too much about version numbers. Leaving time buffers to accommodate iTunes Connect issues. The success of localization.

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14:50

#171: Pros and Cons of Localization.

Developing Perspective ·

2014/01/22

I recently went through the process of localizing Pedometer++. Today I walk through my thought process and experience doing that. Whether you should localize isn’t always a simple question. Previous Episode on Localization WWDC Video about Localization Apple Developer Overview My Cheat Sheet for looking up Languages iTunes Connect Transporter Tethras, the service I use

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14:52

#170(#156): Distinctiveness

Developing Perspective ·

2014/01/15

I’m renumbering the shows going forward. Early on the show’s history I made a few mistakes where I skipped numbers in the ordering. Now the numbers correctly reflect the number of episodes I’ve created to-date. I’ll be speaking at NSNorth in Ottawa, Canada. The conference runs from May 8-10. Today my main topic is about distinctiveness. Stemming from my experience with copy-cat apps of Pedometer++.

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14:40

#155: Headroom

Developing Perspective ·

2014/01/06

I took two weeks off the internet and work. Here are a few of the things I learned from the experience and the changes I’m making in my own life. Invest in fewer but more personal relationships. Avoid controversies. Slow Down, stabilize on quality before moving forward. Try to be less cynical. Read my App Store reviews. Listen to all my customers. The video I mentioned in the intro. App Store Distribution and Marketing for Apps

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13:14

#154: Something You Are Proud Of.

Developing Perspective ·

2013/12/13

It matters that you can make a living — but it matters more how you make your living. Decisions and Tensions

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13:37

#153: It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas.

Developing Perspective ·

2013/12/05

Talking through some of the implications of the Christmas bump in the App Store. How to prepare for it and some mistakes I’d like to avoid making again. Allowing yourself to be a bit creative and exploratory with features. I’ll be speaking at two conferences next spring. NSConf CocoaConf

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