Developing Perspective

A podcast discussing news of note in iOS Development, Apple and the like.

All Episodes

2026

  1. #227: Pivotal

2015

  1. Developing a New Perspective
  2. #225: Users per Day.
  3. #224: Unplanned Absence.
  4. #223: What to expect this summer.
  5. #222: WWDC 2015 First Impressions.
  6. #221: Circular Revenue.
  7. #220: The Essential Experience.
  8. #219: Accidental.
  9. #218: Blazing Trails.
  10. #217: The Brand.
  11. #216: The Hustle.
  12. #215: Insidious Features.
  13. #214: App Store Snowstorm.
  14. #213: Showing Up and Shipping Apps.
  15. #212: Four Phases of a Gold Rush.
  16. #211: Asterisk Free Marketing.
  17. #210: Polymaths.
  18. #209: Not so Fast.
  19. #208: Sam Soffes.
  20. #207: Irresistible Complexity

2014

  1. #206: Can the App Store be Full?
  2. #205: AILW - Economics of WatchKit Apps.
  3. #204: Delightfully Pragmatic.
  4. #203: Divided by One.
  5. #202: Four Quadrants of Ideas
  6. #201: On Expedition.
  7. #200: Sustained.
  8. #199: Resolution Irrelevant.
  9. #198: Boring and Superstitious.
  10. #197: Speculative Development.
  11. #196: Faust had it easy.
  12. #195: Pincer Maneuvers and Stubbed Toes.
  13. #194: In Review.
  14. #193: Update Treadmill.
  15. #192: Nobility of Effort.
  16. #191: Insulated Perspectives.
  17. #190: Everything but a Business Model
  18. #189: In the Loop
  19. #188: Thoughtful Accessibility
  20. #187: Explorers
  21. #186: Dropping Bombs
  22. #185: Pick up your Kite.
  23. #184: The Middle Path?
  24. #183: Anxiety and Inertia
  25. #182: Unconventional Wisdom, Listen to Spock.
  26. #181: Unconventional wisdom, pricing.
  27. #180: Enduring Features.
  28. #179: Avoiding the Stampede.
  29. #178: Customer Escape Hatches
  30. #177: Something in Mind.
  31. #176: Make it up in Volume
  32. #175: Towards a Better App Store: Part 1
  33. #174: A Livelihood
  34. #173: Roses by Other Names
  35. #172: Going Global.
  36. #171: Pros and Cons of Localization.
  37. #170(#156): Distinctiveness
  38. #155: Headroom

2013

  1. #154: Something You Are Proud Of.
  2. #153: It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas.
  3. #152: Push-Pull Marketing.
  4. #151: A tree falls in the Woods.
  5. #150: Five Years in the App Store
  6. #149: Audits.
  7. #148: Trading in Pork Bellies.
  8. #147: Our Retina Futures.
  9. #146: Get up, Get Moving.
  10. #145: Real World Price Dynamics with Lauren Smith.
  11. #144: Pod Wrangler and Getting Creative.
  12. #143: Bare Metal.
  13. #142: iPhone 5s/5c First Impressions.
  14. #141: Sweeping Statements with Incomplete Information.
  15. #140: Managing Beta Testing.
  16. #139: Transferring Apps and Affiliate Linking.
  17. #138: The New World.
  18. #137: Catastrophic Failure
  19. #136: The iOS 7 Conundrum.
  20. #135: Choices.
  21. #134: Useful Toys.
  22. #133: Two Years and Principles of Solid Design.
  23. #132: Embracing the Future.
  24. #131: The Greatest Good for the Greatest Number.
  25. #130: WWDC Final Impressions.
  26. #129: WWDC 2013 First Impressions
  27. #128: WWDC Tips and Etiquette.
  28. #127: Hopes for iOS7
  29. #126: Scaling.
  30. #125: Invisible App Store Hands.
  31. #124: Fear and Learning.
  32. #123: Introducing Feed Wrangler.
  33. #122: A Few thoughts on WWDC 2013.
  34. #121: Dealing with Rejection.
  35. #120: Setting up an App Store Developer Account.
  36. #119: Go Big or Ship?
  37. #118: Ambitious.
  38. #117: Avoid, Defer, Remember.
  39. #116: Competing with rather than against.
  40. #115: Pitching the Press with Shawn Blanc
  41. #114: Google Reader and Feed Wrangler.
  42. #113: The One vs The Many.
  43. #112: Servers, Servers Everywhere.
  44. #111: In it for the long haul.
  45. #110: Stay in School.
  46. Marco Arment. Infinite Potential.
  47. #108: Negotiating.
  48. Brent Simmons. The Village Toymaker.
  49. #107: Adoption Rates and Reasons for Independence.
  50. #106: Fashionable Apps.
  51. #105: An Ergonomic Work Environment.
  52. #104: Learning to Love App Review.
  53. #103: Coding Sins.
  54. #102: Sharpening Your Skills.
  55. #101: The 3 C’s of a balanced life.

2012

  1. #100: Showing Up.
  2. #99: Handling your Finances.
  3. #98: Practical Helpdesk
  4. #97: Sales and Power Songs.
  5. #96: Ending Something, Splitting Something, Analyzing Something.
  6. #95: Reinventing the Wheel
  7. #94: Git and Source Control.
  8. #93: Universal and Lite.
  9. #92: The New Developer Machine Landscape.
  10. #91: Thank you and the Road from Here.
  11. #90: Check the Weather
  12. #89: Counting Down.
  13. #88: Conferences and Unique Opportunities.
  14. #87: Basic App Marketing.
  15. #86: App Pricing.
  16. #85: Pragmatism.
  17. #84: Shipped it.
  18. #83: Performance and Letting Go.
  19. #82: Localizing an App.
  20. The iPhone 5.
  21. #80: Managing functionality.
  22. #79: Getting Ready for iOS 6.
  23. #78: Managing 3rd Party Libraries.
  24. #77: Prototyping a new project.
  25. #76: The best way to avoid distractions.
  26. #75: Rates and Contracts
  27. Rob Rhyne
  28. #74: Transitioning to iOS
  29. #73: Updates, Updates, Updates.
  30. #72: Mistakes, Designing Icons and getting Acquired.
  31. Bill Dudney
  32. #71: Pruning your App Garden
  33. #70: The Importance of Rest
  34. Matthew Bischoff
  35. #69: Talking about money
  36. #68: Being a Student of the App Store
  37. #67: The Apple Business Team
  38. #66: Pricing for Features
  39. #65: Pirates and Piracy
  40. #64: Footnotes on Side Projects and iCloud Data Sync
  41. #63: Side Projects and Internationalization
  42. #62: Size Does Matter
  43. #61: Having a healthy relationship with Twitter
  44. #60: The Path to Independence
  45. #59: Good and Real Reasons
  46. #58: Managing new SDKs
  47. #57: A Developer’s Machine
  48. #56: Meritocracy
  49. #55: Personal Connections
  50. #54: First Impressions from the WWDC Keynote
  51. #53: Please, be polite at WWDC.
  52. #52: More Power
  53. #51: Fear the Robot
  54. #50: ‘Hacking’ the App Store
  55. #49: Addressing Demand
  56. #48: All Good Things…
  57. #47: Just beyond your grasp
  58. #46: On the Rocket
  59. #45: Failing in Success
  60. #44: Free as in Beer
  61. #43: Dealing with Delay
  62. #42: Good money after Bad
  63. #41: Prepare for Launch
  64. #40: Ship It
  65. #39: The Grass is Shorter
  66. #37: DubDub
  67. #36: Headline News
  68. #35: IcönFactory
  69. #34: Clear
  70. #33: Hosting for Indies
  71. #32 - Cycles of Attention
  72. #31 - Temple Space Verb
  73. #30: iOS Networking Stacks
  74. #29: Working in an Office
  75. #28: Quiet and Authorship

2011

  1. #27: 53 Weeks In The App Store
  2. #26 - Remembering Steve.
  3. #25 - Secrets are Fun.
  4. #24 - Staying focused.
  5. #23 - New iPhones
  6. #22 - After the Launch
  7. #21 - Submitting to the App Store
  8. #20 - Parkinson’s Law
  9. #19 - Setting up for the App Store
  10. #18 - Books and Learning
  11. #17 - Aligning Incentives
  12. #16 - Thank You Steve
  13. #15 - Counting your Time
  14. #14 - My Setup
  15. #13 - Perspective
  16. #12 - Going on Vacation
  17. #11 - My Workflow
  18. #10 - A Digital Diet
  19. #9 - Just Getting Started
  20. #8 - Living the ‘Lifestyle’
  21. #7 - Healthcare for Indies
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