Release Notes

Tickets for Release Notes 2016 are now on sale, so today we share some of the details of what we have planned for the conference this year. We talk about the venue, travel, the dine around, our partnership with App Camp for Girls, and of course the friendships and connections that you can form. You […]

After chatting about Joe’s recent speaking engagement at mdevcon, we dive into the recent product announcements Apple made in their town hall event. We discuss the role customer feedback plays in Apple’s products, markets that may find the new (and cheaper) iPad Pro to be attractive, and the role that large companies might play in […]

On today’s Release Notes we discuss Press Kits – what format they should take, what to include in them, and how to make them available to the press. We also talk about encouraging the press to write about your product, and pursuing the right kind of press. Save the Date! If you enjoyed Release Notes […]

On today’s show we talk about a new subscription app maintenance service called AppCare which was recently launched by Fifteen Jugglers Software. We go on to consider the role of sales in an app business, lessons iOS and Mac developers could learn about sales from the Web software-as-a-service bootstrapping community, and the nature of consumer […]

Today we discuss shipping code. We talk about weighing the bugs and incomplete features that exist towards the end of a project and how we decide whether those problems are significant enough to delay a launch, the role that beta feedback plays in making the decision to ship, and the impact that the delay imposed […]

Today we talk about Just Landed which was recently removed from the App Store by its developer. We use Just Landed as a jumping off point to discuss some of the special challenges that certain App Store categories face, whether there are certain categories of apps that we think are unapproachable for indies, and the […]

Today Joe talks to Charles about his app MetaTax and the change in strategy that Charles is preparing for. We spend some time analyzing the performance of MetaTax, consider some theories for why MetaTax didn’t meet expectations, and discuss what Charles has planned to fix the issue. Save the Date! If you enjoyed Release Notes […]

Today we talk about juggling all the different responsibilities that we have to balance as indies. We discuss the challenges of balancing different roles (such as development, design, and QA) within a project, as well as the challenges of balancing different responsibilities within a business (product, contracting, marketing, and more). We share some of the […]

Today we continue our conversation about the shutdown of Parse and third-party dependencies in general. We talk about the opportunity costs of running your own backend, about balancing risk and opportunity, and about making contingency plans. Save the Date! If you enjoyed Release Notes last year (or just wish you had been able to attend), […]

Today we’re talking about the shutdown of Parse that was announced a few days ago. We talk about what we know, the impact on our community, and what other options exist for developers who have been affected by the shutdown. Save the Date! If you enjoyed Release Notes this year (or just wish you had […]