The MDN Show Episode 06
Released: 16th August 2009

Welcome to the MDN Show episode 6. After being away for a few weeks on vacation Scotty has refound the microphone but failed to find John. So bravely continuing on his own he introduces the final everMac Software Business Year One , gets Martin Pilkington to talk about his Accessible Mac Column and leads us on our normal trip into The World According to Gemmell. So sit back, relax and enjoy!

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The MDN Show

The Mac Developer Network Show (The MDN Show) is a one stop show for Mac, iPhone and iPad Software Developers. Enfolding, embracing and including some classic Mac developer podcasts such as Late Night Cocoa, The Mac Developer Roundtable, The Mac Software Business Podcast, Developer Lives and CocoaFusion as well as adding features such as news, views, reviews and the now infamous World According Gemmell in an easy to listen to magazine style format.

Show Sponsors

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Show Notes

Mac Software Business (Year 1)

In this four part spin-off series, Mac Software Business: Year One, we'll cover the life of three new Mac indie startups, with one seasoned veteran provided for good measure. Our fourth and final episode is about taking it to the next level: becoming successful enough to develop our software full time.

Some of the things that we talked about in this episode:

  • What choices did our panelists make that had the biggest impact on their ability to go indie?
  • How did they pass the inflection point where you have too much work for a day job and not enough income to go indie?
  • What are some of the biggest surprises that this group encountered as indie developers? How different is it from what they expected?
  • Is there anything that these guys would change about how they got where they are? What were some of their biggest mistakes?
  • What are some problems that they encountered as they got bigger?
  • What is the most important thing that this panel has learned since the first podcast?
Picks

Finally, a big thank you to the panel and to all of our listeners!

Sponsor Segment

Thanks to our show sponsor RemObjects Software

The Accessible Mac

Martin Pilkington talks about his Accessible Mac Column found on the MDN website.

Sponsor Segment

Thanks to our show sponsor Invasive Code

Mac App Store Roundtable Announcement

Want to take part in a Mac Developer Roundtable on a Mac App Store then contact Scotty

The World According To Gemmell

Matt Legend Gemmell gives us advice on keeping a design log during the software development process and suggests how this might even help us market our applications.

Special Guests

Name: Gus Mueller
Company : Flying Meat
Blog: Gus's blog
Twitter: @ccgus

Gus toils his days away programming for Flying Meat. When he's not typing away on his latest project, you can find him at the climbing gym or playing one of his guitars.

Name: Kevin Hoctor
Company : No Thirst Software
Blog: Kevin's blog
Twitter: @KevinHoctor

Kevin is the owner and head developer of Nothirst software the makers of Moneywell

 

Guests Show Hosts

Name: Keith Alperin
Company : Helium Foot
Blog: Helium Foot Blog
Twitter: @kalperin

Keith is the owner and developer at Helium Foot Software and develops MercuryMover, Highbrow and Grocery List

Name: Martin Pilkington
Company : MCubed Software
Blog: Martin's blog
Twitter: @pilky

Martin Pilkington is the person behind M Cubed Software, the creators of Minim, Lighthouse Keeper and Code Collector Pro. When he isn't developing software he is being musical or studying for his degree. Martin's has taken a great interest in application accessibility after taking a brief glance at Apple's documentation one evening and realising how much can be done to improve applications with only a little work. Since then he has started a push to make the Mac the most accessible platform.

Name: Matt Legend Gemmell
Company: Instinctive Code
Blog: Matt's blog
Twitter: @mattgemmell

Matt Legend Gemmell (yes, really – and it’s Matt, not Matthew) is a freelance Mac OS X and iPhone developer based in Edinburgh in the UK. Matt has been developing for Mac OS X since 10.0 Developer Preview 4 in late 2000. Matt is a prolific contributor to the Cocoa open source community and focuses primarily on intuitive interaction and interface design. Matt has source code in use in more than 60 third-party applications (that he knows of; likely many, many more). Matt hosts the incredibly popular "World According To Gemmell" segment of The MDN Show

 

Show Hosts

Name: Steve (Scotty) Scott
Company : mamooba
Blog: Scotty's blog
Twitter: @macdevnet

Steve "Scotty" Scott is the founder of The Mac Developer Network, co-organizer of NSConference and developer of TrackTime.

 

Show Statistics & Information

Running Time: 1 hr 14 mins mins
Download Size: 58MB
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