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Creating a sophisticated iPhone app involves a lot of sweat and toil. For some reason we developers tend to convince ourselves that because the program is running on a tiny 3.5 inch screen that somehow the problems of creating the software will be tiny too. It’s just not true. Developing an iPhone app of some [...]

When I worked at Apple and Claris we had sophisticated usability labs with multiple cameras and one-way mirrors to record every subtle aspect of a user’s interactions. We built and tested prototypes to validated our software interface designs. As a solo independent app developer I knew the value of these techniques, but I also knew [...]

It seems Apple is lowering the boom on iPhone apps that directly access the iPhone’s digital photo media folder.