Brent Simmons: Advice for Indies

You have to work every day. You have to sit in the chair and stay seated. And sleep and come back to the chair. You need to wear out that chair and then buy a new one and then wear out that one.
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I shouldn’t even have to say it, but I [...]

Now, this sounds familiar. Mike Ash, describes the process of developing iPhone applications.

Finally, nearly a month after the original submission, the application is accepted by Apple and appears in the store. It spent longer going through Apple’s approval process than it did in development! And while Apple did find a legitimate bug, spending a [...]

Justin Williams on lessons learned in his first few months as an indie developer working on his Mac software, Today.

I’ve officially been indie since the end of April and have had varying degrees of success…

Gustavo Duarte: Lucky to be a Programmer
Under the right conditions, writing software is so intensely pleasurable it should be illegal.
Many programmers relate to this, but others are taken aback when they hear it. I think it’s because institutions are so good at squeezing the fun out of everything. It’s appalling for example how schools can [...]

What does crunch time only three days before the submission deadline for Apple’s iPhone AppStore look like?

And with that, I need more coffee.
Update (July 6, 2008): As per request, the visible apps running on the large display include Photoshop, Terminal.app, and Xcode. The front-most windows belong to a custom map and level designer [...]