Launched

Shawn Hickman joins the show to talk about building the downtime organizer app Sofa. Edited by Jonathan Ruiz (https://mastodon.online/@refactoredd) Episode Sponsors ImpressKit (https://impresskit.net/) - Use offer code LAUNCHED at checkout for 25% off your first year. Links & Show Notes Shawn's Twitter (https://twitter.com/poohbers) Shawn on Mastodon (https://sofahq.social/@shawn) Sofa Website (https://sofahq.com/) Sofa Youtube Channel (https://www.youtube.com/@SofaHQ) Apollo (app) (https://apolloapp.io/) Shawn's video about making Sofa's PressKit (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ik79IGfqGfw) Apple Search Ads (https://searchads.apple.com/) Sub Club Podcast (https://subclub.com/) Oliver Pfeffer (https://opfeffer.com/) Meng To (https://twitter.com/mengto) Design+Code (Meng To's website) (https://designcode.io/) Mark Moeykens (https://twitter.com/bigmtnstudio) Big Mountain Studios (Mark's Youtube Channel) (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChH6WbyYeX0INJjrK2-6WSg) Sean Allen (https://twitter.com/seanallen_dev) Sean Allen (Youtube Channel) (https://www.youtube.com/c/SeanAllen) Paul Hudson (https://twitter.com/twostraws) Hacking with Swift (Paul's website) (https://www.hackingwithswift.com/) Support Launched ⭐️ Become a member (http://membership.launchedfm.com/) to support the show and get ad-free episodes! More Launched Website - launchedfm.com (https://launchedfm.com) Twitter - @LaunchedFM (https://twitter.com/launchedfm) Mastodon - @Launched@mastodon.social (https://mastodon.social/@Launched) Become a sponsor (https://launchedfm.com/sponsors)

Rony Fadel joins the show to talk about building AI Profile Pic and riding the generative AI wave. Edited by Jonathan Ruiz (https://mastodon.online/@refactoredd) Links & Show Notes Rony's Twitter (https://twitter.com/ronyfadel) AI Profile Pic (https://aiprofilepic.app/) Rony's Apps (https://www.fadel.io/) Mighty (https://www.mightyapp.com/) Playground AI (https://playgroundai.com/) Stable Diffusion (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stable_Diffusion) DreamBooth (https://dreambooth.github.io/) Christian Selig (https://twitter.com/ChristianSelig) Support Launched ⭐️ Become a member (http://membership.launchedfm.com/) to support the show and get ad-free episodes! More Launched Website - launchedfm.com (https://launchedfm.com) Twitter - @LaunchedFM (https://twitter.com/launchedfm) Mastodon - @Launched@mastodon.social (https://mastodon.social/@Launched) Become a sponsor (https://launchedfm.com/sponsors)

Jordan Morgan joins the show for the 2nd annual Launched Christmas Special! 🎄 We catch up on our indie lives over the last year, thoughts on sponsorships, Jordan's secret project, subscriptions, and of course... Twitter. Edited by Jonathan Ruiz (https://twitter.com/refactoredd) Links & Show Notes Jordan's Twitter (https://twitter.com/jordanmorgan10) Jordan's Mastodon (https://mastodon.social/@jordanmorgan) A Best-in-Class iOS App (Book Series) (https://www.bestinclassiosapp.com/) Last year's Launched Christmas Special (https://launchedfm.com/episodes/36-ChristmasSpecialwithJordanMorgan) Deep Dish Swift (iOS Conference) (https://deepdishswift.com/) Jordan next project announcement Tweet (https://twitter.com/jordanmorgan10/status/1564996453495410695?s=61&t=RgDhGHQBvS7AowEb2krjFQ) Sign up for Jordan's next project (https://www.daywellspent.io/) Mimestream (https://mimestream.com/) Flighty (https://flighty.app/) The One Device: The Secret History of the iPhone (Book) (https://www.amazon.com/One-Device-Secret-History-iPhone/dp/031654616X) More Launched Website - launchedfm.com (https://launchedfm.com) Mastodon - @Launched@mastodon.social (https://mastodon.social/@Launched) Twitter - @LaunchedFM (https://twitter.com/launchedfm)

Devin Davies joins the show to talk about building his excellent recipe app Crouton. Edited by Jonathan Ruiz (https://twitter.com/refactoredd) Links & Show Notes Devin's Twitter (https://twitter.com/JustMeDevin) Devin's Mastodon (https://mastodon.social/@JustMeDevin) Crouton (https://crouton.app/) Two Minute Noodles (Devin's Blog) (https://twominutenoodles.co.nz/) Daniel Gauthier (https://twitter.com/danielmgauthier) Ryan Ashcraft (https://mastodon.social/@ryanashcraft) Kyle Hughes (https://mister.computer/@kyle) More Launched Website - launchedfm.com (https://launchedfm.com) Twitter - @LaunchedFM (https://twitter.com/launchedfm) Mastodon - @Launched@mastodon.social (https://mastodon.social/@Launched)

Simon Støvring joins the show to talk about his career and prolific indie app catalogue including Scriptable, Data Jar, Jayson, and Runestone. Edited by Jonathan Ruiz (https://twitter.com/refactoredd) Links & Show Notes Simon's Twitter (https://twitter.com/simonbs) Simon on Mastodon (https://mastodon.social/@simonbs) Personal website (https://simonbs.dev/) Scriptable (https://scriptable.app/) Data Jar (https://datajar.app/) Jayson (https://jayson.app/) Runestone (App) (https://runestone.app/) Runestone (Open Source Project) (https://github.com/simonbs/runestone) Shape (https://shape.dk/) Toolbox Pro (https://toolboxpro.app/) Alex Hay on Launched (https://launchedfm.com/episodes/10-ToolboxPro-AlexHay) Mark Seemann (https://twitter.com/ploeh) Mark Seemann (blog) (https://blog.ploeh.dk/) Christian Selig (https://twitter.com/ChristianSelig) Up Ahead (App) (https://upaheadapp.com/) More Launched Website - launchedfm.com (https://launchedfm.com) Twitter - @LaunchedFM (https://twitter.com/launchedfm) Reddit - /r/LaunchedFM (https://www.reddit.com/r/LaunchedFM/)

Daniel Gauthier joins the show to talk about his delightful countdown app Up Ahead. Edited by Jonathan Ruiz (https://twitter.com/refactoredd) Links & Show Notes Daniel's Twitter (https://twitter.com/danielmgauthier) Up Ahead (https://upaheadapp.com/) Letterpress (https://www.macstories.net/reviews/loren-brichters-comeback-letterpress/) Shoebox (https://www.shoebox.md/) Daniel's "Going indie" blog series (https://danielgauthier.me/2020/01/26/indie-intro.html) Oh Bother (https://ohbother.app/) Tweet thread about future plans (https://twitter.com/TheUpAheadApp/status/1581108810185248770?s=20&t=q5FnfoB5cRuLplpkAxHdgQ) Daniel's Up Ahead announcement tweet (https://twitter.com/danielmgauthier/status/1416038880898396160?s=20&t=q5FnfoB5cRuLplpkAxHdgQ) Brian Mueller (creator of CARROT Weather (https://twitter.com/BrianMueller333) Mustafa (creator of Tasks) (https://twitter.com/mufasaYC) More Launched Website - launchedfm.com (https://launchedfm.com) Twitter - @LaunchedFM (https://twitter.com/launchedfm) Reddit - /r/LaunchedFM (https://www.reddit.com/r/LaunchedFM/)

Ryan Ashcraft joins the show to talk about his fantastic food tracking app FoodNoms. Edited by Jonathan Ruiz (https://twitter.com/refactoredd) Links & Show Notes Ryan's Twitter (https://twitter.com/ryanashcraft) FoodNoms (https://foodnoms.com/) Amplitude (https://amplitude.com/) MyFitnessPal (https://www.myfitnesspal.com/) Plausible (https://plausible.io/) Tweet showing FoodNoms scanning (https://twitter.com/food_noms/status/1178699681242763264?s=61&t=A2Z71KYSGvPNnvfiT3MJZw) On Launching Your Indie App (Jordan Morgan blog post) (https://www.swiftjectivec.com/on-launching-your-indie-app/) Spenser Skates (https://twitter.com/spenserskates) More Launched Website - launchedfm.com (https://launchedfm.com) Twitter - @LaunchedFM (https://twitter.com/launchedfm) Reddit - /r/LaunchedFM (https://www.reddit.com/r/LaunchedFM/)

Will Bishop joins the show to talk about his cooking app Pestle. Edited by Jonathan Ruiz (https://twitter.com/refactoredd) Links & Show Notes Will's Twitter (https://twitter.com/WillRBishop) Pestle (https://pestlechef.app/) Chirp (https://www.chirpapp.io/) Penbook (https://penbook.app/) Christian Selig (https://twitter.com/ChristianSelig) Steve Troughton-Smith (https://twitter.com/stroughtonsmith) Emmanuel Crouvisier (https://twitter.com/emcro) More Launched Website - launchedfm.com (https://launchedfm.com) Twitter - @LaunchedFM (https://twitter.com/launchedfm) Reddit - /r/LaunchedFM (https://www.reddit.com/r/LaunchedFM/)

Michael Flarup joins the show to talk about his multifaceted design career and the creation and launch of the amazing book celebrating the art form of iOS app icons. Edited by Jonathan Ruiz (https://twitter.com/refactoredd) Links & Show Notes Michael's Twitter (https://twitter.com/flarup) Michael's personal website (https://flarup.co/) The iOS App Icon Book (https://www.appiconbook.com/) Northplay (https://northplay.co/) Charlie post with early Launched artwork sketches (https://charliemchapman.com/posts/2020/1/27/launching-launched) Launching Outside (bts video) (https://vimeo.com/8671741) Thermodo Kickstarter (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/robocat/thermodo-the-tiny-thermometer-for-mobile-devices) Conduct This! (https://conductthis.com/this) Conduct Together! (https://conductthis.com/together) Designing For Augmented Reality (conference talk) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-r1VtYxvVIc) Headland (game) (https://www.headlandgame.com/) PixelResort (https://www.pixelresort.com/) Apply Pixels (https://applypixels.com/) Michael Video Before App Icon Book Kickstarter (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmuIkjTTuEY) More Launched Website - launchedfm.com (https://launchedfm.com) Twitter - @LaunchedFM (https://twitter.com/launchedfm) Reddit - /r/LaunchedFM (https://www.reddit.com/r/LaunchedFM/)

Joe Hribar joins the show to talk about his fascinating career building touchscreen graphics for live television broadcasts and creating the beloved iOS time tracking app Timery. Links & Show Notes Joe's Twitter (https://twitter.com/joehribar) Timery (https://timeryapp.com) Partly Sunny (https://www.partlysunnyapp.com) Severence: Defiant Jazz Playlist (Apple Music) (https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/severance-defiant-jazz/pl.c43f25a3ee1c48fbb890cbdc39d72cdc) Kathy Campbell (https://twitter.com/mrssoup) More Launched Website - launchedfm.com (https://launchedfm.com) Twitter - @LaunchedFM (https://twitter.com/launchedfm) Reddit - /r/LaunchedFM (https://www.reddit.com/r/LaunchedFM/)

Greg Pierce joins the show to talk about his career and the 10 year journey of the amazing notes app Drafts. Links & Show Notes Greg's Twitter (https://twitter.com/agiletortoise) Drafts (https://getdrafts.com) Agile Tortoise (https://agiletortoise.com) Mike Doughty (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Doughty) More Launched Website - launchedfm.com (https://launchedfm.com) Twitter - @LaunchedFM (https://twitter.com/launchedfm) Reddit - /r/LaunchedFM (https://www.reddit.com/r/LaunchedFM/)

Ben McCarthy joins the show to talk about building the outstanding pro camera app Obscura. Links & Show Notes Ben's Twitter (https://twitter.com/BenRiceM) Obscura 3 (https://obscura.camera) We gave our app away for free. What happened next will amaze you. (https://medium.com/@benricem/i-gave-my-app-away-for-free-what-happens-next-will-amaze-you-22f07bf1616f) Alex Cox (https://twitter.com/AlexCox) Matthew Bischoff (https://twitter.com/mb) Ricky Mondello (https://twitter.com/rmondello) More Launched Website - launchedfm.com (https://launchedfm.com) Twitter - @LaunchedFM (https://twitter.com/launchedfm) Reddit - /r/LaunchedFM (https://www.reddit.com/r/LaunchedFM/)

Casey Liss joins the show to discuss his new app MaskerAid along with his career in software development and podcasting. Links & Show Notes Casey's Twitter (https://twitter.com/caseyliss) MaskerAid Announcement (https://www.caseyliss.com/2022/3/3/maskeraid) MaskerAid (App Store) (https://apps.apple.com/us/app/maskeraid/id1590163828) Capability Maturity Model (https://t.co/1CQgWWiUpV) .NET Remoting (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.NET_Remoting) Casey's first tweet about ATP (https://twitter.com/caseyliss/status/311240395612884992) MFMessageComposeViewController (https://developer.apple.com/documentation/messageui/mfmessagecomposeviewcontroller) F%@#ing Block Syntax (http://fuckingblocksyntax.com) LINQ (Language Integrated Query (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Language_Integrated_Query) Ish Shabazz (https://twitter.com/ishabazz) Becky Hansmeyer (https://twitter.com/bhansmeyer) Christina Warren (https://twitter.com/film_girl) Eric Welander (https://www.youtube.com/c/EricWelander) More Launched Website - launchedfm.com (https://launchedfm.com) Twitter - @LaunchedFM (https://twitter.com/launchedfm) Reddit - /r/LaunchedFM (https://www.reddit.com/r/LaunchedFM/)

Michael Simmons joins the show to talk about co-founding Flexibits and creating the wonderful calendar app Fantastical and contacts app Cardhop. Links & Show Notes Michael's Twitter (https://twitter.com/macguitar) Fantastical (https://flexibits.com/fantastical) Cardhop (https://flexibits.com/cardhop) Flexibits (https://flexibits.com) Things by Cultured Code (https://culturedcode.com/things/) Ambrosia Software (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambrosia_Software) Panic (https://panic.com) More Launched Website - launchedfm.com (https://launchedfm.com) Twitter - @LaunchedFM (https://twitter.com/launchedfm) Reddit - /r/LaunchedFM (https://www.reddit.com/r/LaunchedFM/)

Emmanuel Crouvisier joins the show to talk about creating and growing the credit card rewards tracking app CardPointers. Links & Show Notes Emmanuel's Twitter (https://twitter.com/emcro) CardPointers (https://cardpointers.com) RevenueCat (https://www.revenuecat.com) Curtis Herbert (https://twitter.com/parrots) Christian Selig (https://twitter.com/ChristianSelig) Jordi Bruin (https://twitter.com/jordibruin) Soosee (App) (https://jordibruin.github.io/food-scanner/) More Launched Website - launchedfm.com (https://launchedfm.com) Twitter - @LaunchedFM (https://twitter.com/launchedfm) Reddit - /r/LaunchedFM (https://www.reddit.com/r/LaunchedFM/)

Chad Etzel joins the show to talk about his career, time at Apple, and creation of the iMessage sticker app Sticker Doodle. Links & Show Notes Chad's Twitter (https://twitter.com/jazzychad) VTech PreComputer 1000 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VTech_PreComputer_1000) Y Combinator (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y_Combinator) Chad's WWDC Video (https://developer.apple.com/videos/play/wwdc2020/10087/) Zach Freedman (https://www.youtube.com/c/ZackFreedman) Stuff Made Here (https://www.youtube.com/c/stuffmadehere) I Like to Make Stuff (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6x7GwJxuoABSosgVXDYtTw) Stephen Hawes (Steven the Robot) (https://www.youtube.com/c/StephenTheRobot) Mustafa (https://twitter.com/mufasaYC) More Launched Website - launchedfm.com (https://launchedfm.com) Twitter - @LaunchedFM (https://twitter.com/launchedfm) Reddit - /r/LaunchedFM (https://www.reddit.com/r/LaunchedFM/)

Aidan Fitzpatrick joins the show to talk about his career, founding the app studio Reincubate, and launching the excellent webcam app Camo. Links & Show Notes Aidan's Twitter (https://twitter.com/afit) Reincubate (https://reincubate.com) Camo (https://reincubate.com/camo/) Reincubate wins Queen's Award (https://reincubate.com/blog/queens-award/) Christian Selig (https://twitter.com/ChristianSelig) Chad Etzel (https://twitter.com/jazzychad) Astropad (https://astropad.com) David Cramer (https://twitter.com/zeeg) Panic (https://panic.com) Cabel Sasser (https://twitter.com/cabel) More Launched Website - launchedfm.com (https://launchedfm.com) Twitter - @LaunchedFM (https://twitter.com/launchedfm) Reddit - /r/LaunchedFM (https://www.reddit.com/r/LaunchedFM/)

Malin & Kai join the show to talk about their careers and building their excellent time based invoicing app Orbit for Mac and iOS! Links & Show Notes Malin's Twitter (https://twitter.com/malinsundberg) Kai's Twitter (https://twitter.com/airkai) Orbit (https://timeinorbit.com) Cup of Tech (podcast) (http://cupof.tech) Marco Arment (https://twitter.com/marcoarment) Things 3 (https://culturedcode.com/things/) Procreate (https://procreate.art) Kara Swisher (https://twitter.com/karaswisher) Panic (https://panic.com) General Magic (documentary) (https://www.generalmagicthemovie.com) More Launched Website - launchedfm.com (https://launchedfm.com) Twitter - @LaunchedFM (https://twitter.com/launchedfm) Reddit - /r/LaunchedFM (https://www.reddit.com/r/LaunchedFM/)

For the the 1st (annual?) Launched Christmas Special 🎄 Jordan Morgan joins the show to talk about the launch of his "Best-in-Class iOS App Book Series" his experiments with marketing. Links & Show Notes Jordan's Twitter (https://twitter.com/JordanMorgan10) Joe Birch (https://twitter.com/hitherejoe) Compose Academy (https://composeacademy.start.page) Josh Comeau (https://twitter.com/JoshWComeau) Adam Wathan (https://twitter.com/adamwathan) The Best-in-Class Book Beta Launch (blog post) (https://www.swiftjectivec.com/the-best-in-class-book-beta-launch/) The Early Access Retrospective (blog post) (https://www.swiftjectivec.com/Early-Access-Book-Retrospective/) Sarun (https://twitter.com/sarunw) More Launched Website - launchedfm.com (https://launchedfm.com) Twitter - @LaunchedFM (https://twitter.com/launchedfm) Reddit - /r/LaunchedFM (https://www.reddit.com/r/LaunchedFM/)

Sebastiaan de With & Ben Sandofsky join to show to talk about building the outstanding camera app Halide. Links & Show Notes Sebastiaan's Twitter (https://twitter.com/sdw) Ben's Twitter (https://twitter.com/sandofsky) Halide (app) (https://halide.cam) Spectre (app) (https://spectre.cam) Lux Blog (https://lux.camera) Halide Mark II (https://lux.camera/pro-camera-action-introducing-halide-mark-ii/) Sommer Panage (https://twitter.com/Sommer) Linda Dong (https://twitter.com/lindadong) Serenity Caldwell (https://twitter.com/settern) Jamie Zawinski (https://www.jwz.org/blog/) Joel Spolsky (https://www.joelonsoftware.com) Peter Norvig (https://norvig.com) More Launched Website - launchedfm.com (https://launchedfm.com) Twitter - @LaunchedFM (https://twitter.com/launchedfm) Reddit - /r/LaunchedFM (https://www.reddit.com/r/LaunchedFM/)