Launched

Ryan Jones joins the show to talk about becoming an iOS app entrepreneur and founding the fantastic flight tracking app Flighty. Links & Show Notes Ryan Twitter (https://twitter.com/rjonesy) Flighty (https://www.flightyapp.com) Pttrns (design inspiration) (https://www.pttrns.com) Mobbin (design inspiration) (https://mobbin.design/browse/ios/apps) Van Westendorp's Price Sensitivity Meter (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_Westendorp%27s_Price_Sensitivity_Meter) Ryan's interview on Sub Club (https://subclub.com/episode/ryan-jones-going-all-in-on-indie-app-development) Loren Brichter (https://twitter.com/lorenb) John Gruber (https://twitter.com/gruber?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor) Marco Arment (https://twitter.com/marcoarment) Transit App (https://transitapp.com) Github Mobile App (https://github.com/mobile) Deliveries App (https://deliveries.app/en.html) More Launched Website - launchedfm.com (https://launchedfm.com) Twitter - @LaunchedFM (https://twitter.com/launchedfm) Reddit - /r/LaunchedFM (https://www.reddit.com/r/LaunchedFM/)

Launched is back! Russ Shanahan joins the show to talk about his iOS app health tracking app Happy Scale. Links & Show Notes Russ on Twitter (https://twitter.com/russshanahan?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor) Happy Scale (https://happyscale.com) Indie Beginnings Podcast (https://indiebeginnings.net/2-basically-happy-with-russ-shanahan/) Russ' Inspirations Daniel Gautier (https://twitter.com/danielmgauthier) Kushagra Agarwal (https://twitter.com/kushsolitary) Curtis Herbert (https://twitter.com/parrots) Kaya Thomas (https://twitter.com/kthomas901) Rogue Amoeba (https://rogueamoeba.com) Panic (https://panic.com) Astro (https://astropad.com) More Launched Website - launchedfm.com (https://launchedfm.com) Twitter - @LaunchedFM (https://twitter.com/launchedfm) Reddit - /r/LaunchedFM (https://www.reddit.com/r/LaunchedFM/)

Launched is taking a break for the summer. See you next fall! Links & Show Notes Charlie's app Dark Noise (https://darknoise.app) More Launched Website - launchedfm.com (https://launchedfm.com) Twitter - @LaunchedFM (https://twitter.com/launchedfm)

Marco Arment joins the show to talk about his indie iOS developer career from Instapaper to The Magazine to Overcast... with a few fun rabbit trails into podcasting itself! Links & Show Notes Marco on Twitter (https://twitter.com/marcoarment) Marco's Blog (https://marco.org) Overcast (https://overcast.fm) ATP (Accidental Tech Podcast) (https://atp.fm) Under the Radar Podcast (https://www.relay.fm/radar) The Magazine (Archive) (https://the-magazine.org) Instapaper (https://www.instapaper.com) tumblr (https://www.tumblr.com) Original Instapaper Launch Post (https://marco.org/2008/01/28/instapaper) Brent Simmons (https://twitter.com/brentsimmons) Inessential (Brent's blog) (https://inessential.com) David Smith (https://twitter.com/_davidsmith) Casey Johnston (https://twitter.com/caseyjohnston) A Swole Woman (https://www.vice.com/en/topic/ask-a-swole-woman) More Launched Website - launchedfm.com (https://launchedfm.com) Twitter - @LaunchedFM (https://twitter.com/launchedfm) Reddit - /r/LaunchedFM (https://www.reddit.com/r/LaunchedFM/)

Josh Holtz joins the show to talk about what it's like being lead maintainer of Fastlane, and joining the iOS indie dev community with An Otter RSS Reader and ConnectKit. Links & Show Notes Josh on Twitter (https://twitter.com/joshdholtz) joshholtz.com (https://www.joshholtz.com) RokkinCat (https://rokkincat.com) Fastlane (http://fastlane.tools) ConnectKit (https://connectkit.app) An Otter RSS (https://anotterrss.com) Indie Dev Monday (https://indiedevmonday.com) Michael Tigas (https://twitter.com/michael_tigas/status/1378942624183111683) Focused Work: Focus Timer (https://focusedwork.app) More Launched Website - launchedfm.com (https://launchedfm.com) Twitter - @LaunchedFM (https://twitter.com/launchedfm) Reddit - /r/LaunchedFM (https://www.reddit.com/r/LaunchedFM/)

Matt Ronge joins the show to talk about co-founding Astro HQ, building Astropad and Luna Display, and dealing with fallout of being sherlocked by Apple. Links & Show Notes Matt on Twitter (https://twitter.com/mronge) Astropad (https://astropad.com) Luna Display (https://astropad.com/product/lunadisplay/) What to Do When You Get Sherlocked by Apple (blog post) (https://astropad.com/sherlocked-by-apple/) Luna Display Kickstarter (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/767721702/luna-display) Project Blue (Astropad on Windows (https://astropad.com/projectblue/) Michael Fogleman (https://twitter.com/FogleBird) Noel Berry (https://twitter.com/NoelFB) Peter Steinberger (https://twitter.com/steipete) Georg Petschnigg (https://twitter.com/georgpetschnigg) More Launched Website - launchedfm.com (https://launchedfm.com) Twitter - @LaunchedFM (https://twitter.com/launchedfm) Reddit - /r/LaunchedFM (https://www.reddit.com/r/LaunchedFM/)

Ryan McLeod joins the show to talk about creating the Apple Design Award winning iOS game Blackbox. Links & Show Notes Ryan on Twitter (https://twitter.com/warpling) Blackbox (https://www.blackboxpuzzles.com) Gus Callahan (https://www.guscallahan.com) Apple Design Award Unboxing Video (Majd from Darkroom) (https://twitter.com/usedarkroom/status/1278378242336940032?lang=en) Designing for the command line - Amanda Pinsker (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsjeZZVAk1E) @beesandbombs (https://twitter.com/beesandbombs) Blackbox Video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZP4ZSsilC8) Julian Clark (https://www.oceanmagicpro.com/julian-clark-1) More Launched Website - launchedfm.com (https://launchedfm.com) Twitter - @LaunchedFM (https://twitter.com/launchedfm) Reddit - /r/LaunchedFM (https://www.reddit.com/r/LaunchedFM/)

Gui Rambo joins the show to talk about his awesome Mac app AirBuddy and his journey as a software spelunker to 9to5Mac writer. Links & Show Notes Gui on Twitter (https://twitter.com/_inside) AirBuddy (https://v2.airbuddy.app) ChibiStudio (https://chibi.app) 9to5Mac (https://9to5mac.com/author/guirambobr/) StackTrace Podcast (https://stacktracepodcast.fm) Mark Rober (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCY1kMZp36IQSyNx_9h4mpCg) Gui's Blog (https://rambo.codes) More Launched Website - launchedfm.com (https://launchedfm.com) Twitter - @LaunchedFM (https://twitter.com/launchedfm) Reddit - /r/LaunchedFM (https://www.reddit.com/r/LaunchedFM/)

Stephen Hackett joins the show to talk about starting his blog 512 Pixels and co-founding the Relay FM podcast network. Links & Show Notes Stephen on Twitter (https://twitter.com/ismh) 512 Pixels (https://512pixels.net) Relay FM (https://www.relay.fm) Sara Dietschy (https://www.youtube.com/saradietschy) Tyler Stalman (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6OICk-ceplUJf4sCN3DMnQ) More Launched Website - launchedfm.com (https://launchedfm.com) Twitter - @LaunchedFM (https://twitter.com/launchedfm) Reddit - /r/LaunchedFM (https://www.reddit.com/r/LaunchedFM/)

Paul Hudson joins the show to tell us his origin story that led to running one of the best Swift learning resources in Hacking with Swift. Links & Show Notes Paul on Twitter (https://twitter.com/twostraws) Hacking with Swift (https://www.hackingwithswift.com) Tom Cruise Screaming Trailer (https://youtu.be/kRqxyqjpOHs?t=39) Slack DVD (by Jordan Singer) (https://twitter.com/jsngr/status/1350851991640145925) Diversity in Swift (https://swift.org/blog/diversity-in-swift/) Hacking with Swift Live (https://www.hackingwithswift.com/live) SpecialEffect (https://www.specialeffect.org.uk) Kathy Sierra (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathy_Sierra) Creating Passionate Users (http://headrush.typepad.com) Head First Book Series (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Head_First_(book_series)) More Launched Website - launchedfm.com (https://launchedfm.com) Twitter - @LaunchedFM (https://twitter.com/launchedfm) Reddit - /r/LaunchedFM (https://www.reddit.com/r/LaunchedFM/)

Eliz Kılıç joins the show to talk about her wonderful timezone app Dilims. Links & Show Notes Eliz on Twitter (https://twitter.com/eliz_kilic) Dilims (https://apps.apple.com/us/app/dilims-time-zones-app/id1487998811) James Thomson (https://twitter.com/jamesthomson) Eliz's Personal Site (https://eliz.dev) More Launched Website - launchedfm.com (https://launchedfm.com) Twitter - @LaunchedFM (https://twitter.com/launchedfm) Reddit - /r/LaunchedFM (https://www.reddit.com/r/LaunchedFM/)

David Smith joins the show to talk the wildly popular Widgetsmith and his career as an indie developer. Links & Show Notes David on Twitter (https://twitter.com/_davidsmith) Widgetsmith (https://apps.apple.com/us/app/widgetsmith/id1523682319) Watchsmith (https://apps.apple.com/us/app/watchsmith/id1483088503) David's Apps (https://www.david-smith.org/apps/) Under the Radar (podcast) (https://www.relay.fm/radar) TikTok Video of Widgetsmith (https://www.tiktok.com/@katamogz/video/6873862268413545730) Chris Liscio (https://twitter.com/liscio) Loren Brichter (https://twitter.com/lorenb) More Launched Website - launchedfm.com (https://launchedfm.com) Twitter - @LaunchedFM (https://twitter.com/launchedfm) Reddit - /r/LaunchedFM (https://www.reddit.com/r/LaunchedFM/)

Ish Shabazz joins the show to talk about his iOS developer origin story and launching his daily-planning app Capsicum. Links & Show Notes Ish on Twitter (https://twitter.com/ishabazz) Capsicum (https://capsicum.app) app: the human story (Documentary) (https://appdocumentary.com) How To Be An Antiracist (Book) (https://www.ibramxkendi.com/how-to-be-an-antiracist-1) Novall Swift (https://twitter.com/novallswift?lang=en) More Launched Website - launchedfm.com (https://launchedfm.com) Twitter - @LaunchedFM (https://twitter.com/launchedfm) Reddit - /r/LaunchedFM (https://www.reddit.com/r/LaunchedFM/)

Oisín Prendiville joins the show to talk about launching and growing the fantastic podcast app Castro. Links & Show Notes Oisín on Twitter (https://twitter.com/prendio2) Castro (https://castro.fm) Tokens 2 (https://gikken.co/tokens/) NativeConnect (https://nativeconnect.app) Tiny (https://www.tinycapital.com) John Ryan (https://twitter.com/johndryan) Pádraig (https://twitter.com/padraig) Cabel Sasser (https://twitter.com/cabel) Steven Frank (https://stevenf.com) 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/)

Majd Taby joins the show to talk about the launch and growth of his Apple Design Award winning app Darkroom as well as writing and publishing the book Displaced: Stories from the Syrian Diaspora. Links & Show Notes Majd on Twitter (https://twitter.com/jtaby) Darkroom (http://usedarkroom.com) Displaced: Stories from the Syrian Diaspora (https://syriandiaspora.com) Majd "Apple Design Award Unboxing" video (https://twitter.com/usedarkroom/status/1278378242336940032) More Launched Website - launchedfm.com (https://launchedfm.com) Twitter - @LaunchedFM (https://twitter.com/launchedfm) Reddit - /r/LaunchedFM (https://www.reddit.com/r/LaunchedFM/)

Brian Mueller joins the show to talk about CARROT Weather and his suite of other apps sharing the maniacal AI. Links & Show Notes Brian on Twitter (https://twitter.com/BrianMueller333) CARROT apps (https://www.meetcarrot.com) Marco Arment (https://twitter.com/marcoarment) David Smith (https://twitter.com/_DavidSmith) Curtis Herbert (https://twitter.com/parrots) Christian Selig (https://twitter.com/ChristianSelig) More Launched Website - launchedfm.com (https://launchedfm.com) Twitter - @LaunchedFM (https://twitter.com/launchedfm) Reddit - /r/LaunchedFM (https://www.reddit.com/r/LaunchedFM/)

I'm taking a short break from Launched this month as my kids and wife start up the school year. Links & Show Notes Indie Dev Monday (https://indiedevmonday.com) More Launched Website - launchedfm.com (https://launchedfm.com) Twitter - @LaunchedFM (https://twitter.com/launchedfm) Reddit - /r/LaunchedFM (https://www.reddit.com/r/LaunchedFM/)

Tyler Hillsman joins the show to talk about his sports standings app Pennant. Links & Show Notes Tyler on Twitter (https://twitter.com/thillsman) Pennant (https://www.pennantapp.com) Outdoorsy (https://www.outdoorsy.com) Jordan Morgan (https://twitter.com/jordanmorgan10) Josh Holtz (https://twitter.com/joshdholtz) Shihab Mehboob (https://twitter.com/JPEGuin) Nathan Lawrence (https://twitter.com/NathanBLawrence) Sam Gold (https://twitter.com/samhenrigold) Christian Selig (https://twitter.com/ChristianSelig) More Launched Website - launchedfm.com (https://launchedfm.com) Twitter - @LaunchedFM (https://twitter.com/launchedfm) Reddit - /r/LaunchedFM (https://www.reddit.com/r/LaunchedFM/)

After releasing his big Dark Noise 2 update, Charlie takes a little break and hangs out with Jordan Morgan, who recently released Spend Stack 1.2, to talk about launching and marketing a major update to an existing app on the store. Links & Show Notes Spend Stack 1.2 (https://www.spendstack.com/1.2-update/) Dark Noise 2 (https://charliemchapman.com/posts/2020/7/20/dark-noise-2/) Jordan on Twitter (https://twitter.com/jordanmorgan10) A Best in Class iOS App (post) (https://www.swiftjectivec.com/a-best-in-class-app/) Christopher McQuarrie advice on 'Breaking In' (https://nofilmschool.com/christopher-mcquarrie-twitter-writing-advice) Daniel Gauthier post on marketing the Oh Bother app (https://danielgauthier.me/hang-on-tight/) Daniel Gauthier (https://twitter.com/danielmgauthier) More Launched Website - launchedfm.com (https://launchedfm.com) Twitter - @LaunchedFM (https://twitter.com/launchedfm) Reddit - /r/LaunchedFM (https://www.reddit.com/r/LaunchedFM/)

Franck Ndame joins the show to talk about starting the Say Their Names open source project. Links & Show Notes Franck on Twitter (https://twitter.com/breezedoc_in) Say Their Names (https://saytheirnames.io) Semicolomn (https://twitter.com/semicolomn) Iddris Sandu (https://twitter.com/iddris_sandu) Meng To (https://twitter.com/MengTo) More Launched Website - launchedfm.com (https://launchedfm.com) Twitter - @LaunchedFM (https://twitter.com/launchedfm) Reddit - /r/LaunchedFM (https://www.reddit.com/r/LaunchedFM/)