My name is Kenneth and I write cool Mac and iPhone software. This is my personal weblog where I post about stuff I find interesting. I usually write about Mac development, the business of shareware and the Mac community in general.
read more →A while back, TechCrunch covered yet another article complaining about the App Store being more of a Lotto than a marketplace. Setting aside the App Store’s numerous other issues, coverage of iPhone app developers has been divided into two extremes: reassuring yet unlikely success stories, or depressing yet much more likely failure stories. The general question in […]
Growing iPhone Development Into A Viable Business
When one hears stories from iPhone developers, they’re either from the lucky ones who made insane amounts of money and laugh all the way to the bank, or rather from disappointed developers who consider their efforts a failure. The latter tend to blame the App Store for the failure of their application(s). Granted, the App Store […]
App Store = Paperwork Nightmare
[Note: I hope this article doesn’t break the NDA, but if it find out it does and I get a Cease & Desist from Apple, I will have to take it down.] When you upload an iPhone application to the App Store through iTunes Connect, you’re presented with a few screens of information to fill in. […]
Registration Schemes: Asymmetrical Cryptography
One challenge that most developers face when nearing release of their first application is how to implement registration and piracy protection. This three-part article will describe three common types of registration schemes: Serial Numbers, Asymmetrical Cryptographic Keys and Product Activation. Part Two: Asymmetrical Cryptography Asymmetrical Cryptographic Keys are a great way to secure you app, because the […]
Registration Schemes: Serial Numbers
One challenge that most developers face when nearing release of their first application is how to implement registration and piracy protection. This three-part article will describe three common types of registration schemes: Serial Numbers, Asymmetrical Cryptographic Keys and Product Activation. Part One: Serial Numbers Serial numbers are the simplest, most practical option. However, they are also the […]