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Unos comentarios y una reflexión sobre el relanzamiento de Clear, una aplicación de Realmac que ahora nos trae de nuevo Impending, con una vocación distinta a lo habitual y unas reminiscencias sobre una App Store que ya no existe. Loop Infinito es un podcast de Applesfera, presentado por Javier Lacort y editado por Alberto de la Torre. Contacta con el autor en Twitter (@jlacort) o por correo (lacort@xataka.com). Gracias por escuchar este podcast.
For the 100th episode of Community Signal, we’re talking about the show itself. How it came to be, what drives it and how we make it each week. My guest is the producer of all 100 episodes, Karn Broad. Karn is my creative partner in the show, but if he does his job well, you never think about it. This episode really gives you a sense of the rapport than Karn and I have, and how we work together every week to produce Community Signal. Plus: How Karn and I met Why I ended the first community management podcast that I hosted The process of creating the show each week Our Podcast is Made Possible By… If you enjoy our show, please know that it’s only possible with the generous support of our sponsor: Higher Logic. Big Quotes “If you do your job really well as a sound engineer, you almost become invisible. If that’s the right way to put it. People don’t think about you if you’re getting your job right. Same in live sound engineering. You’ve connected the audience to the live music, they’re not thinking about you at all.” -@WebKarnage “I don’t think about my job as a sound engineer while I’m playing [music] much because I’ve got to focus on being a player. Otherwise, the job I’m doing isn’t going to be 100%.” -@WebKarnage “It’s still not a shock if I’ve done six or seven hours of editing work on a podcast, maybe more. That can happen some weeks. It really depends on how it all clicks. Sometimes I can pull things together really quickly. Sometimes the episodes are long and I find the editing tricky. Some people that you think are going to be awkward for me, actually prove to be quite easy. People that tend to leave pauses, you can take the pauses out; with a blink, they are gone.” -@WebKarnage “One of the things that makes me happy … is that a lot of people we have on are first-timers to a podcast. Out of 100 episodes, we’ve had 98 unique guests. I really want to do a survey but I would hazard a guess that for 30-45% of those people, [Community Signal is] the first podcast they’ve ever been a guest on. I always thought that’s pretty cool. What I’m saying is, we don’t go after influential people. I don’t go after people who have Twitter followers. I just want people who I actually want to talk to.” -@patrickokeefe About Karn Broad Amongst a large variety of work, Karn Broad has spent over 20 years in the audio world, and has been involved in web design for over 10 years, making websites for small businesses and working in software support for a web design package called RapidWeaver for Realmac Software. He spent several years as the producer of the SitePoint Podcast, which is where we met and built our working relationship. His direct experience in community is as a user of several forums and as a moderator for the RapidWeaver user forums. Currently, in addition to producing Community Signal, Karn works in education with children that have specific learning needs, plays bass (sometimes double-bass, sometimes electric bass) in three different live bands, and teaches both guitar and music production. He likes things busy. Related Links Sponsor: Higher Logic, the community platform for community managers Karn Broad on Twitter The first episode of Community Signal The Social Element, Higher Logic and Open Social, companies who have sponsored the show Tamara Littleton, CEO of The Social Element Hunter Montgomery, CMO of Higher Logic Mieszko Czyzyk, director and co-founder of Open Social RapidWeaver for Realmac, where Karn provides software support The SitePoint Podcast, where Karn and Patrick met The Podcast Network, where Patrick previously hosted The Community Admin Show Brad Williams, Stephan Segraves and Kevin Yank, co-hosts of the SitePoint Podcast Karn’s go-to podcasts include Click and the Royal Society SitePoint wins Podcast of the Year award from .net magazine Trivia: All episodes of Community Signal have been recorded on Skype, except for this one and this one Total Recorder, an application Patrick uses to record audio for the show Soundtrack Pro and Logic Pro X are software tools that Karn uses to produce Community Signal Alex Embry’s episode clocks in at the longest episode of Community Signal KarateForums.com, a forum that Patrick has moderated for going on 17 years Community Signal bonus clips CommunityCo, where Patrick recently started a new role GoTranscript, which we use for transcription Transcript View transcript on our website Your Thoughts If you have any thoughts on this episode that you'd like to share, please leave me a comment, send me an email or a tweet. If you enjoy the show, we would be so grateful if you spread the word and supported Community Signal on Patreon.
Dan Counsell of Real Mac Software, the team behind the legendary to do app Clear, talks about his take on marketing on mobile and a bit about his forthcoming book on the topic.
Dan Counsell and Nik Fletcher of Realmac join Seth and Rene to talk about Rapid Weaver, Clear, Ember, and making software for iOS and Mac.
Auf der bekannten Skala von »Fremde in der U-Bahn« bis zu »Vierzig Jahre verheiratet« sind Daniel und Max nun bei ihrem fünfzigsten Date angekommen. Diese Woche sprechen sie (in einem romantischen Café, während sie einen edlen Rotwein trinken) über Schleim in Kopföffnungen, undurchsichtige Businessentscheidungen, schlechte Bewertungen, Stolz und Vorurteil und eBay-Kleinanzeigen, gute Bewertungen und die beste Limonade der Welt. Nasendusche Ohrenspritze Realmac ändern ihre Pläne Peek-A-Boo App-Prototyp Zutaten von Mate und Cola Um auf keinen Fall den Hochzeitstermin zu verpassen, solltet ihr diesem Podcast auf Twitter folgen: Konferenz 28. Falls ihr stattdessen einen interessanten Vortrag über Mett hören wollt, seid ihr bei der Mettfolge genau richtig.
With all the recent discussion about App Store pricing and the sustainability of making a living from the Store I thought it might be constructive to bring actual customers into the conversation. While talking with my wife, Lauren, about what was going on our resulting discussion got interesting. I recorded it and thought I’d post it here. She sits at an interesting intersection between a typical App Store customer and someone who knows the business realities of running an indie app company. Please excuse my audio quality. I only have a single proper microphone, so I had her record with that while I used a USB headset. We start off talking about some implications of Realmac’s decision to backpedal on the pricing structure for Clear. How the decision to offer a paid, separate upgrade creates a situation where customers are apt to seek out other alternatives. The dynamics of this seem to play out differently than doing an in-app upgrade. The fear of wasting money in purchasing apps and how that can often drive people towards free apps simply because the apparent risks are so much lower. One of the implications of this fear or hesitation is that purchases made within an app are much less daunting than purchases directly from the App Store. How social proof and personal recommendations can drive purchases in a way that less personal marketing never does. The misconception that the App Store is stocked by Apple directly rather than by independent 3rd Party apps. This sets up unrealistic expectations with customers about what is sustainable and reasonable to expect from developers. How Apple’s decision to make the iWork suite free feeds into this perception with customers that Apps should come free with their devices with infinite free updates. The role that good customer service can provide to personalize and humanize your relationship with customers. This can serve as a great avenue both for their continued support and to help give them a realistic set of expectations.
This week Myke is joined by Nik Fletcher of Realmac Software. They talk about Realmac's app Clear, the importance of being featured in the app store, great app design and the pro's and con's of different device formats and platforms.
A jam packed extra-long (but not too long) show with listener feedback from Twitter and Tim Robertson questioning why we were so down on RealMac software for their subscription RapidWeaver videos. Sam Levin leaves little to question about just how awesome Guy Serle is. We go over Apple financials and talk a great deal about what Apple JUST released!
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