App Store improvements, paid ads, subscriptions, app review times, home office and coworking setups, final impressions and game plan for WWDC week socializing and time planning.
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Links:
- What’s New in Subscriptions – Official update from Apple about upcoming changes to App Store subscriptions.
- Introducing Search Ads – Information from Apple about App Store search ads.
- Paid App Store Search – Daniel’s blog post from a month ago dismissing the idea of App Store ads.
- All App Stores – Confirmation from John Gruber that the new features apply to Mac, iOS and tvOS.
- I Know Apple – Dan Counsell speculates that Apple announced early to avoid bad PR.
- Section 11.15 – Pertinent section of App Store review guidelines to subscription pricing.
- WeWork Austin – Manton’s coworking space.
- Ditmas Workspace – The coworking space Daniel used in Brooklyn.
- Manton’s Office – All neatened up for photographing, photo set from 2005-2008.
- Layers – Design-oriented conference in SF the same week as WWDC.
- AltConf – Free developer conference in SF the same week as WWDC.
- WWDCParties – Web site dedicated to cataloging various social activities around WWDC.
- Parties for WWDC – Separate iPhone app for parties at WWDC, with feature to track which events you’re going to.
- sfMacIndie.com – Long-standing developer party to kick off the week at WWDC.
- You Are Not Alone – Daniel’s tweet about the risk of anxiety and loneliness at WWDC.
