Thanks to the many community members who submitted questions for the show.  We had fun discussing and answering the questions in this episode.

Keep them coming!

I can’t tell you how excited I am to bring this news to you.  This is one of the things that we’ve been working on for a while, and we finally just decided to combine our efforts.

Please get ahold of me with any ideas, suggestions, or requests for the evolution of Buzzcast.

I’m also looking forward to rolling out a more official format to the show again, once we all get settled in.  (News, App of the Week, Tips, etc).

And a very special thanks to everyone who visited and/or supported my daughter’s GoFundMe page ( link ) for her school project.  We were both overwhelmed by the support that you all continue to provide.  Thanks!

Until next time…..

Looking forward to seeing everyone in Chicago this weekend for Buzzcon 15!

Here’s a link to the project I mentioned in the podcast.  Sorry for butchering the URL during the recording!

http://www.gofundme.com/cameravsphone

I’ve conducted many interviews over the years, but this particular evening in Las Vegas is definitely the highlight of by Buzzcast journey.  Many thanks to those who attended and participated!

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1.  Packing up and leaving for Las Vegas tomorrow morning!

2.  Live recording of Episode 30 of Buzzcast will be Friday April 25th, in Las Vegas

3.  My presentation at BuzzCon is titled: “The Endless Buffet”

4.  My daughter is just as weird as I am.

Interview with a special guest…

Completely unscripted, un-coached, and uncontrollable!

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1.  Buzztouch Membership Discount available for Buzzcast Listeners (Promo Code COUNTDOWN)

2.  Podcasting information available.  Contact me if interested.

3.  Buzztouch Code Camp and Buzzcon ‘14 one month away!

4.  Please use the contact links on the “About” screen respectfully.

5.  Buzztouch 2014 New Year suggestions received.

6.  “Beat the Clock” launch of two plugins start this weekend!

App of the Week/Developer of the Week

Healthy Fitness Tips (Ivelin)

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.top50fitnessfacts

mini-Tip of the Week: Mac Serial Numbers

Apple Service and Support Coverage:

https://selfsolve.apple.com/agreementWarrantyDynamic.do

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2013 Stats

59,000 New Buzztouch users!  WOW!  Welcome!

7,000 Posts from GoNorthWest – Congrats Mark!

Looking forward to 2014

I’m working on a new project – No details yet…

In this episode I briefly explain a new Changelog / Roadmap process we’re trying to implement for the user’s benefit.

App of the Episode – Eternal Eve

Interview with Adrian Bennett

I got a chance to talk with Adrian Bennett from ShowKit.  This is the first interview I’ve done with a SDK partner thusfar, so if there are any other SDKs you’d like to hear more about, please let me know.

Poll of the Week

This week’s question is:

If you could change or add one thing to Buzztouch for 2014, what would it be?

Use the contact information below, send me a PM (Stobe), or send me an email with your answer.  Thanks!

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Tip of the Week: Don’t Fear the New (unless you’re just like me)

In this episode, I spend a little time talking about my tendency of often being uncomfortable around “new” things, and how this relates to iOS7 and Buzztouch Core for iOS 3.0

Reflections of New York

Also in this episode, I spend a little time talking about things that I learned (or re-learned) in my recent trip to the Big Apple.  (Some actually have something to do with Buzztouch, lol).

Interview with Ryan Maher 

I got the pleasure to chat with Ryan Maher about his success with making apps with Buzztouch, including all the good and potentially not-so-good things that go along with that success.

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Announcements:

1.  Buzztouch Membership Discount available for Buzzcast Listeners (Promo Code BT25)

2.  Buzztouch Core v3.0 for iOS about a week away!

3.  East Coast Meetup = Awesomeness!

App of the Week/Developer of the Week

Destiny Church NJ (FinalDraft)

Tip of the Week: Showcasing Your App

Finding Hosting:

http://www.webhostingtalk.com

Finding WordPress Themes:

http://www.themeforest.com

http://www.elegantthemes.com (Affiliate Link)

http://www.templatemonster.com

http://www.mightydeals.com (Affiliate Link)

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Announcements:

1.  Buzztouch Membership Discount available for Buzzcast Listeners (Promo Code BT24) (Let’s see who reads the shownotes!)

2.  Welcome to the new Buzztouch Team Members Danny and Chris!

App of the Week/Developer of the Week

One Liners for WhatsApp (Alex@TM)

Tip of the Week:

Be careful what you put in your app…

Interview with David Book

I got a chance to catch up with David and find out what’s been brewing at Buzztouch over the summer.

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Announcements:

1.  Buzztouch Membership Discount available for Buzzcast Listeners (Promo Code AXEMASTER)

App of the Week/Developer of the Week

Hyde Park ATX / Sharon Henry (shenry)

Tip of the Week:

Don’t be afraid to try something new.  Even if you “know” you’re going to fail.

Special Interview: Keith Maciver (MacApple)

Buzztouch’s own International Man of Mystery!

Poll of the Week:

Which iOS version do you develop for (require)?

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Announcements:

1.  The Buzzcast Podcast turns 1 year old!

2.  Some stats:  22 Episodes, 10,000+ listens!

3.  Buzztouch Membership Discount available for Buzzcast Listeners (Promo Code BCBIRTHDAY)

App of the Week/Developer of the Week

SwimSAFE / Chris Crowder (LevensGardner)

Year in Review:

A look back at the first 21 episodes of Buzzcast…

Tip of the Week:

Using DataURLs in your apps.

Poll of the Week:

Which iOS version do you develop for (require)?

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Announcements:

1.  Significant Andoid Changes

2.  Project Download Page changes

3.  Buzztouch Membership Discount available for Buzzcast Listeners (Promo Code BC21)

App of the Week/Developer of the Week

Children’s Stories Vol 1 / MadRod

Interview with Jack Hoskins

Interview Time 19:51

Tip of the Week:

Setting deadlines for yourself

Poll of the Week:

Which iOS version do you develop for (require)?

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Announcements:

1.  Don’t forget to download the official Buzzcast app.

2.  15% off Promo Code for ScreenSteps and ScreenSteps Pro courtesy BlueMango : BUZZCAST

3.  Buzztouch Membership Discount available for Buzzcast Listeners (Promo Code “SWEETRELISH”)

Poll of the Week:

Are you coming to Buzzcon 2013?

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Just a “Short and Sweet” episode to go over a few notes about the upcoming “BuzzCon” in St. Louis, April 19-21, 2013!

Be sure to follow @iDevDepot on Twitter, and use hashtag #buzzcon13 for everything related to this even!

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NEW Forum:  http://buzzcast.proboards.com

Support Buzzcast: http://www.gofundme.com/buzzcast

Announcements:

1.  The Official Buzzcast App is here! (Thanks to the Design Menu and Audio Streamer Plugins)

2.  BuzzCon: The Gateway Get-Together April 19, 20, 21!

3.  Buzztouch Membership Discount available for Buzzcast Listeners (Promo Code BC18)

4.  Download Server updated

5.  Interview with Eric from TapForTap : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eb18-XQKuAk

App of the Week/Developer of the Week

MMA Gym Network / Will Richards (willjj85)

Tip of the Week: Balancing Love and Money

Listen to me ramble on about balancing your motivations and sources of creativity as it pertains to App Development.

Poll of the Week

Are you coming to Buzzcon 2013?

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1.  Push, Self Hosted, and iOS 6.1 updates
2.  Save the Date : April 19,20,21 !
3.  Don’t Let your iOS Developer account expire!!

App of the Week/Developer of the Week
Irish Semester / Derval Anne O’Neill (Dervalo)
Android Link:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.irishsemestered&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5pcmlzaHNlbWVzdGVyZWQiXQ.

iOS Link:

Interview with David Book

In this episode, I catch up with a very busy David Book.

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Support Buzzcast: http://www.gofundme.com/buzzcast

App of the Week/Developer of the Week
Tri Times / Kristen Britz (Kaybee)

Interview with a Client

In this episode, I interview an app publisher who is benefitting from Buzztouch.

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In this episode of Buzzcast you get to learn more about me than you probably wanted to know 🙂

I got a chance to sit down with my good friend Jayson Vogler (not to be confused with "My good friend JSON") and talk about my background, and some of my philosphies about making apps.

I'll be back next episode with the normall format.

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Announcements:
1.  Gear Market
2.  AppBuilding 101 Webinar
2.  Buzzmap updated
3.  Global Theme got more flexible
4.  BT_fileManager.m was updated
5.  Interview questions

App of the Week/Developer of the Week
SFNeNT / Lyle @ SFNeNT
Google Play Link
Over 150,000 Downloads
4.2 Rating from 367 Ratings
288 +1’s

Plugin Making Advice

1.  Watch the video!

2.  Know what you’re trying to accomplish

3.  Know how Buzztouch works

4.  Simple vs Advanced vs Middle of the Road

5.  Use the JSON Snippet Plugin

6.  Browse the source code (you don’t have to know how to speak the language to learn it)

7.  Watch the video again!

8.  Google the crap out of everything

9.  Take a stab at the index.php file 🙂

10.  Make your upload as complete as possible

11.  Document the heck out of everything (put yourself in the end-user’s shoes)

12.  Be prepared to support the plugin.  

13. Think about Global Theme options.

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Support Buzzcast: http://www.gofundme.com/buzzcast

Announcements:

1.  "Building a Plugin” webinar!  Awesome!

App of the Week/Developer of the Week
Halloween Pranks and Costumes / Absentia

Mac Gear Overload

Mac Mini
-Early 2006 – First Intel based Mac Mini
-Mid 2007 – Upgradeable to OSX Lion
-Early 2009 (and Newer) – Upgradeable to OSX Mountain Lion
-Mid 2010 – Started Unibody (Aluminum) Design
-Mid 2011 – (current models) eliminated optical drive and added Thunderbolt port

Bargains to look for
-Macmini3,1 (Early and Late 2009) – 1066MHz Bus, 8GB Ram Max, Mountain Lion

iMac
-Early 2006 (iMac4,1) – First Intel based iMac (core duo)
-Late 2006 – Upgradeable to OSX Lion
-Mid 2007 (iMac7,1) – First Aluminum iMac, Upgradeable to OSX Mountain Lion.  (20” & 24”)
-Late 2009 – First “Unibody” iMac, 16:9 Ratio Screen.  (21.5” & 27”)
-Mid 2011 (current models) Sandy Bridge i5/i7, Thunderbolt port, FacetimeHD camera.

Bargains to look for
-Early 2008 (iMac8,1) – 1066MHz Bus, 4GB Ram Max, ATI Radeon 2400/2600 GFx
-Early 2009 (iMac9,1) – 1066HMz Bus, 8GB Ram Max, MiniDisplayport

Macbook
-Early 2006 – First Macbook (vs. Powerbook G4)
-Late 2006 – Upgradeable to OSX Lion
-Early 2009 – Upgradeable to OSX Mountain Lion
-Late 2008 – Only aluminum unibody Macbook model (also upgradeable to Mountain Lion)
-Late 2009 – Polycarbonate Unibody model, multitouch trackpad, miniDisplay Port
-Mid 2010 – Last Macbook model

Bargains to look for
-Early/Mid 2009 (Macbook 5,2)- 1st Gen body, but 1066MHz bus
-Polycarbonate Unibody model (Macbook6,1 or 7,1) 1066MHz bus, 8GB Ram Max, Trackpad!!!

Macbook Pro
-Early 2006 – First Macbook Pro
-Late 2006 – Upgradeable to OSX Lion
-Mid 2007 – Macbook Pro upgradeable to OSX Mountain Lion
-Late 2008 – First unibody Macbook Pro
-Mid 2009 – First 13” Macbook Pro
-Mid 2010 – First Intel i Series processors in Macbook Pro
-Early 2011 – Thunderbolt Port
-Mid 2012 (Current Models) – Optional Retina Display, Dropped 17” Model

Bargains to look for
Mid 2007 – Late 2008 – 1st Gen Body, Mountain Lion Capable

Information Resources
-Wikipedia
-Mactracker iphone app
-Mac2Sell (for used pricing)
-LowEndMac

Bargain Hunting
-eBay
-Craigslist
-Apple Store (refurb)
-PowerMax
-MacOfAllTrades
-Cowboom

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Announcements:

1.  Meetups, Hangouts, Webinars, oh my!
2.  JSON Snippet Keeper Plugin is now available, along with training.
3.  Thanks for the Donations!
4.  Expect Plugin reviews in upcoming shows!

App of the Week/Developer of the Week
Grey Horse Apps/Elaine

Interview with Jonathan Brake (Absentia)

Contact Information:

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Support Buzzcast: http://www.gofundme.com/buzzcast

Announcements:

1.  The Plugin Market turns 1 Month Old!
2.  The first Buzzcast Community Webinar hosted by Warren Evans
3.  Mark shared a great resource: CodeAcademy
4.  I’m a bonehead!  re: Window -> Scale in xCode Simulator

App of the Week

Twin Cities Film Fest

by Susan Metoxon

Android Link: Twin Cities Film Fest
 

My Friend JSON:

No notes on this. You have to listen to me ramble on yourself to truely enjoy this subject. 🙂

Poll of the Week Results

How did you take the v1.4 / v1.5 news?
52% – Great news! We're moving in the right direction.
33% – Meh! I didn't care for the news, but I know its the right move.
10%  – Bad news 🙁
5%  – What v1.4 / v1.5 news?

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Announcements:

1.  No new v1.4 or v1.5 apps can be created starting October 1st, 2012
2.  David and gang are working hard at both iOS 6 changes, and reviewing plugins.
3.  David is finally embracing xCode’s Interface Builder
4.  New daily download record on Sept 19th: 106 downloads, 208 two-day total!

App of the Week

Sports Central by David Shanko

Tips (Dual Monitors for Development):

Native Mac External Display ports
– DVI
– Mini-DVI
– Mini-DisplayPort
– Micro-DVI (only in early Macbook Airs)
– HDMI
– Thunderbolt (basically the same as Mini-DisplayPort in regards to video)
– AirPlay (requires Mountain Lion and AppleTV)

USB to VGA Adapters
– Starts around $25.00
– Provides VGA (or DVI) at high resolutions (WUXGA 1920 x 1200)
– Look for “DisplayPort” for compatibility with Macs

Usb Interface Monitors

AOC E1649FWU
– 15.6”
– Around $99
– 1366 x 768 Resolution

AOC E2251FWU
– 22.0”
– Around $159
– 1920 x 1080 Resolution

Tips (Funding for client projects or personal projects):

GoFundMe
– Receive donations for anything on your own personal page
– Only 5% fee per donation to handle processing
– Example:  http://www.gofundme.com/buzzcast

KickStarter
– Requires an overall goal
– Needs to meet rules, and be approved
– 5-10% fees for processing, etc.
– Example: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/syrenaica/evilot
 

Poll of the Week Results

(Unchanged from last week)
How important is it for a new plugin to support both iOS and Android
45% – Very Important (I need both)
45% – A little bit important (I only NEED iOS, Android would be a bonus)
5%  – Not Very (I only NEED iOS)
5%  – A little bot important (I only NEED Android, iOS would be a bonus
0%  – Not Very (I only NEED Android)

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In this episode of Buzzcast, we get a chance to talk with David Book about the new Plugin Market.

How to Help the Podcast:

1.  Purchase any of the Buzztouch related Tools available here at iDevDepot.  Link

2.  Suggest sponsors for either the podcast or the website.

3.  Buy and rate the "Learn the 50 States" app.  Link

4.  Use affiliate links here at this site.  Example: Envato (Code Canyon, Graphic River, Theme Forest, etc)

News from BT:

David released a new "Interactive Quiz" for Buzztouch v2.0 Apps.

http://www.buzztouch.com/forum/thread.php?tid=6B8FF115240F352F9A2244E

App(s) of the Week

All About Quizzes

Absentia describes a way of modifying the scoring based on the time it takes to answer a question

http://www.buzztouch.com/forum/thread.php?tid=76651A1329A0B9F37A6A3FC

Fusionmix figures out how to copy quiz questions from a v1.5 app to a new v2.0 app

http://www.buzztouch.com/forum/thread.php?tid=C8B6513AB5D66C98B5C43C5

Farooq asks about making changes to quiz questions after the app is published

http://www.buzztouch.com/forum/thread.php?tid=5B10866366E52553FDB6935

MGoBlue explains how to get true randomizatoin for both quiz questions and answers

http://www.buzztouch.com/forum/thread.php?tid=2E7FC128544E84882D1226A

MGoBlue's Game Center Integration Tutorial

http://www.buzztouch.com/resources/Game-Center-Tutorial.pdf

MacApple and MGoBlue tlel Marko how to remove the bonus modifyer in a quiz

http://www.buzztouch.com/forum/thread.php?tid=56BFDCC29D17553F6F374CF

QuizMaker Tool:

Use the QuizMaker Tool to create quiz screen question and answer JSON data from a spreadsheet (without having to enter questions and answers into the control panel).

More Information: http://idevdepot.com/quiz-maker-tool/

Promo code: buzzcast3

Purchase Link:  Link

Tip of the Week:

Loading quiz data into a quiz screen using an included file rather than a URL

Poll of the Week Results

Making Apps is….

"My Main Job" – 35%

"A way to make a little extra money" – 35%

"Just a hobby" – 30%

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Buzzcast App of the Week

Interview with David Book

I got a chance to talk with David about Buzztouch, including the history of Buzztouch, the future of Buzztouch, and several other topics!

Contact Information:

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Poll of the Week:  http://idevdepot.com/buzzcastpoll

In this very first episode of Buzzcast, I want to simply introduce myself and talk about what to expect from future episodes of Buzzcast.

Reminders of how to contact me regarding the podcast:

BuzzBox Suggestion Box:  http://www.idevdepot.com/buzzbox

Call-in Voicemail:  (252)BUZZPOD  (252)289-9763