Welcome to AppStories

Federico and John introduce AppStories, talk about apps that made a difference in their lives, and highlight apps that have caught their attention recently.

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Links and Show Notes

In the first segment of this week’s episode, Federico and John remember four iOS apps that had an impact on their lives and changed their perspective on the App Store. Some of these apps predate MacStories and pioneered several conventions of modern app design.

Federico and Twitterrific

• Twitterrific by The Iconfactory
• Macworld Video: iPhone Twitter apps
• First look: Twitterrific 2 for iPhone
• Twitterrific’s Tough Love
• Redesigning Twitterrific

John and Instapaper

• Instapaper by Marco Arment (original creator)
• Instapaper: Now available offline
• Review: Instapaper for iPhone
• Tilt Scrolling in Instapaper Pro
• Pocket (App Store link)

Federico and Editorial

• Editorial by Ole Zorn
• Automating iOS: How Pythonista Changed My Workflow
• MacStories Pythonista Articles
• Reinventing iOS Automation: Editorial Review
• MacStories Editorial Articles

John and Tweetie

• Tweetie by Loren Brichter
• A Conversation With Loren Brichter
• An Interview with Tweetie Developer Loren Brichter
• Loren Brichter Talks About Pull-To-Refresh Patent and Design Process
• Lesson 19, iPhone Application Programming (Stanford, Spring 2009)

New apps we’ve been trying

• Newton
• Pandora

Follow us on Twitter

• AppStories (@AppStoriesNet)
• Federico Viticci (@viticci)
• John Voorhees (@johnvoorhees)