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I'm assuming you can't use iMessage with this? Looks incredibly, but iMessage is a vital part of my workflow throughout the day.

I also agree with others that $10 is a steep price without any form of a trial.

I really need to get more creative with my personal apps now that someone can be carrying an iPhone 5S and iPad Air, both that can be iBeacons and accurately track motion. Ugh, there has to be something there!

Basically, yes. I personally will be buying the Air because I like my older iPad's size vs my iPhone. The mini is a great product, but it's just a little too small for me to fit the bedroom/travel entertainment category that I'm looking for. Plus, playing board and light-3d games on the 10" screen is really a joy.

I've done some research in doing live blurs and created my own hack solution [0]. The biggest bottleneck I've always seen people run into is doing the snapshot. Your solution looks really great, but I'm wondering how you would continuously snapshot the screen without running into issues? Or, have you found another solution.

Really great read!

[0]: http://whoisryannystrom.com/2013/09/17/Live-blur-in-iOS7/

I'm excited. Tweetbot is one of my favorite apps (in fact it's got a prized seat on my dock). I still use it with iOS 7 because I'm used to it. There are tons of other Twitter clients that feel more "iOS 7"-ish, but Tweetbot just has a level of usability that I love. Plus, the synced browsing with the Mac app is really wonderful.

Keep doing awesome work guys. Looking forward to the release (paid or not).

As someone who wasn't able to get tickets from network issues, please don't. :)

Interesting. That's the same pair I use DC H10-13.4s and have never run into this. Good to know though.

I love these things, I think concepting road to air is a great field that I encourage people to explore.

However, I think people should refrain from making a business out of this. Use research funds to push boundaries! I can't help but look at this page and video and think that they are trying to make money off of it.

Speaking as a pilot, a lot of aircraft are built with crashing in mind. Just look at the 777 crash at SFO recently. Judging this craft simply by the video, I have serious doubts that this craft would keep you very safe in an air emergency. I'd love to see what its glide ratio is.

Another issue with current road->air systems is the need of 2 powerplants: one for the road and one for the air. For road travel, the extra weight is not that big of an issue. However, the weight of the road engine (batteries if it were electric) puts serious limitations on its airworthiness and stability.

What headset? I'm curious because I've never even heard of that happening.

Planes crash due to their own mechanical failures far, far more often. If we were to use that logic, than flying itself is already unsafe.

All of these rules usually drive me crazy. I'm a private pilot and I'll take up friends and coworkers for fun all the time. The most common question before we take off is "Do I need to turn off my phone?" which I usually reply with "I leave mine on for backup GPS". I do understand the need to stow away items to prevent injuries if anything were to suddenly happen during takeoff and landing, but telling people to turn off their devices because, and I've heard this before, "they will interfere with the navigation systems" is just false.

Ya I would love some more details on how this can be used.

Really curious about what, if any, side effects you picked up. Getting a commit streak is cool, but did you learn anything about networking, or finding open source projects to create/contribute to? Something that you feel you'll be able to take with you into your work habit (aside from the awesome "learn how to habit").

Great post!

This is one of the best presentations I've ever seen, especially considering the subject matter. Incredible.

Just looking at the screenshot compared to my Chrome inspector, what is the difference? I see some changes in the element tree, but nothing huge. Am I missing something obvious?

A link to the start of the series: http://michaelochurch.wordpress.com/2013/02/19/gervais-princ...

Awesome I'll look into those two.

This is really great advice. I'll have to talk to potential first customers and maybe even just ask them "how do you want to pay" to see how much of a priority this is to get rolling.

Thanks!

Super smart. Congrats on the release.

This looks really, really useful to boaters. I'm not a boater at all, but I am a hobbyist pilot that flies maybe once a month on small trips. I frequently use Foreflight (http://www.foreflight.com/) for navigation, planning, information, etc (while also calling the FSS Briefer to be safe!) for flights. To download the app is free but the service costs $99 per year.

Your pricing model is very forgiving. If you've got the features to support offline caching and downloading of charts ahead of time, $.99 download and $11.99/yr is a no-brainer. It's nice too that you guys didn't go crazy on design and looks like you focused on functionality and features, which is the most important for a tool like this.

Is this something your company does regularly or was it a "hey we have a few boaters let's knock out an app" sort of project?

The section right under this is great, sums up the basics. The only part I'm getting at is that you have to scroll to see it.

Are you associated with Rightmove at all? I couldn't find an API on their site.

If not, how are you planning on monetizing this? You've got what appears to be quite a large team for a product that mentions nothing on pricing or "how it works".

Design wise, its very clean. I love the colors and the logo. However, the very first screen is part of a trend that really irks me. Why use the entirety of my machine's viewport to show me a screenshot, a couple words, and a CTA to request an invite when I know nothing about the product other than "list properties"? It looks good, don't get me wrong, but I feel there is a missed opportunity to sell.

Carry on! Really excited for your launch and/or beta.

Is that $20/mo per app? I'm assuming if you had your own domain Docker will not be covering the DNS registry and such, effectively making it $30/mo to host a low-traffic app landing page. Honestly, I'm not sure that I would pay that much for my small apps (seeing as these are hobbies).

If it's $20/mo for, say, 5 apps, I'd be much more inclined.

Have you considered anything like a landing page builder that you can host yourself? Just a thought.

Take this all as conjecture. I hope you guys really make a sound product because this has been a serious frustration and pain point for me.

edit: Another feature that would be nice: quotes and links to reviews so you can show off any press or praise that the app has gotten.

Really curious about this. Building landing pages and such is the biggest pain the ass for me when I just want to build a fun app (usually a side project) and launch it. I hate the idea of every site looking the same, so I really hope you include a healthy amount of customization. It would be amazing to have a customizable page that I can deploy in less than an hour. My latest project involves customers that are absolutely _not_ in the tech world, so a page that everyone else has isn't even a bad thing because they wont notice.

Two other things I'm very curious about: pricing and domain names. Any hints or insight to pricing models? And will my apps have their own domain name or a subdomain like myapp.docked.com?

I'm looking forward to this, if you're looking for some testers or just feedback get at me on Twitter @_ryannystrom.

Check out Nomad, it's by Mattt (of AFNetworking fame). http://nomad-cli.com/

The agency I work at would likely never take a revenue share. I wouldn't take one either, personally, unless the product was something I would be satisfied seeing no return on. Unless the client was someone with a proven track record, I think revenue share would be suicidal.

Excellent points. I guess we'll have to see how this rides and if it is sustainable in the future. I love what I do currently and don't wish for change, but I'm sure my feelings and interests will evolve as technology and the world around us does.

Most of us missed the gold rush. That is long gone. The real money in creating apps is in agency work for clients. I don't think that Agant wasn't profitable, I think that they just didn't like the work they were doing.

edit: I'll add too that "real money" does not mean riches. I make an adequate salary making apps and am very happy.

Niches for creating your own apps? Or making niche apps for a client?

Since I was advocating client work in my previous post, I'll go with the latter. Start with what you love. As an example I love aviation. There's a lot of money in aviation (as well as a lot of debt). Companies and FBOs sometimes have very specific needs that could be solved with an app: scheduling, customer loyalty, logging, etc. Reach out, talk to them, tell that you love what they love, just see what happens.

Also I have absolutely no marketing training and create apps in an organization that I have no control over the clientele, which actually works out great for me.