An App About Nothing...

Just when I thought I couldn't find a duller iPhone App, I came across "Nothing", the iPhone App. The poster child for Apple's double standard for accepting and denying apps. This app made the cut...in stupidity. The screen shots show a couple of screens with the word "Nothing" on them. Brilliant. Down load it here if you have too much money.

Tipping is fun!

While checking out the Trazzler website, I noticed they have an iPhone developer who has developed a few apps. His company Jossware developed TipOver, a simple utility for your iPhone™ or iPod touch that makes tipping fun. As someone who cringes everytime he shells out a $1 tip for a drink and 18%+ for dinner, the iPhone app would need to print money to make it fun. I have to give the guy credit for trying.

Booyah - the best of iFund?

After reading that Booyah got funding from the iFund, I was anxious to check out the app. I liked the idea of recording your personal accomplishments. The app has a fun interactive and dynamic interface, but I found the suggested achievements small and trivial. Writing a review of a restaurant is an accomplishment worth recording? I guess they aimed low on allowing users to reach goals. Maybe I didn't poke around enough in this app, and I will probably give it another chance.

iFund: Where did the $100M go?

At an iPhone Dev Camp, the iFund guy announced that they funded 7 companies, but have not been happy with the quality of successful iPhone products. At the top of this list, "Don't touch the red button". I have to laugh at how stupid and popular these apps are, to the chagrin of the investment community. They want to fund new, profound, and profitable companies, which seem to be few and far between.
See the presentation here

IDontFart App

I just noticed an ad on Facebook for a revolutionary twist on the fart
app. It plays a sound loud enough to cover any unpleasant fart sound
you make. So, if you ate a big can of beans before a hot date, this
treasury my keep you in the game. http://www.idontfart.com

iPhone Board Resignation

Eric Schmidt (CEO of Google) resigned from the board of Apple, but no one knows exactly why. Reporters have speculated on a conflict of interest, but at the same time the FCC was rumored to be investigating Apple and AT&T over the rejection of Google's iPhone Apps. Is the FCC now in the back pocket of Google, after Schmidt agreed to counsel Obama during his run for the presidency? The whole thing smells fishy.

New Twitter Service

With all of these twitter add-ons crowding the space, I think the only
logical next step is the aggregator. I propose "shitter" for all of
the random shit in your life. I'm sorry, I couldn't help myself.