Shipping Spots for iPhone

A presentation I gave at Ship It! Monday in Dublin on how we shipped Spots for iPhone.

Transcript

1. SPOTS.IO
2. SPOTS allows you to follow a location, not a user
3. 2 DEVELOPERS 1 DESIGNER @stebaps @bkenny @paddydonnelly
4. WHY?
5. We love startups
6. Behind a startup is PASSION™ Love what you do
7. I’m a SUPERFAN of these guys
8. I want to see peak inside
9. I want to watch them grow
10. HOW?
11. TOOLS + KNOWLEDGE = BUILD
12. TOOLS
13. We need location data
14. We need beautiful photos
15. We need to get our collaboration on
16. And a crappy IDE
17. KNOWLEDGE
18. The majority of the time, I don’t know how Coding is hard
19. Ask for help Share with people Improve
20. I learn best by getting hands on Try contributing to an open source project
21. You’ll learn from them They’ll learn from you Everyone wins
22. SHIPPING™
23. SHIPPING IS AWESOME It doesn’t need to be perfect You can release updates!
24. BOOM!
25. HOLY SHIT, AN AWARD
26. COMMUNITY The tech community is awesome. So many meetups, events and beers Talk about your product
27. Listen to the feedback.
28. ITERATE
29. When can we comment and like photos?
30. BOOM!
31. NEXT?
32. Add more photo resources
33. Create your own Spot
34. LOCATION FEEDS
35. THANKS @bkenny / @spotsio