Showing posts with label web apps. Show all posts
Showing posts with label web apps. Show all posts

Monday, June 14, 2010

Apple likes my wife.

To date, I've built 3 iPhone Web Apps. None of them would be considered functionally unique or powerful by any stretch, HOWEVER... and it's a big HOWEVER... so far... ready for this?

Two out of the three have earned "Staff Pick" awards from Apple!

As much as I would like to take credit for being an absolute genius, it would appear that Apple has a thing... for my wife.

The two awarded iPhone Apps are "Mila's Tools", a simple Unit Conversion Calculator and "VeganMunch Kombucha Calculator" a simple Kombucha recipe calculator. Both are basically products of my wife, Mila.

The other App - Scott's Pinger, a simple web site monitor, of which I am very proud - got nothin'. Nada. Zilch. Zippo.

I guess I'll be asking Mila for more App ideas.

In the meantime, while waiting for Mila to tell me what App to build next, I decided to put a Mini-App of sorts together as a portal to all of my apps. The idea being, as I deploy new iPhone apps, they'll be listed in the portal app.

Check it out from your iPhone here: Scott's iPhone Web Apps. Don't forget to add it to your Home screen.

Back to the grind. Uhm... eh ehm... Mila? What am I building next?

Cannot Process Command: Internal Error.

*Knock, knock. knock.*

Apple? Hello? Apple?

Apple!

Is there anyone even home over at the Apple iPhone Web Apps site?

For the love of Pete already. After all of the hubub from Jobs about HTML 5, Safari 5, Web Apps, iPhone 4 and all of the other greatness spewing from the pores of Apple, you'd think maybe they'd have someone over there keeping an eye on the Web Apps site.

Intermittently, THE VAST MAJORITY of the web app links point to this lovely page:

Cannot Process Command: Internal Error.Cannot Process Command: Internal Error. I'm now having nightmares about this page! How many e-mails do I have to send!? How many forums need to be screaming!?

PLEASE... someone at APPLE... FIX THE DAMN LEAK. Oh... wait... wrong rant... Nevertheless!!! FIX IT ALREADY!

K. I feel better. Love you Apple. :)

If you're experiencing the same issue at Apple.com, please leave a comment below. A few more voices couldn't hurt.