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I developed PadPressed without having an iPad

68 points by armandososa 16y ago

dools 16y ago
Is it just me, is the music in the video demo for PadPressed the worst choice of music for any demo video ever produced?! </hyperbole>
- armandososa 16y ago
  I'll go with: It is just you :) (really, some people do like it)
  - bradleyland 16y ago
    It's me also. Honestly, I thought it was some terribly advertisement playing in the background. I missed the first half of your video because I was searching for the source of this over-dramatic music. IMO, the music gives the listener a feeling of urgency and dramatic tension that is 180 degrees from the feeling I want when I'm looking at elegant, minimalist software like PadPressed. I think your software is incredible, and kudos to you for developing it without even having the iPad hardware in hand, but I closed the web page as soon as I discovered where the music was coming from. It was too much of a disconnect for me.
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zaidf 16y ago
I couldn't tell if you are a founder in this venture or working on contract basis. Regardless, great job! I have no idea why flipboard guys would consider this "uncreative" and crappy. Sounds as if they're afraid of competition.
- andreshb 16y ago
  We've actually worked together in several other startups and projects, padpressed is the latest one. =)
- jasonlbaptiste 16y ago
  Armando is a core original member of the founding team. It also includes Andres Barreto (formerly grooveshark cofounder)
thomasswift 16y ago
That demo video has an iPad running 4.2 I'd be careful, that's still in beta.
apl 16y ago
I'll have to admit, that's exactly why I don't find the idea of developing for iOS/webOS/Android very appealing: the necessity of buying corresponding hardware. Maybe even client-side application development in its entirety. I can work on platform-agnostic web applications from wherever I want - Linux, Mac OS X, even Windows. Sure, there's a testing phase, and I need to deploy on a specific system. But other than that, I don't have to worry about new and expensive hardware revisions et cetera.
- kbatten 16y ago
  If your goal is to make money, then a few hundred dollars to buy into the platform is meaningless. If your goal isn't to make money then why would you develop for a platform that you don't have access to?
  - minalecs 16y ago
    author was able to develop without having access to hardware, and the product looks great. I imagine they will make lots of money with it.
- swah 16y ago
  What about emulators?
  - bmj 16y ago
    My experience with Windows Mobile (not Windows Phone 7) emulators is that because of the huge variety of devices, they only give you an idea of whether the software will work on the OS. The issue is, of course, that each family of hardware is different, and Microsoft often allows the vendor to tweak the OS a bit. It strikes me as an advantage to developers, at least regarding hardware, that Apple controls the whole package. You can develop in an emulator and know how your software will behave on the device.
    - pornel 16y ago
      Apple has simulator. It's conceptually similar to WINE — runs x86 code (not ARM) with Mac OS X-hosted versions of iOS frameworks.
coderdad 16y ago
Good story. I had an app out on release day for the iPad and had to do all development without seeing it on a device. Of course so did everyone else, so the users were understanding for a while. Impressive to pull this off now.

68 points by armandososa 16y ago

dools 16y ago

Is it just me, is the music in the video demo for PadPressed the worst choice of music for any demo video ever produced?! </hyperbole>

armandososa 16y ago
I'll go with: It is just you :) (really, some people do like it)
- bradleyland 16y ago
  It's me also. Honestly, I thought it was some terribly advertisement playing in the background. I missed the first half of your video because I was searching for the source of this over-dramatic music. IMO, the music gives the listener a feeling of urgency and dramatic tension that is 180 degrees from the feeling I want when I'm looking at elegant, minimalist software like PadPressed. I think your software is incredible, and kudos to you for developing it without even having the iPad hardware in hand, but I closed the web page as soon as I discovered where the music was coming from. It was too much of a disconnect for me.
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zaidf 16y ago

I couldn't tell if you are a founder in this venture or working on contract basis. Regardless, great job! I have no idea why flipboard guys would consider this "uncreative" and crappy. Sounds as if they're afraid of competition.

andreshb 16y ago
We've actually worked together in several other startups and projects, padpressed is the latest one. =)
jasonlbaptiste 16y ago
Armando is a core original member of the founding team. It also includes Andres Barreto (formerly grooveshark cofounder)

thomasswift 16y ago

That demo video has an iPad running 4.2 I'd be careful, that's still in beta.

apl 16y ago

I'll have to admit, that's exactly why I don't find the idea of developing for iOS/webOS/Android very appealing: the necessity of buying corresponding hardware. Maybe even client-side application development in its entirety. I can work on platform-agnostic web applications from wherever I want - Linux, Mac OS X, even Windows. Sure, there's a testing phase, and I need to deploy on a specific system. But other than that, I don't have to worry about new and expensive hardware revisions et cetera.

kbatten 16y ago
If your goal is to make money, then a few hundred dollars to buy into the platform is meaningless. If your goal isn't to make money then why would you develop for a platform that you don't have access to?
- minalecs 16y ago
  author was able to develop without having access to hardware, and the product looks great. I imagine they will make lots of money with it.
swah 16y ago
What about emulators?
- bmj 16y ago
  My experience with Windows Mobile (not Windows Phone 7) emulators is that because of the huge variety of devices, they only give you an idea of whether the software will work on the OS. The issue is, of course, that each family of hardware is different, and Microsoft often allows the vendor to tweak the OS a bit. It strikes me as an advantage to developers, at least regarding hardware, that Apple controls the whole package. You can develop in an emulator and know how your software will behave on the device.
  - pornel 16y ago
    Apple has simulator. It's conceptually similar to WINE — runs x86 code (not ARM) with Mac OS X-hosted versions of iOS frameworks.

coderdad 16y ago

Good story. I had an app out on release day for the iPad and had to do all development without seeing it on a device. Of course so did everyone else, so the users were understanding for a while. Impressive to pull this off now.