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Excerpts From the Diary of an [iTunes] App Store Reviewer
- pxlpshr 17y agoDaring Fireball is one of those sweet little gems on the internet. Six months of pain was turned into tears of laughter, hilarious post. I stopped whining about the review process a few months ago once it was very clear how broken things are. I was loosing hair on stuff we just couldn't control, now we just accept it and set an expectation for our clients. Speaking of, there's certainly an opportunity to be found where issues like this cause problems. Big companies looking for a quick in to leverage the store will pay a premium for expertise and publishing knowledge. :)
- sqs 17y agoWho are the actual App Store reviewers, and why haven't they leaked anything? They must be reading all these complaints!
- pavlov 17y agoThe reviewers are probably outsourced in India: they just follow a flowchart procedure using Apple's automatic testing tools, and have absolutely no idea that someone on the Internet cares so much about the results that they report back to Cupertino.
- jobu 17y agoThat's probably true, but I really prefer Fireball's BOFH-style take on the reviewer. (If you've never read BOFH, then take a few minutes here: http://www.theregister.co.uk/odds/bofh/ http://www.theregister.co.uk/odds/bofh/)
- avinashv 17y agoDon't be so arrogant as to think that Indians don't follow what is going on around the Internet.
- randallsquared 17y agoWell, avinashv, have you every actually met an Indian? No? I thought not.
- tjarratt 17y agoI know people named Avi that are assuredly Indian. Goodjob being presumptuous.
- randallsquared 17y agoI quoted the name to make clear that it was a joke, as I assumed that they were Indian. But I fail at "clear", and I'll take my lumps. :)
- Zev 17y agoTo be fair, Avi is a Jewish name, and I haven't met many Indian Jews... Assumptions, even when assuming something about someones assumption are bad :P
- randallsquared 17y agoI've known more than one person named Avinash, and they were both Indian, which is why I assumed that "Avinash V" was an Indian name, and why I thought that was obviously funny.
- madair 17y agoThere are plenty of Indian Jews. You guys need to, like, you know, get out, and stuff.
- Zev 17y agoI never said there weren't Indian Jews. Just that I haven't met many of them. There's is a difference in the two statements. And its not so much, "you know, getting out, and stuff", but rather just the demographics and location of the town where I go to college (ie: where I spend most of the year). Its more rural then suburb, so not a lot of people move to the area.
- scorpion032 17y agoI really hope, not.
- jamiequint 17y agoI thought the part about the iPhone image in the app was hilarious, but the scary thing is that apple actually has a patent on a rectangle with a rectangle and two circles inside it... "[T]he design of a portable and handheld digital electronic media device comprised of a rectangular casing displaying circular and rectangular shapes therein arranged in an aesthetically pleasing manner." http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2008/05/apple-trademark/ http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2008/05/apple-trademark/
- noelchurchill 17y agoWhat a riot! I love the ending about rejecting the app because the rectangle is not recognizable as an iphone. I'm reading this while at work and can hardly keep my laughter in!
- ahoyhere 17y agoBeautiful. Perfect. Almost Machievellian. I laughed, I snorted, I won't tell you what else.
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