Mark E. Rubin
Co-Host of More Than Just Code podcast - iOS and Swift development, news and advice
Co-host Mark is an iOS developer and consultant based in Silicon Valley. He founded Smappsoft, an indie iOS development shop, in 2009, where he is Chief Engineer. At the same time, he has held hands on leadership roles in several startups, including Relive, Inc. and erodr, and consults for multiple well known companies on iOS development issues. He has developed over 30 apps, in a wide range of areas including social networking, photo sharing, games, and music, with a combined reach of millions of users. Before discovering iOS, he worked for several years in the semiconductor industry, and has degrees in Physics and Electrical Engineering from MIT and UCSB.
Mark E. Rubin has hosted 272 Episodes.
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Episode 75: UIStack and Barrel
January 23rd, 2016 | 1 hr 23 mins
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Episode 74: Windows Happy Fun Time
January 16th, 2016 | 1 hr 11 mins
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Episode 55: C'Mon In. The Water's Fine
September 5th, 2015 | 1 hr 16 mins
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Episode 51: Twitter, You're Holding It Wrong
August 8th, 2015 | 1 hr 41 mins
This week we discuss all kinds of social networking tools prompted by Twitter's report on slowing user growth. We discuss how the various popular social networking tools are used by the general public and it skews differently for those of us in the tech sector.
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Episode 49: We Say Ship it!
July 25th, 2015 | 1 hr 24 mins
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Episode 47: Psst! Wanna Buy an App?
July 12th, 2015 | 1 hr 12 mins
We continue the discussion on the value of apps, how apps are priced and the cost of building apps in terms of time and effort. We discuss some of our own experiences with marketing, pricing, sales, discoverability, and whether ads are beneficial in apps.
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Episode 30: #30 - Apple Watch, MacBook and Bears
March 14th, 2015 | 1 hr 19 mins
NB Updated: We follow up on "software engineer”, TestFlight beta testing, Apple’s Spring Forward 2015: Watch pricing, new MacBook and ResearchKit as consumers and developers. Our Picks: Magisto, Apple Watch sizing guide, ColorSafe and ScreenShot Builder.
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Episode 28: #28 - Sour Cream Glazed Arduino Kits
February 27th, 2015 | 1 hr 23 mins
We discuss the launch of Pebble Time, Origami 2.0, Apple’s Pay Once & Pay and Tim Horton’s Rollup the Rim. We discuss nerdlearn on Apple Watch. Picks: Reflector App, Alto’s Adventure, LittleBits Arduino Coding Kit & Hand Turkeys
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Episode 27: #27 - Great, Billowing Clouds of Smoke
February 20th, 2015 | 1 hr 12 mins
We speculate on the rumored Apple Car, the Other App Store, Pinterest app share sheets, "Pay once, play many" feature. We debate required developer enrollment charge and 70/30 revenue split Picks: AsyncDisplayKit, Giflay, Hotel Tonight, Core Animator
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Episode 25: #25 Swift and the Final word on Zombies.
February 8th, 2015 | 55 mins 48 secs
We discuss Trends in Mobile Apps in 2014, the use of 'final' modifier in Swift and the growth of zombie apps on the app store. This week's picks: Apple's Mystery Car, PhoneExpander, Gentlemen...Ricochet Mini! and building Frameworks in iOS 8.
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Episode 24: #24 - Just Add Water
January 31st, 2015 | 1 hr 13 secs
We discuss the Betty Crocker approach to on boarding, Charles Parry's follow up the State of the App Store, in light of numbers released by Marco Arment and Ustwo. Picks: Material Palette, Apple's Quarterly Income, Pocket and the Super Bowl.
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Episode 23: #23 - Microsoft and the Holographic Blankets and Cats
January 22nd, 2015 | 1 hr 7 mins
We discuss Microsoft’s keynote on Windows 10, Projects Spatan, Cortana & Xbox Live and Hololens. We discuss Duolingo Test Center pure swift. Picks Kahn Academy for the iPad, Super Secret Service, Order Ahead, Pizza Splat, iNacho & Cyber Dust
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Episode 22: #22 - Indie Dev by the Numbers
January 18th, 2015 | 1 hr 10 mins
dash, monument valley, nsnorth, overcast, swift
We discuss the recent app incomes published for Overcast, Monument Valley and Dash. Quoting on jobs for studio and indie development, UI design in Asian markets & traveling to NSNorth. Picks: Swap Heroes, Curved Labs Macintosh Facelift and Anki Drive.
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Episode 21: #21 - Swift, Ready or Not Here It Comes
January 8th, 2015 | 1 hr 5 mins
Audio File Corrected: We discuss the use of Swift in production apps & relate our experiences working with Xcode and Swift 1.1. We discuss the reaction to a post by Marco Arment Picks; Smash Hit, Piskell, AV Audio Engine, Printrbot Simple Metal 3D printer
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Episode 19: #19 Inside Moneyball and steak dinners
December 11th, 2014 | 1 hr 7 mins
This we we discuss more post-review rejections on the App Store, IBM and Apple announce apps for the Enterprise and Rob Rhynes article on professional app pricing. This weeks picks; Golfinity & Desert Golf, MMWormhole, Clockwork Brain and The Glass Age.
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Episode 17: #17 Why Did the Chicken Crossy the Road?
November 27th, 2014 | 1 hr 18 secs
We follow up on hiring iOS developers, changes to Twitter’s API and holding back deep search features. Picks with Crossy Road, Apple’s TestFlight on ITC, Screeny, Monument Valley’s additional (RED) chapter and 3rd Edition of iOS 6 By Tutorials.