Hello Watson
July 11, 2008
The past couple of days have been fun for those of us who get our kicks by thinking about design and technology. The kind of apps that have been written already for the iPhone are just as exciting to me as the original iPhone. They also give me something to aspire to. For the past few weeks a couple of us at Automattic have been working on an iPhone app for WordPress. It’s almost ready to go—I’m writing this post with it—and the process of learning the ins and outs of designing for the iPhone has been a lot of fun (because I am a nerd). Our app isn’t revolutionary. Blogging, or mobile blogging in particular, may turn out to be; who knows. I think it’s turned out to be a pretty cool app, though, and I believe it’s going to be a great tool for lots of WordPress users.
Because the conventions that make up the iPhone OS are so new, it levels the playing ground. Developers from a wide range of backgrounds have figured out how to design apps for this new platform that are as compelling as Apple’s, and extend it in some interesting new directions. I really hope that as we finish the development of version 1.0 of WordPress for iPhone and release the source for those who would like to contribute to the project, our app can join that list.
Just wanted to give a big shout-out for working on this app. Even though I’ve had a self-hosted Wordpress blog for quite some time, I just haven’t had that penultimate iPhone posting experience, like being able to add a photo that I just took on my phone to a post. Even something seemingly simple just doesn’t seem to exist, so I’m really looking forward to what the efforts of you and your cohorts produce.
Thank you!
I’m definitely looking forward to this. Is there any way I can check out the source code of the pre-release version, beta test it for you guys, make any bug fixes, etc.? I am in the developer program, so I can get this puppy in my iPhone.
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@Mark E: Fortunately we’re winding down testing as I speak; you should see it on the App Store in just a few days (depending on how fast Apple is to approve it).
This is just awesome stuff. Thank you guys for working so hard to keep wordpress the best place ever to be!