I had posted a while back that after 29 plus years, I had been \u201cretired\u201d by IBM. I\u2019ve had the last two months (over the holidays) to think thru what that means to me and what I\u2019d like to do. While I would love to still have the income that a high paying corporate job provided me, i.e. I got to buy a lot of tech toys, write apps for fun, and do a weekly podcast without any advertising or support, I didn\u2019t like the culture of driving all activities based on a quarterly report to the stock market. What I want to do is actually spend time making things.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
While I will continue to pursue a traditional job, you can\u2019t beat the price of company supported healthcare, I am going to take this year to try and make a go of my own app development. Hopefully, I will be able to make a livable income through my work, and at the same time, improve my skills as a developer. I didn\u2019t get to do much development work in my day job. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
If you\u2019d like to help me, I would appreciate if you pick up either of my current apps, which are minimally priced, and spend some time providing me feedback. I know a big area of improvement is needed in UI design, but having spent so much time with them over the years, I need feedback on what I can do, not just that I should improve them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
My two apps are both available on all major Apple platforms:<\/p>\n\n\n\n