Todd Allcock

At 20 Aug 2010 09:09:50 +1200 Your Name wrote:
>
> "Todd Allcock" <elecconnec@AnoOspamL.com> wrote in message
> news:K4cbo.28312$RZ1.12350@newsfe24.iad...
> > At 19 Aug 2010 09:41:28 +1200 Your Name wrote:
> > > Is it going to be all downhill (or down the toilet) from here for
the
> > App
> > > Store?? This is like letting kids run the candy store, or Larry run
the
> > > asylum. :-(
> > >
> > > From MacRumors.com ...
> > >
> > > App Store Director Revealed to Be Former Fart App Developer
> > > ----------------------------------------------------------------
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> > ----
> > > ------------------
> > > Wired has discovered that Phillip Shoemaker, Apple's Director
> > > of Applications Technology for the App Store, is a former App
> > > Store developer himself who has a handful of applications,
> > > several of which fall into the category of low-brow fart and
> > > urination humor, still available for sale. Shoemaker's App Store
> > > development work was handled under the name GrayNoodle
> > > LLC.
> > >
> > > "Simulate the experience of urinating for a long time," iWiz's
> > > app description reads in iTunes. "Convince your friends that
> > > you'll never stop. iWiz allows you to simulate urination: faster,

> > > slower, or just a trickle."
> > >
> > > The game Animal Farts features various cartoon images of
> > > animals with their buttocks facing forward, giving users buttons
> > > to trigger "Fart," "Poot," "Drop" or "Wiz" sounds accompanied
> > > with animations illustrating said emissions.
> > >
> > > According to an Apple spokeswoman, all of
> > > Shoemaker's applications had been approved prior
> > > to his employment with Apple.
> > >
> > > "Phillip's apps were written, submitted and
> > > approved before he became an Apple employee,"
> > > an Apple spokeswoman said in a statement. "His
> > > experience and perspective as a developer is one
> > > of the valuable things he brings to Apple's
> > > developer relations team. Apple's policy allows
> > > for employees to have apps on the App Store if
> > > they're developed and published prior to their start
> > > at Apple."
> > >
> > > Apple's statement is apparently contradicted, however, by App
> > > Store data showing that three of his applications debuted in the
> > > App Store up to six weeks after Shoemaker had tweeted that
> > > he was working for Apple in early March 2009.
> > >
> > > Shoemaker's LinkedIn profile prior to removal of GrayNoodle
> > > reference
> > >
> > > Since the publication of Wired's article, Shoemaker has deleted
> > > his Twitter accounts and updated his LinkedIn page to remove
> > > mention of his connection to GrayNoodle and the apps in
> > > question.
> > >
> > >
> > > What kind of management imbecile thought that employing this
immature
> > fool
> > > was actually a good idea?!?! :-(
> >
> >
> > What makes you think _he's_ immature just because he sold apps to
people
> > who were?
> >
> > It could be easily argued he's a genius who tapped into the iPhone
> > Zeitgeist like few others have.
> >
> > There are a lot of exellent apps for iOS, but get a group of iPhone
> > owners around a water cooler and they're not talking about those-
they're
> > showing off fart and beer chugging apps.
>
> And if this fool thinks those are good apps, then that's exactly what's
> going to start flooding in as "approved". :-(


And if his job is to maximize Apple's profits, he should be approving
anything legal that will sell well, regardless of how childish _you_
think it is. Fart apps sell. That's a reflection on the childishness of
the buyer far more than it is the seller.