Wordpress has released the source code for their iPhone application. You can get more info at http://iphone.wordpress.org/2008/07/24/version-11-and-beyond/

With all the excite around the iPhone these days I'm sure there will be many people interested in learning to program for it. Apple has a great program with guides, documentation and sample applications. There are also other resources, especially for beginners, such as Mac Developer Tips for the iPhone . A series of articles that cover Objective-C basics and plans to cover various iPhone Dev topics.

Today is the big day for anyone interested in iPhone applications. Its still way to early to tell what is going to be popular or successful in the long run but here are some interesting articles.

The folks at Pinch Media have done a price analysis of the available applications. There are clear spikes at free, $0.99, $9.99, $4.99, $1.99 and $2.99.

iPhone App Entrepreneur is also keeping an eye on pricing and Apple's current subscription based business models.

Hello Everyone, I'm happy to announce that we have found a place for our next meeting. Thank you for your patience. The group has grown very quickly and if you've ever tried to find a nice quite place for this many people in NYC you know how tricky it can be.

The next meeting till be at a public elementary school where we can use the auditorium:

Monday July 7th, 7-9pm
PS 41 - Auditorium
116 W 11th St
New York, NY 10011

Check out the map.

Couple of things.

First, we are planning on discussing both business and technical issues and to socialize a bit. Let me know if you would like to speak at this or future events.

Second, we need a projector. Let me know if you can provide one.

Look forward to seeing you there.

Greg Yardley at Pinch Media has a very interesting write up on iPhone application price points and business models. I've met Greg and Jesse of Pinch Media and they are great guys who have developed an iPhone analytics tool. They are also working on other tools to monetize iPhone applications. Give it a read and let me know what you think.

I'll be at Social Dev Camp on May 10th in Baltimore.

SocialDevCamp East is the Unconference for Thought Leaders of the Future Social Web.

Where is the social web going? It's going mobile, to geocentric services, and to open platforms. Join a community of like minded developers, social media gurus and thought leaders for an unconference to discuss the future of the social web.

Make sure you introduce yourself and say hi.

As a programming exercise and proof of concept I whipped up I was Here the worlds simplest (and possibly ugliest) location aware micro blog. Think of it like twitter with geo tagging. No, its not a Twitter Killer just a proof of concept and something to play with and visualize to get the creative juices going.

Basically it is a small post/blog that also has geo coordinate information in it. It can be created by any client that has a location service and internet access (hint hint). The website accepts regular http posts, creates the blog article and puts a pin on a map.

What is it good for? I'm not sure yet. There is a lot of talk about location based services. Some of the use cases involve finding the nearest bar/restaurant/atm, finding the cheapest gas station near you and delivering coupons/deals to people near your store.

This simple application turns that around a bit. What if you could generate posts/articles about where you were at any given moment? How could that be used?

Perhaps you could:

• Generate reviews of the establishment where you currently are with out a need for an 'official' web page to comment on
• Read what others have said about "this place"
• Create a tour or narrative for others to learn from
• Report on conditions/status where you are

Two uses that seem interesting to me are engaging with people about a specific place over time and reporting on conditions where you are.

The latter can be particularly useful for people who are "out in the field" inspecting, collecting and reporting information. Something like this can be easily customized for any application. I understand
there are people who go out to check on potholes, graffiti, stock levels in stores, billboards, sidewalk cracks, etc. I'm sure there are many more much better ideas.

Do you know what they are? Let me know if you have an idea.

There is a great little overview of the Objective-C language at Cocoa Dev Central. Its particularly good for experienced (C/C++ or similar) programmers who want to get started in Objective-C.

It even includes a good overview of memory management including an explanation of autorelease and release.

The same author, Scott Stevenson, has another tutorial focused on Objective-C 2.0.

I've started the The New York iPhone Software Developers Meetup . Our first meeting is in a few weeks. If you are interested in iPhone development feel free to join the group and/or come on by. No particular level of experience or area of interest is required or assumed. Actually since it is so new, you can help define the direction the group takes.

If you think it should be hard core tech then say so and if you think it should take a business track or a mix speak up and let us know.

Hope to see you at a meeting.