Or…one excuse of many why I haven’t updated this thing in six months…
I’ve taken up a new avocation in the off season to make use of my formerly sharp technical skills…and that avocation is iPhone App developer.
Having gotten an iPhone last fall, I realized it was a pretty slick little platform with a lot of useful stuff. App development is hyped as being “easy” (which it is not) and a good way to make some money. In theory that is true – you’ve got a built in distribution channel and if you can hit a home run you could, in theory make some extra scratch.
Of course, you have to hit a home run…I’m happy to hit a single for now if I can.
So, shamelessly plugging my own product…here is R/C Assist for the iPhone and iPod Touch. In short it is a countdown timer for race starts – a pretty simple application that will make the visual cues and sounds you need to properly time one of several different race sequences.
The premise is pretty simple – instead of cheat sheets and stop watches a Race Committee can run this app. And if you plug your iPhone into your boat’s stereo or loudhailer or into a bullhorn you can run the whole sequence without using air horns or external sound signals.
All this for $4.99.
Buy a copy for the whole family.
