Imagine my surprise when the internet failed to produce a select list of iPhone development blogs more than 10 links wide. Well, I’ve beaten the internet at its own game and collected the links myself, like a neurotic SERP.
Having taken the liberty of pruning all slow or inactive candidates, I plant the list here to let it grow. So far it’s an even mix of developer blogs and those about general iPhone development and news.
148 Apps (http://148apps.biz/)
71 Squared (http://www.71squared.com/)
Appy Place (http://goldenboat.wordpress.com/)
Arthur Lockman’s Blog (http://www.ajobi.net/arthurlockman/)
Bang 2D (http://bang2d.com/)
Bytesize Adventures (http://www.bytesizeadventures.com/blog)
Cascadia Games 9http://cascadiagames.com/blog.html)
Danilo Campos (http://blog.danilocampos.com/)
DevLog (http://slypot.com/blog/)
Dirk’s iPhone Development (http://blog.dirkz.com/)
Dr. Touch (http://drobnik.com/touch/)
Endlooop Blog (http://blog.endloop.ca/blog/)
Feltzem’s Blog (http://feltzem.wordpress.com/)
Games From Within (http://gamesfromwithin.com/)
Gogogic (http://gogogic.wordpress.com/)
Headcase Games Blog (http://headcase-games.blogspot.com)
High Caffeine Content (http://blog.steventroughtonsmith.com/)
How to Make iPhone Apps (http://howtomakeiphoneapps.com/)
Howling Moon Software (http://howlingmoonsoftware.com/wordpress/)
iCodeBlog (http://icodeblog.com/)
Injoit (http://www.injoit.com/blog/)
Inside iPhone (http://blogs.oreilly.com/iphone/)
Intellectsoft Blog (http://intellectsoft.co.uk/blog/)
iPhone Developer:Tips (http://iphonedevelopertips.com/)
iPhone Development (http://iphonedevelopment.blogspot.com/)
iPhone Development Blog (http://iphoneincubator.com/blog/)
iPhone Flow (http://www.iphoneflow.com/)
iPhone in Action (http://iphoneinaction.manning.com/iphone_in_action/)
iPhone Web Dev (http://www.iphonewebdev.com/blog/)
iPhone World (http://www.iphoneworld.ca/iphone-world/news/iphone-development/)
iPhoneness (http://www.iphoneness.com/)
Just Another iPhone Blog (http://justanotheriphoneblog.com/wordpress/)
Keyvisuals (http://iphone.keyvisuals.com/)
Life of a Game Designer (http://www.daveyounggames.com/)
Lumpy’s Pad (http://lumpyspad.blogspot.com/)
Majic Jungle (http://majicjungle.com/blog/)
Maniac Dev (http://maniacdev.com/)
Mike Ash (http://www.mikeash.com/?page=pyblog/)
Mobile Orchard (http://www.mobileorchard.com/)
Mobile Pie (http://www.mobilepie.com/)
ObjectGraph Blog (http://blog.objectgraph.com/)
Photics (http://photics.com/)
Planet iPhone SDK (http://www.planetiphonesdk.com/)
Play-N-Give (http://www.playngive.com/Blog/Blog.html)
Polished Play (http://polishedplay.blogspot.com/)
PrEV (http://bill.dudney.net/roller/objc/)
Retro Dreamer Blog (http://retrodreamer.com/blog/)
Shad’s Programming Corner (http://shadhex.blogspot.com/)
Solid 7 Studios (http://cascadiagames.com/blog.html)
Stig’s iPhone Development Blog (http://www.trueiloan.com/wordpress/)
Stormy Productions (http://blog.stormyprods.com/)
Streaming Color (http://www.streamingcolour.com/blog/)
The iPhone Developer (http://www.mexircus.com/blog/)
Tiny Tim Games (http://www.tinytimgames.com/)
Travis Dunn (http://www.travisdunn.com)
Veiled Games (http://www.veiledgames.com/blog/)
Victor Costan (http://blog.costan.us/)
Christopher Waite
October 1st, 2009
Great list, thanks. I’d humbly like to add my own iPhone game development blog: http://www.bytesizeadventures.com/blog
Juan MedÃn
October 1st, 2009
Hi,
It’s a great recopilation of blogs. Thanks ! But what could really make it outstanding is to know what are the best ones. If following 1 or 2 of those blogs gives you the 80% of the information, then that’s a huge gain.
Information overload is a real problem today !
Travis
October 1st, 2009
@Juan
I know it strikes of laziness to post a sterile list, but to be honest, I’m personally interested in reading along with most if not all of these, and a “best of” isn’t relevant in this context because it’s hard to qualify what’s “best” for general interest.
Some of the blogs will post news I never read, but punctuate that with interesting or instructive posts. Some are by developers who aren’t sharing especially instructive information, but in whose development efforts I find a kindred spirit. Some of the blogs are shallow, but reading them gives a pulse of the community and market. Many update irregularly but together provide a steady stream of posts. Most companies keep largely promotional blogs, but also share valuable market insights.
So in this case, I’m just posting a high level list to serve as a reference to active iPhone blogs.
Paul O'Connor
October 2nd, 2009
Thanks for the link … we’ve linked back to you from Appy Place: http://goldenboat.wordpress.com/.
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T. Benjamin Larsen
October 9th, 2009
Hi there Travis, great initiative and great blog! Followed you over from the TouchArcade Forums. I’ve recently “re-opened” my blog, it used to be mainly about “visual storytelling” but as iPhone development is about the only thing I have any spare time for these days it has begun a shift towards becoming mainly a developer blog. If you care to add it, the address is http://www.tBenjaminLarsen.com
Cheers!
Neil Rennison
October 15th, 2009
Hi Travis. Add our Tin Man Games blog to the list if you want! http://www.tinmangames.com.au
Danilo Campos
October 20th, 2009
Thanks for including me. If it helps me earn my keep on your list, I just published a lengthy post-mortem on my latest app.
Have fun with your development efforts!
bunnyhero
October 21st, 2009
what i’d love to see is a good iphone development blog aggregator, a la fullasagoog or feeds.adobe.com for flash development.
planetcocoa.org is a cocoa development aggregator, but it’s not exclusively iphone: it covers mac development too.
in any case, your list here would be a good place to start :)
(p.s. shameless plug: my blog (linked) is also about iphone development :)
bunnyhero
October 21st, 2009
oh, i just saw planetiphonesdk.com on your list! i’ll have to check that one out :)