Day One App Ideas with Mikaela Caron

In this episode, Leo chats with Mikaela Caron about their favorite app ideas for day one release of iOS 15 as well as how Mikaela went from manufacturing engineering to a profession iOS developer.

Show Notes

Guest

• Mikaela Caron
  • Twitter - @mikaela__caron
  • Instagram @mikaelacaron 

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Related Links

• Mikaela's Apps
  • Gibbs Crew Trivia
  • Job Application Tracker
• Leo's Apps
  • Heartwitch
  • Speculid
  • gBeat
  • OrchardNest
• Inspiration
  • Unmute - Phone call assistant
  • Orbit App
  • SwitchBuddy by Filip Nemecek
  • Notion
  • BIGBRAINHACKS!
  • Dave Jacobsen - YouTube Channel
• Dev/Design Tools in iOS
  • SemanticUI 
  • Haptic Haven
  • Dash
  • Notability
• Favorite Guides
  • Lickability
  • Marketing Dark Noise by Charlie Chapman
  • Launching an Indie App by Michael Tigas
    • Focus Work by Michael Tigas
  • A Best-in-Class iOS App by Jordan Morgan
• Learning Resources
  • Swift by Sundell
  • Hacking with Swift
  • Code with Chris
  • Sean Allen
• Also...
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  • 📺 AF Chat: WWDC 2021 Recap with Joe Cieplinski
  • WWDC 2021 - Create accessible experiences for watchOS

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Our App Ideas

• How Mikaela got into iOS Development
• Brain Marks (from Big Brain Hackathon) - hoping to finish this and make it open source
• Alarm app, where you can record your voice as the alarm
• Bop It App Gestures: like bop it, but moving a phone around in various ways
• Podcasting app for Apple Watch
• Another Todo App
• Another Expense App
• Heartwitch
• Speculid
• gBeat
• OrchardNest

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Music from https://filmmusic.io
"Blippy Trance" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
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Creators & Guests

Host

Leo Dion

Swift developer for Apple devices and more; Founder of BrightDigit; husband and father of 6 adorable kids

Guest

Mikaela Caron 🦄

👩‍💻 iOS Engineer @lickability | Organizer @iosdevhappyhour | Freelancing at @icyappstudio | My Apps 👇👇👇 | she/her

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