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BJJ Timer iPhone App
Posted on March 24th, 2009 5 comments
Last night I recieve notice from the app store that they had approved my first submitted application. It took just about 10 days for the process, which wasn’t nearly as bad as I thought it could be. I had read on the forums of people waiting months, or just never getting an answer.
This program is for score keeping of Brazilian jiu jitsu matches, a martial art that I practice regularly. Creating something that I could use in my favorite sport was a good way for me to learn about iPhone programming, objective C and the SDK.
When starting to work with a new language or framework, I find it’s helpful to start with something I know well – that way the learning is focused on the software, rather than on the real world problem I am solving. Had I tried to start by making a game, for example, then I would have had to learn about game design at the same time, dividing my attention.
Submitting to the app store was more about learning the process than expecting this to be a revenue generator. I imagine that the sub set of people that own iPhones and referee Jiu Jitsu matches is pretty small, but at least it will be available for them.
It is available for purchase at the app store now. An update (version 1.1) adds some features for handling ADCC rules submission wrestling matches, and should be available in the next 2 weeks.
5 responses to “BJJ Timer iPhone App”
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I would kill to have a version of this I could use on my laptop/lcd monitor as a tournament scoreboard. Have you thought of producing something like that?
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Thanks for the suggestion – in general I am only writing for handheld devices or web servers, but if I get some free time between projects I’ll look into it.
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Wow! You designed an iPhone app? I recently bought an ipod touch, but I’m somewhat unfamiliar with the technology. You can use apps from the store on a touch, right? I barely started jiu-jitsu (my first tournament is in June), and this would be extremely helpful. Thanks!
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da best. Keep it going! Thank you
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Cool!
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