An iPhone application I wrote just got posted to the app store yesterday. iReddit (cleverly named huh?) is the official reddit client for the iPhone. I may have built the iPhone app, but they built reddit, which is the really hard part, and for that we’re all thankful.

Actually, I’ve been interested in trying out the iPhone dev environment for some time. I got to talking with Alexis and thought this would be a great opportunity to build something useful, and help out our startup at the same time. All in all it was a good experience, but at times the iPhone dev process may make you want to kill yourself (and not because of the programming part). Don’t say I didn’t warn you.

The app itself is pretty great. You can browse the combined front page, or look at individual subreddits, and even get your own customized reddit list on the phone by logging in. Commenting, voting, and saving are all there, plus “serendipity” mode, which displays a random upcoming reddit story every time you shake the iPhone. The best part of the app is probably the reddit alien getting pissed off at slow loading pages. The effect is great.

So, if you haven’t already, go buy the app! I’ll try and write more about the dev process in future posts, and in particular about my take on the app store and some of the things people have been complaining about.

Alexis has a bit of a crazy side to him, and it called him to make this commercial for the app. Hand modeling by yours truly. Still waiting to hear what Wil Wheaton actually thinks of it.

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