browngeek

Way back in September 2006, I tried the My Heritage’s The Celebrity in Me face recognition program. You upload a close-up photo of your face and it runs some algos to figure out who you look like.

I was disappointed to see that I did not know who the top two matches were - Rick something and a Barack Obama-something. And I said - “Bah. This program sucks!”.

Well, fast forward to today, and I do not think it sucks after all! I am glad I look like Obama…at least 60%.

I love Apple products.

But today I hate one product - the iPhone Developer program.

I applied for a beta developer certificate and I receive this email -

Thank you for expressing interest in the iPhone Developer Program. We have received your enrollment request. As this time, the iPhone Developer Program is available to a limited number of developers and we plan to expand during the beta period. We will contact you again regarding your enrollment status at the appropriate time.

Thank you for applying.

Apparently, it was not just me but pretty much everybody got rejected.

So, you can download the iPhone SDK and start writing apps now. You can even test the app in the Aspen simulator. But if you want to install the app on your iPhone, you are out of luck. You have to wait…until Apple decides to let you in.

WTF? Is Apple only allowing high-profile companies (EA and AOL) to build the first wave the iPhone apps? Or did they under-estimate the number of developers that are itching to write an app for the next big thing?

Whatever the reason, Apple screwed up with this. I hope they fix this shit ASAP and make me love them again.