Interview: Austin Sarner, Developer Of Disco
Posted by Jack Sauer on 02/12/07 in Interviews
We recently had time to catch up with Austin Sarner, Developer Of Disco and AppZapper. Here’s what he had to say about Disco, Macworld, and future plans.
MacApper: Thanks for joining us Austin!
Austin: No problem
MacApper: There was some controversy over the so-called “lack of features” in Disco, do you think that affected it’s sales or boosted them?
Austin: I think for the most part the controversy surrounding Disco has been regarding the supposed “style over substance” ideology that people think we relied on entirely. Things like spandex, discography, as well as the ease of use of the app itself are (we feel) innovations in an otherwise repetitive market. We absolutely value style, probably more than most… and as soon as our use of style stops exponentially increasing both our exposure and sales, we’ll be the first to tone down.
MacApper: What Mac(s) do you currently use in your office to develop your apps?
Austin: I’m running a first generation (i.e. buggy as all hell) MacBook Pro, and I’ve got a 23 inch Cinema that I dock with.
MacApper: Nice, At the Macworld Expo this year you had a small stand displaying Disco and AppZapper, any plans for next year?
Austin: We’ve already reserved a gigantic and well placed 10×20 booth for Macworld 2008, and you can expect a stylish booth design as well as more than just AppZapper and Disco on display.
MacApper: Does this mean your hinting towards a new application?
Austin: Hahaha… certainly not. Most likely MacZOT and some other friends of ours will be showing their products at the booth. After Disco and the upcoming Cookbook, I have no plans to develop another app for awhile.
MacApper: Speaking of Macworld, The iPhone was a big part of this years Macworld, If you could develop an app (existing or new) for the iPhone, which would that be?
Austin: Disco for the iPhone, of course. We’d also market a hardware CD drive add on.
MacApper: One more thing (Steve Jobs moment), any chance we could get a few Zap’d t-shirts from you?
Austin: Haha… well we’ll be giving out a bunch of free ones at WWDC so you can stop by there. We’re planning to allow people to buy t-shirts from our sites, eventually.
MacApper: Well, its been great talking to you Austin, good luck with Cookbook and next year Macworld!
Austin: Thanks again.
Contest: We have three (3) copies of Disco to giveaway thanks to Austin and the Disco crew. To enter the draw, simple leave a comment on this post.
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And I would really love to win a copy, so count me in on the drawing! 
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ps, Its great to see that a Developer like Austin will come and talk to a relativly new site like Macapper!
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