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Fifteen years ago, I was an indie iOS developer, creating my own simple apps like these:<\/p>\n

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It was a fun and exciting time, but there was one big challenge\u2014iOS was still brand new, and good documentation was hard to come by. Learning the platform often felt like piecing together a puzzle without all the pieces, and more often than not, I found myself feeling stuck and, frankly, a little stupid.<\/p>\n

To make things easier\u2014not just for myself, but for others facing the same struggles\u2014I decided to start a blog to document what I was learning. And with that, raywenderlich.com<\/strong> was born!<\/p>\n

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The Humble Beginnings: A Blog and a Small Team<\/h2>\n

When I first started the blog, I made myself a deal: I would write one tutorial a week. The plan was simple\u2014spend one day each week writing tutorials and use the rest of my time working on my own apps.<\/p>\n

That worked for a while, until I started polling my readers about which topics they wanted me to cover next. More often than not, they\u2019d choose subjects I hadn\u2019t yet explored for my apps. This meant extra research on my part, and soon I found myself spending more than my allocated day each week writing tutorials. It was beginning to take a toll on the time I needed for my own projects.<\/p>\n

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I realized I needed help. So, I put out a call for authors<\/a> to join me, and I was lucky to have some amazing people respond.<\/p>\n

Together, we began crafting tutorials using this simple, yet effective process:<\/p>\n

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  • My wife, Vicki, would create any necessary graphics and artwork for the sample projects.<\/li>\n
  • Each author would write a first draft.<\/li>\n
  • My friend Fahim Farook<\/a> would tech-edit each tutorial.<\/li>\n
  • My friend BC Phillips would do an English-language edit for each tutorial.<\/li>\n
  • I would do a final edit and review to ensure everything was polished.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    By collaborating this way, we were able to produce a ton of high quality tutorials. As our team grew, we added more tech editors, editors, and artists, and by the end of 2014, we looked like this:<\/p>\n

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    The Power of Community: From Online Friends to a Real Family<\/h2>\n

    We all shared a deep passion for making apps and teaching others how to do the same. As we collaborated and spent time together, we became more than just colleagues\u2014we became friends. And along the way, we had a ton of fun.<\/p>\n

    I\u2019ll always remember our daily hangouts on IRC, where we\u2019d make memes and laugh together. One of our favorite activities was slapping Charlie with a trout:<\/p>\n

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    Then there was Tammy, who always led the way with creativity and humor:<\/p>\n

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    We loved pulling off April Fools\u2019 pranks too. One year, we \u201cdiscovered\u201d an undocumented thermometer inside the iPhone and released a Thermometer App Starter Kit<\/a> to measure your turkey\u2019s temperature (among other things). To our surprise, a lot of people tried to buy it. :]<\/p>\n

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    Each Christmas, we\u2019d all come together to create a cheesy Christmas song with geeky iOS-related lyrics. They were always a bit amateurish, but always so much fun. One of my favorites even featured the infamous \u201cMic Dance.\u201d<\/p>\n