Editor's Note: From time to time, TUAW does cover commercial apps developed by our staffers, although it is relatively rare for individuals to write about their own projects (with some notable exceptions). In this case, Mike's experience of his app development process -- going from a code-naive start to a spot in the App Store -- is definitely worth sharing.
Last Tuesday, having covered the App Store for TUAW since before there was an App Store to cover (remember the "sweet solution"?), I finally did something I've been thinking about doing for a couple of years now: I released an iPhone app.
I write about lots of apps every day h
