Earlier this month, Daring Fireball's John Gruber linked to a website whose author collects a "wall of shame," collecting iOS apps that use pop-up dialog boxes to ask users for a positive review on the App Store. Unsurprisingly, the topic has sparked a lively debate among many technical bloggers and developers in the Apple ecosystem.The general consensus seems to be that a lot of people aren't all that fond of those pop-ups, with Gruber suggesting that disgruntled users make their voice heard by giving those apps one-star reviews for "annoying me with a prompt to review the app," and others suggesting that Apple do away with explicit reviews altogether.These reminders have been around for a long time, and they don't seem to be going away any time soon. As annoying as they are, I'd argue that that's a good thing, because they remind us what a p
