Recently, news surfaced that the head of the iOS App Store has some rather interesting work available in the App Store.

A report in Wired said that the company's director of applications technology and App Store Director has several applications from his previous business available for purchase in the store, and their content isn't exactly the sort of classy artistic expression you'll see on an Apple advertisement.

Among the offerings are a pair of "fart" sound generators as well as an application called iWiz that allows you to simulate the sounds of urination.

Now, let's not get all high and mighty here. Even the best of us enjoy the occasional fart joke, and one will encounter as bad or worse material in your average broadcast. Aside from that, the Apps were approved by the company long before the manager in question was even hired.

But given Apple's control over the content of the store, I'm sure more than a few developers are shaking their heads.

Apple has been almost puritanical in their control over what goes into the App Store. The company has denied entry to everything from apps that show sexy photos to political cartoon viewers. It's safe to say that the company has turned down things that most people would find less offensive than a variable speed wee simulator.

If you are a developer who has recently been rejected from the App Store for one reason or another, knowing that the guy who did it also sells a game that makes the sound of a panda bear breaking wind has to raise one's eyebrows.

19 Aug 2010