https://michaelmorrison.com/vault/apps/Recent content in Apps from the vault on Michael MorrisonHugoen-usThu, 09 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0700https://michaelmorrison.com/vault/apps/bailout-watch-fox-and-friends/Thu, 09 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0700https://michaelmorrison.com/vault/apps/bailout-watch-fox-and-friends/<video controls preload="metadata" width="100%" poster="revenge-of-the-nerds.jpg"> <source src="fox-and-friends-2009-04-09.mp4" type="video/mp4"> Your browser doesn't support embedded video. <a href="fox-and-friends-2009-04-09.mp4">Download the video</a> instead. </video> <p>In early 2009 I built an iPhone app called Bailout Watch that tracked the TARP disbursements as the federal government was wiring hundreds of billions of dollars to American banks during the financial crisis. It showed where the money was going, bank by bank, and included perspective views comparing the total spend to World War II, Hurricane Katrina, and other historical reference points — the kind of context that gives abstract numbers some shape. It cost $1.99 in the App Store, which felt like the right number for a thing you&rsquo;d check once a week and feel slightly worse about each time.</p>