Episode 71: Moments Of Fleeting Genius

Daniel and Manton talk Android on the desktop, consistency of programming languages, and various approaches to to-do list management.

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  • TwUI – Twitter’s open source Mac UI framework.
  • Chameleon – Iconfactory’s open source Mac UI framework.
  • Google Web Toolkit – Google’s framework for building JavaScript-backed sites from Java source.
  • Node.js – Streamlined JavaScript based web-development platform.
  • Taskpaper – Simple To-Do app from Hog Bay Software.
  • Getting Things Done – The productivity methodology by David Allen.
  • OmniFocus – To-Do management software from The Omni Group.
  • 43 Folders – Merlin Mann’s dormant blog about productivity and creativity.
  • Back To Work – Merlin Mann’s podcast recently re-focused on Getting Things Done.
  • Asana – To-Do management system for teams.
  • Things – To-Do management software from Cultured Code.
  • Trello – To-Do management and project organization service from Fog Creek.
  • Lose It! – Calorie-counting software for iOS from FitNow, Inc.
  • Forget Feature Requests – Chapter from 37signals’s Getting Real about ignoring feature requests.

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December 31, 2012 at 11:09 am.

Episode 70: The Hugest Geek Dad In The World

Manton and Daniel talk about Macworld’s Eddy Awards, the rollout of Twitter’s tweet archives, and developing Safari extensions.

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  • Macworld Eddys – The 2012 winners of the Macworld editor’s choice awards.
  • Some winners we mentioned:
    • Tweetbot – Mac Twitter client from Tapbots.
    • Coda – Mac website building tool from Panic.
    • MacJournal – Mac diary and blogging app from Mariner Software.
  • appFigures Featured Report – A tool to easily monitor app store features.
  • Scaling Crashlytics – Slides on how Crashlytics uses Redis.
  • Download All Tweets – The Next Web on Twitter’s rollout of full-archive downloads.
  • Tweet Library – Manton’s Twitter client and personal tweet archival tool.
  • ThinkUp – Social network content analysis tool from Gina Trapani and crew.
  • WordPress Tweet Importers – Internal call from WordPress developers to support importing Tweet archives.
  • Tweet Marker – Manton’s web service for tweet sync with new $1/month subscription.
  • Safari Extensions – Development documentation from Apple.

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December 28, 2012 at 7:46 pm.

Episode 69: Hobbling Like An Energizer Bunny

Daniel and Manton discuss working while sick, how not to change a light bulb, Twitter photo filters, Flickr, and a question about organizing shared code.

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December 13, 2012 at 2:05 pm.

Episode 68: A History Lesson For Your Kids

Daniel and Manton discuss the end of The Daily newspaper app,  trademark infringing copycat apps, and using a shared family computer for work purposes.

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  • News Corporation PR – Press release including announcement of The Daily’s ceasing publication.
  • The Daily Failed – Marco Arment’s take on the end of The Daily.
  • Evening Edition – Digest of world news from the folks at Mule Design.
  • Tweetmarks to Tweet Marker – Manton’s tweet noting his product renaming based on trademark conflict.
  • Watermark Trademarks – An example of the variety of trademarks based on a common word.
  • Dropbox – File sharing service mentioned in context of using whatever computer do do one’s work.
  • iTunes Match – Apple’s subscription-based cloud music syncing service.
  • PowerTunes – Fat Cat Software’s application for managing multiple iTunes libraries.

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December 5, 2012 at 12:35 pm.