Manton and Daniel evaluate Daniel’s public speaking procrastination, confess their evolving attitudes about Swift, and discuss strategies for balancing paid consulting with personal indie pursuits.

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• Do{iOS} – Amsterdam-based conference that Daniel will speak at on November 9.
• BBEdit – Venerable Mac text editor that started life as a Pascal-based project.
• Stairways Software – Long-time Mac developer and Pascal-enthusiast Peter Lewis.
• Object Pascal – History of the object-oriented version of Pascal and Apple’s role in it.

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Daniel and Manton discuss the Release Notes Conference, the value of getting feedback from people in real life, Daniel’s Apple TV rejection, and Twitter’s apology to developers.

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• Release Notes – Indianapolis business of software conference, just concluded.
• David Smith – One of many speakers at Release Notes.
• A Great Developer… – Manton’s thoughts on the “that’s fine for” dismissal of developer success.
• Release Notes 2015 – Manton’s follow-up blog post from the conference.
• Rob Rhyne – Speaker at Release Notes who discussed accrual accounting method.
• @riverfold – Manton’s indie-software business Twitter account.
• Is It App? – Daniel compares gatekeepers at Apple to those who would judge e.g. art.
• Craig Hockenberry – One of the early developers of Twitter client apps.

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Manton and Daniel discuss the paralysis of choosing what to work on as an indie, Manton’s mysterious Kickstarter campaign, and the allure of company stickers and other marketing stuff.

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• Release Notes Conference – Indianapolis conference about indie software business.
• Kickstarter – Crowdfunding site on which Manton will soon launch a campaign.
• MarsEdit – Daniel’s Mac-based blog editing app.
• Why can’t it be like email? – Brent Simmons’s original notes about the design of MarsEdit 1.0.
• Studio Neat – Austin based product design company.
• Obi – In-progress Kickstarter from Studio Neat for a “smart laser toy for cats.”
• Thoroughly Considered on Relay.fm – Podcast from the Studio Neat folks.
• Indie Go Go – Kickstarter alternative that lets you keep the money regardless of turnout.
• Patreon – Crowd-sourced patronage contribution service.
• Typed: A Better Blog Platform – Indie Go Go page for Realmac’s blogging service.
• Manton’s New Stickers – Mysterious star-based logo for a forthcoming product.
• StickerMule – Really nice folks who make really nice stickers.

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Daniel and Manton discuss Manton’s search for indie development contracts, the market in general for iOS and Mac contracts, and the range of options for obtaining free and low-cost SSL certificates.

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• Let’s Encrypt – A “free, automated, and open certificate authority.”
• Namecheap – Low-cost reseller of SSL certificates from more reputable sounding vendors.
• StartSSL – SSL certificates that are free at the lowest level.

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Special guest Marco Arment joins Manton and Daniel for a lively, longer conversation about his enthusiasm for keeping the podcasting market diverse, hints about progress towards Overcast 2.0, and his atypical approach to customer support. The three also talk about the value of non-monetary priorities in development, and the pros and cons of “scratching one’s itch” in software pursuits.

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• Marco.org – Eponymous blog of our special guest, Marco Arment.
• Accidental Tech Podcast – Podcast hosted by Marco, John Siracusa, and Casey Liss.
• Top Four – Marco’s podcast with Tiffany Arment on Relay.fm.
• Worst Weezer Singles – Marco and Tiff select four Weezer songs they deem ill-suited as radio singles.
• Bitsplitting Episode 8 – Daniel’s interview of Marco Arment on the Bitsplitting podcast.
• Overcast – Marco’s iOS podcast-listening client.
• Instapaper – Marco’s “read later” service and app, now developed by betaworks.
• The Magazine – Marco’s iOS-based magazine, later run by Glenn Fleishman.
• Pocket Casts – A well-liked podcast client for iOS, Android and Windows Phone.
• Howl – A “Netflix for podcasts.” Ad-free podcasts from … an ad company.
• Happy Birthday Grandma – One of the many business ideas Marco has but probably won’t get to.
• Perfect Table Planner – Dedicated software for seating at weddings and other special events.
• Successful Software – Andy Brice’s blog, developer of Perfect Table Planner.
• Discontinued – Home page of Vemedio, the former makers of Instacast.

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