Manton orders his dream phone, the iPhone SE. Daniel reflects on the growing allure of Swift, and the two discuss the risks of either adopting new technologies too soon, or holding on to the past for too long.

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Links:

• A Big Step for Small – Apple’s new iPhone SE.
• iPad “Super Computer” – The iPad Pro now comes in two sizes.
• The Carbon-Cocoa Advantage – Daniel’s nearly decade-old post about compromising old and new technologies.
• Swift Language Guide – Good reading to feed the Swift virus in your programmer soul.

Manton and Daniel discuss Apple’s revelation that Cookie Monster uses an iPhone, consider the Amazon Echo as the next big technology platform, and catch up with Manton’s successful 30 days of Austin coffee challenge.

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• Fabric, Twitter’s mobile SDK: Leverage the power of Crashlytics, Twitter and MoPub to help you build the best mobile apps.
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Links:

• Waiting for Coookies – Apple’s iPhone 6s ad featuring Cookie Monster.
• Sesame Street on HBO – The venerable PBS kids’ show moves to HBO.
• Corporation for Public Broadcasting – The publicly funded corporation behind public television in the US.
• Spaceship – A Slack commercial in the form of an animated film.
• Confidence and Arrogance – Seth Godin on the sometimes fine line separating them.
• Amazon Echo – The Siri-like listening device that stays in your home.
• Alexa Skills Kit – Developer extensibility for Amazon’s Echo.
• Wozniak on Echo – He sees it as the next big platform.
• App Store Disconnect – Rene Ritchie breaks down the cold hard truth of the App Store.
• Make Wooden Toys – Daniel responds to Rene’s brutal honesty with optimism.
• Melissa & Doug – A behemoth brand for wooden toys for children.
• Rootin’ Ridge – Austin-based toymakers who have not thrived as much as Melissa & Doug.
• Men’s Wearhouse – George Zimmer’s personal brand turned major corporation.
• Jordan’s – New England furniture company with a personal mascot.
• Torchy’s – Texas based taco restaurant.
• Sage Cafe – One of Manton’s final coffee visits.
• Departure Lounge – Another Manton coffee shop, that also books travel.
• Coffee Shops in Austin – Round-up of all the shops Manton visited.
• Delicious Cafe – Seattle pi newspaper article about Wil Shipley’s Delicious Monster

Daniel and Manton discuss strategies for filing and organizing bugs. They talk about the expected iPad and iPhone announcements at Apple’s March 21 event, and they follow up on discussion about apps that delight and take their own problem domains seriously.

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• SmartGo: learn to play Go.
• Linode: Cloud Hosting for You.

Links:

• FogBugz – Web-based bug-tracking and customer support software.
• Forget Feature Requests – Timeless advice from 37signals “Getting Real.”
• Apple’s March 21st Event – Predictions from 9to5mac about what to expect.
• Occupy Portland – The Talk Show with John Gruber and John Moltz.
• Upgrade – Relay.fm podcast featuring Myke Hurley and Jason Snell.
• Paw – REST API debugging and testing tool from Lucky Marmot.
• A Better Format for Press Kits – Advice from Realmac’s Dan Counsell.

Manton’s coffee shop trek continues. Apple’s new @AppleSupport Twitter account, and the growing standard for expecting Twitter support. Listener Q&A about minimum viable products and whether to wait or ship that 1.0.

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Links:

• Coffee shops in Austin – Manton’s summary page of posts about his 30 day challenge to visit new coffee shops.
• CocoaConf Podcast 17 – Daniel is interviewed by Cesare Rocchi about working from home.
• @AppleSupport – Apple’s new Twitter-based customer support account.
• Sprinklr – Social support software solution used by Apple.
• AppleCare Premium – Apple’s continuing requirement that customers pay for phone support after 90 days.
• Apple Support – Apple’s new ready-to-please support home page.
• Respond – Twitter-based customer support from Buffer.
• @panic – A smaller company than Apple handling support on Twitter well.
• When to release 1.0? – Listener Q&A from Brandon Bradley.
• Tweetbot for Mac – Daniel’s preferred Mac Twitter client.
• Hash Pipe – Weezer song that has nothing to do with hashtags.
• Maximum Viable Products – Allen Pike’s reflections on a Cabel Sasser interview
• Cabel Sasser – That Cabel interview.
• Firewatch – Maximally viable game from Panic and Campo Santo.
• Disco – Mac-based disc-burning app that embodied the “Delicious Generation” of apps.
• Overcast – Marco Arment’s well-considered iOS podcast client.
• Under the Radar – Development podcast from Marco Arment and _David Smith.
• Delight is in the Details – Advice from Shawn Blanc on doing great work.