Episode 225: Keep Your Eyes Open

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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March 24, 2016 at 4:24 pm.

Episode 224: It’s Good Enough For Cookie Monster

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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March 18, 2016 at 3:02 pm.

Episode 223: Every Little Nuanced Problem

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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March 11, 2016 at 3:35 pm.

Episode 222: Make It Vaguely Shippable

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.

Many thanks to our sponsors this week:

  • PDFpenPro: Complete PDF Power.
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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.
March 4, 2016 at 3:50 pm.