Daniel and Manton talk about the struggle of tackling the last issues remaining in a project, which are often the ones you’ve put off the longest. They discuss tricks for gamifying productivity progress, and other time management hacks. They reflect on Swift 3 reaching a milestone of preserving source compatibility, and discuss the costs and benefits of sticking with Objective-C vs. moving forward with Swift.
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July 30, 2016 at 5:30 pm.
Manton reacts to negatively to the Swift 3 decision to disallows subclassing by default, while Daniel tries to see the bright side. The two discuss Twitter’s new invitation to apply for @verified status, and Daniel’s attempt to do so. And they quickly touch base on the upcoming Apple-sponsored reality show, “Planet of the Apps.”
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- Linode: Cloud Hosting for You.
Links:
- Not Subclassable by Default – Michael Tsai’s round-up of links and commentary about the Swift 3 decision.
- I’m Out – Manton’s quip about the Swift 3 decision, playing on a Shark Tank reference.
- Time Will Tell – Casey Liss suggests that Manton (and Daniel, and others) are clinging to the past.
- Only 2 fixes – One of Manton’s very early (2009) pessimistic posts on the App Store.
- Twitter Verification – Public-facing application for the coveted blue checkmark.
- Aren’t Good Enough – Federico Viticci shares disappointment about his @verified status denial.
- Planet of the Apps – Home page for the Apple-funded reality series about app development.
- Mama Needs that Pokémon – Episode of Accidental Tech Podcast covering Planet of the Apps.
July 21, 2016 at 2:18 pm.
Manton and Daniel talk about Pokémon Go and the apparent salvation of Nintendo, appreciate the value of longevity in a brand, and discuss Manton’s soft announcement of Snippets.today. They chat about the challenges of smoothing over first-launch or first-introduction problems with new products and services, and give props to Matt Mullenweg as an empowered defender of the open web.
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- Linode: Cloud Hosting for You.
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July 14, 2016 at 1:38 pm.
Manton’s home from camping, Daniel’s still in Oxford. They talk about the merits of taking a break from coding, catch up on Manton’s Kickstarter project status, and consider the value of genuineness in marketing. They continue to compare notes on the latest beta releases, and respectfully disagree about Apple’s decision to limit Siri integration with intents.
Many thanks to our sponsor this week:
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- Balmorhea State Park – Where Manton went camping. Beautiful spring-fed pool built by the CCC.
- Alpine – Small college down in the mountains of west Texas with everything you need as an indie developer: nice coffee shop, bookstores, Mexican restaurants, and a brewery.
- Kickstarter – Crowd-funding site on which Manton’s upcoming project will be promoted.
- SiriKit – Documentation from Apple about the new Siri API.
July 7, 2016 at 10:49 am.
