Manton catches Daniel up on Micro.blog process, while Daniel bemoans a loss of motivation and focus in recent months. They discuss strategies for increasing productivity through personal rules and changes of habit. Finally, they reflect upon the news that WWDC will return to San Jose, compare notes on plans to attend, and wonder about US border policy’s potential impact on international attendance to the conference.

Many thanks to our sponsor this week:

• TextExpander for Teams: The Productivity Multiplier.

Links:

• New Schedule for Usernames – Manton’s latest Micro.blog campaign update.
• OmniFocus – Personal productivity app from The Omni Group.
• SelfControl – Open source time management utility for blocking access to distracting websites.
• WWDC17 – Announcement from Apple about this year’s developer conference.
• Moof Braü – Flickr photos of the Moof-branded beer that Apple may have offered to an underage Manton.
• OS 9 Is Dead – Macworld coverage of WWDC 2002’s mock funeral for the classic Mac OS.
• Jamba Juice – Popular California-based juice chain whose smoothies were once featured at WWDC.
• C4 – Wolf Rentzsch’s developer conference, which famously revived the Jamba Juice tradition.
• Erik’s DeliCafé – California sandwich chain that once operated a location at the 1 Infinite Loop campus.

Daniel and Manton react to the promo trailer for Planet of the Apps, and discuss whether it lives up to Apple’s name. They compare the show with other reality television such as the Great British Baking Show and Project Runway. Then they revisit the Siri/Alexa comparisons in response to Eddy Cue’s recent comments on the subject, and debate the wisdom or foolishness of Apple’s conservative approach with SiriKit intents.

Many thanks to our sponsors this week:

• Digimarc: The best mobile scanning solution today. The only solution for tomorrow.
• Linode: Cloud Hosting for You.

Links:

• Planet of the Apps – Apple-backed reality show about “app development.”
• Motorola ROKR – Video of Steve Jobs presenting the iTunes/Motorola phone.
• Great British Baking Show – The PBS rebroadcast of the Great British Bake Off.
• Project Runway – Popular American fashion design competition show.
• Gary Vaynerchuk – Motivational entrepreneur and judge on Planet of the Apps.
• Dan Bricklin – Co-creator of VisiCalc.
• Mitch Kapor – Founder of Lotus.
• Jean-Louis Gasee – Medium blog of the former Apple CEO.
• Dave Winer – Inventor of RSS.
• Marissa Mayer – CEO of Yahoo!
• Bozoma St. John – Apple Music’s head diva of global consumer marketing.
• Eddy Cue and Ben Silverman – Interview at Code Media 2017.
• Starbucks Reorder – Alexa skill for automating Starbucks orders.
• SiriKit – Apple documentation for Siri’s comparatively more constrained developer API.
• TwIM Review – John Voorhees of Macstories reviews a SiriKit based Twitter messaging app.

Manton and Daniel talk about MarsEdit’s selection by The Sweet Setup as the “Best Mac WordPress Client,” and reflect on the psychological boost of having one’s work appreciated. They talk about the potential upside to Mac development and the privilege of having a head-start as long-time Mac programmers. Finally they discuss rumors of Apple’s “Spaceship” office building and what the office layout is rumored to be.

Many thanks to our sponsor this week:

• Linode: Cloud Hosting for You.

Links:

• Best WordPress Client – Stephen Hackett writes about MarsEdit on The Sweet Setup.
• @ismh – Stephen Hackett on Twitter.
• MarsEdit – Daniel’s blog editing app for the Mac.
• Inessential – Blog of Brent Simmons, original developer of MarsEdit.
• Future of Computing – Marco’s piece from last week about Mac’s possibly bright future.
• Channeling Steve Jobs – Julia Love writes about Apple’s forthcoming “Spaceship” campus.
• Which Is It? – John Gruber contrasts claims from Julia Love’s article with earlier claims by Mark Gurman.
• We Work Austin – Manton’s part-time co-working space.
• University of Texas at Austin – Manton’s alma mater.
• The Joel Test – Classic blog post from Joel Spolsky about optimizing work environments.
• Presentable #17 – Episode of Jeff Veen’s product development and design podcast on Relay.
• Typekit – Internet font service now owned by Adobe.

Daniel and Manton reflect on Manton’s successful Kickstarter, and talk about how he’s planning to move forward. They also react to Apple’s earnings, and consider the implications for Mac, iPad, Services, etc. in the future.

Many thanks to our sponsor this week:

• TextExpander for Teams: The Productivity Multiplier

Links:

• Indie Microblogging – Manton’s successfully funded Kickstarter project.
• Pitching In… – DreamHost blog entry about their choice to support Manton’s Micro.blog.
• Record First Quarter Earnings – Official earnings PR from Apple.
• iPad Still Struggles – Jason Snell of Six Colors responds to earnings in Macworld.
• The Future of Computing – Marco Arment reacts to earnings with a proposal that Mac is possibly “the future.”
• Cooling iPad Sales – John Gruber observes that Macs getting smaller, while iPhones get bigger, may squeeze iPad utility.