Daniel and Manton talk about Manton’s decision to hire Jean MacDonald as Micro.blog’s Community Manager, and the psychological effects of transitioning from a single to multi-person company. They also react to this week’s Apple announcements, focusing mainly on Apple’s new Clips app and how it relates to Apple’s historic focus on facilitating user creativity.
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Links:
- Guiding the Micro.blog Community – Manton announces the hiring of Jean MacDonald as Community Manager.
- @macgenie – Twitter account of Jean MacDonald.
- Smile – Mac software company where Jean MacDonald was formerly a partner.
- App Camp for Girls – Summer day camp for girls, founded by Jean MacDonald.
- MarsEdit – Daniel’s Mac-based blog editing app.
- Inessential – Blog of Brent Simmons, original developer of MarsEdit.
- History of Technorati – Summary from the company which appears nothing like it used to be.
- Clips – Apple’s forthcoming socially-oriented, visual mash-up app.
- Internet Explorer for Mac – Wikipedia page about the history of the once-dominant Mac web browser.
- Aqua Introduction Keynote – Steve Jobs announces Aqua at Macworld SF in 2000.
- Paper Airplane Icons – Daniel’s post about the use of paper airplanes as a metaphor for mail.
