Manton and Daniel react to Twitter’s testing of longer, 280-character tweets. They discuss the merits of longer micro-posts, Twitter’s product evolution priorities, and the appropriateness of offering the functionality to only a subset of customers, and much, much more.
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September 27, 2017 at 9:17 pm.
Daniel and Manton talk more about Apple’s new product lineup, and the difficulty of choosing which products to buy, if any. They speculate more about the merits of cellular usefulness on Apple Watch, and compare the iPhone X with the also-great iPhone 8. They also talk about new macOS and staying up to date with latest developer tools. Finally, they touch on the difficulty of making product decisions that even a small percentage of customers will be upset by.
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September 21, 2017 at 11:24 am.
Manton and Daniel react to the announcement at Apple’s annual iPhone event, comparing notes on the allure of the iPhone X, Apple Watch 3, and new Apple TV. They talk about the impressiveness of all the significant product updates being made in parallel, and lament the slightly confusing state it leaves the high end iPhone market in.
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- Say Hello to the Future – Apple’s marketing page for the iPhone X.
- iPhone 8 – The best iPhone money can buy … for the next few weeks.
- X Man – John Gruber’s arguments ahead of the event that iPhone X should be pronounced “Ex”.
- Here’s What I Think… – Dan Counsell also predicted an “Ex” pronunciation.
- iOS 11 – Coming September 19th.
- Fall 2017 Videos – Substantial release of new instructional videos from Apple.
- Apple Watch Series 3 – Now featuring an option for LTE connection direct to the watch.
- Schlitterbahn – Texas-based water park and a good place to hunt for Manton’s wallet.
- MSN TV – Wikipedia page about MSN TV, which was WebTV before Microsoft acquired it.
September 13, 2017 at 1:44 pm.
Daniel and Manton follow up briefly on Manton’s backup strategy, and catch up with Daniel’s progress with MarsEdit. They talk about the merits of using cryptographic signing for software licenses, and balance the risks and rewards of combatting piracy. Daniel talks about the recurring lure of taking a salaried job, and how the privileges of staying indie continue to win out. Finally, they look forward to next week’s iPhone event and the expected hardware announcements from Apple.
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- Dropbox – A major component of Manton’s backup strategy.
- Drobo – Local hard drive backup option.
- Arq – Mac and Windows desktop backup solution.
- Amazon CloudDrive – Article about the end of Amazon’s unlimited cloud storage service.
- Whole Foods – The American supermarket chain that Amazon recently acquired.
- GitHub – Git hosting service that doubles as a redundant backup for Manton’s source code.
- Motivation – Daniel’s tweet lamenting the impact of learning how much peers are paid.
- Miss Being Indie – Bill Dudney replies to Daniel’s Twitter quip.
- Teachers or Journalists – Jon Seff reminds Daniel that many others live differently from high paid tech workers.
- Your Voice & Work – Anil Dash on the importance of indie software developers to society.
- Making the Wrong Choices – Axel Schlueter offers a dissenting point of view.
- Secret Workout Facility – Apple shares details about its extensive on-site research into employee workouts.
September 9, 2017 at 8:07 am.
