Daniel and Manton talk about Apple’s Chicago education event, and Apple’s challenge in breaking into the education market so dominated by Google. They scrutinize whether the special event was “event-worthy” or not. Daniel talks about his motivation problems with shipping MarsEdit updates, and complains again about App Store Review uncertainty. Finally, they talk about the challenge of knowing whether a product with lackluster success is on the brink of something great, or should be moved on from.
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Links:
- Apple Education – Apple’s promotional page for educational marketing.
- Apple Education Event – Video of the March 2018 Chicago event.
- Macstories Coverage – Macstories articles about the Chicago education event.
- iCloud Pages – Apple’s online version of the popular Mac and iOS word processing app.
- Linea Sketch – iPad drawing app from Iconfactory.
- Black Market Crayons – Episode of Upgrade covering reactions to the Chicago education event.
- Free Apple II – 1983 article about Apple’s free Apple II giveaway to schools.
- Stratechery – Ben Thompson’s daily tech analysis email newsletter.
- Logitech Crayon – Lower-cost alternative to the Apple Pencil.
- MarsEdit 4.0.8 – Daniel’s latest update to his Mac-based blogging app.
- Micro.blog for Mac – Desktop version of Manton’s Micro.blog client app.
- Black Ink – Daniel’s Mac-based crossword app.
