Daniel and Manton celebrate 11 years of publishing Core Intuition. They recall the earliest years, and answer listener questions pertaining to the anniversary. The discussion includes wondering how they’ve lasted this long, examining the ways they’ve influenced each other over the years, and what it would take for them to abandon Apple’s platforms. Finally, they look forward to traveling to San Jose next week for WWDC!

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• TextExpander: Communicate Smarter.
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Links:

• Two Voices – Episode 1 of Core Intuition.
• Steve Scott (Scotty) – Former organizer of NSConference, and traveler to Oxford for a pub visit with Daniel.
• Mike Abdullah – Another pub visitor.
• Graham Lee – And another pub visitor!
• Twitterrific – One of the first iOS apps.
• Craig Hockenberry – Developer of Twitterrific for iOS.
• Tweet Marker – Manton’s erstwhile Twitter timeline syncing app.
• The Talk Show – The rare podcast that has lasted as long as ours.
• Play.date – Forthcoming gaming device from Panic.
• Micro.blog – Manton’s micro-blogging service.
• The Third Era of WWDC – Manton’s 2014 about coming changes to WWDC.

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Manton talks with Daniel about Micro.blog’s mention in The New Yorker, which leads into a discussion about being on the lookout for PR opportunities, and “answering every call” even if you don’t particularly feel like talking to the press. Daniel reviews his experiences with Setapp, one week into listing MarsEdit on the subscription service, and the two reflect on the virtue of investing in multiple sales channels as a way of diversifying the opportunity for lucky breaks.

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• Linode: Cloud Hosting for You. Use promo code coreint2019 for $20 credit when you sign up.

Links:

• Can Indie Social Media Save Us? – Article in the New Yorker featuring Manton’s Micro.blog, among other services.
• Cal Newport – Author of the New Yorker article.
• New Yorker Fact Checker – As it happens, they’re got a job listing.
• Setapp – Subscription software service for the Mac.
• Timing – Mac-based time-tracking app that is featured in Setapp.
• Daniel Alm – Developer of Timing.

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Daniel talks to Manton about his experience adding MarsEdit to the Setapp subscription software service, and connects it to a general thrust of trying new things to expand his indie business revenues. They talk through a number of issues relating to Setapp, and delve again into questions about balancing efforts invested into development vs. other activities such as marketing.

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• Linode: Cloud Hosting for You. Use promo code coreint2019 for $20 credit when you sign up.

Links:

• Setapp – The macOS app subscription service that Daniel recently listed MarsEdit with.
• Dan Counsell – Founder of Realmac Software and early booster of Setapp.
• Reach is Overrated – Seth Godin argues that reaching the right people is more important than reachin the most.

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Manton checks in with Daniel’s impression of his Amazon Echo after finally cracking it open. They compare and contrast with the HomePod/Siri experience. In response to a listener question, they talk about the tradeoffs of being publicly accessible to users, and the impact that has on free time for “real work.” Finally, they talk a little bit about “bad customer behavior” when it comes to support inquiries.

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Links:

• Amazon Echo – The smart speaker that Daniel finally started playing with.
• Only Apple Devices – Confirmation that Apple’s “Wi-Fi password sharing” feature only works with their own devices.
• HomePod – Apple’s smart speaker.
• Core Int Slack – Sign-up page for our friendly online community.

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Daniel and Manton continue looking forward to expected WWDC announcements, while also keeping their hopes and dreams in check. They discuss Steve Troughton-Smith’s adaptation of several 3rd-party iOS apps to Marzipan. They explore the changes Apple might make to iOS APIs to allow for more automated compliance with Mac UI standards. Finally, Daniel still hasn’t opened his Amazon Echo, and Manton wishes he had an in-car Alexa device.

Many thanks to our sponsors this week:

• TextExpander: Communicate Smarter.
• Linode: Cloud Hosting for You. Use promo code coreint2019 for $20 credit when you sign up.

Links:

• WWDC 2019 – Apple’s annual developer conference.
• Mixed in Key – Audio software company that Daniel is working for.
• Zero Effort – Steve Troughton-Smith looks forward to WWDC and the resulting Marzipan apps to come.
• Amazon Echo – Still in the box waiting for Daniel to open it.
• Surface Buds – Paul Thurrott reports on Microsoft’s alleged development of AirPods alternatives.
• Cortana – Microsoft’s personal assistant technology.

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