Daniel and Manton talk about the 2019 Mac Pro and the shocking price of high-end configurations. They debate whether the company who makes “the computer for the rest of us” should be selling $50K computers, or if it risks taking focus away on selling products for “everyday people.” Finally, Manton takes stock of the challenge of meeting his microblogging book deadline, and Daniel tries to convince himself to postpone the deadline.
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- Linode: Cloud Hosting for You. Use promo code coreint2019 for $20 credit when you sign up.
Links:
- Mac Pro – The high-end computer is finally available.
- A Perfect Wheel – Jason Snell joins John Gruber for a discussion about Mac Pro and other topics.
- WordPress VIP – High-end WordPress hosting from Automattic.
- Indie Microblogging – Outline and link to pre-ordeing page for Manton’s forthcoming book.
- Shape Up – Book by Ryan Singer of Basecamp.
- Merlin Mann – Another smart writer who faced the challenges of trying to finish a book.
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December 27, 2019 at 6:17 pm.
Manton and Daniel celebrate episode 400 by inviting Oisín Prendiville to join them for a conversation ranging from Oisín’s podcasting app Castro and the virtues of selling it to Tiny, to the state of the podcasting industry, to a story of bicycle theft and recovery.
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December 20, 2019 at 5:12 pm.
Daniel celebrates the successful launch of Black Ink 2.0, while Manton acknowledges the two year anniversary of Micro.blog’s public debut. They talk more about the virtues of setting deadlines, and about setting goals and meeting them as a way of meriting your own work more. Next they consider the difficulty of putting on a confident marketing persona, and the pleasure of being able to honestly claim superiority in some market niche. Finally, Manton gives us a progress report on his goal to finish his microblogging book, and we compare several expressions that effectively mean “it is what it is.”
Many thanks to our sponsors this week:
- PDFpen: Edit PDFs with Ease!
- Linode: Cloud Hosting for You. Use coupon code Linode2019 for $20 credit when you sign up.
Links:
- Black Ink 2 – Daniel’s freshly-updated crossword-solving app for the Mac.
- Into the Unknown – Manton’s Timetable podcast episode acknowledging two years of Micro.blog.
- AppleVis – Community site dedicated to empowering blind and low-vision Mac and iOS users.
- The Fastest Way to Blog – Manton’s blog post from earlier this year focusing on a key benefit of Micro.blog.
- Elf – IMDb entry for the popular holiday comedy.
- Indie Microblogging – Home page for Manton’s book.
- NaNoWriMo – Non-profit dedicated to inspiring people to write novels.
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December 5, 2019 at 1:51 pm.
