Manton and Daniel talk about the looming COVID-19 public health threat, and its potential impact on tech conferences including WWDC 2020. They examine some possible outcomes, and imagine the challenge companies such as Apple have in weighing the health and PR risks of putting on a conference in the coming months.
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Links:
- Coronavirus – CDC info page on the COVID-19 emergency.
- WWDC – Apple’s developer conference page, still pointing to 2019.
- Mobile World Congress – Home page for the Barcelona conference that is canceled this year.
- F8 – Facebook’s developer conference, also canceled.
- WordCamp Asia – Another cancellation.
- GDC 2020 – Microsoft pulls out of the annual San Francisco conference.
- Google I/O – Google’s May conference is still a go as of our recording date.
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February 28, 2020 at 2:47 pm.
Daniel and Manton talk about Daniel’s recent blog post on the Red Sweater Blog as an example of getting back into the marketing groove. Manton compares it to his strategy for getting a weekly newsletter out every Monday. They touch on the advantages a marketing person sometimes has in being somewhat removed from the details of app developmnet. Finally, they talk the privacy implications of Daniel’s blog post and how it motivated Manton to revisit the hosted images on Micro.blog.
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February 24, 2020 at 4:38 pm.
Manton and Daniel talk about Daniel’s revised plan for weekly “meetings with his manager.” They touch on the challenge of striking a balance between following a strict work regimen vs. allowing oneself to “break the rules” when appropriate. Manton describes his experiment with running a Twitter ad and looks forward to IndieWebCamp in Austin.
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February 13, 2020 at 2:29 pm.
Daniel gets Manton’s impressions after finally buying AirPods. They discuss the pluses and minuses compared to wired headphones. Daniel follows up on his problem being identified as a potential spammer by an email marketing company, and Manton talks about the growing problem of spam accounts on Micro.blog. Finally, they talk about Manton’s decision not to seek venture funding for Micro.blog, and revisit the notion of “a rising tide lifts all boats” with respect to Micro.blog’s competiton.
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Links:
- AirPods – Apple marketing page for the wireless headphones.
- ToothFairy – AirPods utility for macOS by Michael Tsai.
- AirBuddy – AirPods utility for macOS by Gui Rambo.
- Planetary – Forthcoming ad-free social network.
- Luminary – A $100 million dollar podcast company.
- Tofurky – Longstanding vegetarian “meat” company.
- Impossible Foods – A newer vegetarian “meat” company.
- Beyond Meat – Yet another vegetarian “meat” company.
- I’m Quitting Facebook – Author Stephen King announces his choice on Twitter.
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February 9, 2020 at 9:07 am.
