Manton checks in with Daniel about progress with MarsEdit 4.4, and Daniel explains his lack of focus has led him down a new crossword obsession. Manton talks about shutting down Micro.blog’s Slack, and they discuss whether a comparable decision for Core Intuition would make sense. Finally, they talk more generally about the value of cutting out distractions and less important projects, in order to focus on the most important goals.

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Links:

• The Miracle Sudoku – YouTube video featuring 25m of surprisingly intriguing Sudoku.
• This Escalated Quickly – Daniel’s tweet featuring a video of his crossword composer software in progress.
• An Apple Pie From Scratch – Carl Sagan’s famous quotation.
• Slack – Popular workplace collaboration software.
• Discourse – Forum-hosting software.
• Closing the microblogging Slack – Manton’s blog post.
• Core Intuition Slack – A place to chat with other listeners of the show.
• Sunlit – Micro.blog photo-blogging app.
• Wavelength – Micro.blog podcast-publishing app.
• Touche – Daniel’s “secret” Touch Bar utility for Mac.

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Daniel and Manton talk about Automattic’s investment in Vector.im, makers of an open approximation of Slack. Are there implications for Micro.blog? Daniel asks Manton to consider what he would do if a company like Automattic offered to acquire Micro.blog. Finally, Daniel pushes Manton to consider whether he should have an aggressive mission like “putting closed social networks out of business.”

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• MacStadium: Private clouds on Mac hardware. Use promo code coreint for 50% off your first two months.
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Links:

• Welcoming Automattic to Matrix – Blog post from the open source technology powering some real-time communication tools.
• Automattic – The company that owns WordPress.com and many other smaller services.
• $4.6M in New Vector – Blog post from New Vector, who makes a Matrix-powered alternative to Slack.
• Discord – Another Slack alternative.
• Relay.fm – Membership gets you access to an exclusive Discord community.
• Discourse – Open source forum hosting software.
• How I Built This: Pat Brown – Guy Raz interviews the founder of Impossible Foods.

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Manton and Daniel talk about iA Writer’s new support for publishing directly to Micro.blog, and segue in to a conversation about the pragmatism of trying to improve SEO for pertinent terms such as “Micropub” and “WordPress.” They talk about the forthcoming support for Micro.blog in MarsEdit, and the effects of the pandemic on focus and motivation. Finally, they celebrate the value of the written word in business collaboration, and the many ways that meetings, virtual or otherwise, fall short.

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• Linode: Cloud Hosting for You. Use promo code coreint2020 for $20 credit when you sign up.

Links:

• iA Writer Micro.blog Support – Manton’s blog post about the news.
• Micropub – The publishing standard that iA Writer uses to support Micro.blog.
• WordPress.com Apps – Automattic’s page for their own desktop apps.
• MarsEdit Alpha for Micro.blog – Daniel’s Micro.blog post with an early sneak-peek link.
• Basecamp – Popular web-based collaboration software.

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Daniel and Manton review Apple’s updated details about WWDC, speculating about whether it will truly be “free for all developers,” and how Apple can manage demand for scarce resources. Manton announces the launch of Micro.blog for teams. The two react to Apple’s new MacBook Pro, and Daniel casts light aspersions about Apple’s trustworthiness in the wake of the butterfly keyboard fiasco.

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• TextExpander: Communicate Smarter. Get 20% off your first year as a Core Intuition listener.
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Links:

• WWDC June 22 – Apple announces dates and scant details about the online developer conference.
• Micro.blog for Teams – Manton’s announcement post about the new feature.
• MarsEdit – Daniel’s Mac blog editing app that works with Micro.blog.
• Ghost – An open-source blog publishing system.

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