Episode 429: You Have Shipped It

Daniel ships MarsEdit 4.4, and talks with Manton about taking stock of bugs and examining the anxiety around shipping updates. They look forward to MarsEdit 5, Black Ink for iOS, and the potential business models Daniel might adopt. They talk about learning to disregard unhelpful criticism, and prioritizing survival as an indie over trying to please everybody.

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Links:

  • MarsEdit 4.4.2 – Daniel’s updated Mac blog editing app with enhanced Micro.blog support.
  • Bug Bytes: Daniel Jalkut – Daniel’s feature in the Mac App Store for a FastScripts bug.
  • Tot – Menu-bar based note taking app for Mac from the Iconfactory.
  • Tim Cook Goes to Congress – YouTube video of the long Congressional hearing including testimony by Tim Cook.
  • Sunlit 3.0 Beta – Manton announces the updated version of the app along with open sourcing it.

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July 31, 2020 at 7:33 am.

Episode 428: Nope, Nope, Nope

Manton and Daniel talk about Twitter’s massive security breach, and scrutinize CEO Jack Dorsey’s public image in the wake of it. Daniel wonders whether Twitter’s idealistic employees could be more empowered by another leader, while Manton points out that in any case they are not. Finally, they catch each other up with progress reports on MarsEdit and Micro.blog feature enhancements.

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July 18, 2020 at 2:43 pm.

Episode 427: Probably A Mistake

Daniel and Manton talk about Apple’s Developer Transition Kit… without really talking about it. They weigh the possibility of apps breaking on ARM-based Macs even if frameworks aren’t technically removed. Manton shares his renewed enthusiasm about developing for Big Sur, and Daniel tries to get back on track with releasing MarsEdit 4.4.

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July 4, 2020 at 10:03 am.