Daniel and Manton reflect on the passing of Brad Cox, inventor of Objective-C, and the impact his work has had on Mac and iOS developers.
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January 29, 2021 at 9:27 pm.
Manton and Daniel briefly observe their personal feelings of relief after the US Presidential inauguration, while acknowledging that the past four years have not been all bad for most of us. They talk about Apple’s rumored VR headset, about how they may be too old and grumpy to see the promise of AR/VR, but that they are nonetheless eager to be proven wrong by whatever Apple is working on.
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- Apple’s Headset – TechCrunch digests the rumor that Apple may have a new VR device in the works.
- Doing a Fine Job – Daniel’s previously pinned tweet.
- Macintosh Portable – A former Apple product that didn’t quite hit the sweet spot, size-wise.
- AR Dev Kit – Matthew Panzarino chimes in with a succinct observation.
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January 22, 2021 at 5:22 pm.
Daniel updates Manton on his ongoing quest to “tie up all the loose ends” in his software lineup, and questions whether perpetually tying up loose ends might be a form of procrastinating coming up with new ideas. Daniel talks about the strange situation he’s in with FastScripts in the Mac App Store, having been non-sandboxed from the beginning, and continuing to be that way. Finally, Daniel acknowledges that he may have to take FastScripts out of the Mac App Store because he wants to charge an upgrade fee for the forthcoming major update.
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January 16, 2021 at 4:03 pm.
Manton and Daniel kick off the new year after taking some time off. Daniel talks about giving himself permission to work on wrapping up loose ends with his own various apps while waiting for the next big inspiration. Manton talks about doing new work with Jon Hays and taking the foot off the pedal slightly with Micro.blog over the holidays. Finally, they compare notes about applying for Apple’s Small Business Program, and discuss the potential downsides of applying if you don’t really need to.
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- FastScripts – Daniel’s Mac scripting utility.
- Silverpine Software – Jon Hays’s mobile development company that Manton also works for.
- Micro.blog 2.0 – Manton’s iOS client for the Micro.blog service.
- Sunlit – Open source iOS photoblogging app co-developed by Manton and Jon Hays.
- Wavelength – iOS podcasting app that works with Micro.blog.
- Basecamp – A moderately large company that doesn’t sell through the App Store.
- Epic Games – A very large company that doesn’t sell through the App Store.
- RailModeller Pro – Advanced model railroad design app for the Mac.
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January 11, 2021 at 6:09 pm.
