Daniel tells Manton about his decision to focus on one product until it ships, and shares some tricks he’s using to stick with it. Daniel also explains how he accidentally made Black Ink 2 completely free on the Mac App Store, for a whole year, without realizing it. Manton catches up about his experience so far of hiring a software engineer, and they discuss the challenge of gauging the effectiveness of having hired somebody.
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Links:
- Draft Day – Movie in which a piece of paper with a written goal plays a role.
- Black Ink 2 – Mac App Store page for Black Ink – no longer accidentally free!
- Vincent Ritter – Manton’s software engineering hire, and developer of Gluon for Micro.blog.
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July 30, 2021 at 8:10 pm.
Manton and Daniel catch up on the effectiveness of “Must-do Monday.” They talk about the value of gaining any momentum at all when moving towards achieving goals. Manton suggests “Finish Friday” as a counterpart to aid in actually ever shipping. Manton talks about Micro.blog’s server downtime, and confesses his disdain for at least one of his precious servers.
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July 22, 2021 at 3:03 pm.
Daniel learns about Manton’s decision to hire a contract developer to help with server/backend stuff. They talk about the tendency to minimize the real cost of performing the many small steps in any project, and the productivity boot an extra team member can bring. Daniel tells Manton about his new “Must-Do Monday” strategy, with which he must spend Mondays committing to some long-overlooked items on his todo list.
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- Vincent Ritter – The newest member of the Micro.blog team.
- Gluon – Vincent’s Micro.blog app for iOS and Android.
- Micro.blog Open Source – The GitHub organization for all of Micro.blog’s open-sourced projects.
- React Native – The cross-platform development SDK that Vincent uses for Gluon.
- Jon Hays – Manton’s colleague and sometime employer.
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July 16, 2021 at 9:08 pm.
Manton and Daniel talk about the new “Workation” offering from Try! Swift, and wonder about how likely it is that any “work” would get done in a tropical paradise. They compare notes about recent podcasting sponsorships they have made, and discuss the relative comfort of spending money supporting blogs, podcasts, etc., that we like, versus sponsorships that support companies we are more ambivalent about.
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July 10, 2021 at 12:59 pm.
Daniel talks to Manton about his decision to open source all of Micro.blog’s native platform apps. They acknowledge the difficulty of overcoming personal hesitations whenever you decide to put your own work out in the world. Manton appreciates the aspect of open source that contributes to a lasting legacy of our time on earth, and finally we appreciate product simplicity as a competitive advantage over “more successful” products that seemingly must become more and more complex.
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