Daniel and Manton take a light look forward to 2022, veer off into a discussion about their respective math skills, and end up talking philosophically about the limits of time and how we need to choose to spend our time on the things that matter most to us.

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Links:

• The Dip – Seth Godin’s book on time management.
• 4000 weeks – Book that Daniel is reading about time management.
• Micro.blog – Manton’s microblogging service.
• Claude Monet – “It should have been a little more green”

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Manton follows up with Daniel about his alleged accidental Catalyst port, and how it inspired Manton to look into the possibility of a Catalyst port of his Epilogue app. They take a look at the landscape of Mac and iOS apps for Micro.blog, including some iOS apps that run natively on Apple Silicon Macs. Daniel talks more about KeyboardKit, the inevitable edge cases he’s run into, and how he ended up contributing to the project. Finally, they talk about their never-ending ambition to get better at marketing.

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Links:

• Did You Just Accidentally Run That? – Simon Ljungberg alerts Daniel to the possibility he was not running a Catalyst app after all.
• Jon Hays – Manton’s collaborator in many things, and another person who thought Daniel’s Catalyst story sounded funny.
• Black Ink for iOS – Blog post announcing the iOS TestFlight release of Daniel’s crossword app for iOS.
• Epilogue – Manton’s book-sharing app for Micro.blog.
• Humboldt – Maurice Parker’s app to add Shortcuts support to Micro.blog
• Icro – Martin Hartl’s Micro.blog app for the Mac.
• KeyboardKit – Open source iOS framework that Daniel recently contributed to.
• UIInputViewController – Developer documentation about the class that can be used to make custom iOS keyboards OR custom input views.

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Daniel tells Manton about his return to work on Black Ink for iOS, and his experience with accidentally building a version for Catalyst. They talk about the joy of coming upon new framework features when you assume things are as hard as they were “in the old days”. Finally, they talk about deciding when to use a 3rd-party library vs. when it is more likely to be problematic.

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• MacStadium: Leading provider of cloud solutions built on Apple Mac hardware.
• Linode: Instantly deploy and manage an SSD server in the Linode Cloud. New accounts get a $100 credit.

Links:

• Black Ink Beta for iOS – Daniel’s June blog post announcing Black Ink for iOS.
• KeyboardKit – Open Source project for iOS providing infrastructure for 3rd-party software keyboards.
• KeyboardKit Pro – The pro-version with paid annual plans.
• Daniel Saidi – Developer of KeyboardKit
• Swift Package Manager – Swift’s native dependency manager.

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Manton tells Daniel about Micro.blog’s new email newsletter feature. Daniel examines his self-consciousness about needing to ship two bug-fix updates to FastScripts in quick succession. They talk about the benefits of surreptitiously fixing things in web software without too much attention, and the downside that without release notes it can be hard to focus users on improvements. Finally, they talk about their efforts to wind down work obligations as they head into the holidays, and look forward to a new year with new opportunities.

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• Linode: Instantly deploy and manage an SSD server in the Linode Cloud. New accounts get a $100 credit.
• RevenueCat: In-app subscriptions made easy. Also check out the Sub Club Podcast!

Links:

• Introducing Email Newsletter Subscriptions – Manton’s announcement post for the new Micro.blog feature.
• Once More With Feeling! – Daniel’s announcement post for the FastScripts 3.0.4 update release.

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Daniel and Manton catch up after Thanksgiving, and appreciate that it might be the most universally embraced American holiday. They compare notes about the amount they choose to work on holidays and how it reflects their work being something they love to do. Manton questions how much to share about a new feature he’s developing, and they talk about scenarios where sharing too much takes away from the broader impact of the feature. Finally, they talk about the resignation of Twitter’s CEO, what it could mean for the future of the company and for Manton’s feeling about it.

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• Linode: Instantly deploy and manage an SSD server in the Linode Cloud. New accounts get a $100 credit.

Links:

• Blind Men and an Elephant – Wikipedia page on the Indian folklore inspiring part of our discussion.
• I’ll Leave You with This – Manton’s tweet resignation 1 year after Steve Jobs
• Indie Microblogging – Manton’s book-in-progress.
• not sure anyone has heard but – Jack Dorsey’s resignation tweet.
• Parag Agrawal – The new CEO of Twitter.
• The Wind at His Sails – Daniel’s tweet about the timing of Jack’s resignation.
• I Didn’t Have Time – Seth Godin assesses what we mean when we claim to not have the time to do something.

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