Manton reacts to Daniel going on an unexpected diversion and implementing a calendar view for Black Ink. Manton talks about the new Micro.blog bookmarks features. They acknowledge the marketing benefits of making minor changes to existing features to draw new attention to them. Finally, they talk about taking pride in the things that matter in work, and not getting bogged down by fear of judgement from others.
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- Tower: A better way to work with Git.
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March 28, 2022 at 3:49 am.
Daniel and Manton talk about Manton’s trip to Portland, Oregon for the Micro Camp meetup, and celebrate Manton’s completion of the final draft for his Indie Microblogging book. They talk about Daniel’s latest update to FastScripts, including regular expression utilities, and how Manton has employed them for his book authoring workflow. Finally they touch on how to decide between including features for free vs. making them part of a premium upgrade purchase.
Many thanks to our sponsor this week:
Links:
- Micro.camp – Home page for Manton’s annual-ish gathering for the Micro.blog community.
- Martin Feld – Presenter of the “An Eye for an Ear” session at Micro Camp.
- Vito – The event-running service from the makers of Tito.
- Ulysses – Mac and iOS app for writing and publishing to WordPress or Micro.blog.
- MarsEdit – Daniel’s Mac app for publishing to WordPress and other blogs.
- FastScripts 3.1 – Daniel’s blog post describing the new regular expressions support in FastScripts 3.1.
- Doug’s AppleScripts – Long-time source for iTunes and media-related scripts for the Mac.
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March 19, 2022 at 3:56 am.
Manton and Daniel compare notes after Apple’s March, 2022 special event. Manton isn’t super-excited, but Daniel celebrates that “The Mac Company” is back. Manton talks about his trip to Portland for Micro Camp, and announces that he is publishing the complete DRAFT of his Indie Microblogging book.
Many thanks to our sponsor this week:
- TextExpander: Communicate Smarter. Listeners get 20% off their first year.
Links:
- March 8 Apple Event – Apple’s recap page about the special event.
- Micro.camp – Virtual gathering for the Micro.blog community.
- Jean MacDonald – Community Manager of Micro.blog and sometime spur of Manton Reece’s productivity.
- Indie Microblogging – Manton published a complete draft of his book!
- Manton’s Video – Manton shares an update on his Kickstarter where he updates supporters on the status of the book.
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March 11, 2022 at 11:17 pm.
Daniel tells Manton about finally leaving FogBugz and going deep on Help Scout and GitHub Issues. Meanwhile Manton has also finished his migration to Help Scout! They talk about their mutual satisfaction with Help Scout and about how to best manage GitHub Issues.
Many thanks to our sponsor this week:
Links:
- Help Scout – Web-based Help Desk management software that Manton and Daniel have both switched to.
- GitHub Issues – The ticket-tracking system built in to GitHub.
- Mathew Patterson – Erstwhile Campaign Monitor employee who now works for Help Scout.
- Keep Customers Coming Back – Help Scout sings the virtues of following up with customers after making improvements.
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March 3, 2022 at 9:31 pm.
