Daniel and Manton greet the New Year with a vague sense of optimism, as Daniel moves closer to serious iOS development, and Manton remains confident and focused on Micro.blog. They talk about finding a balance between optimistic enthusiasm and realism about chance of failure. Finally, Daniel talks about his shifting plans for Black Ink 2 and the possibility of co-launching it with an iOS version.
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Many thanks to our sponsors this week:
- TextExpander: Communicate Smarter.
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Links:
- CVS – American drug store that stubbornly refused to support Apple Pay.
- DotSwift – Paris-based conference that Daniel will speak at later this month.
- Unread’s First year – Jared Sinclair’s 2014 blog post about the success of Unread during its first year.
- Core Int #148 – We discuss Jared Sinclair’s blog post on an earlier episode of the show.
- Only a Game – Daniel’s 2009 comparing the indie software business to game playing.
- Micro.blog Holiday Giveaway – Manton’s promotion encouraging users to invite others to Micro.blog.
- FlexTime for Mac – Daniel’s Mac app which one customer estimated the price as too expensive “by the megabyte.”
