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.
Daniel and Manton take stock of Apple’s 2020 “Apps of the Year”, and question what the criteria for winning might actually be. Then they talk about Salesforce’s acquisition of Slack, and weigh the odds of any company being able to thrive after being acquired.
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December 9, 2020 at 3:59 pm.
Manton and Daniel talk about the rumors of newly designed Macs coming next year, and compare notes on our regrets or satisfaction with having purchased Intel-based MacBook Pros recently. They also talk about Apple’s PR blitz in the aftermath of announcing 15% App Store commissions for “small businesses.”
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November 25, 2020 at 11:07 pm.
Daniel and Manton talk about Apple’s newly-announced Small Business program, promising to halve the amount of commission Apple takes from App Store sales. They celebrate the instant raise this will give to many developers, but question whether it alters the overall proposition for folks who have a choice of whether to sell inside or outside the App Store. Finally, they talk about the newly-released M1-based Macs and how they appear to be a resounding success.
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- Trust Me on This – James Thomson’s advice on Twitter not to do the math on your history of 30% App Store commissions.
- Fixing the App Store – Manton’s post from earlier this year about what he thinks Apple needs to do.
- About that 85 Percent – Jacob Eiting’s blog post about how the 15% deal for subscriptions doesn’t pan out.
- $999,999 – Daniel quips about trying to keep his earnings under $1M.
- Free Fortnite: Australia – Epic launches a new attack against Apple in Australia.
- Check with Manton – Nick Ager posts on Twitter, suggesting an unlikely solution for MacBook Pro fan noise.
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November 22, 2020 at 7:35 pm.
Manton and Daniel talk about Apple’s announcement of three new Macs, all based on a new ARM-based Apple chip called the M1.
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November 13, 2020 at 8:15 pm.
Daniel checks in with Manton, who is making an effort to take some time off from working so hard. They veer into a discussion weighing the merits of fixing little nitpicky bugs vs. adding meaningful features. They discuss the debate sparked by Sketch about native desktop apps vs. web apps, and Daniel concedes some of the advantages of web development.
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- MarsEdit 4.4.4 – Now with less flicker!
- Micro.blog for Mac – Manton’s desktop client for Micro.blog.
- Sketch – Popular Mac-only design software.
- Figma – A web-based design suite that competes with Sketch.
- Can’t Catch Me – Daniel’s decade old blog post about the advantages of native software.
- Cocotron – Christopher Lloyd’s cross-platform implementation of the Cocoa frameworks.
- SwiftUI – Apple’s next-generate UI framework.
- AppKit Abusers – A Slack community dedicated to Mac development.
- Nova – Panic’s native Mac code editing app.
- SubEthaEdit – An early example of collaborative editing app, now open source.
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October 31, 2020 at 3:48 pm.
Manton and Daniel check in about whether either of them will be ordering an iPhone 12. They riff a bit about the value of not getting stuck in their own ways, and trying new things. Finally, they dream of an App Store with features that allow downgrades and other user-centric controls.
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- iPod Nano – Daniel’s former favorite music player for running.
- Nova – Panic’s rebranded version of Coda.
- Basecamp – A web app that supports older versions of the service simultaneously.
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October 24, 2020 at 3:47 pm.
Daniel and Manton react to the latest pre-recorded Apple “event”, and remark on the difficulty of making them feel authentic. They react to the latest announced iPhones and HomePod mini, and whether they have any purchase plans.
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- Apple October Event – Promotional video for the new iPhone 12 and HomePod Mini.
- What Little Soul – Dan Counsell reflects on the lack of humanity in the recent pre-recorded Apple events.
- Busy Week – Manton’s post about missing the Apple Event.
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October 16, 2020 at 3:06 am.
