Daniel talks about his son’s ambition to build a Windows PC, and Manton talks about his increasing interest in developing for Android.

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Daniel and Manton talk about Sunlit 3 shipping, and whether/when a Catalyst version might be available for Mac. Daniel reveals that he is dipping his toe into podcast marketing, reserving a substantial 8 episodes of ads on two podcasts. Finally, they reflect on the value of choosing to support other businesses during the pandemic.

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Links:

• Sunlit 3.0 – Manton’s blog post announcing the official release of the major update.
• Countdown to Sunlit 3.0 – Manton’s blog post series to highlight new features.
• WordPress Trademark Policy – Usage policy from the WordPress Foundation.
• 512 Pixels – Stephen Hackett’s blog.

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Manton talks about the latest updates to Sunlit, his photo-blogging app for Micro.blog. Daniel talks about getting closer to 1.0 with Black Ink for iOS.

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Links:

• Sunlit – The Micro.blog photo-blogging app for iOS.
• Micro.blog Photo Grid – One of the many ways of exploring Micro.blog content.
• Black Ink – Daniel’s crossword-solving app, coming … someday … for iOS.

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Manton and Daniel talk about getting haircuts during a pandemic.

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Manton and Daniel talk about Manton’s recent home repairs, and the virtues of fixing up your home BEFORE you sell or move out.

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Daniel and Manton talk about Apple’s latest developer PR quagmire: the removal of Fortnite from the App Store, and Epic’s subsequent lawsuits against both Apple and Google.

Links:

• Epic Games – The makers of Fortnite and other games.
• Nineteen-Eighty Fortnite – Spoof of Apple’s classic 1984 commercial.
• Epic is Suing Apple – Story from The Verge.
• And Google – Another story from The Verge.
• Apple vs. HEY – Page from Basecamp about their struggle with Apple and the App Store.
• Time to Play Fair – Spotify’s campaign against Apple.
• Phil Schiller Advances – Press Release from Apple about Phil Schiller’s becoming an Apple Fellow.

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Daniel and Manton talk about Daniel’s recent sudoku obsession.

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Links:

• Good Sudoku – iOS Sudoku game.
• Zach Gage – Designer and co-developer of Good Sudoku.
• Threes – Numeric puzzle game for iOS.
• Letterpress – Word puzzle game for iOS.
• Alto’s Adventure – Snowboarding “endless runner” game.
• The Miracle Sudoku – A twenty minute long Sudoku video that is actually worth watching.
• Black Ink – Daniel’s crossword-solving app.
• Goonies – A movie from the 1980’s.
• Animal Crossing – Popular Nintendo game.
• 30 Days of Apple Arcade – Manton’s blogging series in which he tries 30 Apple Arcade games.

Manton and Daniel talk about Sunlit 3, and Manton’s decision to make it open source. They discuss the pros and cons of managing an open source project. Daniel talks about his efforts to convert his iOS app Swish from OpenGL to Metal, so it can run with Catalyst. Finally, they talk about Charlie Monroe’s developer credentials being disabled by Apple “erroneously.”

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Links:

• Sunlit 3 Beta – Manton’s announcement of the forthcoming 3.0 version of the Micro.blog photo-blogging app.
• Sunlit on GitHub – Source code for the iOS application.
• WordPress for iOS – Open source repository for the iOS app by WordPress.org contributors.
• Hello Everyone – Charlie Monroe’s tweet announcing the disabling of his developer account.
• A Day Without Business – Charlie Monroe’s follow-up blog post.

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Daniel ships MarsEdit 4.4, and talks with Manton about taking stock of bugs and examining the anxiety around shipping updates. They look forward to MarsEdit 5, Black Ink for iOS, and the potential business models Daniel might adopt. They talk about learning to disregard unhelpful criticism, and prioritizing survival as an indie over trying to please everybody.

Links:

• MarsEdit 4.4.2 – Daniel’s updated Mac blog editing app with enhanced Micro.blog support.
• Bug Bytes: Daniel Jalkut – Daniel’s feature in the Mac App Store for a FastScripts bug.
• Tot – Menu-bar based note taking app for Mac from the Iconfactory.
• Tim Cook Goes to Congress – YouTube video of the long Congressional hearing including testimony by Tim Cook.
• Sunlit 3.0 Beta – Manton announces the updated version of the app along with open sourcing it.

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Manton and Daniel talk about Twitter’s massive security breach, and scrutinize CEO Jack Dorsey’s public image in the wake of it. Daniel wonders whether Twitter’s idealistic employees could be more empowered by another leader, while Manton points out that in any case they are not. Finally, they catch each other up with progress reports on MarsEdit and Micro.blog feature enhancements.

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Links:

• I’ll Leave You With This – Manton’s 2012 tweet announcing his departure from Twitter.
• @mantonsblog – A sporadically updated Twitter mirror of Manton’s blog.
• Twitter’s Massive Attack – Story on The Verge about the Bitcoin-based Twitter scam perpetrated by hijacking popular accounts.
• Jack Dorsey – CEO of Twitter.
• Square – Jack Dorsey’s other company.
• Spying for Saudi Arabia – Washington Post article about allegations that a Twitter employee was a spy.
• A Zillion Times Easier – Brent Simmons on the security dangers of centralized systems such as Twitter.
• Abruptly Deactivated – TechCrunch story about the Twitter employee who deactivated Donald Trump’s account in 2017.
• MarsEdit 4.4 beta for Micro.blog – Download page for MarsEdit pre-releases with enhanced Micro.blog support.

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