Daniel and Manton compare notes on leaving the house for take-out and curbside pickup during the pandemic. They express their fascination with the ways companies are adapting to the changing world, and consider the ways they might focus their own business ambitions on pertinent goals that will both help the world and lead to financial success.
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- Illuminate Coffee – Manton’s neighborhood indie espresso bar.
- Squarespace – Web hosting company that offers e-commerce features.
- Square – E-commerce company that offers web-payment features.
- The Next Great Depression – Joe and Charles of the Release Notes podcast react to pandemic economics.
- Instacart – American grocery-delivery company.
- Airbnb – Travel lodging brokers turning to virtual tourism in pandemic.
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April 18, 2020 at 9:15 am.
Manton and Daniel talk about their collaboration on updates to the XML-RPC based API that MarsEdit uses to communicate with Micro.blog. They talk about the long history of blogging APIs, about the merit of focusing on adding one new supported system at a time to MarsEdit for maximal PR benefit, and how much MarsEdit should adapt to some of the more unique features of Micro.blog.
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April 10, 2020 at 5:01 pm.
Daniel and Manton check in about the state of the Covid-19 crisis, celebrate Powell’s bookstore rehiring many employees, and take stock of the massive changes going on all over the world. Daniel talks about his efforts to add support for the Ghost publishing system to MarsEdit. They react to Apple’s acquisition of Dark Sky, and wonder about the prospects of a future “WeatherKit” framework.
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- Covid-19 Supplies – Amazon’s new store for supplies that are limited to government and hospitals.
- Looking for Work – Brent Simmons writes about being laid off from The Omni Group.
- Overwhelemed in a Good Way – Brent celebrates the positive reactions he’s had to his job hunt.
- Can’t Promise Anything – MarsEdit tweets about forthcoming Ghost API support.
- Ghost – A non-profit, open source publishing system.
- A New Home – Dark Sky announces their acquisition by Apple.
- MapKit JS – An example of an Apple API that is made available to web clients.
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April 3, 2020 at 5:00 pm.
Manton and Daniel react to Apple’s huge donation of face masks in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. They assess the value of leadership in a crisis, and how various people elected and otherwise can rise to fill a void. They talk about Apple’s latest iOS and Mac updates, including the debut of Universal Mac/iOS purchases, and the challenges this poses to Mac developers. Finally, they question whether Apple bit off more than they could, or maybe should, chew by promising a “fully packed” online conference for WWDC 2020.
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March 28, 2020 at 1:30 pm.
Daniel and Manton react to Apple’s announcement that WWDC 2020 will be online-only, and what it portends for the future of the conference. They discuss the difficulty of staying enthusiastic about work and the podcast when so many more significant things are going on in the world. They acknowledge the virtue of the podcast as a familiar “friend” for listeners, providing some sense of normalcy while stuck at home. Finally, they discuss Apple’s product announcements this week, how the circumstances force Apple to be more restrained, and how tempted Manton is by the new MacBook Air.
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- Coming This Summer – Apple’s teaser page for the forthcoming WWDC 2020.
- End WWDC – Daniel’s 2013 post suggesting that Apple should move to an all-online format for the conference.
- A Message From Emily Powell – The Portland, OR bookstore explains its decision to lay off the vast majority of its workers.
- New MacBook Air – Apple’s product page for the new portable computer.
- Free Microcasting – Manton’s blog post about free podcasting on Micro.blog through April.
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March 20, 2020 at 4:34 pm.
Manton and Daniel take stock of Covid-19’s increasing impact. They follow up on the JocoCruise, including news that John Hodgman was not allowed to sail because of past travel to Italy. They react to suspensions of sporting leagues, and the disease-mitigating actions many businesses are taking. Finally, they consider the viability of working remotely for Apple teams including app review and hardware engineering.
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- JocoCruise – Entertainment cruise that is popular among nerds and musicians.
- Holland America – The cruise company that JocoCruise uses.
- Touch the Same Screen – Daniel’s quip about POS terminals and transmission of disease.
- Incredible Response – Jason Friend updates his previous offer to refund anybody who purchased their Remote Work book.
- Micro.blog – Manton’s microblogging service … it does support editing!
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March 13, 2020 at 2:04 pm.
Daniel and Manton take stock of the week’s coronavirus-related cancellations, and the events that are going on as planned despite concerns. They talk about the challenge for event planners in balancing the risk of people getting hurt vs. the potential to lose a lot of money or possibly go out of business. Finally, they follow up on Manton’s plans to strip metadata from Micro.blog images, and the ways in which urgent issues sometimes displace other goals for a given week.
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March 6, 2020 at 6:29 pm.
Manton and Daniel talk about the looming COVID-19 public health threat, and its potential impact on tech conferences including WWDC 2020. They examine some possible outcomes, and imagine the challenge companies such as Apple have in weighing the health and PR risks of putting on a conference in the coming months.
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Links:
- Coronavirus – CDC info page on the COVID-19 emergency.
- WWDC – Apple’s developer conference page, still pointing to 2019.
- Mobile World Congress – Home page for the Barcelona conference that is canceled this year.
- F8 – Facebook’s developer conference, also canceled.
- WordCamp Asia – Another cancellation.
- GDC 2020 – Microsoft pulls out of the annual San Francisco conference.
- Google I/O – Google’s May conference is still a go as of our recording date.
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February 28, 2020 at 2:47 pm.
Daniel and Manton talk about Daniel’s recent blog post on the Red Sweater Blog as an example of getting back into the marketing groove. Manton compares it to his strategy for getting a weekly newsletter out every Monday. They touch on the advantages a marketing person sometimes has in being somewhat removed from the details of app developmnet. Finally, they talk the privacy implications of Daniel’s blog post and how it motivated Manton to revisit the hosted images on Micro.blog.
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February 24, 2020 at 4:38 pm.
Manton and Daniel talk about Daniel’s revised plan for weekly “meetings with his manager.” They touch on the challenge of striking a balance between following a strict work regimen vs. allowing oneself to “break the rules” when appropriate. Manton describes his experiment with running a Twitter ad and looks forward to IndieWebCamp in Austin.
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February 13, 2020 at 2:29 pm.
