Daniel and Manton react to rumors that Apple has site-licensed 1Password to its entire workforce, and what such a move might mean for the future of Apple’s own Keychain features. They talk about the recent uptick in Lime and Bird-style scooter and bike sharing, and how bigger players like Lyft and Uber are starting to get involved. Finally they brainstorms ideas for Manton to market upcoming changes to Sunlit … on a budget.
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- Apple to Deploy 1Password – BGR reports on rumors that Apple will provide all 100,000+ employees with 1Password.
- Rumors of My Acquisition… – 1Password denies the rumor that Apple would also be acquiring it in the deal.
- Lime – A scooter and bike sharing company.
- Bird – A scooter sharing company.
- Lyft Acquires Motivate – CNet reports on Lyft’s acquisition of a major provider of bike sharing infrastructure.
- Uber Invests in Lime – The Verge reports on Uber’s investment in the scooter and bike sharing company.
- car2go – A carsharing service that lets you leave the cars wherever you can park them legally.
- Sunlit – Manton’s photo-sharing app for Micro.blog.
- Medium – A quote-unquote blogging service.
- Micro Monday – A microcast featuring members of the Micro.blog community.
July 19, 2018 at 1:38 pm.
Manton and Daniel talk about migrating Manton.org to run on Micro.blog. They reflect on the nostalgia and inspiration of old web conventions like webrings and blogrolls. Finally, they talk about macOS Mojave’s forthcoming AppleEvent sandboxing and the effect it has on a wide variety of apps.
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July 13, 2018 at 2:23 pm.
Daniel and Manton catch up after traveling to Chicago and Portland, respectively. Manton reflects on the IndieWeb Summit and the inspiration he took away from that event. They talk about learning to balance “business emergencies” with other obligations, and other indie business skills. Finally, they respond to Apple’s new Maps announcements, and whether Apple’s stance on privacy is an excuse for poor user experiences.
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Manton and Daniel talk about the upcoming Dark Mode in macOS Mojave, and the challenges and joys of accommodating it as a developer. They bemoan Skype’s emotionally intrusive notifications, and reflect on other overly-touchy-feely interface designs. And Manton shares his experience booting up an older 2008 Mac Pro and taking it for a spin.
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June 29, 2018 at 5:47 pm.
Daniel and Manton talk about upcoming travel plans, and the challenge of carving out time for work during the summer. Daniel shares his experience hacking on macOS Mojave’s new “Marzipan” support for iOS apps. They both talk about the deprecation of WebView and their respective plans for migrating code to WebKit2’s WKWebView.
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June 22, 2018 at 7:25 am.
Manton and Daniel talk about Daniel’s latest MarsEdit updates and the speed record of one’s App Store review. Daniel talks about a quick fix he made to a crashing bug, and whether using Swift would have prevented it. They reflect on Dominik Wagner’s criticism of Swift, but carefully avoid a full-on Swift debate. They follow up about the shortcuts of Siri Shortcuts and hope for similar, but slightly different long-term improvements. Finally, they talk about a new open source IAPKit from Black Pixel, supporting developers who want to provide App Store Trials, and talk about the improvements coming to the Mac App Store in Mojave.
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- MarsEdit 4.1 – Daniel ships a significant update for image metadata location data protection.
- Soroush Khanlou – The thoughtful blog of an iOS developer and Swift aficionado.
- My Misalignment With Apple… – Dominik Wagner’s thoughts about Swift and how they fall short of his hopes for a language.
- Custom Intents with SiriKit – Ben Dodson explains the shortcomings of Siri’s new Shortcuts.
- A New Vision for Siri – Federico Viticci offers a comprehensive exposition of the new Siri Shortcuts and automation on iOS 12.
- IAPKit – New open-source framework from Black Pixel supporting App Store Trials.
- Ersatz Free Trials – Daniel’s blog post about the shortcomings of IAP-based free trials.
June 15, 2018 at 11:45 am.
Daniel and Manton catch up on WWDC announcements. They weigh the likely impact of UIKit on macOS, try to get a handle on the extent of SiriKit improvements, and appreciate Apple’s renewed emphasis on iOS automation. Next they talk about Apple’s purportedly new support for App Store trials. Finally, they wrap up with reflections on WWDC week so far, and Manton appreciates the enthusiastic attendance at his Micro.blog meet-up.
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- San Jose Drainage Ditch – David Sinclair of Dejal Systems snaps a picture of the famous landmark.
- Steve Troughton Smith – Twitter account of an engineer who often tweets about binary analysis of Apple software.
- UXKitDemo – Example project taking advantage of Apple’s private UXKit framework.
- Transmit 5 – Panic’s file transfer app which was cited in the WWDC Keynote.
- BBEdit 12 – Bare Bones’s text editing app, also cited in the WWDC Keynote.
- Ersatz Free Trials – Daniel’s blog post breaking down the shortcomings of Apple’s free trial support.
Manton and Daniel check in just before WWDC to talk about expectations from the conference, and strategies for saving money on the trip. They indulge in a bit more Siri criticism, hope that Apple will announce new MacBook Pros, and question whether Apple will dare to poke fun at Google’s Duplex technology during the keynote.
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Daniel and Manton talk about Twitter’s latest API updates and the impact on 3rd party developers. They follow-up on Ghost’s lack of an API, and Samuel Goodwin’s offer to build one for them. Daniel shares news of MarsEdit 4.1’s support for direct drags from Photos.app and why that is such a hassle. Finally, they talk about the newly formed Developer’s Union for organizing Apple developers around common causes.
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- Twitter API update – Twitter announces changes to its API that will deeply affect 3rd party apps’ ability to manage direct messages.
- Apps of a Feather – Response site from developers of several popular Twitter clients.
- Some Security Expert – Samuel Goodwin suggests that an API for the Ghost blogging system may be stuck on internal security review.
- Item Based Drag Promises – From the 10.12 AppKit release notes, details on the easiest API for dealing with Photos.app dragged images.
- The Primary Motivation – Brian Webster speculates about the real reason for the asynchronous promised based drags in Photos.
- PowerPhotos – Brian Webster’s Mac-based Photos library management software.
- Dear Apple – The fledgling “Developers Union” representing Apple platform 3rd-party developers.
Manton and Daniel talk about their early experiences working at Apple, and weigh the pros and cons of working for Apple versus a startup.
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May 21, 2018 at 10:00 am.
