Manton and Daniel take stock of WWDC announcement, fretting further about whether to attend and in what capacity. Daniel looks forward to speaking at try! Swift in NYC, and Manton admits he’s started work on his first Swift-only project. They wrap up with a discussion of Daniel’s new self-imposed estimation discipline for outstanding tickets in his bug-tracking system.

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• Linode: Cloud Hosting for You.

Links:

• WWDC – Apple’s annual developer conference is a go!
• Don’t Give Up on WWDC – Manton’s response to grumping in the community about WWDC.
• Finding SF Too Expensive? – Alternative conferences with a (sadly, now expired) 10% discount.
• FogBugz – Customer support and project planning software from Fog Creek.

Daniel and Manton discuss the iPhone SE’s evident popularity, touch on the challenges of designing for extremes in screen size, and bemoan some of Siri’s shortcomings when compared to competitors. The two also discuss tax time as an indie software developer, weigh the merits of heading to SF for WWDC, and finally delve into some deep reflections about the psychology of not shipping in too long.

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• Fabric, Twitter’s mobile SDK: Leverage the power of Crashlytics, Twitter and MoPub to help you build the best mobile apps.
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Links:

• Google glass – Landing page from Google for the suspended, ambitious product.
• Amazon Echo – The voice-recognition based product that seems to eat Siri’s lunch in some respects.
• Echo Dot – Smaller-scale version of Amazon Echo for scattering about your living spaces.
• VoodooPad – Plausible’s desktop Wiki software, abused by Daniel for ersatz bookkeeping.
• Soulver – Part of Daniel’s bookkeeping suite: copy and paste a column of figures to sum them!
• Xero – Popular online accounting software.
• Less Accounting – Another online accounting system.
• Study Accounting iOS app – iOS based tutorial app introducing concepts of double-entry accounting.
• Halle Winkler – Twitter account of Halle Winkler, who recommended the Study Accounting app.
• Release Notes Conference – Indie software business conference based in Indianapolis.
• Vesper – iOS note-taking app.

Manton is happy with his new iPhone SE. Daniel gets Typewriter mode … mostly working in WebKit. The two discuss the merits of hybrid native/HTML interfaces in apps, and Manton approaches the long-awaited debut of his Kickstarter campaign.

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Links:

• No Room For Doubt – Daniel’s post about the design merits of the iPhone SE.
• iPhone SE Availability – Rumors pointing to the relative success of the iPhone SE.
• RapidWeaver – Popular OS X desktop app with WebKit-based editing functionality.
• Sandvox – Another popular OS X WebKit-editing app.
• Slack – Example of a very web-based OS X native app.
• Kickstarter Recording – Manton asserts he is finally recording his Kickstarter video.
• Screenshot Lightning – Daniel writes about Kent Sutherland’s approach to automating screenshot captures.
• Kent Sutherland – Twitter account for Kent Sutherland.
• Fantastical – Popular Mac calendar app, built by Kent Sutherland.

Manton and Daniel discusses the in-progress work on “Typewriter Mode” for MarsEdit and reflect on long-term evolution of UX vs. sticking with what people know. Manton waits anxiously for his iPhone SE, and sets a new personal monthly challenge to work from 30 different public libraries.

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• Fabric, Twitter’s mobile SDK: Leverage the power of Crashlytics, Twitter and MoPub to help you build the best mobile apps.

Links:

• About Face – Alan Cooper’s classic book on interaction design.
• nvAlt – Brett Terpstra’s popular fork of Notational Velocity.
• Justnotes – Decommissioned Simplenote editor app for Mac.
• Ulysses – “Distraction free” editor for Mac and iOS.
• WriteRoom – Jesse Grosjean’s venerable distraction free editor for Mac.
• Strict Robot Definer – The Talk Show with John Gruber and Jason Snell.
• New Central Library – Austin’s downtown public library, still under construction.

Manton orders his dream phone, the iPhone SE. Daniel reflects on the growing allure of Swift, and the two discuss the risks of either adopting new technologies too soon, or holding on to the past for too long.

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Links:

• A Big Step for Small – Apple’s new iPhone SE.
• iPad “Super Computer” – The iPad Pro now comes in two sizes.
• The Carbon-Cocoa Advantage – Daniel’s nearly decade-old post about compromising old and new technologies.
• Swift Language Guide – Good reading to feed the Swift virus in your programmer soul.

Manton and Daniel discuss Apple’s revelation that Cookie Monster uses an iPhone, consider the Amazon Echo as the next big technology platform, and catch up with Manton’s successful 30 days of Austin coffee challenge.

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• Fabric, Twitter’s mobile SDK: Leverage the power of Crashlytics, Twitter and MoPub to help you build the best mobile apps.
• Linode: Cloud Hosting for You.

Links:

• Waiting for Coookies – Apple’s iPhone 6s ad featuring Cookie Monster.
• Sesame Street on HBO – The venerable PBS kids’ show moves to HBO.
• Corporation for Public Broadcasting – The publicly funded corporation behind public television in the US.
• Spaceship – A Slack commercial in the form of an animated film.
• Confidence and Arrogance – Seth Godin on the sometimes fine line separating them.
• Amazon Echo – The Siri-like listening device that stays in your home.
• Alexa Skills Kit – Developer extensibility for Amazon’s Echo.
• Wozniak on Echo – He sees it as the next big platform.
• App Store Disconnect – Rene Ritchie breaks down the cold hard truth of the App Store.
• Make Wooden Toys – Daniel responds to Rene’s brutal honesty with optimism.
• Melissa & Doug – A behemoth brand for wooden toys for children.
• Rootin’ Ridge – Austin-based toymakers who have not thrived as much as Melissa & Doug.
• Men’s Wearhouse – George Zimmer’s personal brand turned major corporation.
• Jordan’s – New England furniture company with a personal mascot.
• Torchy’s – Texas based taco restaurant.
• Sage Cafe – One of Manton’s final coffee visits.
• Departure Lounge – Another Manton coffee shop, that also books travel.
• Coffee Shops in Austin – Round-up of all the shops Manton visited.
• Delicious Cafe – Seattle pi newspaper article about Wil Shipley’s Delicious Monster

Daniel and Manton discuss strategies for filing and organizing bugs. They talk about the expected iPad and iPhone announcements at Apple’s March 21 event, and they follow up on discussion about apps that delight and take their own problem domains seriously.

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• SmartGo: learn to play Go.
• Linode: Cloud Hosting for You.

Links:

• FogBugz – Web-based bug-tracking and customer support software.
• Forget Feature Requests – Timeless advice from 37signals “Getting Real.”
• Apple’s March 21st Event – Predictions from 9to5mac about what to expect.
• Occupy Portland – The Talk Show with John Gruber and John Moltz.
• Upgrade – Relay.fm podcast featuring Myke Hurley and Jason Snell.
• Paw – REST API debugging and testing tool from Lucky Marmot.
• A Better Format for Press Kits – Advice from Realmac’s Dan Counsell.

Manton’s coffee shop trek continues. Apple’s new @AppleSupport Twitter account, and the growing standard for expecting Twitter support. Listener Q&A about minimum viable products and whether to wait or ship that 1.0.

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• PDFpenPro: Complete PDF Power.
• NSScreencast: Join the thousands of developers who use NSScreencast to become better iOS developers.

Links:

• Coffee shops in Austin – Manton’s summary page of posts about his 30 day challenge to visit new coffee shops.
• CocoaConf Podcast 17 – Daniel is interviewed by Cesare Rocchi about working from home.
• @AppleSupport – Apple’s new Twitter-based customer support account.
• Sprinklr – Social support software solution used by Apple.
• AppleCare Premium – Apple’s continuing requirement that customers pay for phone support after 90 days.
• Apple Support – Apple’s new ready-to-please support home page.
• Respond – Twitter-based customer support from Buffer.
• @panic – A smaller company than Apple handling support on Twitter well.
• When to release 1.0? – Listener Q&A from Brandon Bradley.
• Tweetbot for Mac – Daniel’s preferred Mac Twitter client.
• Hash Pipe – Weezer song that has nothing to do with hashtags.
• Maximum Viable Products – Allen Pike’s reflections on a Cabel Sasser interview
• Cabel Sasser – That Cabel interview.
• Firewatch – Maximally viable game from Panic and Campo Santo.
• Disco – Mac-based disc-burning app that embodied the “Delicious Generation” of apps.
• Overcast – Marco Arment’s well-considered iOS podcast client.
• Under the Radar – Development podcast from Marco Arment and _David Smith.
• Delight is in the Details – Advice from Shawn Blanc on doing great work.

Daniel gets over the flu while Manton doubles down on coffee shops. The two discuss the value of “Office Hours” and “Coder Nights” as a means of getting out and meeting like-minded people. They discuss Facebook’s Instant Articles as a potential boon to the open web, react to the new Apple TV Tech Talk videos, and Daniel admits he never bought a 1st-generation iPhone.

Many thanks to our sponsors this week:

• Linode: Cloud Hosting for You.
• Fabric, Twitter’s mobile SDK: Leverage the power of Crashlytics, Twitter and MoPub to help you build the best mobile apps.

Links:

• Coffee Shops in Austin – Manton’s summary page for his 30 days, 30 coffee shops challenge.
• Isaiah Carew – Daniel’s old TA, and Manton’s current coffee-shop buddy.
• Cafe Bedouins – Weekly meet-up in Austin to work together on side projects.
• Damon Clinkscales – Organizer of Cafe Bedouins and friend of the show.
• Accelerated Mobile Pages – Project by Google to accelerate web page loading.
• Facebook Instant Articles – Fast content publishing platform from Facebook.
• Helps the Open Web – Dave Winer makes the case for Facebook Instant Articles’s value.
• Instant Articles Quickstart – Developer documentation for the technology.
• River5 – Latest incarnation of Dave Winer’s “river of news” RSS client software.
• Managing Bias – Collection of educational materials from Facebook aimed at helping people recognize their biases.
• WordPress VIP – The premium hosted WordPress service that many Facebook pages are hosted on.

Daniel orders a Brother, Apple defies the FBI, Manton continues to struggle with his Kickstarter, and the two discuss using structure and constraints to encourage tackling new goals.

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Links:

• Brother HL-L2340DW – Daniel’s, and the rest of the world’s, cheap monochrome printer of choice.
• Gigablock Bulk – Continuous ink system for ink-jet printers, courtesy of listener Brian L.
• A Message to Our Customers – Tim Cook’s defiant response to the FBI.
• I Wonder… – Jon Wight imagines the consequences if Apple employees refuse to back-door phones.
• iGotYourBack – Daniel’s post on Bitsplitting, responding to Tim Cook’s letter.
• Kickstarter Music – Manton’s latest Timetable episode.
• Sorrento’s Drive-Thru – A surprisingly hip, Austin drive-thru coffee stop.
• Tiny Challenges – Jaimee Newberry’s experiments at chipping away at challenges in a small way.