Episode 113: Unusually Dedicated To My Craft

Daniel and Manton discuss Twitter’s new custom timelines, Manton buys a share from the flock, and Daniel describes his Auto Layout frustration/fulfillment.

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  • Custom Timelines – Twitter announcement of the new feature for Tweetdeck and select developers.
  • Tweet Library – Manton’s iPad Twitter client which offers features akin to custom timelines.
  • Storify – Third-party service also offering custom timelines style features.
  • Tweetdeck – Twitter’s own mega-featured Twitter client.
  • Wolf Rentzsch – Core Intuition’s first guest.
  • Craig Hockenberry – Core Intuition’s second and thus far last guest.
  • Changes Coming to Twitter API – Original announcement from Twitter about the 1.1 API and “quadrants.”
  • Sunlit – Manton’s forthcoming photo-sharing app.
  • Auto Layout Guide – Apple’s introductory documentation to Auto Layout.
  • Carbon’s HIView Programming Guide (PDF) – HILayoutInfo was what Manton was thinking of, but it’s not Auto Layout.
  • Cassowary – The University of Washington “constraint-solving toolkit” upon which Auto Layout is at least partly based.
  • F-Script – Open source scripting language that offers utility for injecting into running apps and inspecting e.g. view hierarchies.

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November 13, 2013 at 8:01 am.

Episode 112: It Wasn’t Done Enough

Manton and Daniel talk about Twitter’s IPO and Manton’s slightly softening stance on Twitter, Apple’s response to iWork ’13 complaints, the sale of Flying Meat’s VoodooPad app, and the challenge of killing off beloved software.

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November 7, 2013 at 7:37 pm.

Episode 111: A Dead End Product

Daniel and Manton discuss feedback on public speaking, hype vs. pragmatism in releasing a 1.0, and weighing the pros and cons of supporting users on older OS versions.

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  • CocoaConf – Travelling conference for Mac and iOS developers.
  • Sunlit – Teaser page for Manton’s upcoming iOS social photo-sharing app.
  • Tweet Library – Manton’s Twitter client for iOS.
  • Cheddar Sold – Conclusion to the effort by Sam Soffes to sell his ToDo software.
  • Roon – New blog-hosting software from Sam Soffes.

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November 1, 2013 at 11:56 am.

Episode 110: Always Go For The Cheap One

Manton and Daniel discuss Apple’s special event, Mavericks free-for-all, Apple’s cheapskate marketing, and gush about the Çingleton conference.

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October 23, 2013 at 11:49 am.

Episode 109: This Is It For RSS

Daniel and Manton discuss XML-RPC support in AppleScript, the Çingleton conference, and 1Password 4 vs. Apple’s Keychain.

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October 9, 2013 at 6:09 pm.

Episode 108: Maybe It’s Too Subtle In Some Ways

Daniel and Manton discuss the iOS 7 tech talks, pessimism about DTS incidents, and choosing a powerful marketing tagline.

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October 4, 2013 at 6:14 pm.

Episode 107: Overhype It And Just Brag About It

Daniel and Manton discuss the new iMacs, Apple’s emphasis on iPhones, iOS 7 adoption, and the challenge of marketing our own apps confidently.

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September 26, 2013 at 9:30 am.

Episode 106: Finally Sending Out Betas

Daniel and Manton discuss Manton’s new app: Sunlit, iOS 7, Twitter’s IPO and the odds of Manton coming back to Twitter.

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  • Jonathan Hays – Manton’s partner in the development of Sunlit.
  • App.net’s Killer App – Manton’s thoughts about the promise of App.net for app-builders.
  • A Planned IPO – Twitter’s announcement in tweet-form about plans to file for an IPO.
  • Steve Streza – He’s as gung-ho about App.net as Manton but still posts from Twitter.
  • Ohai – Steve Streza’s App.net-powered iOS journaling app.
  • The Origin of Tweet – Craig Hockenberry on the history of Twitter’s now-trademarked term.

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September 19, 2013 at 1:43 pm.

Episode 105: The Paranoid Angle

Daniel and Manton talk about the Apple event announcements: free iApps, colorful iPhone 5C, 64-bit on the iPhone 5S, the camera app, and fingerprints.

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  • September 10 Summary – Dan Miller of Macworld summarizes Apple’s special event announcements.
  • SnappyCam – 3rd-party iOS camera app that takes lightning fast successive photos.

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September 11, 2013 at 2:48 pm.

Episode 104: Somebody Got Away With The Credit Card

Daniel and Manton talk about Apple’s upcoming event on September 10th, the Nokia acquisition and changes at Microsoft, and what we can learn from Stellar’s new paid subscription plans.

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September 7, 2013 at 1:18 pm.