App Store submissions shenanigans and techniques, the challenge of calling something 1.0, the possible fallacy of a bad first impression, discussion of new and reorganized tech news sites.

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• Sunlit – Manton’s forthcoming photo-journaling app.
• Vesper – Note-taking iOS app from Q Branch.
• The Talk Show 65 – John Gruber and Guy English discuss the decision to ship Vesper 1.0 without sync.
• Carpe Aqua – Justin Williams’s blog.
• Iterate 60 – Justin Williams appears on the Iterate podcast.
• Glassboard – The private group social network service acquired by Justin Williams.
• Re/code – The tech news site from the team formerly behind All Things D.
• Yahoo Tech – David Pogue’s new tech site at Yahoo.
• Yahoo Food – Yahoo’s all-new site dedicated to food-related journalism.

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Manton and Daniel observe the end of 2013, Manton’s rising Twitter fortune, and our borderline New Years resolutions. They also chat about Manton’s iPhone 5C, MarsEdit for iOS, and the challenge of choosing between Mac and iOS development.

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• Clipstart – Manton’s Mac-based video-management software.
• Real Artists Ship. Eventually. – Daniel’s Çingleton talk addressing ongoing challenge of shipping for iOS.
• Movable Type – The legendary blog-hosting software that Manton currently uses.
• WordPress – The extremely popular blog-hosting software that Manton is considering.
• MarsEdit – Daniel’s Mac-based blog-editing software.
• Octopress – Popular static-publishing system for blogs.
• Second Crack – Marco Arment’s static-publishing system for blogs.
• iPhone 5C – The consumer-oriented phone that attracted Manton’s attention.

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Daniel and Manton talk about the Waze navigation app and Apple’s missed opportunity in not acquiring it, the risks of pre-announcing release dates, and how to balance attention to detail with shipping the darned 1.0.

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• Waze – Innovative navigation app that captures live feedback from its network of users.
• Outsmarting Traffic Together – Google’s June, 2013 blog announcement about its acquisition of Waze.
• Topsy – Social web search engine recently acquired by Apple.
• Apple E.g. – Scant reference to one of Apple’s previous ventures in search.
• Lucene – Search product by Doug Cutting that came out of Apple’s V-Twin technologies.
• Coming this November – Product teaser page for Manton’s forthcoming Sunlit app.
• Jonathan Hays – Manton’s partner in the development of Sunlit.

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Manton and Daniel discuss Salesforce’s botched hackathon, the risk of relying upon third-party adulation, and searching for a viable business model after releasing a product.

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• Dreamforce Hackathon – Salesforce’s promotional page for their recent hackathon.
• Dirty Secret – Marco Arment’s commentary on perceived problems with the Salesforce hackathon.
• The Integrity Prize – Daniel’s reaction to the Salesforce hackathon aftermath.
• $2 Million Compromise – News article about Salesforce’s decision to award two $1M winners.
• $1 Million – Mattt Thompson’s post encouraging folks to participate in the hackathon.
• AFNetworking – Mattt Thompson’s excellent Mac and iOS networking library.
• NSHipster – Mattt Thompson’s excellent Cocoa engineering blog.
• Pinboard Investment Co-Prosperity Cloud – The novel startup incubator from Pinboard founder Maciej Cegłowski.
• Tweet Marker Paid Only – Post from Manton announcing the adjusted business model for Tweet Marker.
• Non-Developer App.net API – Announcement from App.net of a new limited API access for non-developer accounts.

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Daniel and Manton discuss the Thanksgiving holiday, possible defects in the iPad Mini screen, and Yahoo’s hiring of Katie Couric and general increases to their mojo.

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• Walt Disney World – Orlando based theme park.
• Mophie Powerstation – Universal battery for portable device charging.
• Duncan Davidson – Photographer, software developer and nice guy.
• Logitech PowerShell – Game controller for iOS that doubles as a device-recharging battery.
• Trading In For Air – Matthew Panzarino observes color saturation problems in his iPad mini.
• Switch To Gray – Marco Arment’s checkerboard screen retension test.
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• Anchors Aweigh – Marissa Mayer welcomes Katie Couric to Yahoo!
• Gadget Geek – Mayer’s similar welcome from last month about David Pogue joining the company.

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Manton gets a new iPad mini retina, while Daniel continues to imagine uses for his. We talk about the economic challenges of indie software, diversifying or unifying product lineups, and pricing conundrums.

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• Gazelle – No-nonsense buyer of old electronics.
• My_Feedback.ppt – Merlin Mann joins John Gruber on The Talk Show.
• Reeder for iPad – Manton’s preferred iPad RSS app.
• PlaintText Plan (2) – Jesse Grosjean of Hog Bay Software makes a difficult decision to stop developing PlainText.
• Hog Bay Notebook / Mori – The vestiges of a previous app Jesse developed and then passed along.
• Unfortunately – Kevin Hoctor tweets about his company’s downsizing.
• The Future of Software Pricing – Kevin Hoctor’s piece about software economics, from earlier this year.
• In-App Purchase – The Future is Here – More recent post from Kevin Hoctor on MoneyWell’s IAP.
• Small Empires — Video series from The Verge.
• Paper – iOS drawing app from FiftyThree, Inc.

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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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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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• Twitter Investor Relations – Twitter page with information relating to their being a publicly traded company.
• iWork ’13 Features & Compatibility – Response from Apple to user demands for changes to the latest release of iWork.
• No Apologies – Rich Siegel of Bare Bones fame doesn’t see an apology in Apple’s iWork ’13 reaction.
• Subscription Pricing – Comment from @elsaul on Twitter about subscription pricing and possible accounting rules related to Apple’s forthcomingness.
• A New Home For VoodooPad – News from Gus Mueller about the sale of his VoodooPad app to Plausible Labs.
• Just 1068 Days – Gus’s legendary 2005 post about his journey to being a successful indie software developer.
• Acorn – Gus’s popular image editing app.

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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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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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• Special Event October 2013 — Video from Apple’s special event announcing Mavericks release, new iPads, MacBook Pros, Mac Pro, and more.
• OS X 10.9 Mavericks: The Ars Technica Review — John Siracusa’s review of Apple’s new operating system.
• Çingleton — The Montréal conference for Mac and iOS developers.

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