Manton and Daniel anticipate Hurricane Sandy, catch up on Apple’s latest announcements, and celebrate the success of Loren Brichter’s Letterpress app.

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Links for this show:

• Kindle vs. iPad Mini – Product comparison that is similar to the (no longer shown) Amazon home page feature.
• Amazon Attacks iPad Mini – Link from Daring Fireball to Gizmodo’s article about Kindle marketing.
• The Anti-Apple Market – Daniel’s Bitsplitting post on Amazon’s unusual deviation from Apple’s market.
• Copy Editing Amazon’s Ad – Rene Ritchie takes a red marker to Amazon’s Kindle claims.
• Introducing Letterpress – The new social game for iOS from Tweetie developer Loren Brichter.

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Daniel and Manton anticipate Apple’s now-released product updates and discuss coping with the unpredictability of web service APIs.

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Links for this show:

• Apple Special Event – Apple announces iPad Mini, retina 13-inch MacBook Pro, and new iMacs and Mac minis.
• Tweetbot for Mac – Mac Twitter client with a price reflecting Twitter’s new token policy.
• WordPress – The popular open-source blogging platform.
• Movable Type – The somewhat less popular blogging platform that went open-source later.

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Daniel and Manton discuss their experience at the Çingleton Symposium in Montréal, Daniel’s new blog, and Manton’s new iOS Watermark app.

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Links for this show:

• Çingleton – The Mac and iOS meetup in Montréal, PQ.
• C4 – Wikipedia page for the revered, retired conference in Chicago, IL.
• The Magazine – Marco Arment’s new Newsstand app.
• Bitsplitting.org – Daniel’s new blog for writing independently of Red Sweater.
• So Many Reasons To Cry – Merlin Mann and Dan Benjamin on the role of “grit” in accomplishing goals.
• Watermark Mobile – Manton’s free companion app to the Watermark web service.

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Manton and Daniel discuss Manton’s departure from Twitter, life advice from Steve Jobs, and coping with feature changes in apps.

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Links for this show:

• Steve Jobs’s Commencement Address – Text of inspiring speech by Steve Jobs at Stanford University.
• I’ll Leave You With This – Manton’s last Tweet.
• App.net – Manton’s preferred microblogging service.
• Netbot – App.net client for iOS from Tapbots.
• Wedge – App.net client for Mac from Nate Stedman.
• Developer Incentive Program – Blog post from App.net announcing their developer payout scheme.
• BBEdit – The venerable text editor for Mac by Bare Bones.

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Daniel and Manton remember Steve Jobs, who passed away one year ago today.

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Links for this show:

• Dan Moren at Çingleton – Dan’s talk about the influences of Steve Jobs and George Lucas on his life.
• iPod Hi-Fi – Apple’s iPod speaker system once enthusiastically boosted by Steve Jobs.
• Tim Cook on Maps – Steve Jobs’s successor assumes the open letter format in apologizing for iOS 6 maps.
• Thoughts on Flash – Steve Jobs’s open letter on Flash support for iOS.
• Thoughts on Music – Steve Jobs’s open letter on DRM protection of music.
• Miracle on 34th Street – Classic movie illustrating the value of putting customers first.
• Command Versus Splat – The Talk Show with John Gruber and Dan Frommer.
• The Wrong Guy – John Siracusa and Dan Benjamin discuss Walter Isaacson’s biography of Steve Jobs.
• Steve Jobs: The Lost Interview – Cheesy yet delightful film featuring a “lost” Steve Jobs interview.

Our continued condolences to all of Steve’s friends, family, and fans.

Manton and Daniel talk about iPhone 5, Maps in iOS 6, Twitter’s opening and closing policies, and Dropbox syncing.

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Links for this show:

• Twitter Opening Archives – Transcript of interview with Twitter CEO Dick Costolo.
• Watermark – Manton’s tweet archiving service.
• Tweet Keeper – Tweet archiving service promoted on The Talk Show.
• IFTTT Changes – Letter from CEO Linden Tibbets about Twitter integration changes.
• The Last Straw – Manton’s tweet announcing that Oct 5 will be has last non-reply post to Twitter.
• Deleting My Twitter Account – Tim Haines of Favstar alludes to his personal departure from Twitter.
• MarsEdit – Daniel’s blog editing software for the Mac.

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Daniel and Manton talk about the new iPhone 5, Twitter’s continued API degradation, and follow up on customer support topics.

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• iPhone 5 – The latest phone from Apple.
• Favstar – Web service for finding the most-favorited tweets of one’s self and others.
• Twitter @Anywhere – Another Twitter developer service being slated for removal.
• FogBugz – Issue and project management service from Fog Creek.
• FogBugz/Twitter Integration – Advice for integrating Twitter mentions into FogBugz.
• Buzz’s tweet on Twitter OAuth – Deprecating APIs for control of the platform.

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Manton and Daniel discuss customer email newsletters, the latest round of phone announcements, and design resources for developers.

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• Campaign Monitor – Bulk email service useful for newsletter delivery.
• Acorn – Graphics editing tool for OS X.
• DigitalColor Meter – Free screen-magnifying tool from Apple.
• xScope – Souped up screen-inspection tool from Iconfactory.
• Nodebox – Python-based graphics programming environment.
• Blog Redesign – Daniel’s post about using Nodebox to generate graphics.
• Paintcode – Mac tool for generating graphics-drawing code.

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Daniel and Manton talk about Manton’s rebranded Watermark service, the Apple v. Samsung patent lawsuit, and their approaches to managing customer support.

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• Watermark – Manton’s rebranding of Tweet Marker Plus.
• Billion Dollar Pile – Daniel’s quip on Twitter about Samsung’s payment to Apple.
• Identical Cousins – New podcast from Brent and Michael Simmons.
• Fantastical – Mac calendar software from Flexibits.
• Apoio – Customer support management software.
• FogBugz – Hosted bug tracking app from Fog Creek Software.
• Fluid – For creating site-specific browsers.

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Manton and Daniel welcome special guest Craig Hockenberry to discuss Twitter’s increasingly client-hostile policies, the emergence of app.net, and Craig’s undergarment preferences.

Title courtesy Jason Snell, as quoted by Craig in the podcast.

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• Furbo.org – Craig Hockenberry’s blog
• Twitter API Changes – Blog post from Twitter about policy changes in their 1.1 API
• Twitterrific Firsts – Craig’s list of Twitterrific’s groundbreaking contributions to Twitter culture
• Top Right Quadrant – Reaction from John Gruber to a graphic in Twitter’s API changes post
• alpha.app.net – Nascent Twitter-like service with a terrible name
  • @chockenberry – Craig’s personal account
  • @iconfactory – Iconfactory’s company account
  • @manton – Manton’s account
  • @danielpunkass – Daniel’s account
• Heello – Twitter competitor from Noah Everett, the founder of Twitpic
• The DECK – Ad network used to support free versions of Twitterrific

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