Daniel and Manton talk about Google Reader and the future of RSS syncing, the Bitsplitting podcast, and getting back to our software projects.

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• NetNewsWire – Brent Simmons’s venerable Mac OS X RSS reader, now developed by Black Pixel.
• Why I Love RSS… – Brent’s reflections on RSS in the wake of Google Reader shutdown.
• A Second Spring Of Cleaning – The blog post from Google in which Google Reader’s demise is the buried lede.
• NetNewsWire Cloud – Daniel’s take on the opportunity for Black Pixel to run with NetNewsWire to fill the void left by Reader.
• FeedWrangler – David Smith’s take on his own opportunity to fill some of the Reader void.
• MarsEdit – Daniel’s blog-editing app for Mac OS X.
• Bing – Microsoft’s alternative to the Google search engine.
• Reeder – RSS client for Mac and iOS from Gloria.
• Blogger – Web-based blogging software from Google.
• SubEthaEdit – Mac text editor with live collaboration.
• RSS Sync Mailing List – New mailing list from Brent Simmons for discussing the vagaries of RSS sync.
• The Bitsplitting Podcast – Daniel’s new interview-format podcast.
• Accidental Tech Podcast – New tech podcast from Marco Arment, Casey Liss, and John Siracusa.
• Logic Pro – Pro audio software from Apple.
• Tweet Library – Manton’s Twitter client with archival and collection features.

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Manton and Daniel talk about NSConference, the indie state of mind, and the tactfulness of in-app marketing.

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• NSConference – UK-based Mac and iOS conference that Daniel and Manton just attended.
• CocoaConf – US-based traveling conference for iOS and Mac developers.
• What Is An Indie? – Podcast episode from Scotty’s iDeveloper Live discussing meaning of “indie.”
• An Indie State Of Mind – Daniel’s blog post coincidentally discussing the merits of indie-dom.
• Craig Hockenberry – Developer of Twitterrific and speaker at NSConference on subject of indie-dom.
• Ish – Children’s book by Peter H. Reynolds supporting the notion that being “indie-ish” may be good enough.
• Learn Mobile Services – Tutorials by Brent Simmons on Azure Web Services for iOS.
• Searchpath – Manton’s custom website-searching service.
• MarsEdit – Daniel’s Mac-based blog editing software.
• 37 signals – A company made more famous by open-sourcing some of the “secret sauce.”

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Daniel and Manton talk about backtracking from overcommitment, fear of public speaking, and learning from software development mistakes.

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• Bitsplitting Podcast – Daniel’s preview of his new interview-format podcast.
• NSConference – Leicester, UK conference at which Manton and Daniel will speak.
• Speaking at NSConference – Speaking advice from Simon Wolf, who will also speak at NSConference.
• Biggest Mistakes – Glassboard discussion started by Matthew Bastide on topic of learning from mistakes.
• THINK Reference – Vestiges of the once-great Mac programming reference app.

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Manton and Daniel follow up on Searchpath, celebrate giant code overhauls, discuss the Apple watch rumors, and talk about App Store review limbo.

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• Searchpath – Manton’s new web service for site-specific search indexing.
• App Review Times – Average review times collected from developers of Mac and iOS apps.
• Apple Watch Rumors – Summary of recent rumors speculating Apple is working on a wristwatch.

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Daniel and Manton talk about Manton’s new product, the benefits of web apps, Dropbox’s mobile sync API, and App.net expanding infrastructure.

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• Searchpath – Manton’s new web service for site-specific search indexing.
• Dropbox Sync API – New support library for easier iOS and Android Dropbox syncing.
• App.net File API – New API from App.net and 10GB storage included with every paid account.
• Patter – App.net based conferencing software along the lines of IRC channels.
• LongPosts on ADN – Explanation of how LongPosts can use App.net to publish entire blog posts.

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Daniel and Manton talk about the Crashlytics acquisition, Twitter’s security breach, Netbot for free, and validating Mac App Store receipts.

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• Crashlytics Acquisition – Blog post from Crashlytics about their acquisition by Twitter.
• Twitter Security Breach – Announcement from Twitter about the security issue affecting ~250K users.
• Felix – An iOS App.net client from Bill Kunz.
• Netbot – An iOS App.net client from Tapbots.
• Restrain Critical Judgement – Daniel’s App.net post encouraging developers to hold off on condemning Netbot free pricing.
• Validating MAS Receipts – Apple’s documentation for Mac App Store receipt validation.
• This App Is Your App – Daniel’s prescription for saving MAS receipts for validation from self-distributed versions.

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Manton and Daniel follow up on sync approaches, discuss Twitter’s new Vine video-sharing service, and talk about the pros and cons of releasing a free 1.0 before raising the price.

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• Simperium Acquisition – Blog post announcing that Automattic has acquired the syncing service.
• Simperium Open Source – Open source iOS and JavaScript client libraries from Simperium.
• google-diff-match-patch – Google’s library for tasks related to synchronizing plain text.
• TICoreDataSync – Open source Core Data syncing library from No Thirst.
• Vine – Video-sharing service acquired by Twitter prior to its debut.
• Adam Engst Interview – Interview by Gabe Weatherhead of internet publisher Adam Engst.
• TidBITS – Long-time Mac news site from Adam and Tonya Engst.
• FlexTime – Daniel’s productivity and repeating actions timer app for the Mac.
• 2 OS X Timers – Merlin Mann’s review of a FlexTime beta release.
• Maybe It Just Sucks – Gus Mueller reacts to Joel Spolsky by committing to be more self-critical.

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Daniel and Manton talk about exploding electronics, flat design, the challenges of sync services, and under-marketing 1.0 releases.

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• Monoprice’s High-End Display – Macworld article by Dan Frakes previewing a new Cinema Display competitor.
• Siracusa Thunderbolt – Collection of tweets from John Siracusa on his Cinema Display woes.
• Against Faux Textures – A piece by John Gruber crediting Retina displays with the trend towards “flat” UI designs.
• Simperium – Cloud storage service from the makers of Simplenote.
• Syncing OmniOutliner – Blog post from OmniGroup CEO Ken Case about the challenges of sync.
• Syncing VoodooPad – Gus Mueller of Flying Meat discusses sync challenges in detail.
• Rsync – The venerable open-source syncing algorithm.
• Omni’s Plans for 2013 – Blog post from OmniGroup including details about their OmniPresence sync service.
• Wii Transfer – Manton’s Mac application for managing Nintendo Wii data.
• Clipstart – Manton’s movie-management software for Mac.
• Clipstart 1.0 – John Gruber’s link-blog announcement of Manton’s 1.0 release.

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Manton and Daniel talk more about task-management, the Cheddar app sale, and the value of automating tedious tasks.

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• OmniFocus – Task-management app from The Omni Group.
• TaskPaper – Task-management app from Hog Bay Software.
• Folding Text – Superpowered plain-text editor app.
• Free OmniFocus – OmniFocus 1.0 license code for all to use until 2.0 is release.
• Scrivener – Dedicated prose writer’s app for Mac OS X.
• Cheddar For Sale – Task-management app up for asset-sale by Sam Soffes.
• Cheddar Open Source – MIT-licensed source code for Cheddar Mac and iOS clients.
• Founders Talk #38 – Part 1 of a 3-part interview with Sam Soffes, developer of Cheddar.
• Screenshot Lightning – Post from Daniel’s blog about automated screenshot capture.
• Campaign Monitor – Email-delivery service with template features.

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Manton and Daniel talk about valuing apps for acquisition, CocoaPods source module management, and following through on uncompleted projects.

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• Cheddar is For Sale – Announcement of availability for acquisition of To-Do application.
• Sam Soffes – Developer of Cheddar. Also on Twitter.
• AppShopper – App Store search site showing historical availability and pricing.
• Friday Q&A – Technical blog from Mike Ash, possessor of insights.
• Sortfolio Going Once… – 37signals announcement that Sortfolio could be bought for $480K.
• Brent Simmons – Original developer of MarsEdit and all around popular guy,
• CocoaPods – Objective-C source code module dependency management.
• Eloy Durán – Collection of tweets from the creator of CocoaPods.
• Ship Everything – Manton’s post espousing a general philosophy of working only on things you will ship.
• Merlin Mann on 1.0 – “You can try that stuff you read about in magazines later.”
• Application Acquisition – 2008 talk by Daniel with tips about acquiring and selling software projects.

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