Core Intuition

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 Open 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.

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.

Daniel discusses his printer problems, Manton discusses his Kickstarter problems. They go on to discuss the challenge of following through on public and private commitments, and chat about the wisdom of discussing politics and other divisive topics on public Twitter accounts or blogs.

Manton and Daniel talk about Apple’s current and future stock price, and their potential to branch out into other technologies such as virtual reality. They discuss Facebook's shuttering of Parse and the implications for iOS developers and Facebook’s PR. Finally, they respond to listener Q&A about getting up to speed on using and implementing your own web services.

Daniel talks to Manton about his new podcast, Timetable. The two discuss unmet goals and the risk of perpetually failing to meet one's own expectations. They affirm the merits of releasing software updates often, and minimizing friction for procedures that companies should do often in order to succeed. Manton discusses his App Store rejection for a forthcoming product, and Daniel tries to talk him into changing his approach to marketing the paid version of his upcoming microblogging service.

Manton talks to Daniel about re-releasing Shush as Swish and the value of trademarking an app's name. They discuss comments on blogs, and pros and cons of mixing business and. personal blogging. Finally, they recognize Manton's partial return to Twitter and whether it constitutes Daniel winning a 3-year-old bet.

Daniel and Manton reflect on their experience at the Apple TV tech talks, brainstorm app category ideas for Apple TV, and discuss the use of Twitter for customer support and how a 10K text limit might impact that. They also talk about Apple’s iOS 9.3 preview, rumors of a new iPhone 4-inch model, and speculate whether WWDC would ever move from Moscone in SF.

Manton and Daniel react to Twitter’s rumored plan to support 10K of text in tweets, answer listener Q&A about product versioning and milestone strategies, and check with thoughts on Swift upon Daniel’s completion of “reading the fine manual.”

Manton and Daniel celebrate iTunes Connect reopening, discuss Twitter 4.0 and scrutiny it received, compare end of year goals, and consider the value of a personal code of conduct for directing business ambitions.

Daniel and Manton discuss Apple’s annual iTunes connect shutdown, Manton’s application for Slack's developer venture fund, the magic of financially successful companies who remain seemingly small, and the relative merits of public vs. private social networks.