Build and Analyze

Build and Analyze 108: Succeeded

Marco Arment & Dan Benjamin — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 18:45:00 GMT

Our series finale.

Links for this episode:

The Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Master: Andrew Hunt, David Thomas: 9780201616224: Amazon.com: Books

5by5 | The Crossover #2: The Fight for Attention

iTunes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Sirius Satellite Radio sound quality test Sirius’ satellite-broadcast audio quality has really… – Marco.org

Twitter / tiffanyarment: Final Build & Analyze. ...

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Build and Analyze 107: The Eldest Programmer

Marco Arment & Dan Benjamin — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 01:15:00 GMT

Dan and Marco discuss testing and logging, formal programming, Core Data versus other datastore techniques, and developers knowing basic terminal operation and server administration.

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Amazon.com: Baratza Virtuoso Coffee Grinder 586: Home & Kitchen

Baratza Encore Conical Burr Coffee Grinder: Amazon.com: Home & Kitchen

Core Data - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Core Data Programming Guide: Introduction to Core Data Programming Guide

inessential.com: On switching away from Core Data

Create, read, update and delete - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Unix Command Line Tutorial | PeepCode Screencast

Advanced Command Line | PeepCode Screencasts

iTerm2 - Mac OS Terminal Replacement

Homebrew — MacPorts driving you to drink? Try Homebrew!

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Build and Analyze 106: Outlasted The Daily

Marco Arment & Dan Benjamin — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 18:30:00 GMT

Dan and Marco discuss the Mac Pro's relevance, the effects of RAM and FileVault on performance, the App Store Volume Purchase discount, how well Instapaper for Android is doing, why The Daily failed, deciding whether articles belong on blogs or in The Magazine, and how to collaborate with a designer when you don't agree with all of their choices.

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108 (number) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

iMac Intel 21.5" EMC 2544 Teardown - iFixit

A Tale of Three App Stores - David Smith

News Corp. To Shut Down The Daily On Dec. 15 | TPM LiveWire

Rupert Murdoch (rupertmurdoch) on Twitter

Murdoch: The Daily Will Cost ~$56 Million To Run In Year One - Business Insider

5by5 | Build and Analyze #11: The Mustache Guy

The Magazine Pitch Submission

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Build and Analyze 105: Service Plans for Cables

Marco Arment & Dan Benjamin — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 18:00:00 GMT

On this happy Cyber Monday, Dan and Marco discuss journalists mangling quotes, the decline of upgradeable hardware, how to tell if a price is negotiable, why many publications don't take full advantage of Newsstand, protecting assets inside app bundles, and deciding whether to burn an expedited review.

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Shopping @ Work - Pittsburgh Business Times

Performance Upgrades; FireWire USB SATA Storage; Memory, more at OWC

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Build and Analyze 104: Hammertime

Marco Arment & Dan Benjamin — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 18:30:00 GMT

Dan and Marco discuss the upcoming end of the show, Scott Forstall and MC Hammer, Passbook apps and promotion, how to decide when to start a new project, PayPal's subscription problems, and the economics of one-time app payments.

Links for this episode:

Build and Analyze ending December 17 – Marco.org

PlayThru: the ultimate CAPTCHA alternative | Are You a Human

Security – Google Wallet

Merchant Services from PayPal - Payment Solutions for Your Business

Send Money, Online Payment, Credit Card Processing - Amazon Payments

Stripe: Payments for developers

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Build and Analyze 103: Denial Haircut

Marco Arment & Dan Benjamin — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 18:15:00 GMT

Dan and Marco discuss music under podcast ads, TextMate 2 activity, the costs of pagination in Instapaper and The Magazine, scientific support of "low-acid" coffee benefits, every cure for male hair loss and baldness, and affiliate-marketing spam.

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Twitter / DentedMeat: @hotdogsladies @danbenjamin ...

Scrolling or paging? - All this

PR: Science Behind Low Acid Coffee Claims

The Puroast-cited study (overview PDF)

Twitter / tiffanyarment: Family time watching the Apple ...

TextMate Blog

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Build and Analyze 102: My Quotes Are Curly And My Dashes Are Solid

Marco Arment & Dan Benjamin — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 18:30:00 GMT

Dan and Marco discuss settings in the Settings app, full-screen modes, text adjustment options in Instapaper and The Magazine, choosing fonts for apps, building a custom CMS versus customizing an existing one, white-labeling The Magazine, and over-roasted coffee.

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InAppSettingsKit - Put settings in your iPhone apps easily

Lyon Text

Stout - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Build and Analyze 101: Looting Siracusa County

Marco Arment & Dan Benjamin — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 20:30:00 GMT

Dan and Marco discuss "Superstorm" Sandy aftermath, Scott Forstall's forced exit from Apple, the iPad Mini and iPad "4", the Microsoft Surface and Windows RT, Disney's plans for Lucasfilm, and hosting servers in natural-disaster-prone datacenters.

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An alternate universe – Marco.org

StreetInsider.com - Disney to Acquire Lucasfilm Ltd.

The iPad Air – Marco.org

Squarespace - Sandy Updates

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Build and Analyze 100: The Hostage Star

Marco Arment & Dan Benjamin — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 16:30:00 GMT

Dan and Marco discuss the Microsoft Surface commercial and its likely launch challenges, writing apps that align with Apple's incentives, The Magazine's naming and design decisions, and recognizing and fixing a poor design choice.

Links for this episode:

Microsoft Surface - Commercial HD - YouTube

5by5 | Amplified #27: Real Trouble

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Build and Analyze 99: The Podcast

Marco Arment & Dan Benjamin — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 00:45:00 GMT

Dan and Marco discuss Marco's new app, The Magazine.

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The Magazine

The Magazine – Marco.org

The Feature

The Brief

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Build and Analyze 98: It's Part of Me Now

Marco Arment & Dan Benjamin — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 19:15:00 GMT

Dan and Marco discuss non-U.S. universities on CVs, which old iOS devices to keep for testing, prototyping new ideas, why Marco's still not using storyboards, ARC, Core Data, or autolayout, and the boom of relevance and activity on App.net since Netbot's release.

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Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Build and Analyze 97: Grapefruits Everywhere

Marco Arment & Dan Benjamin — Mon, 01 Oct 2012 16:30:00 GMT

Dan and Marco discuss Nests, Mac App Store review times, iOS 6 upgrades, non-Retina support, managing servers for app back-ends, and whether perpetual app maintenance is necessary.

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Average App Store Review Times

Mac App Store - 5by5 Radio

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Build and Analyze 96: Sandwich With A Slot

Marco Arment & Dan Benjamin — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 16:45:00 GMT

Dan and Marco discuss initial impressions of the iPhone 5, rapid iOS 6 adoption and when it may be safe to require it, Feedburner's demise, B.S. in Computer Science degrees versus related degrees with lower math and theory requirements, and the economics of limited-edition apps.

Links for this episode:

iOS Version Stats - David Smith

Here's where to get LTE on your iPhone 5 | The Verge

Verizon iPhone 5 Confirmed to Be Unlocked on GSM 3G Networks - Mac Rumors

Longer Lines Outside Apple Stores Show iPhone 5 Is a Hit - John Paczkowski - Mobile - AllThingsD

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Build and Analyze 95: This Unicorn Doesn't Support NFC

Marco Arment & Dan Benjamin — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 17:00:00 GMT

Dan and Marco discuss iOS 6 for users and developers, adding iPhone 5 compatibility, the iPhone 5's name, unreasonable press reactions, Google's J2ObjC compiler, how embarrassingly easy it is to support VoiceOver (yet so many apps still mess it up), and why paid app-review priority upgrades would backfire.

Links for this episode:

j2objc - A Java to iOS Objective-C translation tool and runtime. - Google Project Hosting

iPhone 5 and iOS 6 for HTML5 developers, a big step forward: web inspector, new APIs and more | Breaking the Mobile Web

Apple - iOS 6 - iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch get 200+ new features.

Hello iOS 6, goodbye iPad 1: Inject new life by jailbreaking it | ZDNet

ios 6 not compatible for ipad 1?, ios 6...: Apple Support Communities

Implementing Smart App Banners - David Smith

5by5 | In Beta #16: Vampires Nesting

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Build and Analyze 94: Everything Would Cut You

Marco Arment & Dan Benjamin — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 17:00:00 GMT

Dan and Marco discuss Amazon's new Kindles, the differing goals of Apple and Amazon, why the tablet market is so different from the PC market and who stands to win and lose, the Enlight 7237, and the longevity of open APIs.

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Neima.com

Twitter's Open Platform Advantage

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Build and Analyze 93: One Donkey Walking In A Circle

Marco Arment & Dan Benjamin — Mon, 03 Sep 2012 17:15:00 GMT

In this episode of the longest-running 5by5 show, Dan and Marco discuss TextMate (of course), business developer account migrations and DUNS numbers, the immense value of Apple's retail stores, creating a brand before its apps, healthcare and taxes, and Instapaper browser extensions.

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MarcoRumors

Apple Store - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Apple - Steve Jobs introduces the first Apple Store Retail 2001 - YouTube

BBC News - Hewlett Packard to exit computing and buy Autonomy

Samsung store looks like Apple store

Medicare: FAQs

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Build and Analyze 92: The Risk Of Broken Promises

Marco Arment & Dan Benjamin — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 16:30:00 GMT

Dan and Marco discuss abandoned software, Twitter's 100,000-token limit in practice, how Twitter and Dropbox would need to change to become $40 billion companies, revealing development plans in advance, Instapaper's operating-cost breakdown, and home network wiring.

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Back to Work #80: Cascading Wave of Bad

The Talk Show #14: You’re Not Gonna Name Him Fuzzbutt

Core Intuition #54: We Need Something Like Twitter

Textastic (50% off introductory price), Shopify, and Squarespace (use coupon DANSENTME8 for 10% off)

Build and Analyze 91: Quadrants

Marco Arment & Dan Benjamin — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 16:30:00 GMT

Dan and Marco discuss Twitter's controversial API-policy changes, why they want (and need) to enforce them, their incentives and motivations, why this is different from the App Store, decentralized solutions, and worms.

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Facebook stock drops below $19, half of IPO price - Businessweek

Justin Frankel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Nullsoft - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Get It Now® - Terms & Conditions - Verizon Wireless Support

Try iOS: iPhone App Development Course by Eric Allam — Kickstarter

Interpreting some of Twitter’s API changes – Marco.org

AAPL: 662.69 +14.58 (+2.25%) : Apple Inc. - Yahoo! Finance

marco on App.net

dan on App.net

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Build and Analyze 90: This Person Isn't Really Here

Marco Arment & Dan Benjamin — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 17:45:00 GMT

Dan and Marco discuss Sublime Text 2, TextMate 2's open-sourcing, App.net's funding and why Kickstarter-like campaigns can get a huge boost of funding at the end, the difficulty of having good presences on multiple social services and the effects of cross-posting, and allocating time for unpopular apps.

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Sublime Text - Download

TextMate Blog » TextMate 2 at GitHub

textmate/textmate

The GNU General Public License v3.0 - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation (FSF)

My next text editor – Marco.org

Developing Perspective

Join the Movement - App.net

Apps - David Smith

marco on App.net

dan on App.net

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Build and Analyze 89: Giant Mushy Boat

Marco Arment & Dan Benjamin — Mon, 06 Aug 2012 18:00:00 GMT

Dan and Marco follow up on ergonomic keyboards and text editors, then discuss the appeal of the command line, AeroPress grind size, the Metro Style renaming, Hulu Plus, why Instapaper needs rate limiting and the challenge of finding an appropriate limit, and which apps give the best bang for the buck.

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Microsoft: “Metro” out, “Windows 8-style UI” in, amid rumors of a trademark dispute | Ars Technica

Metro AG - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Twitter / Silvano_D: RT @tiffanyarment: Listening ...

On the Mobile Rig Today — Big Week

Cinemagraph

Pinboard: Frequently Asked Questions

Soulver | Acqualia

Regex Tester

My Regex Tester

Mac App Store - Soulver

App Store - Soulver - the notepad calculator

Soulver for iPad for iPad on the iTunes App Store

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Build and Analyze 88: Things Are Pretty Here

Marco Arment & Dan Benjamin — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 17:00:00 GMT

Dan and Marco revisit text editors and discuss clicky tenkeyless keyboards and ergonomics, the Mac App Store's sandboxing issues, designing apps with stock UIKit widgets, foreign App Store reviews, and some of Instapaper's feature decisions including non-native Twitter integration, bookmarklet mechanics, and the lack of highlights or annotations.

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The Marco.org Review of John Siracusa’s Review of OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion – Marco.org

Kinesis Freestyle2

Coding Horror: A Tribute to the Windows 3.1 "Hot Dog Stand" Color Scheme

App Annie - App Store Analytics and Market Intelligence

Side effects of developing for yourself – Marco.org

Amazon.com: Filco Majestouch-2, Tenkeyless, NKR, Tactile Action, USA Keyboard FKBN87M/EB2: Electronics

The Mac App Store’s future of irrelevance – Marco.org

It’s not just the geeks like us – Marco.org

Chocolat ‹ Text Editor for Mac

Sublime Text - Download

Bare Bones Software | BBEdit 10

Coda 2

Iconfactory : Design

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Build and Analyze 87: Close the Window and Hope for the Best

Marco Arment & Dan Benjamin — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 17:00:00 GMT

Dan and Marco discuss how to research and find good products, portable and window air conditioners, the unfortunate status of TextMate 2 and the search for alternatives, Sparrow's business and acquisition, and App.net's chances of success.

Links for this episode:

Twitter / marcoarment: Thinking of switching to S ...

Samsung Galaxy Note II launching August 15th with 5.5-inch display

Join the Movement - App.net

Producer at 5by5 ~ Authentic Jobs

Account Manager at 5by5 ~ Authentic Jobs

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Build and Analyze 86: Folding A Piece Of Cake

Marco Arment & Dan Benjamin — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 18:30:00 GMT

Dan and Marco discuss chicken salad, Chicago pizza, the in-app purchase hack, depressingly realistic first-person shooters, gender and demographic myopia among developers, how well the 7.85" iPad might sell and what that might mean, Penny Arcade's Kickstarter, Ben Brooks' paywall, and how to get started with programming or making apps.

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Apple investigating iOS in-app purchase hack | ZDNet

Apple responds to hacked in-app purchasing system

Battlefield 3 : BF3 - The award winning shooter from EA / DICE

Apple May Meet Tablet Competition With a Smaller iPad - NYTimes.com

This is how a 7.85-inch iPad would stack up against other 7-inch tab..

Penny Arcade Sells Out by Penny Arcade — Kickstarter

letter.ly: simple subscription newsletters

The New TBR Business Model — The Brooks Review

5by5 | Hypercritical #76: Selling a Dream

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Build and Analyze 85: Rules of the Road

Marco Arment & Dan Benjamin — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 19:00:00 GMT

Dan and Marco discuss corrupt App Store binaries, responding to customer reviews, advertisers paying more than customers, VC-funded startups' road to acquisition, the business culture of condescension and euphemisms, the security of hosting sensitive files on Dropbox or GitHub, and Amazon Cloud Search.

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Marco Arment: The Hero of Apple's Appageddon - Apple 2.0 - Fortune Tech

The king of Apple talk radio - Apple 2.0 - Fortune Tech

Corrupt App Store binaries crashing on launch – Marco.org

Apple responds to App Store download corruption

Replying to App Store reviews - Matt Gemmell

Developer Rules of the Road | Twitter Developers

Twitter / parislemon: @shak @hunterwalk I’d im

Core Intuition » Episode 45: A Classic Ballmer Moment

Public Key Security Vulnerability and Mitigation

Responsible Disclosure Policy

Mass assignment in Rails applications « blog.mhartl | Michael Hartl's tech blog

Amazon CloudSearch

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Build and Analyze 84: California Knife in Your Back

Marco Arment & Dan Benjamin — Mon, 02 Jul 2012 19:00:00 GMT

Dan and Marco discuss keyboard-screen imprinting, Google's odd TV ball, Sirius and Pulsar, the difference between copyright and patent infringement, Instapaper's price-change results, the iPad 1 installed base, the Nexus 7, Apple's Podcasts app, why Apple probably won't offer paid podcasts, Facebook's native iOS app and why web companies need to treat mobile apps as a first-class platform, Twitter's ominous threat to client developers, and Tumblr's pinned posts.

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Black Pixel Welcomes Michael Jurewitz · Black Pixel

Jury.me — New Beginnings

Scott Forstall, the Sorcerer's Apprentice at Apple - Businessweek

Rogue Amoeba | Pulsar: Listen to and pause satellite radio on Mac OS X. No timeouts and no browser needed!

Welcome to the world of satellite radio - SiriusXM Radio

Note Taker HD for iPad on the iTunes App Store

Software Garden Products: Dan Bricklin's Note Taker HD App

Apple's First-Year iPad Sales Dwarf Street's Initial Estimates - John Paczkowski - News - AllThingsD

The Nexus 7 – Marco.org

Delivering a consistent Twitter experience | Twitter Developers

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Build and Analyze 83: Microsoft Countertop

Marco Arment & Dan Benjamin — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 18:30:00 GMT

Dan and Marco discuss cable TV, HBO, and piracy, challenges that Windows 8 and Microsoft Surface will face with developer and enterprise adoption, why other Retina Mac models may take longer than we expect, the case for Instapaper offering a "mobilizer", and Marco's diversification and innovation strategy.

Links for this episode:

Undeclared - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Conscientious objector - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Microsoft PixelSense - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Hands-Off: Microsoft Surface Tablet Review

AnandTech - The next-gen MacBook Pro with Retina Display Review

Apple - MacBook Air - Compare the 11- and 13-inch MacBook Air.

API | Mandrill

Droplr • 20120610-IMG_2065.JPG

Droplr • photo.JPG

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Build and Analyze 82: This Microphone's Getting Heavy

Marco Arment & Dan Benjamin — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Dan and Marco discuss the results of the Starbucks promotion, why it's different from making a free version of the app, Instapaper's price experiment, originality in customer-submitted ideas, the costs of filing and enforcing patents, and Marco's new-old Mac Pro.

Links for this episode:

About PCalc

MacBook Pro 15" with Retina Display Running 3 External Displays | Other World Computing Blog — Big Week

Twitter / tiffanyarment: B&A recording live @ma

Twitter / tiffanyarment: B&A recording picture

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Build and Analyze 81: The Beast Under My Desk

Marco Arment & Dan Benjamin — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 23:00:00 GMT

Marco checks in from his hotel room at WWDC to talk with Dan about Apple's new hardware and software announcements.

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Mac Pro gets half-assed “update” – Marco.org

First Look: Retina display MacBook Pro

5by5 | Amplified

Benchmarks for Mid-2012 MacBook Pro and MacBook Air - Mac Rumors

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Build and Analyze 80: Please, Go to Starbucks

Marco Arment & Dan Benjamin — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 18:45:00 GMT

In this truly big week, Dan and Marco discuss Instapaper's ad on Howard Stern, the Android app launch, the Starbucks App Of The Week, background location updates with geofencing, and conservative predictions about the TBA sessions at WWDC.

Links for this episode:

HAProxy - The Reliable, High Performance TCP/HTTP Load Balancer

Paperboy (rapper) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Introducing Paper Boy: Automatically Download Your News Whenever You Leave Home | News.me

Instapaper 4.2.2 with Background Update Locations - Instapaper Blog

Exclusive: Instapaper for Android launches (hands-on) | The Verge

Coming Soon to Pastebot: Music in the Background — Tapbots Blog

What's New - Squarespace Community for Developers and General Users

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Build and Analyze 79: Get Away From The Edge

Marco Arment & Dan Benjamin — Tue, 29 May 2012 18:00:00 GMT

Dan and Marco discuss Twitter's neglected desktop and iPad apps, Flattr followup and Instacast's rejection for integrating it in-app, Zynga, personal standards and dignity, originality, getting stuck on hard problems, types of web hosting, tips for self-managed servers, and basics of web scaling.

Links for this episode:

Hibari: A Mac Twitter client with keyword filtering, muting, inline saved search results, inline conversations, tweet lookup, and more

Mac App Store - Hibari for Twitter

Osfoora for Twitter

Osfoora

Mac App Store - Osfoora for Twitter

Tweetbot — Tapbots

App Store - Tweetbot — A Twitter Client with Personality for iPhone

Build & Analyze #78 inspired videocast – unclaimed flattrs, “bum cup” and more

iOS Radio Hour with Daniel Jalkut and friends - New York iOS Developer Meetup (New York, NY) - Meetup

Linode VPS hosting (Marco's affiliate link)

Apple Maps iOS 6 -- 3D, coming this summer

Email on Mobile Devices | MailChimp

Apple’s Official WWDC 2012 App Could Be Your First Glimpse At iOS 6’s New iPhone Look | Cult of Mac

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Build and Analyze 78: The Opposite of Instapaper

Marco Arment & Dan Benjamin — Mon, 21 May 2012 20:30:00 GMT

Dan and Marco discuss Flattr, API versioning, web frameworks, and Marco's formerly secret App Store experiment: a brand new app that's nothing like Instapaper.

Links for this episode:

Flattr - Social micropayments

Nursing Clock for iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, iPod touch (3rd generation), iPod touch (4th generation) and iPad on the iTunes App Store

Draw Something Loses 5M Users a Month After Zynga Purchase - Forbes

CakePHP: the rapid development php framework. Pages

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Build and Analyze 77: I Had A Baby, You Launched An App

Marco Arment & Dan Benjamin — Mon, 14 May 2012 20:30:00 GMT

Dan and Marco discuss the new 5by5 Radio app, why Apple may not want to add paid upgrades to the App Store, the infinite market for podcast clients and to-do apps, Instacast's in-app-purchase backlash, how and why to remove features from an app, the new 15" MacBook Pro rumors, Thunderbolt's likely overshadowing by USB 3, and near-future concerns for a Retina laptop.

Links for this episode:

Tim Arnold - Home

Amazon.com: Keurig B60 Special Edition Brewing System: Kitchen & Dining

Adobe will issue free security patches for high-profile Creative Suite apps | Macworld

Adobe Product Security Incident Response Team (PSIRT) Blog

Apple readies revamped 15-inch MacBook Pro: Retina Display, ultra-thin design, and super-fast USB 3 | 9to5Mac | Apple Intelligence

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Build and Analyze 76: Trust Me, I Know C

Marco Arment & Dan Benjamin — Mon, 07 May 2012 18:45:00 GMT

Instacast 2.0's interesting pricing, RubyMotion, seemingly impossible requirements in job postings, undercutting competitors on price, and why 5by5 probably shouldn't do a parenting show.

Links for this episode:

Instacast 2.0: The Best Gets Better — 512 Pixels

Blog - Instacast 2.0 Available - Vemedio

App Store - Instacast

Twitter / @tiffanyarment: Build & Analyze @marco ...

RubyMotion - Ruby for iOS

Build & Analyze - Igloo Software

Tittle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Build and Analyze 75: My Twitterrific Moment

Marco Arment & Dan Benjamin — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 18:15:00 GMT

Marco's new baby, working from home with kids, tightening car seats, speaking at conferences, baby monitors, the costs of hiring someone, the Instapaper website job description, Read It Later and Pocket, paying attention to competitors, the future direction of Instapaper, and what Apple should do about WWDC tickets.

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Withings - Smart Baby Monitor: always near your baby

Amazon.com: Motorola Digital Video Baby Monitor with 3.5 Inch Color LCD Screen: Baby

Back to Work #64: Frozen Poster

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Build and Analyze 74: Ship or Get Off The Pot

Marco Arment & Dan Benjamin — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 18:00:00 GMT

With Marco on paternity leave this week, Dan is joined by Daniel Jalkut of Red Sweater Software. They discuss the origins of Daniel's flagship product, MarsEdit, the long hours often required of independent developers, and more.

Links for this episode:

Chris Espinosa - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

MarsEdit 3 - Desktop blog editing for the Mac.

NetNewsWire App

inessential.com: weblog

C4 (conference) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This Week in Startups #112 with Anthony Casalena, Founder of Squarespace | ThisWeekIn

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Build and Analyze 73: One Cell Taller

Marco Arment & Dan Benjamin — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 20:15:00 GMT

Readability's failed payment system, why Instagram was worth so much to Facebook, advertisers outbidding customers, the rumored taller-screen iPhone and its effects on apps, WWDC, and Dan's bold feature decisions in the upcoming 5by5 Radio app.

Links for this episode:

5by5 | Hypercritical #63: Talking to the Bear

The 4-inch iPhone - The Russians Used a Pencil

Predicting WWDC dates and the June 11 rumor – Marco.org

Waiting for WWDC Announcement - 4 Arrows Media

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Build and Analyze 72: An Uncomfortable Night for Everybody

Marco Arment & Dan Benjamin — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 20:15:00 GMT

Upgrades in the App Store (or the lack thereof), gesture discoverability, iPad 3 renderInContext slowdowns, the inelegant transition periods of the Pentium Pro and A5X, and burning hamburgers.

Links for this episode:

Strategy Letter V - Joel on Software

AnandTech - The Apple iPad Review (2012)

Computer History for 1996

Call Me Fishmeal.: The Mac App Store Needs Paid Upgrades

Twitter / @Alyssa_Milano: Boooooo!!! RT @TwitterDisp ...

Daring Fireball: Apple's Highest Priority Is Obviousness

I'm excited to... | Facebook

Facebook to Buy Instagram for $1 Billion in Cash, Stock - Deal Journal - WSJ

Pentium Pro - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Sponsored by Harvest (coupon code 5BY5 for 50% off your first month) and EveryMe.

Build and Analyze 71: The Lottery Mindset

Marco Arment & Dan Benjamin — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 18:30:00 GMT

Draw Something, myths of overnight successes, the lottery mindset contributing to idea people and patent policy, how good colleges and computer science degrees affect your future career, a review of three leading iOS podcast apps, and follow-up on the BMW M5 (F10).

Links for this episode:

Marco's wall texture

Hypercritical #61 about Marco's "dream" M5

Build and Analyze 70: 116 Degree Burns

Marco Arment & Dan Benjamin — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 20:00:00 GMT

Dan and Marco discuss the "www" prefix, Eye-Fi with Aperture, using Kickstarter to fund large software projects, iPad Warmgate, being featured in the App Store, customer reactions to requiring iOS 5, instant coffee, and theoretical 3G-equipped MacBooks.

Links for this episode:

The Feature

Marco.org

Warmgate: Turns out the new iPad gets warm when the GPU and battery are working hard | Gadgetron

Warmgate Tweets | Mg Siegler Twitter

Consumer Reports hot iPad - latimes.com

New iPad runs hot, 'Consumer Reports' tests show – USATODAY.com

Consumer Reports Finds New iPad Gets Warm, Can't Charge Under Heavy Loads - Mac Rumors

Sponsored by Gitbox, AppsFire (coupon code 5by5 for 10% off), and Studio Neat (coupon code 5by5 for 20% off).

Build and Analyze 69: Holiday Punishment Font

Marco Arment & Dan Benjamin — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 19:00:00 GMT

Dan and Marco discuss Retina-screen design considerations, Retina graphics on the web, the benefits of requiring iOS 5, and the ethics of app analytics.

Links for this episode:

The Money Pit - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Introducing Instapaper 4.1 for iPhone, iPad – Marco.org

Atelier Carvalho Bernau: Lyon

Typography for Lawyers

Typography's Role in the Newspaper Recession | Fast Company

Fine, here's a picture. Pardon the dust — house renovati... on Twitpic

Amazon.com: Microsoft Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000: Electronics

iOS 4.0 on 3G iPhone (parody) - YouTube

Bare Bones Software | A Little Light Reading

This episode is sponsored by Freshbooks - painless billing, and BBEdit - Dan's favorite text editor.

Build and Analyze 68: The Returning Dessert Problem

Marco Arment & Dan Benjamin — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 19:00:00 GMT

More on the effects of competition, apps as entertainment risks and the dynamics of low app pricing, why forced app trials would be bad, health insurance for single-person businesses, and why Marco hates iPhoto, Aperture, and Lightroom.

Links for this episode:

5by5 | 5by5 Specials #5: Fat Wireless: iPad 3rd Generation

Sponsored by Hover (promo DANSENTME for 10% off), Squarespace (promo DANSENTME3 for 30% off for 3 months), and Sourcebits.

Build and Analyze 67: Competing With Free

Marco Arment & Dan Benjamin — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 19:30:00 GMT

Dan and Marco discuss Instapaper's new competitor, Readability, the effects of competing with a free product, trying to be original while implementing similar features, and the difficulties of choosing fonts for reading body text on screens.

Links for this episode:

iPad 3 Parts Put Together on Video, iPad 2 Smart Cover Still Works - Mac Rumors

TestFlight, TestFlight + Burstly = TestFlight Live

It’s Here: Readability for iPhone & iPad | Readability Blog

The Readability Fallacy — The Brooks Review

FontFont

FontFont : Download FF Meta fonts from the FontFont Library

FontFont : Download FF Tisa fonts from the FontFont Library

Mobile FontFonts

Markov chain - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Sponsored by Harvest -- use code 5BY5 for 50% off your first month, and by Rackspace.

Build and Analyze 66: Car Haters and Idea Guys

Marco Arment & Dan Benjamin — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 20:15:00 GMT

Dan and Marco discuss fun cars and car economics, idea guys, the value of ideas, the value of products launched by "famous" people, and why responding to email is hopelessly impossible.

Links for this episode:

Twitter / @shawnblanc: Say hello to Noah Blanc. h ...

Feature removal – Marco.org

Build and Analyze 65: An Accountant Knows Where To Put It

Marco Arment & Dan Benjamin — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 22:30:00 GMT

Dan and Marco discuss the value of accountants, taxing, 1099s, Japanese withholding on App Store sales, Internet Explorer's recent improvements and browser testing, and why this show often isn't about programming and APIs.

Links for this episode:

Intel is only delaying dual core mobile Ivy Bridge CPUs by VR-Zone.com

Understanding Japanese App Store Withholding - David Smith

Amazon.com: Sodastream Fountain Jet Soda Maker Starter Kit: Kitchen & Dining

Amazon.com: SodaStream Penguin Earth Friendly Glass Carafe Soda Maker: Home & Kitchen

Amazon.com: SodaStream 60-Litre Carbonators Spare Cylinders: Kitchen & Dining

Flavor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Internet Explorer for Mac - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Camino - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Apple Inc.: NASDAQ:AAPL quotes & news - Google Finance

Build and Analyze 64: Mountain Kitten

Marco Arment & Dan Benjamin — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 18:00:00 GMT

Dan and Marco discuss the Ivy Bridge delay, k56flex, Windows branding, and, oh yeah, the announcement and preview of OS X Mountain Lion.

Links for this episode:

Report: Intel May Delay Ivy Bridge, Most of 2012 Looking 'Dark' for Notebook Industry | PCWorld

Sodastream Fountain Jet Soda Maker Starter Kit: Amazon.com: Kitchen & Dining

Apple releases public beta of Messages, replacing iChat

First Look: OS X Mountain Lion

Daring Fireball: Mountain Lion

Apple - OS X Mountain Lion. Innovation comes back to the Mac.

5by5 | 5by5 Specials #4: Kindacritical

So… my Mountain Lion attempts within VMWare Fusion 4.1.0 have... on Twitpic

Apple - Mac OS X - Download the free Messages Beta.

Merlin Mann's Squarespace Slideshow

Build and Analyze 63: Underwear Drawer

Marco Arment & Dan Benjamin — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:45:00 GMT

Dan and Marco discuss apps versus the web, iOS address-book access and data privacy, and Honeywell suing Nest for patent infringement.

Links for this episode:

5by5 | Royal Pingdom

iOS Address Book access should prompt the user for permission – Marco.org

Stealing Your Address Book by Dustin Curtis

Path uploads your entire iPhone address book to its servers

[Sponsor] CocoaConf - Promo code 5BY5 gets 20% off

[Sponsor] Sourcebits

[Sponsor] PDFpen for iPad from Smile

Nest | The Learning Thermostat | Nest as a programmable thermostat

Honeywell goes after Nest Learning Thermostat for patent infringement | The Verge

Solarized - Ethan Schoonover

Why Honeywell Is Suing Nest Labs - Lauren Goode - News - AllThingsD

Sponsored by Smile, Sourcebits, and Shopify.

Build and Analyze 62: Frustrated by the Invisible Person

Marco Arment & Dan Benjamin — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 23:00:00 GMT

Dan and Marco successfully avoid development topics for an entire show, instead discussing USB outlets and the Nest thermostat.

Links for this episode:

NewerTech® Power2U™ AC/USB Wall Outlet

Nest | The Learning Thermostat | Home

NewerTech NWTPWR2USB Power2U AC Wall Outlet with 2... in stock at OWC

Amazon.com: Cooper Wiring Devices TR7740-W USB Charger with Tamper Resistant Receptacle - White: Home Improvement

FastMac | Product - U-Socket

Underwriters Laboratories - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

FreshBooks - Online Invoicing, Accounting & Billing Software

Email Marketing and Email List Manager | MailChimp

Amazon.com: Honeywell Digital Round T8775C1005 Non-Programmable 1 Heat/1 Cool: Home Improvement

Build and Analyze 61: Up and Down All Night Long

Marco Arment & Dan Benjamin — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 23:00:00 GMT

Dan and Marco discuss server monitoring, iCloud replacing web apps, NSZombie, and the complex world of salaries.

Links for this episode:

MacBook Air 11-Inch | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

MacBook Air - Buy MacBook Air notebook computers - Apple Store (U.S.)

IdeaSwarm

New Year, New Salary.com - Salary.com

new job - How do I know how much to ask for in salary? - Programmers - Stack Exchange

Build and Analyze 60: Mostly Empty Notebooks

Marco Arment & Dan Benjamin — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 00:30:00 GMT

Dan and Marco discuss mute switches, the cost of settings, bad broadband, deciding which features to implement, design and prototyping processes, and why the Nintendo 64 and first Xbox deserve a lot of credit.

Links for this episode:

Daring Fireball: On the Behavior of the iPhone Mute Switch

Andy Ihnatko On the Behavior of the iPhone Mute Switch

Designing “Mute” – Marco.org

Ringing Finally Ended, but There’s No Button to Stop Shame - NYTimes.com

Mute Means Mute

5by5 | After Dark #75: Pamphlet

5by5 | Hypercritical #49: Pinching the Harmonica

How to use the N8 alarm clock - Know Your Cell

Xbox - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

File:Xbox-Console-Set.png - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Build and Analyze 59: Premium Products

Marco Arment & Dan Benjamin — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 17:15:00 GMT

Dan and Marco discuss CES, Second Crack, localization, code comments, serving custom data to UIWebView requests, discounts and sales devaluing your app, premium products, and blog comments.

Links for this episode:

marcoarment/secondcrack - GitHub

phpDocumentor: The complete documentation solution for PHP

Twitter / @marcoarment: I'm a little annoyed that ...

Comments Commentary - Matt Gemmell

Comments Still Off - Matt Gemmell

Hivelogic

Build and Analyze 58: The Cake is Blue [Fixed Audio]

Marco Arment & Dan Benjamin — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 01:45:00 GMT

Dan and Marco discuss app refunds, managing work and family time at home, workaholism culture in startups, the costs of doing business, and how Instapaper stores images offline.

Links for this episode:

On The Cutting Edge of Yesterday (It’s a boy! Since Marco and I decided we wanted...)

Amazon.com: Power Grid: Toys & Games

Customer Image Gallery for Power Grid

Diapers | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

Twitter / @scottsimpson: My new standard of cool: w ...

[Sponsor] Shopify

Nine Thoughts • Five By Five

Watch a VC use my name to sell a con. | jwz

Build and Analyze 57: Next to the Bathroom

Marco Arment & Dan Benjamin — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 23:00:00 GMT

Dan and Marco discuss listening to music while coding and making the most of open office layouts.

Links for this episode:

Strategery for iOS

Mac App Store - White Noise

App Store - White Noise

White Noise

SimplyNoise - The Best Free White Noise Generator on the Internet. - Mobile Applications

LivePhish.com - Live Phish MP3 Downloads FLAC Downloads Live CDs

Build and Analyze 56: The Worst Kind of Frustration

Marco Arment & Dan Benjamin — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Dan and Marco discuss TextMate 2, designing (or having someone else design) icons for your apps, typing on Kindles, and why Marco uses queues in Instapaper.

Links for this episode:

parislemon • Google, Where The Best Of Everything Is Perpetually 6 Months Away

Google’s Eric Schmidt envisions Google TV on majority of new TVs by summer of 2012 - SlashGear

Logitech CEO: Google TV 'cost us dearly,' no Revue replacement coming | The Verge

324156944.png (256×256)

Toilet RSS Icon - freeyourdesign.com

Kindle e-Reader with Wi-Fi, 6" Display

Kindle Keyboard with Wi-Fi, 6" E Ink Display

Hot zones – Marco.org

The Cosmonaut stylus for touchscreens – Marco.org

Sponsored by Tapfolio, TinyLetter, and Uncle Slam.

Build and Analyze 55: Scaling Enabled

Marco Arment & Dan Benjamin — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 23:30:00 GMT

Dan and Marco discuss the TextMate 2 alpha (it's real!), demand for iOS games, cloud hosting and the scaling challenges it won't solve, and the Top Brewer coffee faucet.

Links for this episode:

TextMate Blog » TextMate 2.0 Alpha

[Sponsor] Mailchimp

[Sponsor] Harvest - Coupon Code 5BY5TV

[Sponsor] Stitcher SmartRadio

Textmate 1 Missing Drawer Plugin

Standing Up For Android – Marco.org

Amazon Kindle Fire Faces Critics and Remedies Are Promised - NYTimes.com

Kindle Fire software update coming in less than two weeks, performance and UI improvements promised | The Verge

Anthora - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Amazon.com: New York City NY Greek Ceramic Coffee Cup 10-Ounce: "We are happy to serve you" *GREAT GIFT IDEA FOR FRIENDS, LOVED ONES, WEDDING, ETC": Kitchen & Dining

Amazon.com: NY Coffee Cup (100 paper cups with lids): Kitchen & Dining

Topbrewer - Scanomat

Scanomat TopBrewer brings iPhone control, elegant design to single-cup coffee makers

Kindle vs. iPad [Amazon]

How To Market Your App: Five Tips From Marco Arment -- AppAdvice

5by5 Illustrated

Build and Analyze 54: Snob Blend

Marco Arment & Dan Benjamin — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 01:00:00 GMT

Dan and Marco discuss inverted Aeropresses, what Marco would do if he were in charge of Starbucks, app marketing responses and being featured in the App Store, avoiding creepy mobile analytics, and static blogging engines.

Links for this episode:

Theory of Forms - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Allegory of the Cave - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Only Marketing That Counts - Rusty Moyher

Amazon.com: Chemex Classic Series Glass Coffeemaker, 3 cup capacity: Kitchen & Dining

Kindle Touch compared to Nook Simple Touch, Kobo Touch, and Kindle 4 – Marco.org

5by5 Illustrated

Spamusement! Poorly-drawn cartoons inspired by actual spam subject lines!

Build and Analyze 53: Blows Enough For Me

Marco Arment & Dan Benjamin — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 14:00:00 GMT

Dan and Marco discuss Andy Ihnatko's defense of the Kindle Fire, cheap versus bad, consumer priorities, what happens when your product gets canned before it ships, preparing for a Retina iPad, how to market your app, and every indie developer being a millionaire.

Links for this episode:

You Guys Are Millionaires Right? | Shifty Jelly’s blog of mystery

5by5 | The Ihnatko Almanac #9: Fresh Air and Daylight

A human review of the Kindle Fire – Marco.org

Kindle Fire is no iPad killer - but it is a killer device

Daring Fireball Linked List: WSJ: Sharp to Supply LCD Panels to Apple for Next iPad

BERG Cloud

BPA from thermal paper receipts passes through the skin

Rands in Repose Newsletter [TinyLetter]

Sponsored by Reinvigorate, Spendings, and TinyLetter.

Build and Analyze 52: Me and My Bias

Marco Arment & Dan Benjamin — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 14:00:00 GMT

Dan and Marco discuss the Kindle Fire, Apple's profit off mobile apps, the recall of the 1st generation iPod Nano, Ice Cream Sandwich, career stages of a programmer and Plants vs Zombies.

Links for this episode:

Apple takes in up to 90% of money spent on mobile apps

A human review of the Kindle Fire – Marco.org

Yes, that's a button! The Kindle Touch reviewed

The Kindle Touch — Shawn Blanc

United Pixelworkers — Home

MailChimp Mobile | MailChimp

No Flash at launch for Ice Cream Sandwich - SlashGear

RL Classic for iPhone, iPod touch (4th generation), iPad 2 Wi-Fi, and iPad 2 Wi-Fi + 3G on the iTunes App Store

Replacements for First-Gen iPod Nano Models at Risk of Overheating Now Arriving - Mac Rumors

RedLaser - Impossibly Accurate Barcode Scanning

App Store - Shazam

Inkstagram - A web interface for Instagram and so much more.

Don't call it a tablet: the Kindle Fire reviewed

Amazon.com: Plants vs. Zombies (Kindle Fire Edition): Appstore for Android

Amazon Kindle Fire poised to be No. 2 in tablets, says ChangeWave | ZDNet

Daring Fireball Linked List: Why the QR Code Is Failing

CueCat - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Don’t Call Yourself A Programmer, And Other Career Advice | Kalzumeus Software

HP ZR30w 30-inch S-IPS LCD Monitor overview - HP Small & Medium Business products

Embody Chairs - Products - Herman Miller

Sponsored by United Pixelworkers and MailChimp.

Build and Analyze 51: Plattsburgh

Marco Arment & Dan Benjamin — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 19:00:00 GMT

Dan and Marco discuss the end of mobile Flash, the potential end of desktop Flash and Silverlight, reservations about the Kindle Fire's sales potential, career advice to programmers, and the difficult practicalities and economics of RSS sync platforms.

Links for this episode:

Appcelerator/IDC Mobile Developer Report, November 2011 | Appcelerator

Flash to Focus on PC Browsing and Mobile Apps; Adobe to More Aggressively Contribute to HTML5 (Adobe Featured Blogs)

inessential.com: Why “Just Store the App Data on Dropbox” won’t work for RSS readers

Your Questions About Flex « The Official Flex Team Blog

Will there be a Silverlight 6 (and does it matter)? | ZDNet

Kindle Fire - Full Color 7" Multi-Touch Display with Wi-Fi - More than a Tablet

Don’t Call Yourself A Programmer, And Other Career Advice | Kalzumeus Software

Build and Analyze 50: Container of Worms

Marco Arment & Dan Benjamin — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 19:00:00 GMT

Dan and Marco discuss the difficult design decisions in Instapaper 4, managing customer expectations and habits when changing features, the iOS 5.0.1 fix and how to argue effectively with Apple, the Steve Jobs biography, and Keurig coffee minivans.

Links for this episode:

Barnes & Noble Unveils New Nook Tablet - Peter Kafka - Media - AllThingsD

Apple Seeds iOS 5.0.1 Beta: Multitasking Gestures for iPad 1, Battery Life Improvements - Mac Rumors

Build and Analyze 49: I Just Boil It

Marco Arment & Dan Benjamin — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 21:15:00 GMT

Dan and Marco discuss the developer implications of apps on TVs, more Apple TV analysis, shovelware, Codify for iPad, Dan's new AeroPress, and whether Marco's upcoming baby will require a minivan.

Links for this episode:

Green Tea Kettle from Adagio Teas

IngenuiTEA Teapot from Adagio Teas

Review: Coffee Joulies – Marco.org

"Halloween Slice of Life" - Threadless.com - Best t-shirts in the world

Amazon.com: Chemex Drip Coffee Carafe - 8 Cup: Kitchen & Dining

Codify for iPad on the iTunes App Store

Codify lets you build iPad apps--on your iPad | Macworld

The Programming Language Lua

Codify – iPad

Amazon.com: Graco Passage Travel System

Build and Analyze 48: Zero Inputs

Marco Arment & Dan Benjamin — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 17:00:00 GMT

Dan and Marco discuss the MacBook Pro update, what an Apple television might be like, VoiceOver considerations and testing for your apps, power switches on computers, and encouraging words from Hacker News.

Links for this episode:

Apple Jumps on TV Excitement; 'I Finally Cracked It' - MarketBeat - WSJ

Amazon.com: Steve Jobs (9781451648539): Walter Isaacson: Books

Amazon.com: Steve Jobs eBook: Walter Isaacson: Kindle Store

Steve Jobs: Revelations from a tech giant - CBS News

Accessibility for iPhone and iPad apps - Matt Legend Gemmell

5by5 | Hypercritical #15: The Bridges of Siracusa County

Sponsored by Squarespace and TinyLetter.

Build and Analyze 47: Some Kind of Meat

Marco Arment & Dan Benjamin — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 17:00:00 GMT

Dan and Marco discuss the stress of Instapaper 4.0's release, the Cingleton conference in Montreal, Google Dart, the iPhone 4S, and iOS 5's "Cleaning..." behavior.

Links for this episode:

Siri ported to an iPhone 4, old phone learns a new trick (Update: Better performance!) -- Engadget

Introducing Instapaper 4.0 for iPad and iPhone – Marco.org

Apple sells 4 million iPhone 4S in 3 days - Technology & science - Tech and gadgets - msnbc.com

Moving up the stack – Marco.org

The Çingleton Symposium

Google Dart internal email

Sponsored by Sourcebits, Handelabra Studio, and Shopify.

Build and Analyze 46: The Edge Is Not Purple

Marco Arment & Dan Benjamin — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 17:00:00 GMT

Dan and Marco discuss Steve Jobs and Apple's future, the iPhone 4S and hardware tradeoffs, how awesome smartphone cameras have transformed how we use and buy cameras, the possibility of a Siri API, and the difficulty in finding good beta testers.

Links for this episode:

AT&T Sees 200,000 Preorders for iPhone 4S in First Day - Ina Fried - Mobile - AllThingsD

Netflix Abandons Plan to Rent DVDs on Qwikster - NYTimes.com

Dart: a language for structured web programming - The official Google Code blog

Dart : Structured web programming

iPhone 4S pre-orders top 1 million in 24 hours

Here’s To The Crazy One | TechCrunch

kickingbear» Blog Archive » About Steve

iPhone 3GS - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

An 8-Megapixel Photo from the iPhone 4S - Mac Rumors

5by5 | Build and Analyze #43: Mythical Metro

Build and Analyze 45: Bevel in the Bezel

Marco Arment & Dan Benjamin — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 18:00:00 GMT

Dan and Marco discuss developing for the old and new Kindles, HTC's security vulnerability and Android's problems deploying updates, iOS 5's behavior with apps' Documents and Caches directories, the sound of judgment, and how vagaries in App Review rules ultimately hurt customers.

Links for this episode:

Quantum of Solace - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

iCloud Data Storage Guidelines - Apple Developer

Technical Q&A QA1699: Technical Q&A QA1699

Amazon Media Room:Product Images

Massive Security Vulnerability In HTC Android Devices (EVO 3D, 4G, Thunderbolt, Others) Exposes Phone Numbers, GPS, SMS, Emails Addresses, Much More

HTC vulnerability exposes private data to unprivileged apps on its Android phones – Marco.org

Apple - Play music and more on iPod.

Rumored iPod Classic, Shuffle discontinuation – Marco.org

Build and Analyze 44: Customers As Body Parts

Marco Arment & Dan Benjamin — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 18:00:00 GMT

Dan and Marco discuss the TextMate 2 announcement, second-system syndrome and architecture astronauts, knowing the business you're really in, hot laptops, and the iOS 5 GM rumors.

Links for this episode:

Netflix steals Dreamworks from HBO — Online Video News

Apple's iPhone Has an 89 Percent Retention Rate - John Paczkowski - Mobile - AllThingsD

The third ecosystem. What are the odds? | asymco

The new iPhone… | 9to5Mac | Apple Intelligence

Twitter / @benfurneaux: @danbenjamin You should cr ...

Don't Let Architecture Astronauts Scare You - Joel on Software

Second-system effect - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

TextMate Blog » What’s Next

AnandTech: 2011 MacBook Pro review, Turbo Boost explanation

Build and Analyze 43: Mythical Metro

Marco Arment & Dan Benjamin — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 18:00:00 GMT

Dan and Marco discuss the Netflix/Qwickster split and then devote the rest of the episode to Windows 8 and Metro: how the desktop, iOS, Android, and Metro interfaces scale to accommodate more features over time, the shortcomings of gesture-based touch interfaces, Metro's adoption challenges among customers and developers, and Microsoft's possible return to their effective strategies from the 1990s.

Links for this episode:

Netflix: An Explanation and Some Reflections

An explanation and some reflections - YouTube

Why Reed Hastings Should be Applauded for Netflix Split

Video Game Rentals: Rent/Buy Wii,PS3,PS2,Xbox,360,PSP,DS,3DS,GC,GBA Games – GameFly.com

Qwikster - Rent Movies, TV Shows, and Video Games on DVD - Coming Soon

5by5 | Hypercritical #34: Pride in Craftsmanship

Embrace, extend and extinguish - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Microsoft: No Windows 8 ARM Support For x86 Apps - Slashdot

Windows 8 on ARM: more than just tablets, more to come on legacy apps and Office | This is my next...

Build and Analyze 42: Podcast@2x.png

Marco Arment & Dan Benjamin — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 17:30:00 GMT

Dan and Marco discuss management and backups of large MySQL databases, tradeoffs with Amazon S3 and EC2, Xcode's Distributed Builds, the latest iPhone rumors, sports teams, bumper stickers, theme music, and why Dave Matthews Band isn't a jam band.

Links for this episode:

Sprint - Nationwide Coverage

Mac App Store - Jettison

macminicolo: Mac Mini colocation | The Original Mac mini Hosting company

How to fix iPhone restore error 2005 and maybe other restore failures – Marco.org

Royal Dansk Butter Cookies

Phish – Funky Bitch (2011/05/27 Bethel, NY)

Sponsored by Campaign Monitor , Shopify, and Stack Overflow.

Build and Analyze 41: A Box Full of Dreams and Emptiness

Marco Arment & Dan Benjamin — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 20:00:00 GMT

Dan and Marco discuss TechCrunch (sorry), the Kindle Tablet's prospects for developers and ramifications of forking Android, Second Crack and Dropbox, clipboard history apps, Marco's new (almost-) single-computer setup, Time Machine options, and shipping a Mac Pro with emotional value.

Links for this episode:

Amazon’s Kindle Tablet Is Very Real. I’ve Seen It, Played With It.

GoDaddy's New "Selective DNS Blackouts" Policy

Quicksilver

gfxCardStatus

Soulver

smcFanControl

LaunchBar

Build and Analyze 40: Not Quite a Siracusian Degree

Marco Arment & Dan Benjamin — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 22:15:00 GMT

Dan and Marco discuss Steve Jobs' resignation as CEO, HP's additional manufacturing run of TouchPads, the theoretical Amazon tablet, returning to the single-computer world when so many others are leaving it, and why it made so much sense to buy the current MacBook Pro mid-cycle.

Links for this episode:

Download iCon Steve Jobs: The Greatest Second Act in the History of Business | Jeffrey S. Young, William L. Simon | iCon Steve Jobs: The Greatest Second Act in the History of Business Audio Book ABRIDGED | Audible Audiobooks | Audible Audio Edition |Audib

HP Communities - More TouchPads on the Way - HP Communities

Download Persuasion | Jane Austen | Persuasion Audio Book UNABRIDGED | Audible Audiobooks | Audible Audio Edition |Audible.com

Dan Benjamin - Google+ - Today is Reevaluate Your Cloud Backup Strategy Day™ here at…

My semi-educated guess on the Amazon tablet – Marco.org

The Talk Show #56: That Day Has Come - 5by5

Hypercritical #31: Strong Arguments for and Against - 5by5

Field Notes Brand - Use discount code HEARDITFROMDAN for $25 off a Colors Subscription

Sponsored by Field Notes, Audible, and thoughtbot.

Build and Analyze 39: TouchPad vs. TextMate vs. BBEdit

Marco Arment & Dan Benjamin — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 23:15:00 GMT

Ryan and Marco discuss HP's discontinuation of webOS and PC hardware, why a $99 TouchPad isn't more compelling, the potential in Windows Phone 7, installing antivirus on your future Windows 8 tablet, the difficulties in changing your text editor of choice, and the results of Marco's experiment switching from TextMate to BBEdit for a week.

Sponsored by FreshBooks, Sourcebits, and Stack Overflow.

Build and Analyze 38: Decaf Compatibility Stick

Marco Arment & Dan Benjamin — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 22:45:00 GMT

Ryan Irelan takes over while Dan's on paternity leave, and he and Marco discuss what Google's purchase of Motorola Mobility means for other Android device manufacturers, how this changes the future of Android, whether "Android under the hood" devices should count as Android market share, international taxation on App Store earnings, USB hubs for iPads, and decaf coffee.

Links for this episode:

Daring Fireball: Balls

Suck on it, AppleSoft — Google pulls a rope-a-dope | Real Dan Lyons Web Site

Rope-A-Dope, Indeed

Google partners ‘welcome’ Motorola acquisition with a gun to their head

Sponsored by Stack Overflow, Rackspace, and Shopify.

Build and Analyze 37: Happy in Three Places

Marco Arment & Dan Benjamin — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 21:00:00 GMT

Dan and Marco discuss Google's patent issues and their use of "open", the HP TouchPad's price drop, why good platforms can still fail, Coffee Joulies, travel mugs, and Second Crack.

Links for this episode:

Build and Analyze #19: Too Old to Drive a WRX - 5by5

Review: Coffee Joulies – Marco.org

Mobile Opportunity: The Case for Software Patents

The patent system isn’t broken — we are | This is my next...

Sponsored by easyDNS and Campaign Monitor .

Build and Analyze 36: Jobs (Not The Steve Kind)

Marco Arment & Dan Benjamin — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 01:00:00 GMT

Dan and Marco revisit patents and then discuss various types of jobs in the tech industry: how certain languages qualify you more for certain jobs, the myth of job security, the partial myth of being your own boss, big companies versus small, full-time work versus contracting, selling standalone products versus hourly work, what you truly cost your employer, and the risks and hidden costs of going out on your own.

Links for this episode:

Official Google Blog: When patents attack Android

When Patents Attack! | This American Life

The Guerrilla Guide to Interviewing (version 3.0) - Joel on Software

Google Shows How Not to Complain About the Patent Mess

Daring Fireball: Google: Patently Absurd

Amazon App Store: Rotten To The Core | Shifty Jelly’s blog of mystery

Matt Haughey and "lifestyle" businesses

Why wireless networks are slow · Matt Ryall’s Weblog

Build and Analyze 35: Fair and Balanced

Marco Arment & Dan Benjamin — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 22:45:00 GMT

Dan and Marco discuss version numbers as marketing, Twitter's sponsored tweets, the incredibly exciting world of home networking speeds, the baggage of browser chrome in web apps, needing to be more "fair" toward Google, and meaningless corporate entities set up specifically to receive public anger and bad press at no cost to their real backers.

Links for this episode:

Apps vs the Web » Matt Legend Gemmell

Timely Tweets: Now easier to see

How to use your own router with FiOS

Why won't Intellectual Ventures answer questions about its relationship with Lodsys?

Sponsored by Sourcebits, Campaign Monitor , and Wx.

Build and Analyze 34: My Best Dan Benjamin Impression

Marco Arment & Dan Benjamin — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 22:00:00 GMT

Dan and Marco discuss Lion's release, the possibly painful transition period of apps supporting Lion's new features, Lion's sandboxing and security, Marco's AeroPress procedure, and yesterday's updates to the MacBook, Cinema Display, and Mac Mini.

Links for this episode:

New Mac Mini

New Thunderbolt Cinema Display

TextMate Blog » Lion Notes

New MacBook Air

Marco's 15" MacBook Pro speculation from January

Mac OS X 10.7 Lion: the Ars Technica review

Known Issues with Adobe products on Mac OS 10.7 Lion

Sponsored by Harvest, OmniGroup: OmniFocus, and Stack Overflow.

Build and Analyze 33: Discount Viagra Mattresses

Marco Arment & Dan Benjamin — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 21:30:00 GMT

Dan and Marco discuss user expectations with Lion, TextMate's apparent abandonment, knowing when to use Google+ and hitting the notification wall, app pricing, the mechanics of advertising and why iAd seems to be failing, Dan's hot closet, Mac Pro and MacBook Air rumors, and followup on the tradeoffs in the Apple laptop lineup.

Links for this episode:

Preview.fm

Apple’s IAd Mobile-Ad Service Said to Cut Prices as Clients Turn to Rivals - Bloomberg

The ad delusion – Marco.org

Build and Analyze 32: Building a Wall

Marco Arment & Dan Benjamin — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 21:30:00 GMT

Dan and Marco discuss Amazon's Appstore problems, Google+'s member limits and compiled HTML, when and why you should stray from UIKit, and a special bonus episode extension on the practicalities of the MacBook Airs and other Macs.

Links for this episode:

iPad: The Microwave Oven of Computing

Apparatus will be pulled from Amazon Appstore

UIKit Artwork Extractor

Instapaper's body-text configurations

John Siracusa's awesome handmade toaster-thank-you card

Sponsored by MailChimp and Sound Studio 4.

Build and Analyze 31: Google Percent 2B

Marco Arment & Dan Benjamin — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Dan and Marco discuss Final Cut Pro X, the pro-software market and transition periods, the Mac Pro's future, the HP TouchPad, tablet responsiveness and fun, the 80-20 fallacy applied to app markets, and Google+.

Links for this episode:

DHH: Ten apps is all I need

Jeffery Harrell: What went wrong with Final Cut Pro X

Jason Snell: Hands on with the HP TouchPad

Google+ Demo

How To Safely Store A Password

Marco's bcrypt class and functions for PHP 5.3+

Sponsored by Field Notes and iStockphoto.

Build and Analyze 30: FBI RAID Is Not A Backup

Marco Arment & Dan Benjamin — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Dan and Marco discuss the FBI's raid at DigitalOne, database backups, lossless audio compression, and the content ecosystems that tablets and e-readers depend on.

Links for this episode:

F.B.I. Seizes Web Servers, Knocking Sites Offline - NYTimes

Nook Simple Touch compared to Kindle 3 – Marco.org

Lossless audio compression - Wikipedia

Hypercritical #22: I Would Not Build Underground

Amazon tablets coming in September, suppliers say

Sponsored by OmniGroup: OmniFocus and Worthwhile.

Build and Analyze 29: The Way Siracusa Buys A Toaster

Marco Arment & Dan Benjamin — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Dan and Marco revisit app-compatibility decisions and Twitter's API PR, then discuss rising bars sinking all boats (or something like that), iCloud's usefulness to web services, keeping your competitors close, and the incentives of low app pricing.

Links for this episode:

iOS5: There’s a reason it’s called ‘beta’ software

Twitter's Unfortunate PR #Fail

This Twitter developer is calling it quits

iFlow Reader shut down in response to subscription rules

Apple and Amazon's game of chicken

Apple's subscription rules changed

RSS isn't "dead"

Sponsored by FreshBooks and Sound Studio 4.

Build and Analyze 28: Circling Birds

Marco Arment & Dan Benjamin — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 19:00:00 GMT

Marco Arment joins Dan Benjamin for a special episode, live from WWDC, to discuss Mac OS X Lion, iOS 5, iCloud, iMessage, Reading List, Instapaper, and more.

Links for this episode:

Apple’s Instapaper-Killer Sent Marco Arment on an Emotional Roller-Coaster | Betabeat — News, gossip and intel from Silicon Alley 2.0.

Which Apps Are Threatened by Apple's Upgrades? - NYTimes.com

Build and Analyze 27: Android Internet Explorer

Marco Arment & Dan Benjamin — Tue, 31 May 2011 22:00:00 GMT

Dan and Marco share WWDC tips and discuss Xcode 4, an App-Store-only default, Google's API shutdowns, Twitter photo-hosting, and whether iOS development consultants need to expand to Android.

Links for this episode:

Marquee iPad app

Marco's WWDC tips (old)

Internet Explorer

Marco's monitor: HP ZR30w

The official Google Code blog: Spring cleaning for some of our APIs

Rumor: Twitter Is Launching Its Own Photosharing Service

Xcode 4: the super mega awesome review (forgot to mention this, it's great)

Core Intuition episode 39 (on Xcode 4)

Build and Analyze 26: The Mouth of Brooklyn

Marco Arment & Dan Benjamin — Wed, 25 May 2011 17:00:00 GMT

Dan and Marco follow up on Lodsys and software patents, then discuss Twitter's OAuth change, Twitter buying TweetDeck, and why you can't buy a good midrange appliance.

Links for this episode:

HP LaserJet Pro CP1525nw (Marco's new cheap laser)

Hypercritical #18: Worse and More Diverse (show notes include our three toasters)

Marco Arment is wrong about patents, or so they say

Twitter Buys TweetDeck

Apple hits back at Lodsys over app patent infringement claim

Twitter permission change hurts third-party mobile apps

Sponsored by Harvest and Sound Studio 4.

Build and Analyze 25: Feed the Patent Troll

Marco Arment & Dan Benjamin — Mon, 16 May 2011 19:00:00 GMT

Dan and Marco discuss why PHP really is bad, Safari's Reading List competing with Instapaper, the Lodsys patent, the rules of the Apple ecosystem, and getting decent coffee at work.

Links for this episode:

9 to 5 Mac: Watch out Instapaper: Mac OS X Lion’s Safari Reading List to sync with iOS devices

Amazon.com: Cuisinart TOB-195 Exact Heat Toaster Oven Broiler, Stainless: Kitchen & Dining

TidBITS: Small iOS Developers Targeted over In-App Purchase Patents

Lodsys Blog

What Safari’s “Reading List” in Lion means for Instapaper – Marco.org

Build and Analyze 24: PHP's Not A "Bad Language"

Marco Arment & Dan Benjamin — Mon, 09 May 2011 19:00:00 GMT

Dan and Marco discuss "good" and "bad" programming languages (related to Hypercritical's episode #15), code-writing styles, intellectual-property infringement, and third-party RAM in Macs.

Links for this episode:

Hypercritical #15: The Bridges of Siracusa County - 5by5

The C Programming Language - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Sponsored by FreshBooks and OmniGroup: OmniFocus.

Build and Analyze 23: Shorter Than 90 Minutes

Marco Arment & Dan Benjamin — Mon, 02 May 2011 19:00:00 GMT

Dan and Marco discuss work-life balance and time management for self-employed people, APIs and sync-services for apps, long-term economics of one-time purchases with ongoing costs, and choosing a new Mac for production work.

Links for this episode:

Bare Feats shows the i7 MBP's CPU power in one Photoshop test

Why Dan should get an SSD

Build and Analyze 22: Too Many App Stores

Marco Arment & Dan Benjamin — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 19:00:00 GMT

Dan and Marco discuss Interface Builder vs. coding views manually, CORS and extreme iframe geekery, the impact of Apple or strong competition entering your market, the oversupply of App Stores, and whether competing tablets are too late to have a chance in the market.

Links for this episode:

Apple reportedly alters App Store ranking algorithm | Mobile | iOS Central | Macworld

Apple May Have Tweaked App Store Ranking Algorithm, Making Downloads Matter Less

Nook Color’s New App Market, Software Emphasize the “Tablet” in “Reader’s Tablet”

Cross-Origin Resource Sharing

Build and Analyze 21: Desks and Balls

Marco Arment & Dan Benjamin — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 20:00:00 GMT

Dan and Marco discuss the rumors of Apple making a TV, the role of recruiters in job searches, standing desks, and ergonomics.

Links for this episode:

The often-rumored Apple HDTV – Marco.org

cdixon.org – chris dixon's blog / Apple and the TV industry

Apple’s TV - Neven Mrgan's tumbl

Download A Brief History of Time | Stephen Hawking | A Brief History of Time Audio Book UNABRIDGED | Audible Audiobooks | Audible Audio Edition | Audible.com

Download 1984 (Dramatized) | George Orwell | 1984 (Dramatized) Audio Book ORIGINAL_RECORDING | Audible Audiobooks | Audible Audio Edition | Audible.com

Download A Short History of Nearly Everything | Bill Bryson | A Short History of Nearly Everything Audio Book ABRIDGED | Audible Audiobooks | Audible Audio Edition | Audible.com

Amazon.com: Contigo AUTOSEAL Stainless Steel Vacuum Insulated Tumbler, 16 Ounces, Purple: Kitchen & Dining

The Coke-can standing desk on its last day | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

Sitting, Standing, and Bouncing

AdjusTables | Details Worktools

marcoarment's Profile - GitHub

Build and Analyze 20: Dev and Taxes

Marco Arment & Dan Benjamin — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 20:00:00 GMT

Dan and Marco talk about version control, keeping track of business finances, knowing when to hire help, and more.

Links for this episode:

Your Dashboard - GitHub

Tower - The most powerful Git client for Mac

Sponsored by Shopify and King of the Apps.

Build and Analyze 19: Too Old to Drive a WRX

Marco Arment & Dan Benjamin — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 21:00:00 GMT

Dan and Marco discuss Kona coffee, the physics of Joulies, venture-capital-based startups versus traditional businesses, Android's marketshare, and our accidental static-file blogging competition.

Links for this episode:

Call Me Fishmeal.: Success, and Farming vs. Mining

Marco.org - Time bombs

The pitfall in platform predictions | asymco

Coffee Joulies

Hawaiian Energy Coffee (Marco's Kona from Randy)

Build and Analyze 18: Second Crack

Marco Arment & Dan Benjamin — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 18:00:00 GMT

Dan and Marco sell the audience on WWDC attendance, then discuss blogging systems, static vs. dynamic page rendering, and ideas for how a new static-page system might be designed.

Links for this episode:

Daring Fireball Linked List: WWDC 2010 Is Sold Out

YouTube - Steve Jobs Apple WWDC 2005 Keynote Excerpt

Apple Worldwide Developers Conference 2011

A plea for baked weblogs

Sponsored by Sound Studio 4 and Worldview.

Build and Analyze 17: How To Boil Water

Marco Arment & Dan Benjamin — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 21:30:00 GMT

Marco Arment and Dan Benjamin discuss the pitfalls of PDF conversion, AT&T's purchase of T-Mobile US, the #dickbar, skeumorphic interface metaphors, and grinding coffee in static-prone dry air.

Links for this episode:

In AT&T & T-Mobile Merger, Everybody Loses: Tech News and Analysis «

Marco.org - Why the Quick Bar ("dickbar") is still so offensive

ReBirth for iPad

Marco.org - Overdoing the interface metaphor

Soulver | Acqualia

Build and Analyze 16: Considerations

Marco Arment & Dan Benjamin — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 18:00:00 GMT

Marco Arment and Dan Benjamin discuss the Twitter Quick Bar fiasco, decision-making for the Instapaper 3.0 release, and differentiation from competitors.

Links for this episode:

Report: Piracy a "global pricing problem" with only one solution

paradox of choice | Search Results | Audible Audiobooks | Audible.com

Alex Payne — al3x's Rules for Computing Happiness

iPad 2 release spells a bleak 2011 for other tablet makers - Chicago Sun-Times

Build and Analyze 15: Technical Debt

Marco Arment & Dan Benjamin — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 19:00:00 GMT

Marco and Dan talk about the many choices relating to the forthcoming iPad 2, the concept of technical debt, and software piracy.

Links for this episode:

Marco.org - Which iPad 2 should I get?

Cookie Puss - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

SQLite Keynote

Anatomy of a Crushing (Pinboard Blog)

Build and Analyze 14: The Tablet Grid

Marco Arment & Dan Benjamin — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 23:00:00 GMT

Marco and Dan talk about the newly announced iPad 2, Apple's competition and direction in the tablet space, multi-threading, and more.

Links for this episode:

iPad 2: The view from Brooklyn - Apple 2.0 - Fortune Tech

HP TouchPad vs. iPad vs. Xoom vs. PlayBook: the tale of the tape -- Engadget

Apple Inc. F1Q10 (Qtr End 12/26/09) Earnings Call Transcript - Seeking Alpha

/trunk/fmdb - flycode - Project Hosting on Google Code

Apple - iPad - View the technical specifications for iPad.

Griffin Technology: Outfit Ice for iPhone 4 - Hard shell, soft touch

foldIO P1 - Folio Case for iPad with Multiple Viewing Angles (Leather Texture)

Sponsored by MailChimp and CodeConf 2011.

Build and Analyze 13: Thunderbolt!

Marco Arment & Dan Benjamin — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 23:00:00 GMT

Fresh from Webstock in New Zealand, Marco Arment returns to talk with Dan Benjamin about the recent In App Purchasing situation, the iPad 2, Light Peak (aka Thunderbolt) ports on the upcoming MacBooks, and more.

Links for this episode:

Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 Update Is A Disaster

Apple Outsider » Microsoft Buys Nokia for $0B

Apple issues March 2 invitations - Apple 2.0 - Fortune Tech

13-Inch MacBook Pro Specs, Photos, Light Peak Known As Thunderbolt? [Confirmed] - Mac Rumors

Build and Analyze 12: Performance is a Feature

Marco Arment & Dan Benjamin — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 17:00:00 GMT

Dan and Marco revisit The Daily and discuss performance and responsiveness as a feature, the competing tablet landscape, the sales of the Verizon iPhone, and the worst instant-coffee product ever devised.

Links for this episode:

Home

Verizon iPhone Sales Topped 500K - TheStreet

Readability: Enjoy Reading. Support Writing.

Webstock 2011

Build and Analyze 11: The Mustache Guy

Marco Arment & Dan Benjamin — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 20:00:00 GMT

Dan and Marco discuss coffee, the weather, politics, religion, money, the launch of The Daily, and needing multiple devices for old-OS testing.

Links for this episode:

Daring Fireball: Oceania: We Have Always Required Books From the Eurasian E-Bookstore to Be Sold Through Our In-App Purchasing System

The Daily

Sponsored by Screens and Campaign Monitor.

Build and Analyze 10: A Dark Time for Coffee

Marco Arment & Dan Benjamin — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 21:00:00 GMT

Marco Arment and Dan Benjamin discuss app store submission tips, realistic expectations for launch, a dark time in history for coffee, piracy, and more.

Sponsored by Sound Studio 4 and MailChimp.

Build and Analyze 9: Brew and Analyze

Marco Arment & Dan Benjamin — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 19:00:00 GMT

Dan and Marco discuss programming languages and online resources for iOS developers, as well as coffee brewing techniques.

Links for this episode:

Amazon.com: iPhone Programming: The Big Nerd Ranch Guide (Big Nerd Ranch Guides) (9780321706249): Joe Conway, Aaron Hillegass: Books

Amazon.com: Cocoa(R) Programming for Mac(R) OS X (3rd Edition) (9780321503619): Aaron Pablo Hillegass: Books

Amazon.com: Chemex Drip Coffee Carafe - 8 Cup: Kitchen & Dining

Home Coffee Roasting Supplies - Sweet Maria's

Amazon.com: Aerobie AeroPress Coffee and Espresso Maker: Kitchen & Dining

Amazon.com: Cuisinart DBM-8 Supreme Grind Automatic Burr Mill (CCM-16PC1): Kitchen & Dining

Amazon.com: Capresso 560.01 Infinity Burr Grinder, Black: Kitchen & Dining

Supertaster - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Build and Analyze 8: Code Liability

Marco Arment & Dan Benjamin — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 22:00:00 GMT

Marco Arment and Dan Benjamin overview the Verizon iPhone, and discuss using code frameworks, the concept of Not Invented Here, and more.

Sponsored by Sourcebits and Campaign Monitor.

Build and Analyze 7: A New Marketplace

Marco Arment & Dan Benjamin — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 21:00:00 GMT

Marco Arment and Dan Benjamin talk in-depth about the brand new Mac OS X App Store, and the implications of this new marketplace on the future of the Mac ecosystem.

Build and Analyze 6: Cycles of Motivation

Marco Arment & Dan Benjamin — Thu, 23 Dec 2010 15:00:00 GMT

Dan and Marco discuss adopting the userbase's de facto use-cases in your products, the downsides of open-floor-plan offices, and the cycles of motivation and productivity that many creative professionals face throughout the day.

Links for this episode:

Joel on Software: Making lists in spreadsheets

The Dilbert Blog: Being motivated when slightly hungry

Build and Analyze 5: Pain Points

Marco Arment & Dan Benjamin — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 14:00:00 GMT

Marco Arment and Dan Benjamin discuss app dev pain points, discuss sabotaging yourself, ads in apps, free and paid app versions, updates that make your app worse, outsourcing support, mis-positioning your app, changing course, and the "Pirates of Silicon Valley".

Build and Analyze 4: Constructive Criticism, not Aggressive

Marco Arment & Dan Benjamin — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 19:00:00 GMT

Marco Arment and Dan Benjamin discuss promo codes, the difficulty of blogging about technical topics, and the depth and quality of development frameworks.

Build and Analyze 3: Fight Club Rules

Marco Arment & Dan Benjamin — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 20:00:00 GMT

Marco Arment and Dan Benjamin discuss Apple's marketing requirements for apps, disarming angry customers with human responses, and what to do if you accidentally ship a fatal bug in an App Store app.

Links for this episode:

Fit Friday: Fat rats, Natalie Portman's workout, misperceivers don't believe mirrors – The Chart - CNN.com Blogs

Marco.org - Supporting older versions of iOS while using new APIs

Opacity

Apple's App Store Marketing Resources

Build and Analyze 2: The App Store

Marco Arment & Dan Benjamin — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 18:40:00 GMT

Marco Arment and Dan Benjamin discuss the App Store, licensing, public and private APIs, app management, uninstallations, and more.

Links for this episode:

Oracle and Apple Announce OpenJDK Project for Mac OS X

The staggering size of iOS's game collection

Build and Analyze 1: Update All

Marco Arment & Dan Benjamin — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 19:15:00 GMT

Marco Arment and Dan Benjamin discuss the impending iOS release, multitasking in iOS, Verizon vs. AT&T, Mifi vs. iPad 3G, and more.

Links for this episode: