Metamuse

66 // Business of apps with Markus Müller-Simhofer

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Selling software via the App Store has unique benefits and challenges compared to selling on the web. Markus joins Mark and Adam to talk through the 13-year history of MindNode on Mac, phone, and iPad sold via freemium, paid upgrades, and finally subscriptions. They discuss early inspiring Mac apps like NetNewsWire; the distribution benefits of the App Store; and the emotional journey of transitioning from indie hacker to team leader. Plus: the surprising connection between comic books, infinite canvases, and mind mapping.

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Show notes
  • Markus Müller-Simhofer
  • Mindnode
  • infinitecanvas.tools by Arun Venkatesan
  • Metamuse episode on infinite canvases
  • Reinventing Comics
  • InfiniteCanvas, an online comic experiment
  • NeXTSTEP
  • iMac G2
  • Delicious Library 3,, NetNewsWire
  • The Road to MindNode 1.0
  • “640K ought to be enough for anybody.”
  • AttributedString
  • Vapor framework
  • Rands in Repose on “should engineering managers code?”
  • Apple’s Mac App Store Opens for Business
  • Mindnode and Stage Manager
  • Metamuse episode on brands
  • StoreKit
  • business models in the App Store
  • Things 3
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