Build and Analyze

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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).

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.

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.

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.