Release Notes

During our recent trip to WWDC we had the chance to meet lots of new friends and again see lots old ones, so in this episode we’re chatting about mingling and professional networking. We talk about why you should try to meet new people, concrete suggestions for those who are uncomfortable walking up to strangers, […]

When life gives you lemons, make lemonade. Or so the old saying goes. Today we’re talking about how we deal, and how we’ve dealt, with unexpected setbacks in our business and in our plans. We talk about the viewing party that we unexpectedly threw at WWDC, role that contingency planning plays in limiting business risk, […]

Live from WWDC (sort of), we present our first impressions of the changes that were recently announced and how we think they will affect our plans and our business. Conference We’re planning a conference! Release Notes will be held October 21-23, 2015 in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. If you would like to learn more about our […]

Today we’re talking about cross-platform development. What other platforms are worth considering? Android? PC? Does Microsoft’s introduction of a “Universal Windows Platform Bridge” that allows developers to compile iOS apps into Windows apps change the calculus involved? We talk about all this, and Charles surprises Joe with a plan to test the waters. Conference We’re […]

A few weeks ago, Apple (finally!) released the app analytics in iTunesConnect that they promised at WWDC last year. Today, Charles and Joe jump in and take a look at what we got – the good, the bad, and the ugly. We talk about what it does well, what’s lacking, and what we’d like to […]

Today we continue our conversation with Michael Simmons of Flexibits, maker of Fantastical. Michael discusses the reasons he sells Fantastical for Mac through his website as well as through the App Store, and the pointlessness of obsessing over App Store chart position. He goes on to share why he increased the price of Fantastical, the […]

This is our annual WWDC Tips & Tricks show, in which we share our favorite things to do in San Francisco while at (or at least near) WWDC. We talk about WWDC, Layers, AltConf, and we share details of The Viewing Room that Release Notes will be running inside AltConf. We discuss some of our […]

We’re joined today by Michael Simmons of Flexibits, maker of Fantastical. Michael talks to us about how he got into Mac and iOS development, the origins of Fantastical, and why Flexibits decided to take on Apple in the calendaring space. He also shares why Fantastical wasn’t available on Apple Watch on day one, the evolution […]

It may not seem like it to you, but it’s been a while since we recorded an episode, so we took this opportunity to catch up a little bit and talk about what’s been going on: our travels, our impressions of Úll and NSNorth which both Charles and Joe recently attended, and the recent launch […]

We’re joined today by Greg Pierce of Agile Tortoise, the maker of fine apps like Drafts and Tally. It’s no secret that Charles and Joe have been lukewarm on the idea of Apple Watch development, so today we decided to bring in an outside voice to get a difference perspective. We talk about what sort […]