Release Notes

It’s a new year, and with that comes new goals. Today we talk to Joe about his plans for 2021, and what he hopes to achieve with his contracting business, his app business, and his personal financial life. Mailing List Every month there are more great articles and content about the business of Mac and […]

Today we continue our look back at 2020 and the goals we set for ourselves at the beginning of the year. In this episode we talk to Charles about his goals for 2020 and see how he fared with onboarding, revenue, and more. Mailing List Every month there are more great articles and content about […]

Today we begin our look back at 2020 and the goals we set for ourselves at the beginning of the year. In this episode we talk to Joe about his goals for 2020 and see how much the ongoing global pandemic affected his plans. Mailing List Every month there are more great articles and content […]

Today we conclude our conversation with Chris Liscio of SuperMegaUltraGrovy (SMUG), makers of Capo, an app that helps you learn to play music. Today we discuss how Chris reaches Capo’s target market to let them know about the app, why he intentionally chose an annual subscription for Capo (rather than monthly or weekly), and the […]

Today we continue our conversation with Chris Liscio of SuperMegaUltraGrovy (SMUG), makers of Capo, an app that helps you learn to play music. In this episode Chris tells us about the details of transitioning Capo to a subscription model over a period of three years. Chris shares why he didn’t advertise this change to subscriptions, […]

Today we talk with Chris Liscio of SuperMegaUltraGrovy (SMUG), makers of Capo, an app that helps you learn to play music. Today we start a discussion that has been three years in the making about SMUG’s different approach to transitioning to subscriptions. In this episode, we open our discussion with a little bit of background: […]

Today Charles gives an update on the development of some new features that he’s hired a contractor to complete. In particular, we talk about a schedule that has slipped, a looming deadline, and the dangers of selling features that don’t yet exist. Mailing List Every month there are more great articles and content about the […]

Today we discuss a change that many thought would never come. Apple is reducing its commission for small businesses on the App Store. We talk about what’s been announced, what is still unclear, and what this means for the thousands of small developers that will be affected by this policy change. Mailing List Every month […]

Today we talk about hodgepodge of topics. Charles closes a sale after months of follow-up, Joe orders a new ARM powered MacBook Pro, and we both consider our workplace setups as we contemplate re-entering pandemic lockdown. Mailing List Every month there are more great articles and content about the business of Mac and iOS development […]

Today we talk to Joe about a situation he ran into on his current contracting job. It’s the story of a crash-on-launch bug that got caught in QA, and how they fixed it while balancing competing priorities with limited resources. Mailing List Every month there are more great articles and content about the business of […]