Release Notes

Today we talk about being flexible with clients. How willing should you be to accommodate client requests that are unreasonable, or maybe just beyond the scope of work? When should you take the short-term loss for the long-term gain? Where do you draw the line? Mailing List Every month there are more great articles and […]

Today Charles and Joe share their recent woes, both revolving around slowness. Joe’s new RECaf beta had some problems being killed on launch by the watchdog, and Charles’ web server was brought to its knees by a bunch of 31773 haxors. Mailing List Every month there are more great articles and content about the business […]

Today we discuss the recent Apple event. We talk about the new HomePod mini, as well as all the new iPhones, including the iPhone 12 mini. The mini is the form factor that Charles and Joe have been waiting on for years. We talk about why Joe is getting an iPhone 12 mini, and why […]

Today we talk about a hodge-podge of topics. We talk about the wisdom of tweeting about customers (even in a non-identifying way), Charles’ first attempt at advertising in a newsletter, and Joe’s experience syncing data between iPhone and Apple Watch with iCloud and Core Data. Mailing List Every month there are more great articles and […]

Today we catch up with Charles about what’s going on with RelaNet, and his quest to incorporate knowledge-based authentication into RelaNet’s e-signature solution. We talk about third-party API providers, the requirement that Charles acquire a commercially zoned street address for his business, and a few strategies for monetizing this new feature once it’s ready. Mailing […]

Today we catch up with Joe about his app RECaf. We talk about what he’s been up to on RECaf, its recent update, and some experiments in advertising that he’s been running. Mailing List Every month there are more great articles and content about the business of Mac and iOS development than we have time […]

Today we discuss our reaction to a few Tweets that we saw about Apple features, marketing, and alternate channels for indies with little or no marketing budget. We talk about different the different perspectives that developers bring to their craft; how “app businesses” and “app hobbies” might approach marketing differently; and why developers with different […]

Today we continue our conversation with David Barnard about the de facto deprecation in iOS 14 of the Identifier for Advertisers, or IDFA. Today we focus on the effects of this change. We talk about how this will affect app developers, advertisers, and the broader online advertising ecosystem. Mailing List Every month there are more […]

Today we talk to David Barnard about the de facto deprecation in iOS 14 of the Identifier for Advertisers, or IDFA. We discuss the history of the IDFA, what’s changing in iOS 14, why Apple is making these changes, and how the loss of the IDFA stands change online advertising. Mailing List Every month there […]

Today we talk about “product-user fit” as a concept distinct from “product-market fit.” We discuss what exactly product-user fit is, how venture capitalists look at it, and why product-user fit (rather than the product-market fit that VCs usually seek) might be enough for self-funded bootstrappers. Mailing List Every month there are more great articles and […]