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29 Jul 2012
Pop Software
Wolf Rentzsch talks with Andrew Pontious about Mac App Store irrelevance, the Sparrow acquisition, and so-called “pop software” and its impact upon independent software developer livelihoods.
Links:
- Wil Shipley tweet: “Now it can be said: SceneKit is the best, most revolutionary API in 15 years. Well-designed, fast, nearly flawless.”
- The Mac App Store’s future of irrelevance « Marco Arment
- Mac App Store vs Buying Direct « rentzsch.tumblr.com
- The Apple strategy tax, by John Siracusa « Ars Technica
- The Mac App Store’s future « Neven Mrgan’s tumbl
- Strategy Letter V « Joel on Software
- Entitlement and Acquisition « Matt Gemmell
- Apple : Help the best app developers not get “acquihired”! « Selligy Blog
- Event horizon « Wikipedia
- The real reason we’re upset about Sparrow’s acquisition « Elezea
- What is the Readability & Instapaper business model? Is it same for both? « Quora
- Buzz Andersen tweet: “@danielpunkass @justin @drbarnard The lack of paid upgrades is probably part of the problem. But I don’t think all of it.”
- Buzz Andersen tweet: “@danielpunkass @justin @drbarnard True. But I still think there’s a cultural trend at work here that transcends mundane App Store mechanics.”
- Software Sea Change « Guy English
- Commoditize your complements « Neven Mrgan’s tumbl
Rejected Episode Titles:
- I’m the Guy Who Got Lucky
- 10.8 Is Just Kind of Boring
- Buggy Pieces of Garbage
- I Quote the Wolf Tweets
- There Are Forces at Work
- Atoms from Samsung
- Higher-Bitrate Versions of Our Software
- The Hit Money, the Gold Rush Money
- The Most Depressing Topic We’ve Had Yet
- Burning Floppies
- Furry Turtles
- Salad Days for Non-Pop Software