Build and Analyze

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88: Things Are Pretty Here Jul 30, 2012

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Dan and Marco revisit text editors and discuss clicky tenkeyless keyboards and ergonomics, the Mac App Store's sandboxing issues, designing apps with stock UIKit widgets, foreign App Store reviews, and some of Instapaper's feature decisions including non-native Twitter integration, bookmarklet mechanics, and the lack of highlights or annotations.

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Sponsored by Smile, MailChimp, and Shopify.

87: Close the Window and Hope for the Best Jul 23, 2012

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Dan and Marco discuss how to research and find good products, portable and window air conditioners, the unfortunate status of TextMate 2 and the search for alternatives, Sparrow's business and acquisition, and App.net's chances of success.

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Sponsored by DocuSign, Sourcebits, and Hover (coupon code DANSENTME or 10% off).

86: Folding A Piece Of Cake Jul 16, 2012

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Dan and Marco discuss chicken salad, Chicago pizza, the in-app purchase hack, depressingly realistic first-person shooters, gender and demographic myopia among developers, how well the 7.85" iPad might sell and what that might mean, Penny Arcade's Kickstarter, Ben Brooks' paywall, and how to get started with programming or making apps.

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85: Rules of the Road Jul 09, 2012

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Dan and Marco discuss corrupt App Store binaries, responding to customer reviews, advertisers paying more than customers, VC-funded startups' road to acquisition, the business culture of condescension and euphemisms, the security of hosting sensitive files on Dropbox or GitHub, and Amazon Cloud Search.

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Sponsored by Freshbooks, Hover (use coupon DANSENTME for 10% off), and Squarespace (use coupon DANSENTME7 for 10% off).

84: California Knife in Your Back Jul 02, 2012

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Dan and Marco discuss keyboard-screen imprinting, Google's odd TV ball, Sirius and Pulsar, the difference between copyright and patent infringement, Instapaper's price-change results, the iPad 1 installed base, the Nexus 7, Apple's Podcasts app, why Apple probably won't offer paid podcasts, Facebook's native iOS app and why web companies need to treat mobile apps as a first-class platform, Twitter's ominous threat to client developers, and Tumblr's pinned posts.

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Sponsored by Zoompf, Sifter Stickers, and Dark Sky.

83: Microsoft Countertop Jun 25, 2012

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Dan and Marco discuss cable TV, HBO, and piracy, challenges that Windows 8 and Microsoft Surface will face with developer and enterprise adoption, why other Retina Mac models may take longer than we expect, the case for Instapaper offering a "mobilizer", and Marco's diversification and innovation strategy.

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82: This Microphone's Getting Heavy Jun 21, 2012

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Dan and Marco discuss the results of the Starbucks promotion, why it's different from making a free version of the app, Instapaper's price experiment, originality in customer-submitted ideas, the costs of filing and enforcing patents, and Marco's new-old Mac Pro.

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Sponsored by Harvest, and Squarespace (use code DANSENTME6 for 10% off).

81: The Beast Under My Desk Jun 12, 2012

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Marco checks in from his hotel room at WWDC to talk with Dan about Apple's new hardware and software announcements.

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Sponsored by Dark Sky, FreshBooks, and Hover (use code DANSENTME for 10% off).

80: Please, Go to Starbucks Jun 04, 2012

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In this truly big week, Dan and Marco discuss Instapaper's ad on Howard Stern, the Android app launch, the Starbucks App Of The Week, background location updates with geofencing, and conservative predictions about the TBA sessions at WWDC.

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Sponsored by Appsfire, Squarespace (coupon code DANSENTME6), and Hover (coupon code DANSENTME for 10% off).

79: Get Away From The Edge May 29, 2012

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Dan and Marco discuss Twitter's neglected desktop and iPad apps, Flattr followup and Instacast's rejection for integrating it in-app, Zynga, personal standards and dignity, originality, getting stuck on hard problems, types of web hosting, tips for self-managed servers, and basics of web scaling.

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Sponsored by KAYAK, Sourcebits, and MailChimp.

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