Dan and Marco discuss testing and logging, formal programming, Core Data versus other datastore techniques, and developers knowing basic terminal operation and server administration.

106: Outlasted The Daily

Dec 3rd, 2012 1h 26m

Dan and Marco discuss the Mac Pro's relevance, the effects of RAM and FileVault on performance, the App Store Volume Purchase discount, how well Instapaper for Android is doing, why The Daily failed, deciding whether articles belong on blogs or

105: Service Plans for Cables

Nov 26th, 2012 1h 6m

On this happy Cyber Monday, Dan and Marco discuss journalists mangling quotes, the decline of upgradeable hardware, how to tell if a price is negotiable, why many publications don't take full advantage of Newsstand, protecting assets inside app

104: Hammertime

Nov 19th, 2012 1h 17m

Dan and Marco discuss the upcoming end of the show, Scott Forstall and MC Hammer, Passbook apps and promotion, how to decide when to start a new project, PayPal's subscription problems, and the economics of one-time app payments.

103: Denial Haircut

Nov 12th, 2012 1h 13m

Dan and Marco discuss music under podcast ads, TextMate 2 activity, the costs of pagination in Instapaper and The Magazine, scientific support of "low-acid" coffee benefits, every cure for male hair loss and baldness, and affiliate-marketing sp

102: My Quotes Are Curly And My Dashes Are Solid

Nov 5th, 2012 1h 17m

Dan and Marco discuss settings in the Settings app, full-screen modes, text adjustment options in Instapaper and The Magazine, choosing fonts for apps, building a custom CMS versus customizing an existing one, white-labeling The Magazine, and o

101: Looting Siracusa County

Nov 2nd, 2012 1h

Dan and Marco discuss "Superstorm" Sandy aftermath, Scott Forstall's forced exit from Apple, the iPad Mini and iPad "4", the Microsoft Surface and Windows RT, Disney's plans for Lucasfilm, and hosting servers in natural-disaster-prone datacente

100: The Hostage Star

Oct 22nd, 2012 1h 15m

Dan and Marco discuss the Microsoft Surface commercial and its likely launch challenges, writing apps that align with Apple's incentives, The Magazine's naming and design decisions, and recognizing and fixing a poor design choice.

99: The Podcast

Oct 16th, 2012 1h 30m

Dan and Marco discuss Marco's new app, The Magazine.

98: It's Part of Me Now

Oct 8th, 2012 1h 22m

Dan and Marco discuss non-U.S. universities on CVs, which old iOS devices to keep for testing, prototyping new ideas, why Marco's still not using storyboards, ARC, Core Data, or autolayout, and the boom of relevance and activity on App.net sinc

97: Grapefruits Everywhere

Oct 1st, 2012 1h 15m

Dan and Marco discuss Nests, Mac App Store review times, iOS 6 upgrades, non-Retina support, managing servers for app back-ends, and whether perpetual app maintenance is necessary.

96: Sandwich With A Slot

Sep 24th, 2012 1h 12m

Dan and Marco discuss initial impressions of the iPhone 5, rapid iOS 6 adoption and when it may be safe to require it, Feedburner's demise, B.S. in Computer Science degrees versus related degrees with lower math and theory requirements, and the

95: This Unicorn Doesn't Support NFC

Sep 20th, 2012 1h 25m

Dan and Marco discuss iOS 6 for users and developers, adding iPhone 5 compatibility, the iPhone 5's name, unreasonable press reactions, Google's J2ObjC compiler, how embarrassingly easy it is to support VoiceOver (yet so many apps still mess it

94: Everything Would Cut You

Sep 10th, 2012 1h 35m

Dan and Marco discuss Amazon's new Kindles, the differing goals of Apple and Amazon, why the tablet market is so different from the PC market and who stands to win and lose, the Enlight 7237, and the longevity of open APIs.

93: One Donkey Walking In A Circle

Sep 3rd, 2012 1h 38m

In this episode of the longest-running 5by5 show, Dan and Marco discuss TextMate (of course), business developer account migrations and DUNS numbers, the immense value of Apple's retail stores, creating a brand before its apps, healthcare and t

92: The Risk Of Broken Promises

Aug 27th, 2012 1h 18m

Dan and Marco discuss abandoned software, Twitter's 100,000-token limit in practice, how Twitter and Dropbox would need to change to become $40 billion companies, revealing development plans in advance, Instapaper's operating-cost breakdown, an

91: Quadrants

Aug 20th, 2012 1h 25m

Dan and Marco discuss Twitter's controversial API-policy changes, why they want (and need) to enforce them, their incentives and motivations, why this is different from the App Store, decentralized solutions, and worms.

90: This Person Isn't Really Here

Aug 13th, 2012 1h 19m

Dan and Marco discuss Sublime Text 2, TextMate 2's open-sourcing, App.net's funding and why Kickstarter-like campaigns can get a huge boost of funding at the end, the difficulty of having good presences on multiple social services and the effec

89: Giant Mushy Boat

Aug 6th, 2012 1h 24m

Dan and Marco follow up on ergonomic keyboards and text editors, then discuss the appeal of the command line, AeroPress grind size, the Metro Style renaming, Hulu Plus, why Instapaper needs rate limiting and the challenge of finding an appropri

88: Things Are Pretty Here

Jul 30th, 2012 1h 25m

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 inc

87: Close the Window and Hope for the Best

Jul 23rd, 2012 1h 28m

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.

86: Folding A Piece Of Cake

Jul 16th, 2012 1h 38m

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 Arcad

85: Rules of the Road

Jul 9th, 2012 1h 38m

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 sen

84: California Knife in Your Back

Jul 2nd, 2012 1h 39m

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