While my comment was a bit flip and I'm not saying it was a money based, I do think there may be a bit of truth to it. Arment makes it clear he is still going to podcast, so clearly he thinks that it is the format of Build & Analyze that was growing stale, not his voice/ideas or the medium. If the problem didn't lay in the format, he could easy just make the necessary adjustments within the current podcast and avoid having to rebuild an audience. Considering the format of B&A is essentially the 5by5 standard, I imagine he is going to be jumping ship (in a much less controversial way) and wouldn't be surprised if he emulates Gruber. Or make something called The Podcast and have it be an offshoot of The Magazine.
>I think what app.net is doing is interesting and great, just not these types of blog posts.
Nice contradiction. And perspective from someone who knows what he's talking about as a result of building a competitor is invaluable insight and quite interesting to me.
I don't get why you think Dalton is doing this solely for promotional purposes, but hey, you're entitled to your opinion.
Oh, and in response to your previous post: plenty of people are "carrying the water" and are calling Twitter out on their bullshit.
1. If you use a Retina display for even a week, the non-Retina display will look considerably worse when you switch back; you can't tell the difference until you actually use the device for an extended period.
2. I've heard from a few people that this is the case, but also that the iPad 4 charges faster, actually delivers on the 10-hour battery life claims and runs noticeably cooler.
Unrelated: I hate Gruber's pedantic style when it comes to Apple product names. Seriously, just write it the way Apple markets it.
> 1. If you use a Retina display for even a week, the non-Retina display will look considerably worse when you switch back; you can't tell the difference until you actually use the device for an extended period.
I agree to this. I have an iPhone 4S and an iPad2. Every time I use my iPad2 the pixels seem distorted.
I find his pricing strategy for the game rather interesting. The game is free to play and contains no ads, but for $0.99, you can upgrade to a "full" version and unlock a few extra features. I think this model will definitely attract a lot of people, but I'm curious as to how many people will actually decide to pay for that upgrade (I did after about 15 minutes with the game ‒ I love it.)
It'll be interesting to see how it works out for him. Gasketball, the new game by the two guys who made Solipskier, monetizes the same way. Selling Solipskier for $2.99 on the app store earned them a living for quite some time, but selling Gasketball as a $2.99 in-app purchase was so unsuccessful that it left them literally homeless[0].
Having Loren Brichter's name behind Letterpress will definitely help spur initial sales from the HN-type crowd that wants to support him and check out his latest post-Twitter project, but beyond that I'm interested to see if he finds success with this model.
Being able to play multiple games at once is the killer feature. Without that it's just not fun in any sustainable way. The free version is a very limited demo in which you can do no more than test whether you like the game.
Jim Dalrymple hinted that there will be two separate events, so take that as you will (if you know him or are familiar with his infamous "Yep", then you should pretty much consider two separate events a guarantee.)
I would put Instagram on the consumer line between engagement and analytics and LinkedIn on the engagement line between between business and consumer. They four quadrants are fairly specific though and are not a good match for everything.
I wouldn't say it has been accused of being vaporware, but I think the reason some people aren't backing it is because they believe it may just be an API and nothing more (when in fact there's a working proof-of-concept alpha version).
Also, to those that've backed the project and want access to the alpha: email join@app.net and you'll be able to get in. :-)
Batch has received some updates, but there's been a lack of new features & updates over the past 6 months, and I've stopped using it because very few people are using it.
I can't help but agree with you and think they'll be shutting down relatively soon; both have been maintained less and less, and I highly doubt Airbnb wants to let the team continue working on either of them.
