Daniel and Manton talk more about passwords and security, the value of marketing for increasing revenue, and the loss of some favorite podcasts.

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Links for this show:

• Kill the Password – Mat Honan’s Wired article about the ineffectiveness of passwords.
• Hacking My AOL Account – Daniel’s post confirming the ease of hacking his own account.
• Beef Up Password Security – Article from Brian Krebs on improvements companies can make to password security.
• How to Get Good at Making Money – Jason Fried’s article for Inc on becoming more profitable.
• Making time for marketing – Manton’s post reflecting on Fried’s article.
• Build and Analyze Ending – Marco Arment’s post announcing the end of Build and Analyze.
• Hypercritical will end at episode 100 – The tweet from John Siracusa that says it all.

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Manton and Daniel discuss the handling of critical App Store bug fixes, the evolution of App.net, and the challenge of preventing and detecting server-side hacking.

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Links for this show:

• Stream Marker – New Tweet Marker-style timeline sync service from App.net.
• Netbot – App.net client app from Tapbots.
• Dropbox, Evernote, Google Drive – Cloud-based storage services.
• Tripwire – Unix-based security tool for detecting changes to files.
• My Epic Hacking – Mat Honan’s terrible ordeal being hacked on many fronts.

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Daniel and Manton talk more about new iPads and iPhones, the recent corporate shakeup at Apple, and Manton’s recent switch away from PayPal.

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Links for this show:

• Another Billion Dollars – Horace Dediu of Asymco on Apple’s weekend of iPad sales.
• Identical Cousins 5 – Podcast from Brent and Michael Simmons discussing executive changes at Apple.
• Apple, Attentions & Competition – Om Malik on Forstall: “Steve’s guy, not Steve Jobs.”
• Stripe – Payment processing service with developer-friendly features.
• I ♥ Stripe – Dan Wood of Karelia on switching to Stripe.
• Ross Boucher – Early employee of Stripe and a co-founder of 280 North.

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Manton and Daniel anticipate Hurricane Sandy, catch up on Apple’s latest announcements, and celebrate the success of Loren Brichter’s Letterpress app.

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Links for this show:

• Kindle vs. iPad Mini - Product comparison that is similar to the (no longer shown) Amazon home page feature.
• Amazon Attacks iPad Mini - Link from Daring Fireball to Gizmodo’s article about Kindle marketing.
• The Anti-Apple Market - Daniel’s Bitsplitting post on Amazon’s unusual deviation from Apple’s market.
• Copy Editing Amazon’s Ad - Rene Ritchie takes a red marker to Amazon’s Kindle claims.
• Introducing Letterpress - The new social game for iOS from Tweetie developer Loren Brichter.

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Daniel and Manton anticipate Apple’s now-released product updates and discuss coping with the unpredictability of web service APIs.

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Links for this show:

• Apple Special Event – Apple announces iPad Mini, retina 13-inch MacBook Pro, and new iMacs and Mac minis.
• Tweetbot for Mac – Mac Twitter client with a price reflecting Twitter’s new token policy.
• WordPress – The popular open-source blogging platform.
• Movable Type – The somewhat less popular blogging platform that went open-source later.

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Daniel and Manton discuss their experience at the Çingleton Symposium in Montréal, Daniel’s new blog, and Manton’s new iOS Watermark app.

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Links for this show:

• Çingleton – The Mac and iOS meetup in Montréal, PQ.
• C4 - Wikipedia page for the revered, retired conference in Chicago, IL.
• The Magazine – Marco Arment’s new Newsstand app.
• Bitsplitting.org – Daniel’s new blog for writing independently of Red Sweater.
• So Many Reasons To Cry - Merlin Mann and Dan Benjamin on the role of “grit” in accomplishing goals.
• Watermark Mobile - Manton’s free companion app to the Watermark web service.

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Manton and Daniel discuss Manton’s departure from Twitter, life advice from Steve Jobs, and coping with feature changes in apps.

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Links for this show:

• Steve Jobs’s Commencement Address – Text of inspiring speech by Steve Jobs at Stanford University.
• I’ll Leave You With This – Manton’s last Tweet.
• App.net – Manton’s preferred microblogging service.
• Netbot – App.net client for iOS from Tapbots.
• Wedge – App.net client for Mac from Nate Stedman.
• Developer Incentive Program – Blog post from App.net announcing their developer payout scheme.
• BBEdit – The venerable text editor for Mac by Bare Bones.

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Daniel and Manton remember Steve Jobs, who passed away one year ago today.

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Links for this show:

• Dan Moren at Çingleton – Dan’s talk about the influences of Steve Jobs and George Lucas on his life.
• iPod Hi-Fi – Apple’s iPod speaker system once enthusiastically boosted by Steve Jobs.
• Tim Cook on Maps – Steve Jobs’s successor assumes the open letter format in apologizing for iOS 6 maps.
• Thoughts on Flash – Steve Jobs’s open letter on Flash support for iOS.
• Thoughts on Music – Steve Jobs’s open letter on DRM protection of music.
• Miracle on 34th Street – Classic movie illustrating the value of putting customers first.
• Command Versus Splat – The Talk Show with John Gruber and Dan Frommer.
• The Wrong Guy – John Siracusa and Dan Benjamin discuss Walter Isaacson’s biography of Steve Jobs.
• Steve Jobs: The Lost Interview – Cheesy yet delightful film featuring a “lost” Steve Jobs interview.

Our continued condolences to all of Steve’s friends, family, and fans.

Manton and Daniel talk about iPhone 5, Maps in iOS 6, Twitter’s opening and closing policies, and Dropbox syncing.

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Links for this show:

• Twitter Opening Archives – Transcript of interview with Twitter CEO Dick Costolo.
• Watermark – Manton’s tweet archiving service.
• Tweet Keeper – Tweet archiving service promoted on The Talk Show.
• IFTTT Changes – Letter from CEO Linden Tibbets about Twitter integration changes.
• The Last Straw – Manton’s tweet announcing that Oct 5 will be has last non-reply post to Twitter.
• Deleting My Twitter Account – Tim Haines of Favstar alludes to his personal departure from Twitter.
• MarsEdit – Daniel’s blog editing software for the Mac.

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Daniel and Manton talk about the new iPhone 5, Twitter’s continued API degradation, and follow up on customer support topics.

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• iPhone 5 – The latest phone from Apple.
• Favstar – Web service for finding the most-favorited tweets of one’s self and others.
• Twitter @Anywhere – Another Twitter developer service being slated for removal.
• FogBugz – Issue and project management service from Fog Creek.
• FogBugz/Twitter Integration – Advice for integrating Twitter mentions into FogBugz.
• Buzz’s tweet on Twitter OAuth - Deprecating APIs for control of the platform.

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