Podcast lover and developer marco arment has launched his newest podcast player called overcast. It was picked up by business insider, the huffington post, cnn, heise, and a televised cnbc discussion segment, among others. Writing your own blog platform is like roasting your own coffee. Marco arment pulls his ios 9 ad blocker peace from the app. First things first, when i started this journey 5 years back, i had no contacts, zero experience selling software, no college degree in programming or uiux designing. On january 4, 2015, arment posted an article to marco. This is an archive of the articles we wrote before the switch to tumblr. And when he says that theres something seriously wrong with the. If you havent heard of marco arment creator of instapaper, cofounder of tumblr, and internetfamous software developergo follow him on twitternow. Now especially combined with marco and nostrichs notmissable give me something to read i have no excuse not to lose myself in longer pieces of nonfiction whenever the opportunity presents itself. Marco arment created a free podcast mp3 encoder and chapter tool available in beta. Arment argues that apple is releasing updates to its software. Hosted by marco arment and david smith from development and design to marketing and support, under the radar is all about independent app. Quote marco arment agile scrum belgium agile scrum.
Jan 06, 2015 programmer sparks firestorm with scathing apple blog post. Marco has been fortunate to grow significantly in recent years and consistently earns best workplace recognition. Previously, he was the codeveloper and first employee of tumblr. Apple made the controversial decision to support adblocking apps for.
As long as the notch is clearly present and of approximately these proportions, its unique, simple, and recognizable. Whats the moral difference between ad blocking and piracy. Immaterialfacts immaterialfacts is joern bargmanns. In a detailed blog post, arment says the new version of overcast now comes with a totally. Accidental tech podcast podcast hosted by marco, john siracusa, and casey liss. Marco arment pulls popular peace ios adblocker from app. Marco arment pulls leading adblocking app from app store. Set up your own blog on a service like wordpress, squarespace or.
May 11, 2015 trying to match the structure of the ios app was a mistake. Oct 09, 2015 on 16 september marco arment, developer of tumblr, instapaper and overcast, released a new iphone and ipad app called peace. Marco arment sells instapaper to betaworks the mac observer. Apple software quality keeps taking a hammering cbs news. It quickly shot to the top of the paid app charts, but arment began to have moral qualms about the app, and its unexpected success, and two days after its. Internetfamous software developergo follow him on twitternow. Amazingly, marco wrote an article on how much overcast earned in. It was a sight for sore eyes when marco arment engaged his critical faculties toward, what is in his opinion, the rapid decline of apples software.
Sep 18, 2015 the maker of peace, a popular adblocking software for apples ios 9 mobile os, has pulled the app from the app store. On 16 september marco arment, developer of tumblr, instapaper and overcast, released a new iphone and ipad app called peace. Updated on february 26, 2020 to add audiotechnica atr2100x and rode podmic. Those awesome trey anastasio acoustic shows are pretty quiet. On august 12, 2019, verizon media announced that it would sell tumblr to automatticoperator of blog service and corporate backer of the open source blog software of the same namefor an undisclosed amount. Mar 07, 2020 popular alternatives to forecast by marco arment for windows, mac, software as a service saas, web, iphone and more. Learningworks4kids, the student room group and 2 more people faved this.
While cabel sasser of panic is proud to hide his criticism in dense blog posts, marco arment of instapaper and overcast prefers to package his criticism in hardtoreach places like podcasts. Its a tool that marco built a couple of years ago to serve his own needs, and for the last 18 months or so ive been using it in a private beta to encode most of the podcasts that i create. Marco arment sparks debate about apple software quality cio. Popular alternatives to forecast by marco arment for windows, mac, software as a service saas, web, iphone and more.
May 02, 2016 marco arment is well known for working at tumblr, creating instapaper and overcast, and for being a fairly prolific podcaster. Arment said that instapaper had grown to a point where it needed more resourcesmore peopleto. Developer marco arment writes about the infamous notch on the iphone x, which apple has told developers to embrace rather than ignore. Im deeply concerned for apples future, says star developer. Explore 5 apps like forecast by marco arment, all suggested and ranked by the alternativeto user community. Tumblr creators magazine app celebrates first year with. Software also plays a role, trying to keep everything backgroundupdated, contentindexed, and photoanalyzed so its ready for us when we want it, but not so aggressively that we notice any cost to performance or battery life. Tumblr stylized as tumblr and pronounced tumbler is an american microblogging and social networking website founded by david karp in 2007 and currently owned by automattic. The cokecan standing desk on its last day marco arment. Developer marco arment shares thoughts on iphone xs notch. If you really want to read a bunch of ancient posts by my friends and me, here you go. Its hard to find useful microphone recommendations for podcasters. Adblock plus defends ad blocking, applauds marco arment try adlblock plus fellates self, applauds marco arment for fellating advertisers. Accidental tech podcast is a weekly tech show with my friends casey liss and john siracusa.
In a blog post on friday, arment, wrote that he was pulling his peace app because he does not. You cant produce highquality software with a large number of shortstaffed platforms following. Marco arment helped bring this to the forefront after publishing his blog post, apple has lost the functional high ground, where he criticized the company for poor quality software. With any luck this simple standard will find a home in other podcast players, making it easier for podcasters to garner listener support. Its an entire development philosophy, methodology, and culture. Marco arment accused apple of failing its own software, though he later apologized. He is cofounder of tumblr and creator and sole developer of instapaper. Overcast is the first podcast player to support this initiative and we hope they are not the last. Its basically a fast and responsive podcast player that allows you to tweak your favorite podcasts to enhance your listening experience. Needless to say, hes dabbled his toes in lot of different areas. An alternative to core data for people who like having direct sql access. Squarespace, or wordpress blog is perfectly fine if you use your own. Otherwise, whether its used or not is a software decision, and. Marco arment net worth, salary, age, height, bio, wiki.
App developer marco arment has a new update out today for his popular mobile podcast player overcast. The only assets i had was a macbook pro, an iphone and some desire to create beautiful apps. Jan 19, 2015 early in january, web and iphone software developer marco arment, a cofounder of tumblr and creator of instapaper who is seen as a big supporter of apple, wrote a blog post that he would come to. Between my instapaper use and listening to the build and analyze podcast, i spend. You can use someone elses software, but still have your own platform. Sep 19, 2015 marco arment pulls leading ad blocking app from app store. Sep 23, 2014 attention to detail cant be and never is added later.
But in a blog post today arment says hes changed his mind, perhaps motivated by. Marco arment created a free podcast mp3 encoder and. Programmer sparks firestorm with scathing apple blog post pcmag. Former tumblr cto, marco arment recently wrote a blog post titled apple has lost the functional high ground in which he praised apple inc. Once we got going, this conversation ventured into great detail on the subject of daniels start at sibelius, using the different modes of dorico, user interface design, the challenges of software development, the future of dorico on mobile, and much more. Marco arment was born in columbus on june 11, 1982. I suspect the rapid decline of apples software is a sign that marketing is too high a priority at apple today, arment wrote monday. Adblock plus defends ad blocking, applauds marco arment. Buzzsprout conforms to the payment button standard created by marco arment, creator of overcast. Not only is marco an amazingly successful entrepreneur, but his blog and weekly podcast build and analyze are consistently packed with unique and thoughtful insights on technology and, on occasion, coffee.
If you havent heard of marco armentcreator of instapaper, cofounder of tumblr, and internetfamous software developergo follow him on twitter now. Early in january, web and iphone software developer marco arment, a cofounder of tumblr and creator of instapaper who is seen as a big supporter of apple, wrote a blog post that he would come to. A blog post by a leading apple blogger and programmer, marco arment, has sparked a debate about the quality of apple software. Im marco arment, and im a web and iphone software developer, writer, and podcaster in westchester county, new york. Has apples software quality taken a nosedive lately.
Marco arment, instapaper author, former tumblr cofounder. Because of course adblock plus would applaud marco arment for doing precisely what they do, and permitting some advertising content. His monday post caught a lot of peoples eyes arment has more than 77,000 followers on twitter and his blog marco. Why you should be your own platform i agree with marco arments exhortation to be your own platform, but the way id define that is more technical, legal, and political in nature. Sep 18, 2015 after it was released on wednesday, marco arment s adblocking app for ios quickly rose to be the most popular paid app in the us itunes. Please go ahead and share it on your website or on your social media profiles. Apr 25, 20 instapaperthe original read it later service for longform journalism found on the internethas been sold to betaworks, founder marco arment said in a blog post thursday afternoon.
It quickly shot to the top of the paid app charts, but arment began to have moral qualms about the app, and its unexpected success, and two days after its release, he pulled it from the app store. Not only is marco an amazingly successful entrepreneur, but his blog. Arment isnt a typical user as a developer his view is somewhat more like a mechanic with a car up on a lift not the person who drives it every day. Casey and marco drag john through the story of their european delivery vacation picking up marcos m5. The influential blogger, who often writes about apple, stirred the pot with a post that called out the cupertino, calif. Aug 18, 2011 if there was some way to find out what the most used nonapple app on my iphone and ipad is, it would almost certainly be instapaper by marco arment. Why you should be your own platform i agree with marco arment s exhortation to be your own platform, but the way id define that is more technical, legal, and political in nature. Marco arment curtails peace in itunes the digital reader. In a blog post on his website, overcast developer marco arment explains why he created the clipsharing feature. Jan 06, 2018 daniel spreadbury, product manager of notation editor, dorico, joins the show. Contribute to marcoarmentsecondcrack development by creating an.
Marco arment born june 11, 1982 is an american ios developer and web developer, podcaster, technology writer and former magazine editor. Arment sells majority of instapaper to betaworks pcworld. Business insider marco arment, the developer whose new peace adblocking app rocketed to the top of apples app store this week, has pulled his app from the store read more at businessinsider. See the license file for license info its the mit license. Overcast adds automatic intro skipping and overhauled. The software quality has taken such a nosedive in the last few years that im deeply concerned for its future, said marco arment, cofounder of tumblr, instapaper and overcast, in a blog post. Instapaper creator marco arment is certainly one of the most read and widely influential mac and ios developers around.
Marco arment sparks debate about apple software quality analysts agree with prominent bloggers premise but not necessarily the solution. Jan 06, 2015 apples mobile software doesnt work nearly as well as it once did, tumblr cofounder and instapaper creator marco arment wrote in a blog post. Forecast by marco arment alternatives and similar software. Marco arment, the wellknown software developer whose new adblocking app rocketed to the top of apples app store this week, has had a dramatic change of heart and has abruptly pulled it down.
In this biweekly blog, our ceo jeff gau gives readers an inside look at his leadership style, the companys culture and what makes marco tick. For most types of apps, the apple watch today is best thought of not as a platform to port your app to, but a simple remote control. Jan 05, 2015 the software quality has taken such a nosedive in the last few years that im deeply concerned for its future, said marco arment, cofounder of tumblr, instapaper and overcast, in a blog post. Marco arment uses go instead of php and saves money by cutting. Marco also founded the magazine and instapaper, each of which he sold off earlier this year.
Ocr comparison by marco arment if there was some way to find out what the most used nonapple app on my iphone and ipad is, it would almost certainly be instapaper by marco arment. The guy who built the most popular adblocking app for the. The three also talk about the value of nonmonetary priorities in development, and the pros and cons of scratching ones itch in software pursuits. Apple doesnt make all of their audio apis available on all platforms. Podcast sharing has been limited to audio and links, but todays social networks. The guy who built the most popular adblocking app for. Citing a guilty conscience, arment writes on his blog that. Tumblr creators magazine app celebrates first year with print edition cheaper, simpler, small marco arment s app is building a paidfor business around delivering six articles a. On celebs trend now, he is one of the successful author. Not only is marco an amazingly successful entrepreneur, but his blog and weekly podcast build and analyze are consistently packed with unique and thoughtful insights. Jan 31, 2020 those awesome trey anastasio acoustic shows are pretty quiet. Mar 29, 2016 this aricle originally appreared as a guest post on venture beat apples software quality has been the subject of criticism for some time now.
Continuing our chat with web and iphone software developer marco arment checking out his desk and equipment. And now, less than 48 hours later, the app is gone. Marco arment sparks debate about apple software quality. I am either saving or reading articles in there every single day. Marco arment born june 11, 1982 is an american ios developer and web developer. Marco arment drew ire and admiration for his blog post arguing that apple software had lost the functional high ground. June 11, 1982 is a web and iphone software developer, as well as a magazine editor and technology writer, living in the suburbs of new york city. Brought to you by, the worlds original online alarm clockwhich just happens to be a one person startup itself. The service allows users to post multimedia and other content to a shortform blog. Wellknown ios developer marco arment recently tweeted.
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