CocoaRadio interviews Brent Simmons creator of NetNewsWire and MarsEdit
CocoaRadio features Brent Simmons of Ranchero. Tune in to hear from someone who has made it happen as an independent Mac developer. He has stayed focused on his mission and delivers award-winning software. NNW has more than a million users out there. He also knows a thing or two about how to build a successful software business.
Brent talks about his path to becoming a Cocoa developer, use of the Cocoa frameworks, UI focused design, and offers some tips to those interested in learning Cocoa and Obj-C.
Check out his latest version of NNW here as well as MarsEdit, a blog editor.
iTunes channel | AAC file (size: 8.4 MB time: 35:45)
Very well done. I've been listening since #1 and am soaking it all up. I'm a recent convert coming over from the Windows development world and have gotten a lot out of the interviews. Something I'd like to hear touched on is the tools people use. In the Windows world I used lots of tools, i.e. installers, protection, ide addins, help editors, flash demo creators, etc. It seems like I might need the same stuff on OSX but maybe not. I'd love to hear what tools developers use.
Thanks
Posted by: Bill Nalen | 23 August 2005 at 10:25 PM
BTW, it's MarsEdit
Posted by: ab | 24 August 2005 at 06:30 AM
For some reason this episode has not yet updated to iTMS's feed :(
Posted by: Jussi | 24 August 2005 at 09:56 AM
I think it's not showing up in iTunes because the enclosure link is using application/octet-stream for the enclosure type instead of audio/mpeg or audio/mp4
Posted by: Ashley | 24 August 2005 at 11:11 AM
My guess would be that iTunes (quite understandably) does not like the html redirect by url123. If you put in the archive.org link it should work.
Posted by: map | 26 August 2005 at 02:28 AM
Thanks for the catch Martin. Only had a second this morning to 86 the url123 redirect. Now off to finish that Coding Monkeys podcast.
Posted by: Blake Burris | 26 August 2005 at 01:04 PM
I enjoyed listening to your interview with Brent. He makes a good point about living at the intersection of the web and the client app. Fewer developers have both these skills so you create a niche for yourself.
Apple, for example, has an advantage because they have brought together technology and music.
Steve
Posted by: Steve | 26 August 2005 at 01:57 PM