Marco Arment

Creator of Overcast and Unforgetful. Previously Tumblr and Instapaper.

[Marco Arment @marcoarment]

@lindadong THANK YOU!

[Marco Arment @marcoarment]

Going to take a break from this place for a while.

I’ll be on the elephant site. Link in profile.

Sign up for any instance (doesn’t really matter), then put your link in your bio here, like I’ve done, so friend-finding tools will see it.

It’s MUCH nicer there. Give it a try!

[Marco Arment @marcoarment]

@ivancantarino I don’t use the current ones*, but I used the leather one a few years back when they first did orange, and it was great, although it doesn’t age super-gracefully.

* current beach lifestyle doesn’t work for leather (everything’s always wet), and the silicone is too pocket-grippy

[Cabel Sasser @cabel]

absolutely not surprised that dumbillionaire will freak out about the idea of twitter having proper moderation tools (TWITTER FILES!!1) but then, two seconds later, will happily use those same tools when he needs them

(@elonjet uses public data to track his personal jet)

[Marco Arment @marcoarment]

@SamJack33744214 @caseyliss @atpfm By comparison, I believe the world has spoken about how much it values your opinion

[Marco Arment @marcoarment]

@nathansnelgrove No need. It doesn’t really matter to me.

[Marco Arment @marcoarment]

@nathansnelgrove I absolutely didn’t know, and wasn’t asked.

[Accidental Tech Podcast @atpfm]

512: Owned With a P
https://t.co/LMCUtgDJWT

Major new iCloud security features, more App Store price tiers, updates on Mastodon and Blackbird, and the wonderful world of printers.

[Accidental Tech Podcast @atpfm]

We’re live NOW! https://t.co/1j1Ro9JGoL

[Zack Bornstein @ZackBornstein]

I don’t understand how COVID is spiking again after we’ve tried everything from pretending it’s over to pretending it never happened

[Marco Arment @marcoarment]

@DenisLemos @atpfm This one: https://t.co/r6vezecMj6

[Marco Arment @marcoarment]

@doire1988 @caseyliss Great idea!

[Marco Arment @marcoarment]

@jkkizer I assure you that those distinctions wouldn’t matter.

[Marco Arment @marcoarment]

@jkkizer I’ve thought about it and done some experiments, but the first consideration must be:

“My app relies on playing other people’s content. This will make them hate me, threaten me with lawsuits, and demand that I stop accessing their content. Is that a fight I really want or need?”

[Marco Arment @marcoarment]

@beccadax Holy shit, that’s genius

[Marco Arment @marcoarment]

Made Blackbird public: https://t.co/SP3XxRVFhA

It’s still VERY EARLY. Nobody should be using it more than I do, and I've barely used it.

The API might change dramatically at any time. Really, don't build anything against this yet.

[Jeff Atwood @codinghorror]

My new personal web perf minimum "is it faster than an Apple watch". Note that this is a series 5; newer watches are 20% faster so around ~20. On the right is a Samsung S95B OLED "smart TV". Also, you'd be surprised how many Android devices can't clear the very very low bar of 20

[Marco Arment @marcoarment]

I was too busy writing the library and its tests and its documentation, which was wonderful procrastiwork as I was supposed to be actually using it in a real app with customers

[Robert McGovern @tarasis]

@marcoarment “and I've barely used it.”

Why is that? See too many issues? Don’t have a project it fits atm? Feel like your chasing a moving target?