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Marco arment created a free podcast mp3 encoder and chapter tool available in beta. Marco arment pulls his ios 9 ad blocker peace from the app. See the license file for license info its the mit license. Overcast is the first podcast player to support this initiative and we hope they are not the last. Jan 31, 2020 those awesome trey anastasio acoustic shows are pretty quiet. Marco also founded the magazine and instapaper, each of which he sold off earlier this year. Internetfamous software developergo follow him on twitternow. Accidental tech podcast is a weekly tech show with my friends casey liss and john siracusa. May 11, 2015 trying to match the structure of the ios app was a mistake. 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.
Marco arment uses go instead of php and saves money by cutting. Casey and marco drag john through the story of their european delivery vacation picking up marcos m5. 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. 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. Marco s possiblyhypocritical but not hypercritical thoughts on apple developer relations. The only assets i had was a macbook pro, an iphone and some desire to create beautiful apps. 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 born june 11, 1982 is an american ios developer and web developer.
Arment sells majority of instapaper to betaworks pcworld. Needless to say, hes dabbled his toes in lot of different areas. In a detailed blog post, arment says the new version of overcast now comes with a totally. 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. Marco arment announced on thursday that he has sold instapaper to betaworks. Arment said that instapaper had grown to a point where it needed more resourcesmore peopleto. Marco arment accused apple of failing its own software, though he later apologized. The guy who built the most popular adblocking app for the. App developer marco arment has a new update out today for his popular mobile podcast player overcast. 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.
As a developer, he is best known for being chief technology officer for tumblr and creating instapaper and overcast. Buzzsprout conforms to the payment button standard created by marco arment, creator of overcast. Jan 06, 2015 programmer sparks firestorm with scathing apple blog post. Hosted by marco arment and david smith from development and design to marketing and support, under the radar is all about independent app. 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 curtails peace in itunes the digital reader.
It was picked up by business insider, the huffington post, cnn, heise, and a televised cnbc discussion segment, among others. Marco arment pulls popular peace ios adblocker from app. On celebs trend now, he is one of the successful author. Podcast lover and developer marco arment has launched his newest podcast player called overcast. Marco arment drew ire and admiration for his blog post arguing that apple software had lost the functional high ground. Immaterialfacts immaterialfacts is joern bargmanns. 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. In a blog post on his website, overcast developer marco arment explains why he created the clipsharing feature. Those awesome trey anastasio acoustic shows are pretty quiet. And when he says that theres something seriously wrong with the. As long as the notch is clearly present and of approximately these proportions, its unique, simple, and recognizable.
Marco has been fortunate to grow significantly in recent years and consistently earns best workplace recognition. 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. 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. The service allows users to post multimedia and other content to a shortform blog. Marco arment pulls leading adblocking app from app store. Previously, he was the codeveloper and first employee of tumblr. 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. Marco arment sparks debate about apple software quality analysts agree with prominent bloggers premise but not necessarily the solution. Writing your own blog platform is like roasting your own coffee. Set up your own blog on a service like wordpress, squarespace or. 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.
Marco arment s forecast is a newly released into a public beta mac mp3 encoding and tagging tool for podcasters. Its basically a fast and responsive podcast player that allows you to tweak your favorite podcasts to enhance your listening experience. Arment, who first came to prominence with readitlater app instapaper on ios, is now focusing on his podcasts app overcast, including its apple watch app. If you havent heard of marco arment creator of instapaper, cofounder of tumblr, and internetfamous software developergo follow him on twitternow. 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. Oct 09, 2015 on 16 september marco arment, developer of tumblr, instapaper and overcast, released a new iphone and ipad app called peace. Explore 5 apps like forecast by marco arment, all suggested and ranked by the alternativeto user community. Marco arment born june 11, 1982 is an american ios developer and web developer, podcaster, technology writer and former magazine editor. Popular alternatives to forecast by marco arment for windows, mac, software as a service saas, web, iphone and more.
Whats the moral difference between ad blocking and piracy. Its hard to find useful microphone recommendations for podcasters. Citing a guilty conscience, arment writes on his blog that. Accidental tech podcast podcast hosted by marco, john siracusa, and casey liss. Developer marco arment writes about the infamous notch on the iphone x, which apple has told developers to embrace rather than ignore. On 16 september marco arment, developer of tumblr, instapaper and overcast, released a new iphone and ipad app called peace. Its an entire development philosophy, methodology, and culture. Squarespace, or wordpress blog is perfectly fine if you use your own. Im deeply concerned for apples future, says star developer. 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. 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. In a blog post on friday, arment, wrote that he was pulling his peace app because he does not. Because of course adblock plus would applaud marco arment for doing precisely what they do, and permitting some advertising content. The cokecan standing desk on its last day marco arment.
On january 4, 2015, arment posted an article to about apples declining software. Marco arment, instapaper author, former tumblr cofounder. 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. Mar 07, 2020 popular alternatives to forecast by marco arment for windows, mac, software as a service saas, web, iphone and more. Updated on february 26, 2020 to add audiotechnica atr2100x and rode podmic. Between my instapaper use and listening to the build and analyze podcast, i spend.
Otherwise, whether its used or not is a software decision, and. But in a blog post today arment says hes changed his mind, perhaps motivated by. The guy who built the most popular adblocking app for. Marco arment was born in columbus on june 11, 1982. Marco arment sparks debate about apple software quality cio. 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.
Adblock plus defends ad blocking, applauds marco arment try adlblock plus fellates self, applauds marco arment for fellating advertisers. 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. 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. Sep 19, 2015 marco arment pulls leading ad blocking app from app store. 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. You cant produce highquality software with a large number of shortstaffed platforms following. 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.
I am either saving or reading articles in there every single day. Amazingly, marco wrote an article on how much overcast earned in. On january 4, 2015, arment posted an article to marco. Please go ahead and share it on your website or on your social media profiles. Programmer sparks firestorm with scathing apple blog post pcmag. Quote marco arment agile scrum belgium agile scrum. 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.
And now, less than 48 hours later, the app is gone. You can use someone elses software, but still have your own platform. If you havent heard of marco armentcreator of instapaper, cofounder of tumblr, and internetfamous software developergo follow him on twitter now. This is an archive of the articles we wrote before the switch to tumblr. 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. Former tumblr cto, marco arment recently wrote a blog post titled apple has lost the functional high ground in which he praised apple inc. Apple software quality keeps taking a hammering cbs news. May 02, 2016 marco arment is well known for working at tumblr, creating instapaper and overcast, and for being a fairly prolific podcaster. Marco arment created a free podcast mp3 encoder and. Marco arment net worth, salary, age, height, bio, wiki. Sign up for your own profile on github, the best place to host code, manage projects, and build software alongside 40 million developers. 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. Not only is marco an amazingly successful entrepreneur, but his blog. Adblock plus defends ad blocking, applauds marco arment.
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Apple doesnt make all of their audio apis available on all platforms. Has apples software quality taken a nosedive lately. Arment argues that apple is releasing updates to its software. 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. Forecast by marco arment alternatives and similar software. 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. Overcast adds automatic intro skipping and overhauled. The influential blogger, who often writes about apple, stirred the pot with a post that called out the cupertino, calif. Podcast sharing has been limited to audio and links, but todays social networks.
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. Instapaper creator marco arment is certainly one of the most read and widely influential mac and ios developers around. A blog post by a leading apple blogger and programmer, marco arment, has sparked a debate about the quality of apple software. His monday post caught a lot of peoples eyes arment has more than 77,000 followers on twitter and his blog marco. The three also talk about the value of nonmonetary priorities in development, and the pros and cons of scratching ones itch in software pursuits. Continuing our chat with web and iphone software developer marco arment checking out his desk and equipment. Im marco arment, and im a web and iphone software developer, writer, and podcaster in westchester county, new york. With any luck this simple standard will find a home in other podcast players, making it easier for podcasters to garner listener support.
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