Build and Analyze

Episode 30: 30: FBI RAID Is Not A Backup

June 22nd, 2011 | 1 hr 16 mins

Dan and Marco discuss the FBI's raid at DigitalOne, database backups, lossless audio compression, and the content ecosystems that tablets and e-readers depend on.

Episode 27: 27: Android Internet Explorer

May 31st, 2011 | 1 hr 18 mins

Dan and Marco share WWDC tips and discuss Xcode 4, an App-Store-only default, Google's API shutdowns, Twitter photo-hosting, and whether iOS development consultants need to expand to Android.

Episode 24: 24: PHP's Not A "Bad Language"

May 9th, 2011 | 1 hr 8 mins

Dan and Marco discuss "good" and "bad" programming languages (related to Hypercritical's episode #15), code-writing styles, intellectual-property infringement, and third-party RAM in Macs.

Episode 23: 23: Shorter Than 90 Minutes

May 2nd, 2011 | 1 hr 13 mins

Dan and Marco discuss work-life balance and time management for self-employed people, APIs and sync-services for apps, long-term economics of one-time purchases with ongoing costs, and choosing a new Mac for production work.

Episode 22: 22: Too Many App Stores

April 25th, 2011 | 1 hr 38 mins

Dan and Marco discuss Interface Builder vs. coding views manually, CORS and extreme iframe geekery, the impact of Apple or strong competition entering your market, the oversupply of App Stores, and whether competing tablets are too late to have a chance i

Episode 19: 19: Too Old to Drive a WRX

April 4th, 2011 | 1 hr 46 mins

Dan and Marco discuss Kona coffee, the physics of Joulies, venture-capital-based startups versus traditional businesses, Android's marketshare, and our accidental static-file blogging competition.

Episode 16: 16: Considerations

March 16th, 2011 | 1 hr 21 mins

Marco Arment and Dan Benjamin discuss the Twitter Quick Bar fiasco, decision-making for the Instapaper 3.0 release, and differentiation from competitors.

Episode 13: 13: Thunderbolt!

February 23rd, 2011 | 1 hr 20 mins

Fresh from Webstock in New Zealand, Marco Arment returns to talk with Dan Benjamin about the recent In App Purchasing situation, the iPad 2, Light Peak (aka Thunderbolt) ports on the upcoming MacBooks, and more.

Episode 12: 12: Performance is a Feature

February 9th, 2011 | 54 mins 7 secs

Dan and Marco revisit The Daily and discuss performance and responsiveness as a feature, the competing tablet landscape, the sales of the Verizon iPhone, and the worst instant-coffee product ever devised.

Episode 11: 11: The Mustache Guy

February 2nd, 2011 | 1 hr 5 mins

Dan and Marco discuss coffee, the weather, politics, religion, money, the launch of The Daily, and needing multiple devices for old-OS testing.

Episode 7: 7: A New Marketplace

January 6th, 2011 | 56 mins 55 secs

Marco Arment and Dan Benjamin discuss the latest in the world of mobile and web development.

Episode 4: 4: Constructive Criticism, not Aggressive

December 9th, 2010 | 40 mins 47 secs

Marco Arment and Dan Benjamin discuss promo codes, the difficulty of blogging about technical topics, and the depth and quality of development frameworks.

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