Build and Analyze
108 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 11 years ago - ★★★★★ - 1.5K ratingsA weekly news and discussion show about the world of iPhone, iPad, iOS, and mobile web development. Hosted by Marco Arment & Dan Benjamin.
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Episodes
107: The Eldest Programmer
December 11, 2012 01:15 - 1 hour - 38.5 MBDan and Marco discuss testing and logging, formal programming, Core Data versus other datastore techniques, and developers knowing basic terminal operation and server administration.
106: Outlasted The Daily
December 03, 2012 18:30 - 1 hour - 39.6 MBDan and Marco discuss the Mac Pro's relevance, the effects of RAM and FileVault on performance, the App Store Volume Purchase discount, how well Instapaper for Android is doing, why The Daily failed, deciding whether articles belong on blogs or in The Magazine, and how to collaborate with a designer when you don't agree with all of their choices.
105: Service Plans for Cables
November 26, 2012 18:00 - 1 hour - 30.6 MBOn this happy Cyber Monday, Dan and Marco discuss journalists mangling quotes, the decline of upgradeable hardware, how to tell if a price is negotiable, why many publications don't take full advantage of Newsstand, protecting assets inside app bundles, and deciding whether to burn an expedited review.
104: Hammertime
November 19, 2012 18:30 - 1 hour - 35.6 MBDan and Marco discuss the upcoming end of the show, Scott Forstall and MC Hammer, Passbook apps and promotion, how to decide when to start a new project, PayPal's subscription problems, and the economics of one-time app payments.
103: Denial Haircut
November 12, 2012 18:15 - 1 hour - 33.9 MBDan and Marco discuss music under podcast ads, TextMate 2 activity, the costs of pagination in Instapaper and The Magazine, scientific support of "low-acid" coffee benefits, every cure for male hair loss and baldness, and affiliate-marketing spam.
102: My Quotes Are Curly And My Dashes Are Solid
November 05, 2012 18:30 - 1 hour - 35.9 MBDan and Marco discuss settings in the Settings app, full-screen modes, text adjustment options in Instapaper and The Magazine, choosing fonts for apps, building a custom CMS versus customizing an existing one, white-labeling The Magazine, and over-roasted coffee.
101: Looting Siracusa County
November 02, 2012 20:30 - 1 hour - 28 MBDan and Marco discuss "Superstorm" Sandy aftermath, Scott Forstall's forced exit from Apple, the iPad Mini and iPad "4", the Microsoft Surface and Windows RT, Disney's plans for Lucasfilm, and hosting servers in natural-disaster-prone datacenters.
100: The Hostage Star
October 22, 2012 16:30 - 1 hour - 34.7 MBDan and Marco discuss the Microsoft Surface commercial and its likely launch challenges, writing apps that align with Apple's incentives, The Magazine's naming and design decisions, and recognizing and fixing a poor design choice.
99: The Podcast
October 16, 2012 00:45 - 1 hour - 41.9 MBDan and Marco discuss Marco's new app, The Magazine.
98: It's Part of Me Now
October 08, 2012 19:15 - 1 hour - 37.8 MBDan and Marco discuss non-U.S. universities on CVs, which old iOS devices to keep for testing, prototyping new ideas, why Marco's still not using storyboards, ARC, Core Data, or autolayout, and the boom of relevance and activity on App.net since Netbot's release.
97: Grapefruits Everywhere
October 01, 2012 16:30 - 1 hour - 34.6 MBDan and Marco discuss Nests, Mac App Store review times, iOS 6 upgrades, non-Retina support, managing servers for app back-ends, and whether perpetual app maintenance is necessary.
96: Sandwich With A Slot
September 24, 2012 16:45 - 1 hour - 33.6 MBDan and Marco discuss initial impressions of the iPhone 5, rapid iOS 6 adoption and when it may be safe to require it, Feedburner's demise, B.S. in Computer Science degrees versus related degrees with lower math and theory requirements, and the economics of limited-edition apps.
95: This Unicorn Doesn't Support NFC
September 20, 2012 17:00 - 1 hour - 39.2 MBDan and Marco discuss iOS 6 for users and developers, adding iPhone 5 compatibility, the iPhone 5's name, unreasonable press reactions, Google's J2ObjC compiler, how embarrassingly easy it is to support VoiceOver (yet so many apps still mess it up), and why paid app-review priority upgrades would backfire.
94: Everything Would Cut You
September 10, 2012 17:00 - 1 hour - 43.9 MBDan and Marco discuss Amazon's new Kindles, the differing goals of Apple and Amazon, why the tablet market is so different from the PC market and who stands to win and lose, the Enlight 7237, and the longevity of open APIs.
93: One Donkey Walking In A Circle
September 03, 2012 17:15 - 1 hour - 45.5 MBIn this episode of the longest-running 5by5 show, Dan and Marco discuss TextMate (of course), business developer account migrations and DUNS numbers, the immense value of Apple's retail stores, creating a brand before its apps, healthcare and taxes, and Instapaper browser extensions.
92: The Risk Of Broken Promises
August 27, 2012 16:30 - 1 hour - 36.4 MBDan and Marco discuss abandoned software, Twitter's 100,000-token limit in practice, how Twitter and Dropbox would need to change to become $40 billion companies, revealing development plans in advance, Instapaper's operating-cost breakdown, and home network wiring.
91: Quadrants
August 20, 2012 16:30 - 1 hour - 39.6 MBDan and Marco discuss Twitter's controversial API-policy changes, why they want (and need) to enforce them, their incentives and motivations, why this is different from the App Store, decentralized solutions, and worms.
90: This Person Isn't Really Here
August 13, 2012 17:45 - 1 hour - 36.5 MBDan and Marco discuss Sublime Text 2, TextMate 2's open-sourcing, App.net's funding and why Kickstarter-like campaigns can get a huge boost of funding at the end, the difficulty of having good presences on multiple social services and the effects of cross-posting, and allocating time for unpopular apps.
89: Giant Mushy Boat
August 06, 2012 18:00 - 1 hour - 39 MBDan and Marco follow up on ergonomic keyboards and text editors, then discuss the appeal of the command line, AeroPress grind size, the Metro Style renaming, Hulu Plus, why Instapaper needs rate limiting and the challenge of finding an appropriate limit, and which apps give the best bang for the buck.
88: Things Are Pretty Here
July 30, 2012 17:00 - 1 hour - 39.6 MBDan and Marco revisit text editors and discuss clicky tenkeyless keyboards and ergonomics, the Mac App Store's sandboxing issues, designing apps with stock UIKit widgets, foreign App Store reviews, and some of Instapaper's feature decisions including non-native Twitter integration, bookmarklet mechanics, and the lack of highlights or annotations.
87: Close the Window and Hope for the Best
July 23, 2012 17:00 - 1 hour - 40.9 MBDan and Marco discuss how to research and find good products, portable and window air conditioners, the unfortunate status of TextMate 2 and the search for alternatives, Sparrow's business and acquisition, and App.net's chances of success.
86: Folding A Piece Of Cake
July 16, 2012 18:30 - 1 hour - 45.4 MBDan and Marco discuss chicken salad, Chicago pizza, the in-app purchase hack, depressingly realistic first-person shooters, gender and demographic myopia among developers, how well the 7.85" iPad might sell and what that might mean, Penny Arcade's Kickstarter, Ben Brooks' paywall, and how to get started with programming or making apps.
85: Rules of the Road
July 09, 2012 19:00 - 1 hour - 45.7 MBDan and Marco discuss corrupt App Store binaries, responding to customer reviews, advertisers paying more than customers, VC-funded startups' road to acquisition, the business culture of condescension and euphemisms, the security of hosting sensitive files on Dropbox or GitHub, and Amazon Cloud Search.
84: California Knife in Your Back
July 02, 2012 19:00 - 1 hour - 46.2 MBDan and Marco discuss keyboard-screen imprinting, Google's odd TV ball, Sirius and Pulsar, the difference between copyright and patent infringement, Instapaper's price-change results, the iPad 1 installed base, the Nexus 7, Apple's Podcasts app, why Apple probably won't offer paid podcasts, Facebook's native iOS app and why web companies need to treat mobile apps as a first-class platform, Twitter's ominous threat to client developers, and Tumblr's pinned posts.
83: Microsoft Countertop
June 25, 2012 18:30 - 1 hour - 53 MBDan and Marco discuss cable TV, HBO, and piracy, challenges that Windows 8 and Microsoft Surface will face with developer and enterprise adoption, why other Retina Mac models may take longer than we expect, the case for Instapaper offering a "mobilizer", and Marco's diversification and innovation strategy.
82: This Microphone's Getting Heavy
June 21, 2012 00:00 - 1 hour - 33.9 MBDan and Marco discuss the results of the Starbucks promotion, why it's different from making a free version of the app, Instapaper's price experiment, originality in customer-submitted ideas, the costs of filing and enforcing patents, and Marco's new-old Mac Pro.
81: The Beast Under My Desk
June 12, 2012 23:00 - 1 hour - 30.8 MBMarco checks in from his hotel room at WWDC to talk with Dan about Apple's new hardware and software announcements.
80: Please, Go to Starbucks
June 04, 2012 18:45 - 1 hour - 39.8 MBIn this truly big week, Dan and Marco discuss Instapaper's ad on Howard Stern, the Android app launch, the Starbucks App Of The Week, background location updates with geofencing, and conservative predictions about the TBA sessions at WWDC.
79: Get Away From The Edge
May 29, 2012 18:00 - 1 hour - 46.3 MBDan and Marco discuss Twitter's neglected desktop and iPad apps, Flattr followup and Instacast's rejection for integrating it in-app, Zynga, personal standards and dignity, originality, getting stuck on hard problems, types of web hosting, tips for self-managed servers, and basics of web scaling.
78: The Opposite of Instapaper
May 21, 2012 20:30 - 1 hour - 36.7 MBDan and Marco discuss Flattr, API versioning, web frameworks, and Marco's formerly secret App Store experiment: a brand new app that's nothing like Instapaper.
77: I Had A Baby, You Launched An App
May 14, 2012 20:30 - 1 hour - 32.1 MBDan and Marco discuss the new 5by5 Radio app, why Apple may not want to add paid upgrades to the App Store, the infinite market for podcast clients and to-do apps, Instacast's in-app-purchase backlash, how and why to remove features from an app, the new 15" MacBook Pro rumors, Thunderbolt's likely overshadowing by USB 3, and near-future concerns for a Retina laptop.
76: Trust Me, I Know C
May 07, 2012 18:45 - 1 hour - 34.5 MBInstacast 2.0's interesting pricing, RubyMotion, seemingly impossible requirements in job postings, undercutting competitors on price, and why 5by5 probably shouldn't do a parenting show.
75: My Twitterrific Moment
April 30, 2012 18:15 - 1 hour - 54.3 MBMarco's new baby, working from home with kids, tightening car seats, speaking at conferences, baby monitors, the costs of hiring someone, the Instapaper website job description, Read It Later and Pocket, paying attention to competitors, the future direction of Instapaper, and what Apple should do about WWDC tickets.
74: Ship or Get Off The Pot
April 27, 2012 18:00 - 1 hour - 33.6 MBWith Marco on paternity leave this week, Dan is joined by Daniel Jalkut of Red Sweater Software. They discuss the origins of Daniel's flagship product, MarsEdit, the long hours often required of independent developers, and more.
73: One Cell Taller
April 16, 2012 20:15 - 1 hour - 41.2 MBReadability's failed payment system, why Instagram was worth so much to Facebook, advertisers outbidding customers, the rumored taller-screen iPhone and its effects on apps, WWDC, and Dan's bold feature decisions in the upcoming 5by5 Radio app.
72: An Uncomfortable Night for Everybody
April 09, 2012 20:15 - 1 hour - 34 MBUpgrades in the App Store (or the lack thereof), gesture discoverability, iPad 3 renderInContext slowdowns, the inelegant transition periods of the Pentium Pro and A5X, and burning hamburgers.
71: The Lottery Mindset
April 02, 2012 18:30 - 1 hour - 39.3 MBDraw Something, myths of overnight successes, the lottery mindset contributing to idea people and patent policy, how good colleges and computer science degrees affect your future career, a review of three leading iOS podcast apps, and follow-up on the BMW M5 (F10).
70: 116 Degree Burns
March 26, 2012 20:00 - 1 hour - 36.2 MBDan and Marco discuss the "www" prefix, Eye-Fi with Aperture, using Kickstarter to fund large software projects, iPad Warmgate, being featured in the App Store, customer reactions to requiring iOS 5, instant coffee, and theoretical 3G-equipped MacBooks.
69: Holiday Punishment Font
March 19, 2012 19:00 - 1 hour - 40.3 MBDan and Marco discuss Retina-screen design considerations, Retina graphics on the web, the benefits of requiring iOS 5, and the ethics of app analytics.
68: The Returning Dessert Problem
March 12, 2012 19:00 - 1 hour - 35.3 MBMore on the effects of competition, apps as entertainment risks and the dynamics of low app pricing, why forced app trials would be bad, health insurance for single-person businesses, and why Marco hates iPhoto, Aperture, and Lightroom.
67: Competing With Free
March 05, 2012 19:30 - 1 hour - 40.8 MBDan and Marco discuss Instapaper's new competitor, Readability, the effects of competing with a free product, trying to be original while implementing similar features, and the difficulties of choosing fonts for reading body text on screens.
66: Car Haters and Idea Guys
February 27, 2012 20:15 - 1 hour - 43.2 MBDan and Marco discuss fun cars and car economics, idea guys, the value of ideas, the value of products launched by "famous" people, and why responding to email is hopelessly impossible.
65: An Accountant Knows Where To Put It
February 20, 2012 22:30 - 1 hour - 36.4 MBDan and Marco discuss the value of accountants, taxing, 1099s, Japanese withholding on App Store sales, Internet Explorer's recent improvements and browser testing, and why this show often isn't about programming and APIs.
64: Mountain Kitten
February 16, 2012 18:00 - 1 hour - 35.1 MBDan and Marco discuss the Ivy Bridge delay, k56flex, Windows branding, and, oh yeah, the announcement and preview of OS X Mountain Lion.
63: Underwear Drawer
February 10, 2012 17:45 - 1 hour - 37.9 MBDan and Marco discuss apps versus the web, iOS address-book access and data privacy, and Honeywell suing Nest for patent infringement.
62: Frustrated by the Invisible Person
February 02, 2012 23:00 - 1 hour - 34.6 MBDan and Marco successfully avoid development topics for an entire show, instead discussing USB outlets and the Nest thermostat.
61: Up and Down All Night Long
January 26, 2012 23:00 - 1 hour - 38.3 MBDan and Marco discuss server monitoring, iCloud replacing web apps, NSZombie, and the complex world of salaries.
60: Mostly Empty Notebooks
January 17, 2012 00:30 - 1 hour - 34 MBDan and Marco discuss mute switches, the cost of settings, bad broadband, deciding which features to implement, design and prototyping processes, and why the Nintendo 64 and first Xbox deserve a lot of credit.
59: Premium Products
January 10, 2012 17:15 - 1 hour - 41.7 MBDan and Marco discuss CES, Second Crack, localization, code comments, serving custom data to UIWebView requests, discounts and sales devaluing your app, premium products, and blog comments.