5: Having a Chat in Some Kind of Hell with Jared Sinclair

Pádraig and Oisín are joined by Jared Sinclair to discuss side projects, podcast apps, the bottom pit of video game hell, and much more.

Pádraig and Oisín are joined by Jared Sinclair to discuss side projects, podcast apps, the bottom pit of video game hell, and much more.

Past Episodes

Sounded Like Nirvana where we chatted with Brent Simmons.
No Business Angle where we discussed the apps we would make for love, if money wasn’t a factor.

Jared Sinclair

Twitter
jaredsinclair.com
Black Pixel
Riposte
Unread

T.S. Eliot in Silence Of The Lambs: “teach us to care and not to care”
Joe Hyams in Zen in The Martial Arts: “give yourself time”
Brent Simmons in his Secret Project Diary #4 “write the code to understand the problem, then write it again now that I understand it”
Jared’s tweet about Stormcrow
Rdio is shutting down and Pandora is buying up the scraps
Panic
99% Invisible: On Average
The Onion: ‘I provide office solutions’, says pitiful little man
Jared’s tweet: “a bare-bones podcast listening app for fussy-casual folks like me”
Stratechery: Pleco: Building a Business, Not an App
Successful Apps

OmniFocus
1Password
Pleco Chinese Dictionary

iMessage App Store

Viticci’s iOS 10 Review on MacStories: “After using iMessage apps for the past three months, I have the same feeling of the early App Store days. It’s a new frontier”
The iMessage App Store: First Thoughts & Observations: “In contrast to the iOS App Store where freemium titles dominate the top-grossing charts, the overwhelming revenue in the iMessage App Store comes from paid titles”

Padraig’s tweet: “stick with it far longer than you should, write off all initial dev time, have low expectations… 😅”
No Man’s Sky
Future of Podcasting

Exponent: Episode 82 — A Podcast About Podcasts
Platforms

Howl
Acast
Audible

Jon Ronson tweets about his audible channels
Stratechery posts tagged smiling curve

Sports Night
Poppy Games

Brave Man
King Of Tennis
Sausage Sausage Sausage
Hotdog Panic
Eye Drops from upstairs

Homestar Runner
Jared’s tweet: Having a chat in some kind of hell
App Store Cleanup
Mystery Science Theatre
Twitter

Jared: @jaredsinclair
Pádraig: @PadraigXXIndie4Life
Oisín: @prendio2

Closing bloops from King Of Tennis
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