Linked List: January 16, 2015

Friday, 16 January 2015

Déjà Vu All Over Again 

Ars Technica back in 2004, looking like Ars Technica, “Apple to Slow Down the Pace on Mac OS X”:

Tevanian conceded that Apple’s current annual upgrade schedule “is not a sustainable rate. But you’ll still see us going really fast,” he said [and] rebutted comments that Apple had alienated some of its customers with the rapid pace of Mac OS X upgrades.

Overcast’s 2014 Sales Numbers 

Marco Arment:

Nobody ever wants to talk about money.

But current and prospective indie app developers could really use more information on the subject. […]

I’ve decided that the potential educational and market-research benefits to others of adding Overcast to the mix will be greater than the risk of people thinking I’m an asshole for doing so. I hope this is helpful to anyone researching the indie iOS market or thinking about entering it.

The best news is that slight uptick on his revenue curve at the end of the year. That’s a sign of sustainability.