Summary: <p>Daniel is joined by Marco Arment of <a href="http://www.marco.org">Marco.org</a>. </p> <audio class="wp-audio-shortcode" id="audio-376-3" style="width: 100%;"><a href="http://bitsplitting.org/wp-content/podcasts/Episode8.mp3">http://bitsplitting.org/wp-content/podcasts/Episode8.mp3</a></audio> <p>Marco also founded <a href="http://the-magazine.org">The Magazine</a> and <a href="http://www.instapaper.com/">Instapaper</a>, each of which he sold off earlier this year. Previously, he was the co-developer and first employee of <a href="https://www.tumblr.com/">Tumblr</a>.</p> <p>Additional links:</p> <ul> <li> <a href="https://twitter.com/marcoarment">@marcoarment</a> – Marco’s Twitter account.</li> <li> <a href="http://www.marco.org/">marco.org</a> – Marco’s personal site.</li> <li> <a href="http://atp.fm/">Accidental Tech Podcast</a> – Marco’s podcast with Casey Liss and John Siracusa.</li> <li> <a href="http://www.red-sweater.com/blog/626/id-tumbl-for-you">I’d Tumbl For You</a> – My October, 2008 post lamenting Tumblr’s inadequate API.</li> <li> <a href="http://www.red-sweater.com/blog/626/id-tumbl-for-you#comment-146958">Marco’s Apology</a> – Marco responds to my blog post with a brief, professional apology.</li> <li> <a href="http://www.marco.org/2013/06/01/my-2006-resume">Marco’s 2006 Resume</a> – Marco’s recent post linking to his 2006-era resume.</li> <li> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3-2-1_Contact">3-2-1 Contact</a> – PBS program and affiliated magazine from which Marco learned Basic programming.</li> <li> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QBasic">QBasic</a> – Microsoft’s Basic programming language.</li> <li> <a href="http://www.bmwusa.com/Standard/Content/Explore/Experience/EuropeanDelivery/PickUpYourBMW/PickUpOverview.aspx">BMW Welt Delivery</a> – Program through which Americans can purchase and pick up a new BMW car in Germany.</li> <li> <a href="http://allegheny.edu/">Allegheny College</a> – Marco’s alma mater.</li> <li> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ACPhiDeltaTheta">Phi Delta Theta Allegheny</a> – The fraternity chapter that Marco helped to revive.</li> <li> <a href="http://www-01.ibm.com/software/data/information-optimization/">IBM Infosphere</a> – The current incarnation of Vivisimo, the Pittsburgh company where Marco started his career.</li> <li> <a href="http://www.davidville.com/">Davidville</a> – Remnant of David Karp’s company, now Tumblr.</li> <li> <a href="http://www.ubbcentral.com/">Ultimate Bulletin Board</a> – The bulletin board software Marco enjoyed with his friends in high school.</li> <li> <a href="http://daringfireball.net/">Daring Fireball</a> – John Gruber’s site.</li> <li> <a href="http://neutral.fm/">Neutral</a> – The twelve-episode car-oriented podcast.</li> <li> <a href="http://www.coreint.org/2013/05/episode-91-anyone-can-do-something-great/">Core Intuition 91</a> – Episode where Manton Reece talks about leaving Heroku for a more portable, affordable server solution.</li> <li> <a href="http://www.marco.org/2013/05/20/one-person-product">The One-Person Product</a> – Marco reflects on the history of Tumblr and what the sale means to him.</li> <li> <a href="https://stripe.com/">Stripe</a> – A payment processing company with great developer-oriented technology and policy.</li> </ul> <p>Sponsored by <a href="http://helpspot.com/">HelpSpot</a>: Customer service is your best marketing. Make every ticket count with HelpSpot.</p>
