66 // Business of apps with Markus Müller-Simhofer
Metamuse · Adam Wiggins, Mark McGranaghan, Markus Müller-Simhofer
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Show Notes
Selling software via the App Store has unique benefits and challenges compared to selling on the web. Markus joins Mark and Adam to talk through the 13-year history of MindNode on Mac, phone, and iPad sold via freemium, paid upgrades, and finally subscriptions. They discuss early inspiring Mac apps like NetNewsWire; the distribution benefits of the App Store; and the emotional journey of transitioning from indie hacker to team leader. Plus: the surprising connection between comic books, infinite canvases, and mind mapping.
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Show notes
- Markus Müller-Simhofer
- Mindnode
- infinitecanvas.tools by Arun Venkatesan
- Metamuse episode on infinite canvases
- Reinventing Comics
- InfiniteCanvas, an online comic experiment
- NeXTSTEP
- iMac G2
- Delicious Library 3,, NetNewsWire
- The Road to MindNode 1.0
- “640K ought to be enough for anybody.”
- AttributedString
- Vapor framework
- Rands in Repose on “should engineering managers code?”
- Apple’s Mac App Store Opens for Business
- Mindnode and Stage Manager
- Metamuse episode on brands
- StoreKit
- business models in the App Store
- Things 3