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I love Panic, and it heartens me to read things like this, from the bottom of the post that describes Panic's status board: "And no, it didn’t slow down develo
by edw 16y ago
I love Panic, and it heartens me to read things like this, from the bottom of the post that describes Panic's status board:
"And no, it didn’t slow down development on [insert the app you want the most here]. Check the board!"
Whenever Panic shows off something cool, they get a flurry of comments from people who want the next version of Transmit or Coda (that would be me) or, now that it's released, Prompt.
Panic's stuff is so good that their customers don't want them wasting their time doing anything but getting out the next version of [insert the app you want most here]. A lot of people don't realize, however, that you need to take time out to do these sorts of side projects if you hope to maintain your motivation and morale. Panic's work is a labor of love, not the result of a death march.
- theDoug 16y agoThey're a great shop and I appreciate all they've produced. As much as everyone wants [insert the app you want the most here] updated ASAP, I've never heard anyone say "I wish you spent three months less on this so I could get it sooner" when that software was released.
- edw 16y agoI wouldn't say I e-mail them regularly (they may disagree) but when I run into a problem with Coda, usually related to abusing the tab bar by opening a score or so documents, occasionally design ideas pop in my head, and I send them off to them. I have faith that they're going to come up with something nifty and useful, so I just write and feel confident they'll use or discard my ideas as appropriate. Which reminds me, there's a problem with blockediting that I ran across a week or so ago that I want to tell them about. To my mail client…