Interview with NetNewsWire founders
Category: Tech...
Posted Wednesday, March 30, 2005 at 08:39 AM [GMT-6]

This is almost a month old...ancient in blog terms...but I'm just now getting around to reading it and thought it was worth sharing with my Mac-using readers, especially those who use or are familiar with the Mac-only news aggregator, NetNewsWire. It's an interview with Brent and Sheila Simmons, who are Ranchero Software...in its entirety! (Imagine two people supporting an installed base of 1 million users. Gack.)

The Simmons share their insights on a number of issues, including the future of RSS (rosy), what it's like to develop software for the Mac (cool) and how they manage to work from home as a husband-and-wife team without driving each other crazy ("It's a little bit like farm life -- but modern, urban, digital farm life. We grow software.").

Drunkenblog continues to impress me with the quality and sheer depth of its interviews. Being able to devote time and space in this manner is a luxury that most MSM outlets can't afford.

It was also a little surreal to read the interview via a window in NetNewsWire 2.0b25 (beta). But, what could be more appropriate?

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I'd start drinkin' again too if I had to use that Apple stuff. :>]

Posted by: Wallace-Midland Texas at March 30, 2005 10:04 AM

Yeah...but only Apple juice! <rimshot>

Posted by: Eric at March 30, 2005 10:10 AM

Glad you liked the interview! It was fun to do.

Posted by: Brent Simmons at March 31, 2005 12:46 AM

Brent, thanks for taking the time to do the interview. It gave me a renewed appreciation for the commitment and skill of the folks who make the software I use every day. It's rare to be able to put a "face" (even if it's just text-based) to an application.

And thanks for stopping by this humble blog!

Posted by: Eric at March 31, 2005 06:31 AM
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