After a few weeks off, we continue our focus on startup life. Max is busy doing a little bit of everything, while Andy has been concentrating on mobile and deadlines.
<ul>
	<li><a href="http://www.stevesouders.com/blog/2009/03/10/performance-impact-of-css-selectors/">Performance Impact of CSS Selectors</a></li>
	<li><a href="http://sftechtalks.com/irisheich.html">Paul Irish and Brendan Eich speaking at Tech Talks: San Francisco</a></li>
	<li><a href="http://designerfair.org/">Designer Fair</a></li>
	<li><a href="http://www.uber.com/?invite=rtjmz">Uber</a> (affiliate link: you get $10 to sign up, we get $10 after your first ride)</li>
	<li><a href="http://maxbeatty.github.com/MockOver/">MockOver</a></li>
</ul>
<h3>Endorsements</h3>
Andy and I unknowingly and indirectly endorsed the work of <a href="http://peter.boctor.net/2011/05/09/zaarly/">Peter Boctor</a>, who ran <a href="http://idevrecipes.com/">iDev Recipes</a> before joining <a href="http://www.zaarly.com/">Zaarly</a>.

Andy's Beer: <a href="http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/26/1159">Robert The Bruce Scottish Ale by Three Floyd's Brewing Co.</a>

Max's Beer: <a href="http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/4950/38878">Full Boar Scotch Ale by Devil's Canyon Brewing Co.</a>

Podcast Episode 12

Andy and Max discuss how they manage their time and others' expectations.
<h3>Endorsements</h3>
Andy's app: <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/wheres-my-water/id449735650?mt=8" target="_blank">Where's My Water?</a>

Max's app: <a href="http://www.sublimetext.com/" target="_blank">Sublime Text</a> (bonus: <a href="https://github.com/Kronuz/SublimeCodeIntel" target="_blank">autocomplete plugin</a>)

Andy's beer: <a href="http://www.dogfish.com/brews-spirits/the-brews/seasonal-brews/punkin-ale.htm">Punkin Ale by Dogfish Head</a>

Max's beer: <a href="http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/142/582">Oktoberfest by Spatan</a>

Podcast Episode 14

Rob Madden, Max's former roommate and Andy's college buddy, current roommate and co-worker, joins us to share his story of joining a startup and the challenges he faces building a platform.

This episode also suffered a number of technical difficulties due to <a href="http://www.ecamm.com/mac/callrecorder/" target="_blank">Call Recorder</a> saying I was out of disk space even thought there was more than 30GB available. If you have a better recommendation for recording Skype, <a title="Contact" href="http://anpret.com/contact/">please let me know</a>.

<strong>Sorry for the low audio quality!</strong>

Towards the end we get off topic talking about upgrading RAM for next to nothing on Max's aging MacBook Pro and the iPhone 4S.
<ul>
	<li><a href="http://arstechnica.com/business/news/2011/10/when-clever-goes-wrong-how-etsy-overcame-poor-architectural-choices.ars">When "clever" goes wrong: how Etsy overcame poor architectural choices</a></li>
	<li><a href="http://highscalability.com/blog/2010/7/27/a-metric-a-ton-of-joe-stump-the-cloud-is-cheaper-than-bare-m.html">Google 'Joe Stump scalability'</a></li>
	<li>8GB RAM for MBP [<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001MX5YWI/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=maxbea-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=217145&amp;creative=399369&amp;creativeASIN=B001MX5YWI" target="_blank">affiliate link</a>]</li>
</ul>
<h3>Endorsements</h3>
Rob's favorite beers: Goose Island's <a href="http://www.gooseisland.com/pages/sofie/28.php" target="_blank">Sofie</a> and <a href="http://www.gooseisland.com/pages/matilda/25.php" target="_blank">Matilda</a>

Max's beer: <a href="http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/266/50262" target="_blank">Double Dread Imperial IPA from Mad River Brewing Co.</a>

Rob's app: <a href="http://www.iterm2.com/#/section/home" target="_blank">iTerm2</a>

Max's app: <a href="https://forkly.com/" target="_blank">Forkly</a>

Music: <a href="http://soundcloud.com/justdohits/skylar-grey-invisible-kaskade" target="_blank">Skylar Grey - Invisible (Kaskade Remix)</a>

Podcast Episode 15

We return from our long hiatus to discuss the challenges of developing and designing for Android. Then, we discuss a number of cloud music services weighing their pros and cons.

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