Our company gets a lot of clients asking us to take on Android projects, and that statement is targeted to set the tone for those discussions. What does this mean for the Mac version (or, version s, plural, counting NetNewsWire Lite)? Gruber: Daniel, when Brent told me that you’d worked out a deal for Black Pixel to acquire NetNewsWire, my first thought was “That’s a good home, those guys do good work.” But my second thought was, “Hey, wait a second, I thought Black Pixel was focused on iOS.”Īnd, indeed, the Black Pixel home page says: “Our passion is Apple iOS, and we specialize in rapid turnaround, high-visibility projects requiring multiple developers.” Gruber: But you’ll have something to announce soon? With TapLynx and NetNewsWire sold, do I have other things on my plate? Yes. I’ve done a bunch of work with both companies, and I know and respect them immensely as people and as professionals. And I’m totally excited about this: I think the Push IO folks are a perfect fit for TapLynx and they’re going to do a great job, just as the Black Pixel team is perfect for NetNewsWire. I finally admitted to myself that I was hot to find it a new home.Įarlier this year I was in the process of selling TapLynx to Push IO. I went back and forth on it in my mind, and I kept taking my own temperature on it. It was, at least, an honest recognition of my own limits, though, and that was what led me, haltingly at first, against my own inner resistance, to consider selling NetNewsWire. (Everybody has thoughts not worthy of them. That was a selfish idea, not in the best interests of users or the software. But then I started to think about how long it would take to get all versions using the new shared code, and then, more importantly, about how long it would take to make them really, really awesome, which was yet another step.Īt first I just thought of killing off the iPad and iPhone versions, since I figured I could handle the Mac version myself. Having released the first of the new shared-code apps, and this release having met with some modest appreciation, I was feeling pretty good. Simmons: I started thinking about this a couple weeks after NetNewsWire Lite appeared on the Mac App Store. But just three months ago you released a major new version of NetNewsWire Lite on the Mac App Store.
Gruber: Brent, when did you start thinking about this? Obviously you must have something new on your plate. What’s exciting to me is that we actually have the manpower to not only maintain these applications, but help them realize the totality of their potential. No one of us could stay on top of that many applications alone and keep them at the cutting edge. But now you’ve got four different versions to maintain: NetNewsWire, NetNewsWire Lite, NetNewsWire for the iPad, and NetNewsWire for the iPhone. Pasco: I don’t see tarnish at all! What I see is a gorgeous plant that has outgrown its pot: there was a time when NetNewsWire could flourish under the care of a single person, especially someone as talented as Brent. Daniel: you can’t hurt my feelings by pointing out NetNewsWire’s tarnish. I could go on at length! But that’s because I know it best. Simmons: I believe Black Pixel will take it well beyond its former glory. We’ve gotten big enough to be able to lavish a lot of attention on NetNewsWire, and I intend to restore it to its former glory. It’s as straightforward as you can imagine.ĭaniel Pasco: We’re totally on fire about this acquisition: most of us have had a love affair with NetNewsWire that goes back for several years (it was the first third party Mac app I ever purchased).
There’s nothing held back: they own the name, the code, the websites, everything, all versions. John Gruber: So, what’s the deal in a nutshell?īrent Simmons: Black Pixel is the new home for NetNewsWire.
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