The interview is mostly about NetNewsWire-- the inspiration for its various features, and the development process Simmons goes through (he writes way more code than he ever uses, and calls himself an "anti-packrat"). There's also a picture of Simmons' workspace (above)-- he works on a Cinema display hooked up to a 17" iMac, with a 17" PowerBook around for PPC testing. He also has a HappyLite Sunshine Simulator right there-- I would think shining a light in my face every morning would wear me out, but he says it helps his Seattle existence, and if it gave us NNW (3.1 is on the way, we're told), I won't argue.
Always a good guy, that Simmons, except that he's a little indecisive-- he told us his favorite feature was the Attention Report, and now he says it's the spacebar. Make up your mind!
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8-27-2007 @ 5:09PM
Jordan Chark said...
A couple months ago I interviewed Brent for my own blog, (http://jordanchark.com/?p=54), focusing more upon the development and strategical aspects of NetNewsWire along with some of his past ventures.
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8-27-2007 @ 10:42PM
Adam said...
I've got a HappyLite too. The thing is my savior. I'm in med school so I spend much of the short daylight hours of Memphis in a dark hall looking at powerpoint slides. It's nice to have some pseudo-sunlight to come home to as opposed to darkness in the winter here in Memphis (we're on the far east side of Central time..which sucks).
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8-28-2007 @ 10:54AM
Navstar said...
Could you have a less interesting headline? "Man A interviews Man B." Wow. I'm captivated. Who the heck are either one of them?
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