What’s been happening?

• Is the Macbook Pro 2013 the best computer ever made?
  • Jon's review of the new Macbook Pro: the screen, the keyboard, the thinness are great. He doesn't like the touchbar, and it crashed a lot initially.
• Thanks to Bill for the Spotify introduction!
• We tried out Amazon Transcribe and it was hilarious

Main topic: Partner communication, making decisions

“How often do you both keep in touch with each other talking about the product in an average day/week? How important is daily communication?”

• Justin is "quick start." He likes to make decisions quickly, and have a fast momentum.
• Jon is more thoughtful and detail-oriented.

How we communicate:

• Daily communication: Slack
• Weekly call: Skype
• How we make decisions: consensus.

Takeaways

• This is the benefit of doing a small project before you launch something bigger.
  • Example: where are we going for lunch? (XOXO), what source control are we going to use? (small project we did before Transistor)
• Partner with someone who is trustworthy, autonomous.
• Make sure there's enough overlap in your timezone.
• Ensure your co-founder has enough time to dedicate to the project.

Show notes:

• Justin's mic: ATR2100 USB
• Kyle Fox doesn't like the new Macbook Pro
• Spotify's podcast program
• Amazon Transcribe
• Indie Hackers
• Justin's article on Walt and Roy Disney
• Transistor.fm
• Transistor.fm on Instagram
• Transistor.fm on Twitter

• Pascal from sharpen.page
• Rewardful.com
• Greg Park
• Mitchell Davis from RecruitKit.com.au
• Marcel Fahle, wearebold.af
• Bill Condo (@mavrck)
• Ward from MemberSpace.com
• Evandro Sasse
• Austin Loveless
• Michael Sitver
• Dan Buda
• Colin Gray
• Dave Giunta