Marco Arment Explained

Marco Arment
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Birth Date:June 11, 1982
Birth Place:Columbus, Ohio, U.S.
Nationality:American
Alma Mater:Allegheny College (BS)
Known For:Tumblr, Instapaper, Overcast, Accidental Tech Podcast
Spouse:Tiffany Arment

Marco Arment (born June 11, 1982) is an American iOS developer and web developer, podcaster, technology writer and former magazine editor.[1] As a developer, he is best known for being chief technology officer for Tumblr and creating Instapaper and Overcast.

Early life and education

Arment was born in Columbus, Ohio. He attended Allegheny College in Meadville, Pennsylvania and graduated in 2004 with a Bachelor of Science degree in computer science.[2] [3]

Career

Software Development

Arment worked as lead developer and chief technology officer (CTO) of the Tumblr microblogging platform and social networking website from its inception in February 2007 until September 2010,[4] [5] [6] when he left to concentrate fully on Instapaper,[7] [8] [9] a tool for saving web pages to read later. Arment announced on April 25, 2013, that he had sold the controlling interest in Instapaper to Betaworks.[10]

In October 2012, Arment released The Magazine, an electronic, biweekly publication. In May 2013, one month after the sale of Instapaper, Arment announced he was selling The Magazine to Glenn Fleishman, its editor.[11] [12]

In July 2013,[13] Marco released Bugshot, an application to quickly mark up screenshots so that beta testers of Overcast could easily send him bug reports. Marco sold Bugshot to Lickability[14] [15] and the app was renamed to Pinpoint.[16]

On September 16, 2015, Arment released Peace, a Safari content blocker for iOS 9 using the Ghostery database.[17] After Peace had held the top spot on the App Store's list of paid apps for 36 hours, Arment pulled it from the App Store, stating he didn't "feel good" with its resounding success.[18] He elaborated, "While [ad blockers] do benefit a ton of people in major ways, they also hurt some, including many who don't deserve the hit."[19]

Podcasts

Between November 2010 and December 2012, Arment hosted a podcast, Build and Analyze, with Dan Benjamin on 5by5 Studios. More recently, he has hosted two podcasts: Neutral and the Accidental Tech Podcast, with John Siracusa and Casey Liss.[20] He also hosts Top Four with his wife Tiffany Arment and Under the Radar with David Smith, both on Relay FM.[21] [22]

In July 2014, Arment released Overcast, a podcast application for iOS. He had been working on the application since fall 2012, and publicly announced it at the XOXO festival in September 2013.[23] [24]

In 2014, Arment also invested $50,000 in Gimlet Media.[25]

Blogging

In December 2006, he launched a blog at Marco.org.[26] As of July 2014, the blog received more than 500,000 page views per month.[27]

On January 4, 2015, Arment posted an article to Marco.org[28] about Apple's declining software quality that unexpectedly went viral.[29] It was picked up by Business Insider, The Huffington Post, CNN, Heise, and a televised CNBC discussion segment,[30] among others. Arment expressed his regret in a follow-up post the next day: "You might think this is a dream come true for a blogger, but it’s horrible. Instead, I looked back at what I wrote with regret, guilt, and embarrassment." Arment expressed remorse for adding to the fear of imminent doom that regularly surrounds Apple instead of the more gradual decline in quality and constructive criticism he intended.[31]

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Creating Hipsturbia . February 15, 2013 . . Williams . Alex . July 26, 2014 . mdy-all .
  2. Web site: Arment . Marco . Marco D. Arment . Marco.org . 2013-06-01 . 2019-03-20 . mdy-all .
  3. Web site: Arment . Marco . Don't Go To College – Marco.org . Marco.org . 2016-12-26 . mdy-all .
  4. News: Frommer . Dan . Tumblr CTO Steps Down To Focus On Instapaper, Independent Career . . July 26, 2014. mdy-all.
  5. Web site: Arment . Marco . About . Marco.org . July 26, 2014 . mdy-all.
  6. Web site: About . usurped . https://web.archive.org/web/20140702025052/http://www.tumblr.com/about . July 2, 2014 . July 26, 2014 . . mdy-all.
  7. News: Bilton . Nick . Instapaper Goes From Hobby to Start-Up . . September 23, 2010 . July 26, 2014 . mdy-all .
  8. News: Dishman . Lydia . Instapaper Founder Marco Arment's Journey From Bagel Jockey to Publishing Pioneer . . July 26, 2014 . mdy-all.
  9. News: Tsotsis . Alexia . Alexia Tsotsis . Marco Arment Leaves Tumblr To Devote Himself To Instapaper . . . July 26, 2014 . mdy-all .
  10. Web site: Arment . Marco . The next generation of Instapaper . Marco.org . July 26, 2014 . mdy-all .
  11. Web site: Arment . Marco . May 29, 2013 . I Sold The Magazine, Too . July 26, 2014 . Marco.org . mdy-all.
  12. Web site: Wilhelm . Alex . 2013-05-29 . Marco Arment sells The Magazine to editor Glenn Fleishman, 1 month after offloading Instapaper to Betaworks . 2024-05-16 . TNW Media . en.
  13. Web site: Arment . Marco . July 17, 2013 . Bugshot . 2016-06-27 . Marco.org . mdy-all.
  14. Web site: Arment . Marco . May 28, 2015 . Bugshot becomes Pinpoint, gets big upgrade . 2016-06-27 . Marco.org . mdy-all.
  15. Web site: Pinpoint • An iOS app to mark up screenshots . 2016-06-27 . Lickability.com . mdy-all.
  16. News: Viticci . Federico . 28 May 2015 . Bugshot Relaunches as Pinpoint . MacStories . 2016-06-27 . mdy-all.
  17. News: Toor . Amar . September 17, 2015 . Peace is a $2.99 ad-blocking app for iOS 9 from the maker of Instapaper . . . September 17, 2015 . mdy-all.
  18. News: Greenberg . Julia . September 18, 2015 . Developer Pulls Most Popular Ad Blocker From iOS App Store . . . live . September 27, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150918224822/http://www.wired.com/2015/09/popular-ad-blocker-pulled-ios-app-store/ . September 18, 2015 . mdy-all.
  19. Web site: Arment . Marco . Just doesn't feel good . September 18, 2015 . Marco.org . mdy-all.
  20. Web site: Wells . Peter . 2019-06-26 . Accidental hero: John Siracusa is a celebrity among tech nerds . 2019-07-20 . The Sydney Morning Herald . en.
  21. Web site: Under the Radar - Relay FM . 2016-06-27 . . mdy-all.
  22. Web site: Top Four - Relay FM . 2016-06-27 . . mdy-all.
  23. Web site: Arment . Marco . July 16, 2014 . Overcast . July 20, 2014 . Marco.org . mdy-all.
  24. News: Panzarino . Matthew . July 20, 2014 . Why Marco Arment Built a Podcast App . . . July 26, 2014 . mdy-all.
  25. Web site: November 19, 2014 . Alex Blumberg on StartUp podcast, Gimlet Media and the future of podcasting . 2016-06-27 . . . mdy-all.
  26. https://marco.org/ Marco.org
  27. Web site: Arment . Marco . Sponsorship . https://web.archive.org/web/20111012030022/http://www.marco.org/sponsorship . dead . October 12, 2011 . Marco.org . July 26, 2014 . mdy-all .
  28. Web site: Arment . Marco . January 4, 2015 . Apple has lost the functional high ground . March 19, 2019 . Marco.org . mdy-all.
  29. Web site: Arment . Marco . January 5, 2015 . What it's like to be way too popular for a day . March 19, 2019 . Marco.org . mdy-all.
  30. News: January 5, 2015 . Apple hardware great, software not: Developer . . . March 19, 2019 . mdy-all.
  31. Web site: January 9, 2015 . Accidental Tech Podcast: 99: Pop-Up Headlights . March 20, 2019 . Accidental Tech Podcast . ATP.fm . . mdy-all.

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