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Audion calls it quits

“(Steve) Jobs wanted to know how big we were, and how long we’ve been doing this. He wanted to know a few more things that I can’t even really remember. I remember he asked, ‘Do you have any other ideas for apps you want to work on?’ I replied, genuinely, ‘Well, we’ve got an idea for a digital photo management program…’ and he replied with a simple, ‘Yeah. Don’t do that one.’ Everyone in the room laughed but I had no idea why ? remember, my head was still exploding ? so Steven Frank had to explain to me that he meant, basically, it was already being made and, of course, it would be called iPhoto. Oh. I get it now.”

The above quote is taken from a highly enjoyable read over at Panic’s website telling the story of the rise and fall of their MP3 player Audion.

I think I used Audion before iTunes, but I honestly don’t recall. However, I’m a huge fan of Transmit. If you use the Mac OS, and ever need to FTP anything, I highly recommend Transmit. IMHO, it’s much better than Fetch.