Shawn Blanc has posted his latest interview, and I’m honored to say that it is with me! Shawn digs into the history of Red Sweater Software, my early years as a programmer, and a host of other issues, including this roundup of why MarsEdit doesn’t yet support WYSIWYG editing:

“There are a list of classic things that are wrong with WYSIWYG editors. They over-promise and under-deliver. They’re not actually that easy to use. They mess up your HTML, and often outright eliminate content. I don’t want to make any of those mistakes. That’s what makes the feature hard, and that’s the reason users haven’t seen it yet in MarsEdit.”

Shawn has a great knack for interviews. Like many web-based dialogues, the actual communication takes place via email. But unlike so many where the questions are drawn up ahead of time and then answered in one fell swoop, Shawn’s interviews take place organically, as an in-person conversation would.

The process of responding to dozens of emails back and forth takes time – over 2 weeks I think we spent. But the end result is obviously a lot more interactive, and covers a lot more territory than one would cover by attempting to guess all the questions up front.

Thanks a lot for taking the time to chat with me, Shawn.

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