


In the current climate, it would be easy for Instapaper creator Marco Arment to raise a couple million dollars in order to scale his business.
But Arment isn’t interested in chasing user growth like most startups. He would prefer to build something his users care about a lot, enough to actually pay for it themselves. Read More

Marco Arment of Tumblr, Instapaper and Build and Analyze fame had been holding out on us until yesterday.
Since quitting Tumblr, his main project has been Instapaper, the killer “read it later” iPhone and iPad app so beloved by New Yorkers who ride the subway. There’s a free version and a paid Read More

Like many developers, Marco Arment was not initially a fan of the secretive review process for Apple’s app store.
But in a blog post today Arment says he’s changed his mind, perhaps motivated by some of the problems he’s been seeing in the Google app store.
“Another day, another batch of Instapaper trademark infringers Read More

Google’s “automatic approval” policy for the Chrome Web Store and Android App Market is great for growing the number of available apps. But the low barrier to entry also means developers can sneak in with apps that are malicious or buggy.
It also means developers can coast on someone else’s good name. There are Read More

Marco Arment recently stepped down as CTO of Tumblr to focus full time on his popular bookmarking tool, Instapaper. Since he’s now self-employed, it’s no surprise that Arment introduced a subscription service for Instapaper today to begin generating more revenue.
What is a little surprising is how self-deprecating Arment is about the whole thing. Read More

After four years at Tumblr, CTO Marco Arment is leaving to focus on “independent projects.” Right now Arment’s most active indy project is Instapaper, a program that makes it easy to bookmark and save articles you’re too busy for right now. Instapaper has been growing quickly and Arment is clearly involved at Read More