Lots of good news for fans of Simplenote and/or WordPress from Matt Mullenweg.

Regarding how Simplenote and WordPress fit in together:

Simperium [the syncing engine that powers Simplenote] is at the core of several new things we’re either building or hope to build in the near future. We’re investing quite a bit to make the service robust and flexible for our needs as a top-ten internet site, and that development will benefit everyone who uses the service much the same way our investment in anti-spam benefits the internet at large through Akismet. You will start to see the Simperium engine make its way into almost everything we do.

And regarding the sustainability of Simplenote:

The beauty of Simplenote being under Automattic’s wing is that we are already blessed with incredibly fruitful businesses. […] Our main goal is to pour our heart into something and make it great, then [share] it with the world. I find Simplenote indispensable, delightful, and use it every day, and I hope you will too.

I have a lot of respect for Matt Mullenweg and the business he has built around WordPress. It sounds like Simplenote has a very bright future.

Apple sold more than nine million iPhones over the weekend. They haven’t shared the breakdown of sales between the 5s and the 5c (and they probably never will), but I only know of one person who got a 5c: Gedeon Maheux. I’m not trying to imply anything, just share my personal observation and data point.

It’ll be interesting to see in one and two years from now how many of the 5c (and its predecessors) we begin to see in the wild compared to the 5s (and its predecessors). I think the white 5c looks great; if the modern tech of the 5s were also available in the body of a 5c I probably would have gone that route.

Stop waiting for your IT department to move off SharePoint and start using an intranet you’ll actually like. Igloo is free to use with your team, it’s built around easy to use apps like blogging and file sharing, and it has social tools built right in to help you get work done.

It works on your desktop, your tablet and your phone. Inside or outside of your office. With your team or with your customers. Igloo is 100% white label, so you can make it look like your brand (with your developers or our in-house design and services team).

And if you’re in San Francisco, come learn how a social intranet can help your business succeed. Hear real world examples from our customers, technologists, and writers from Forbes and The Huffington Post. Our Social Intranet Tour hits San Francisco on October 15. We hope to see you there.

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My thanks to Igloo for again sponsoring the RSS feed this week. Sponsorship by The Syndicate.

When I saw the dot displays for the 5s and 5c that are in the windows of the Apple stores today (pics here and here respectively), the first thing it reminded me of was Apple’s “signature” video from WWDC this past June.

iTunes Radio, iTunes Music Store, AirPlay from iCloud, and a bit more.

My friend and former podcasting partner in crime, Ben Brooks, collaborated with Kyle Rosenbluth to make a to-do list app for the iPhone.

Since I live and breath inside of OmniFocus, Begin hasn’t become my new to-do list app. But that doesn’t mean I’m blind to a cool idea and a nice design when I see one — and Begin is both of those.

It’s simple, fast, and gesture driven. If you like the premise and simplicity of the Bullet Journal method, then Begin might be just the app for you. And gosh, it’s just a buck on the app store.

Exhaustive piece by Dieter Bohn and Aaron Souppouris for The Verge, that goes through every version of iOS since the original iPhone.

The composite image at the end showing all the default iPhone Docks pretty much sums it up: original → similar → similar → similar → similar → similar → different.

This is Daring Fireball at its best — technical, thoughtful, and fun.

David Pogue:

The best part is that [the fingerprint sensor] actually works — every single time, in my tests. It’s nothing like the balky, infuriating fingerprint-reader efforts of earlier cellphones. It’s genuinely awesome; the haters can go jump off a pier.

Jim Dalrymple:

I’m all for new features, but if they don’t actually help me get things done more efficiently, then you have to ask, “what’s the point?” I ask myself that question quite a bit when I’m looking at any new product, including the new iPhones.

I must say, I’m quite happy with the answers I’ve come up with.

There will be a lot of new apps and app updates this week. Over on Tools & Toys we’ve got a running list going that highlights our favorite picks of what’s new and what’s updated for iOS 7. Some are already out and more are coming soon. We’ll be updating the page as new apps show up in the app store.

Forgive the cliche, but coming to work for Booking.com has been one of the best decisions. Within a week of arriving to the Netherlands, I had already created two UI experiments and pushed code to the live site. It was intimidating and thrilling at the same time. Those feelings haven’t left. I’m constantly humbled by the more than 300 super intelligent colleagues of 51+ nationalities! I learn every day. If there’s a day I don’t? It means I wasn’t in the office.

The warmth and acceptance of new hires is brilliant. I was invited for chess, football, drinks, and even knitting, within a fortnight. Friday after work drinks can easily evolve into an adventure anytime. There’s always something to do in this city. And at Booking.com, there’s always someone who’s willing to join in. The many parties are just something that has to be experienced. Come join and I’ll show you around!

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My thanks to Booking.com for again sponsoring the RSS feed this week. Sponsorship by The Syndicate.

Bradley Chambers wrote a brief (19 pages) ebook covering ways to manage your iPhone photos. It’s just $3 and gives a good primer for recommended services and best practices to help with your photo organization and backup.