<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;Neil Johnson's been building some incredible tools for Mac Admins of late, and we wanted to sit down with him and talking through Apple Policy Explorer and some others. What's it like building tools these days, where do you start? Who is the right audience to design for? We'll dive deep on his process here this week, as well as talk about what's going on at Microsoft.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h4&gt;Hosts:&lt;/h4&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li&gt;Tom Bridge - &lt;a href= "https://theinternet.social/@tbridge"&gt;@tbridge@theinternet.social&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Marcus Ransom - &lt;a href= "https://twitter.com/marcusransom"&gt;@marcusransom&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Selina Ali - &lt;a href= "https://www.linkedin.com/in/selina-ali-604b645b/"&gt;LinkedIn&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Guests:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li&gt; &lt;p&gt;Neil Johnson, Principal Product Manager, Microsoft - &lt;a href= "https://www.linkedin.com/in/neil-johnson-msft/"&gt;LinkedIn&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Links:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li dir="ltr" role="presentation"&gt;&lt;a href= "https://appledevicepolicy.tools/policy-explorer"&gt;https://appledevicepolicy.tools/policy-explorer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li dir="ltr" role="presentation"&gt;&lt;a href= "https://appledevicepolicy.tools/microsoft-apps"&gt;https://appledevicepolicy.tools/microsoft-apps&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li dir="ltr" role="presentation"&gt;&lt;a href= "https://code.visualstudio.com/"&gt;https://code.visualstudio.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sponsors:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.kandji.io/macadmins"&gt;Iru&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;a href= "https://1password.com/macadminspodcast"&gt;1Password&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.meter.com/macadmins"&gt;Meter&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://backblaze.com/macadmin"&gt;Backblaze&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;a href= "https://www.watchmanmonitoring.com/?utm_medium=macadmin&amp;utm_source=sponsorship&amp;utm_campaign=macadmin&amp;utm_content=macadmin&amp;utm_term=macadmin" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Watchman Monitoring&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; &lt;p&gt;If you're interested in sponsoring the Mac Admins Podcast, please email &lt;a&gt;podcast@macadmins.org&lt;/a&gt; for more information.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Get the latest about the Mac Admins Podcast, follow us on Twitter! We're &lt;a href= "https://twitter.com/macadmpodcast"&gt;@MacAdmPodcast&lt;/a&gt;!&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;The Mac Admins Podcast has launched a &lt;a href= "https://patreon.com/macadminspodcast"&gt;Patreon Campaign&lt;/a&gt;! Our named patrons this month include Weldon Dodd, Damien Barrett, Justin Holt, Chad Swarthout, William Smith, Stephen Weinstein, Seb Nash, Dan McLaughlin, Joe Sfarra, Nate Cinal, Jon Brown, Dan Barker, Tim Perfitt, Ashley MacKinlay, Tobias Linder Philippe Daoust, AJ Potrebka, Adam Burg, &amp; Hamlin Krewson&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;</description>

Mac Admins Podcast

Mac Admins Podcast LLC

Episode 440: Making your own tools

DEC 9, 202581 MIN
Mac Admins Podcast

Episode 440: Making your own tools

DEC 9, 202581 MIN

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Neil Johnson's been building some incredible tools for Mac Admins of late, and we wanted to sit down with him and talking through Apple Policy Explorer and some others. What's it like building tools these days, where do you start? Who is the right audience to design for? We'll dive deep on his process here this week, as well as talk about what's going on at Microsoft. Hosts: Tom Bridge - @[email protected] Marcus Ransom - @marcusransom Selina Ali - LinkedIn Guests: Neil Johnson, Principal Product Manager, Microsoft - LinkedIn Links: https://appledevicepolicy.tools/policy-explorer https://appledevicepolicy.tools/microsoft-apps https://code.visualstudio.com/ Sponsors: Iru 1Password Meter Backblaze Watchman Monitoring If you're interested in sponsoring the Mac Admins Podcast, please email [email protected] for more information. Get the latest about the Mac Admins Podcast, follow us on Twitter! We're @MacAdmPodcast! The Mac Admins Podcast has launched a Patreon Campaign! Our named patrons this month include Weldon Dodd, Damien Barrett, Justin Holt, Chad Swarthout, William Smith, Stephen Weinstein, Seb Nash, Dan McLaughlin, Joe Sfarra, Nate Cinal, Jon Brown, Dan Barker, Tim Perfitt, Ashley MacKinlay, Tobias Linder Philippe Daoust, AJ Potrebka, Adam Burg, & Hamlin Krewson