Writing your own model class, Casey's app, John's app idea, Ask Patents, difficult games, eggs, and beaches.
Non-developers might want to skip the first 35 minutes: a technical discussion of FMDB, SQLite, and implementing your own generic "model" class. Plus: Casey finally gets to talk about .NET. (Note from Marco: The day after recording, I rewrote my model class to rely on KVC instead of runtime tricks and reflection. Please email Casey.)
The types of programmers who can and should write their own low-level classes.
iSCSI FU, the Developer Center downtime, Logic X and App Store upgrade pricing, iOS developers acting like the RIAA, and the effects of falling prices for apps and games.
Bugshot, its omitted and future features, and exploring NAS options: Synology vs. homebrew, NAS backup considerations, and hoarding terabytes of Apple videos.
Marco's new-new app, Bugshot, and some of its design decisions.
Cutting features from 1.0 and trying to keep Bugshot from taking too much time.
Bugshot gets the John Siracusa treatment.
Exploring NAS options and initial impressions of the Synology DS1813+.
NAS backup options, since Backblaze doesn't do network drives: CrashPlan (with widespread upload-speed issues), or Arq (with potentially expensive Amazon Glacier or S3 costs).
iWatch as identity, Bluetooth Low Energy and Siri in a watch, how regular people use iOS devices, iCloud and the Dropbox Datastore API, and targeting nerds.
Casey's fans at WWDC, Mac Pro followup, Xbox 180, revisiting larger-screen iPhones, predicting iOS 7 adoption, and pushing the boundaries of graphic design.
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Our theme song, too many to-do apps, Google I/O keynote reactions, localization, Google kicking Apple's butt in services, Google Play Music All Access Glass Map Hangouts, and Apple's quietly updated Javascript bridge.
Our theme song by Jonathan Mann -- follow his Song A Day on YouTube, and check out his site if you or your company would like a catchy, fun song. Thanks for the ATP theme song, Jonathan!
Casey and Marco get deluged with to-do app recommendations.
The difficulty in getting people to change to a new app, but conversely, the potential success for slightly differentiated apps in an otherwise crowded market.
Google I/O keynote reactions.
Localizing apps to different languages.
The sad state of iTunes Connect.
Staged rollouts, purchase analytics, beta testing, and the different developer attitudes of Apple and Google.
Why Google is consistently able to kick Apple's butt in services (and engineering?).
Tick-tock in iOS, PHP framework theory, passwordless logins, the Mac Mini's accidental success, the word "podcast", and Apple providing a sync platform for developers.
Laptops in school, getting tech jobs, mail servers and spam, Steve Jobs' direct commentary, WWDC tickets, going ticketless or watching WWDC videos at home, Cook's hints on the earnings call, bored consumers, and Marco's mom's first smartphone.
Laptops in school.
Getting a tech job with and without a college degree.
Running mail servers in today's spam environment.
Steve Jobs' unauthorized talking points.
The WWDC announcement and trying to get tickets.
Going to WWDC vs. a ticketless trip vs. watching the videos at home.
Apple's Q2 earnings and hints dropped during the call.
The tech industry's holding pattern with bored consumers.
Marco's mom buys her first smartphone, ignoring Marco's advice. Which one did she get?
Summly and Yahoo, retaining good tech talent, why iCloud sync doesn't work well, whether it's fixable, and whether you should use it even if it gets fixed.
Summly's acquisition by Yahoo, and what could have justified its price. (Marco, WSJ)
The quality of speech recognition.
Challenges of big tech companies such as Apple hiring and retaining great talent.
Buying a TV, regular people and high-DPI screens, the amazing Mac lineup that we barely care about, revisiting the Microsoft Store, and why Garageband's support of Audiobus is so interesting.
Google Reader shutting down, the RSS market and client architecture, demand for Google I/O and WWDC tickets, Apple pessimism, and diversifying the iPhone line.
The upcoming Google Reader shutdown.
The market for RSS today, and the way forward.
Client-side vs. server-side feed crawling.
Addressing excessive demand for WWDC and Google I/O tickets.
Apple pessimism is at an all-time high, even in the mainstream.
The Mac Pro's future, launch and app considerations for a bigger iPhone, Visual Studio's ease of use, the future of Objective C, and migrating a platform's API to a new language.
The role of the Mac Pro today.
How Apple might manage the launch of a bigger iPhone.
App design and auto-layout if the iPhone moves to multiple sizes and resolutions.
Visual Studio's learning curve vs. Xcode and Interface Builder.
The future of Objective C and the challenge of migrating a platform's API to a new language.
The PS4 announcement, the Xbox 1, old LAN gaming, Transport Tycoon, early CD-ROM adventure games, dumping old games onto iOS, dial-up modems, and the annoyance of gaming occasionally on a modern console.
The PS4 announcement, the Xbox 1, old LAN gaming, Transport Tycoon, early CD-ROM adventure games, dumping old games onto iOS, dial-up modems, and the annoyance of gaming occasionally on a modern console.