Waiting For Review

The new iOS landed last week, but why is it so hard to pin down what we love about iOS 12?

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This week, we talk about how we shouldn't feel the need to turn every side project into a money making idea. We also check in with Dave Wood and discuss his iPhone buying options.

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Dave Wood ponders a mic boom arm, both of us are on the fence about dark mode and we discuss the "Marzipan apps" within macOS Mojave.

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Lifting the lid on the pro's and con's of remaining paid up front, pricing an upgrade, and how to target an app's niche set of customers.

Dave Wood is commencing work on creating version 2.0 of his v…

Dave Nott falls down the rabbit hole of smart lighting and of course, we discuss the upcoming October Apple event that both of us might not get to watch live!

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A special episode this week, not only is Dave Nott podcasting from his car on a campsite, we have a new Macs! We discuss the newly announced MacBook Air and Mac Mini. Fear not, we'll be discussing th…

With Apple now requiring that we add privacy policies to our apps, we discuss how we might navigate this as indie developers, and unwrap our thoughts on privacy in the new age of GDPR.

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The new iPhones have landed, but did the Watch steal the show? We discuss the new devices and what they mean to us as both users and developers. Join us, for Waiting For Review!

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It was nearly a year ago that we were last discussing app architectures. A year on, and (hopefully) a year wiser, what more do we have to say about them… is there one architecture to rule them all?

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Dave Nott has a clear out and starts thinking of selling everything to get a new MacBook Pro. Rumors are breaking that a new Mac Mini might be on the horizon, along with a replacement for the 13″ Mac…

This week, we take a look at the quaterly earnings from Apple that came in last week. We try and make sense of what it means for us as one man indie dev shops, and where we think things might be head…

In this episode we come back to a discussion that started a few weeks ago. Dave Nott finds frustration in the command line, and Dave Wood spends some time there on a daily basis. We explore our diffe…

Apple updated the Macbook Pro, but do the current machines represent the end of the line? Links: Music by Broke For Free Attribution 3.0 United States (CC BY 3.0 US)

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After shutting up shop on Root-Digital, Dave Nott is re-evaluating his workflow and arrangements when working on two devices. Navigating the balancing act between synchronisation, backups and jumping…

This week, we take a look at the Apple TV and ask if it’s still relevant in the current landscape of competing products, what unique selling points it has, and the new unique selling points it could …

This week we have a somewhat heartfelt episode as Dave Nott shuts up the indie shop with his company and apps at Root Digital. Dave gets into what has driven this decision, and what is coming next. L…

In the first half of this episode we discuss Swift vs. Objective C and the wider community debate between the two. Is Swift a difficult language, and should new projects be started in anything other …

This week, we’re a bit overloaded with WWDC so we take a break and talk about Mac hardware, timely, as Dave Nott seems to have fallen down the hackintosh rabbit hole! Links: Music by Broke For Free A…

Continuing on from last week’s WWDC special, we take a deeper dive into three big parts of the WWDC keynote – performance, Marzipan and Siri Shortcuts. We consider what these developments will mean f…

Recorded just minutes after the keynote finished, we jump in to discuss our first thoughts and reactions to the WWDC keynote. Links: Music by Broke For Free Attribution 3.0 United States (CC BY 3.0 U…