Waiting For Review

WWDC is coming next week. We get into what we like about Xcode and the platform today, and what we’d love to see unfold at next week’s event in San Jose! Join us for Waiting For Review. Links: Music …

This week we steer slightly out of the Apple arena, and take a look at Google IO through the lens of iOS/Apple developers and diehards. There’s a lot to like in Google’s offerings, but is the grass a…

After a quick detour into VR and AR, we take a look at how we both learn, what our methods are, and we each came to find our own approaches to developing and maintaining our knowledge. Links: Music b…

It seems there’s some doubt as to whether Marzipan will be here this WWDC – in light of these rumors along with murmers of a new delcarative UI framework, we dive into what it could mean for writing …

Dave Nott is planning his new app, and it’s time to think about functionality, data models, and set up. We discuss some of the technical challenges ahead, and some of the questions that a developer s…

With new legislation coming into force next month, we pause and discuss how we plan to adapt and how we feel about data collection in general. Links: Music by Broke For Free Attribution 3.0 United St…

A therapy session for Dave Nott as we discuss how he may shut up shop, calling it a day for Root Digital, and what his plans are for making a comeback! Links: Music by Broke For Free Attribution 3.0 …

With rumors of arm based macs coming as soon as 2020, we discuss what that means for the Mac platform, where Marzipan fits in and we start to think how an all new “macOS” could play a role. And what …

With the education event having been and gone, we discuss the new iPad with pencil support, where we see the iPad Pro in light of the announcment, and discuss Apple’s approach to the educational mark…

We discuss past desktop machines, mac minis and cheese grater mac pros, before diving into WWDC and the experience of it. Should developers go? We weigh up the pro’s and con’s and what it would mean …

Developing apps independently can mean taking on a variety of responsibilities. We discuss services that you might want to hand off, and turn into “Someone Else’s Problem(™)” ! Apple is having their …

It’s hard to believe it’s been 10 years. This week we reflect on what we were doing when the SDK was announced and how we initially got into the world of iOS development. Links: Music by Broke For Fr…

It’s easy to think of Mac OS as a solved problem. We would disagree. This week we discuss what we think is lacking in Mac OS and what we’d like to see from a new, rethought OS, both as users, and dev…

Dave Nott plugs in a USB hard drive, Dave Wood goes for a 10k run and we get angry at the YouTube Apple TV App and Twitter for killing their Mac App. Business as usual! Links: Music by Broke For Free…

What form will the new Mac Pro take? Will it really be as upgradable as we’re all hoping? Is it the right machine for an indie developer in light of the recent iMac Pro? There is much to discuss! Lin…

Apps getting rejected for using emoji, a catch up on our new apps and Dave Nott has an identity crisis! Links: Music by Broke For Free Attribution 3.0 United States (CC BY 3.0 US)

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After a brief detour of how we manage our Twitter presence, we discuss the next iteration of AR Kit. We ask how we see the technology evolving, and how Apple can help get it in the hands of more peop…

A year in, we give a glimpse at how we produce the show (especially with Dave Wood being in New Zealand!) and discuss how we would like to see the show and its surrounging community evolve. Links: Mu…

A mini therapy session for Dave Nott as he’s having trouble being found via the app store search. Links: Music by Broke For Free Attribution 3.0 United States (CC BY 3.0 US)

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We discuss Marzipan, a rumoured new way to develop universal apps for iOS and macOS. We walk through what this could mean for the industry as a whole, and more specifically, for our own apps. Links: …