Mark E. Rubin

Episode 28: #28 - Sour Cream Glazed Arduino Kits

February 27th, 2015  |  1 hr 23 mins

We discuss the launch of Pebble Time, Origami 2.0, Apple’s Pay Once & Pay and Tim Horton’s Rollup the Rim. We discuss nerdlearn on Apple Watch. Picks: Reflector App, Alto’s Adventure, LittleBits Arduino Coding Kit & Hand Turkeys

Episode 27: #27 - Great, Billowing Clouds of Smoke

February 20th, 2015  |  1 hr 12 mins

We speculate on the rumored Apple Car, the Other App Store, Pinterest app share sheets, "Pay once, play many" feature. We debate required developer enrollment charge and 70/30 revenue split Picks: AsyncDisplayKit, Giflay, Hotel Tonight, Core Animator

Episode 25: #25 Swift and the Final word on Zombies.

February 8th, 2015  |  55 mins 48 secs

We discuss Trends in Mobile Apps in 2014, the use of 'final' modifier in Swift and the growth of zombie apps on the app store. This week's picks: Apple's Mystery Car, PhoneExpander, Gentlemen...Ricochet Mini! and building Frameworks in iOS 8.

Episode 24: #24 - Just Add Water

January 31st, 2015  |  1 hr 13 secs

We discuss the Betty Crocker approach to on boarding, Charles Parry's follow up the State of the App Store, in light of numbers released by Marco Arment and Ustwo. Picks: Material Palette, Apple's Quarterly Income, Pocket and the Super Bowl.

Episode 23: #23 - Microsoft and the Holographic Blankets and Cats

January 22nd, 2015  |  1 hr 7 mins

We discuss Microsoft’s keynote on Windows 10, Projects Spatan, Cortana & Xbox Live and Hololens. We discuss Duolingo Test Center pure swift. Picks Kahn Academy for the iPad, Super Secret Service, Order Ahead, Pizza Splat, iNacho & Cyber Dust

Episode 22: #22 - Indie Dev by the Numbers

January 18th, 2015  |  1 hr 10 mins

dash, monument valley, nsnorth, overcast, swift

We discuss the recent app incomes published for Overcast, Monument Valley and Dash. Quoting on jobs for studio and indie development, UI design in Asian markets & traveling to NSNorth. Picks: Swap Heroes, Curved Labs Macintosh Facelift and Anki Drive.

Episode 21: #21 - Swift, Ready or Not Here It Comes

January 8th, 2015  |  1 hr 5 mins

Audio File Corrected: We discuss the use of Swift in production apps & relate our experiences working with Xcode and Swift 1.1. We discuss the reaction to a post by Marco Arment Picks; Smash Hit, Piskell, AV Audio Engine, Printrbot Simple Metal 3D printer

Episode 19: #19 Inside Moneyball and steak dinners

December 11th, 2014  |  1 hr 7 mins

This we we discuss more post-review rejections on the App Store, IBM and Apple announce apps for the Enterprise and Rob Rhynes article on professional app pricing. This weeks picks; Golfinity & Desert Golf, MMWormhole, Clockwork Brain and The Glass Age.

Episode 17: #17 Why Did the Chicken Crossy the Road?

November 27th, 2014  |  1 hr 18 secs

We follow up on hiring iOS developers, changes to Twitter’s API and holding back deep search features. Picks with Crossy Road, Apple’s TestFlight on ITC, Screeny, Monument Valley’s additional (RED) chapter and 3rd Edition of iOS 6 By Tutorials.

Episode 16: #16 That Time When Art & Technology Met

November 20th, 2014  |  1 hr 5 mins

We discuss the arrival of WatchKit, we follow up on Technical Job interviews and on GT Advanced Technologies. Picks are Atlantic.net, the Target In Store and Monument Valley app update, buyer’s perception of value and the challenges developers face.

Episode 15: #15 Guy Kawasaki's choice shocks MTJC

November 12th, 2014  |  47 mins 3 secs

We discuss the fate of sapphire manufacturer, rumors of devs going android 1st, Guy Kawasaki’s phone, iMessage deregistering tool, iOS exploits. Follow up iOS 8 adoption, reduced review times,Xcode bugs. Picks: Post-It Plus & building an Apple 1.

Episode 14: #14 Cracking the iOS Job Interview

November 6th, 2014  |  1 hr 8 mins

We discuss the challenges of iOS job interviews for the rest of us. We also revisit native mobile app versus web apps. We discuss Ben Thompson’s post on how Apple leverages Apple Pay. This weeks picks is an Apple Watch Simulator - Happy Watch

Episode 13: #13 The Apple Pay Menace

October 30th, 2014  |  1 hr 4 secs

We discuss major retailers blocking the use of Apple Pay in favor of MCX's CurrentC solution and CurrentC's challenges with recent hacks and unease of use. We discuss James Thompson's PCalc, both featured and threaten with removal on the Apple Store.

Episode 12: #12 MAS Exodus in the Air 2

October 23rd, 2014  |  1 hr 7 mins

This week we discuss the challenges of publishing OS X apps on the Mac App Store and the challenge of publishing apps specifically for the iPad. Weekly picks: Apple Pay, MapKit API, Battery Doctor and RWDevCon. Listen the podcast for a discount code.

Episode 11: #11 - Apple trise to rise to the top while we race to the bottom

October 17th, 2014  |  1 hr 4 mins

We discuss the Apple’s Oct 16, 2014 press conference. We discuss Apple Pay, WatchKit, iOS 8.1, Yosemite, the new iPad Air 2, the iPad lineup and the new iMac 27 with Retina. We also discuss BBEdit’s decision to leave the app store, apps Clips and iDraw.

Episode 10: #10 - I am the one who knocks. I am Yosemite!

October 9th, 2014  |  1 hr 11 mins

This week we ponder the significance of Apple’s upcoming October 16th press conference, It’s been far too long. Will there be a new iPad, or Mac’s? What mountains will Apple climb next? We look at Estimote’s iBeacon SDK, Wdgts, Prompt, Moleskin & Evernote