Tim Mitra
Co-Host of More Than Just Code podcast - iOS and Swift development, news and advice
founder, host Timothy Mitra is an engineering manager, iOS engineer, artist, podcaster, writer, editor and instructor. Tim has been developing solutions since the early nineties working with mobile apps, databases, apis, and web sites. He brings over 35 years of extensive knowledge of desktop systems, graphic arts, digital publishing and the creative process. In 2009, Tim pivoted to focus on iOS, SwiftUI, Swift, Objective-C and iPhone & iPad app development and has published several successful apps on Apple’s App Store. Tim has taught iOS and macOS development and has created tech articles & videos for Apple and raywenderlich.com. Tim is currently a Development Manager at a large Canadian bank. Tim also hosts Spock Cast podcast. Tim also produces the More Than Just Code podcast.
Tim Mitra has hosted 328 Episodes.
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Episode 54: The Fellowship of Swift
August 28th, 2015 | 1 hr 31 mins
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Episode 53: Deciding Where the Exclamation Marks Go
August 22nd, 2015 | 1 hr 14 mins
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Episode 52: The Aaron App Store
August 15th, 2015 | 1 hr 26 mins
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Episode 51: Twitter, You're Holding It Wrong
August 8th, 2015 | 1 hr 41 mins
This week we discuss all kinds of social networking tools prompted by Twitter's report on slowing user growth. We discuss how the various popular social networking tools are used by the general public and it skews differently for those of us in the tech sector.
Picks: pttrns.com, bloc app, App Icon Template. Tim discusses Bed Debugging in the aftershow. -
Episode 50: Do You Have O(air conditioning)?
August 1st, 2015 | 1 hr 13 mins
This week we follow up on Apple Music issues, iTunes, the judicious use of shitty code with Design Stamina Hypothesis and Apple's rumored Car. Greg and Aaron go on a couple of tangents on AI and the new Cross Point memory. Our Picks: Ghostery, open source Objective-C, ASCIIwwdc, Paint Code and Telekinesis (beta).
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Episode 49: We Say Ship it!
July 25th, 2015 | 1 hr 24 mins
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Episode 48: Preparing for Disaster & Other Vestigial Tales
July 18th, 2015 | 1 hr 12 mins
We talk about the new iPod Touch, the oddity of cellular minutes, follow up on REPL & Swift scripting on the command line and the new lower app pricing tier in emerging markets. Picks: Free App Preview Music, AltConf 2015 and Swift Summit videos.
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Episode 47: Psst! Wanna Buy an App?
July 12th, 2015 | 1 hr 12 mins
We continue the discussion on the value of apps, how apps are priced and the cost of building apps in terms of time and effort. We discuss some of our own experiences with marketing, pricing, sales, discoverability, and whether ads are beneficial in apps.
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Episode 46: Oh Canada Edition
July 4th, 2015 | 1 hr 21 mins
Aaron and Greg dig deep into the creation of Magpie. We discuss Brent Simmons post on building apps with Love. We talk about becoming a successful developer and how to measure a senior developer. Picks: Edovia, Apple RSVP and Background Backup.
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Episode 42: Trust: Would I lie to you?
June 7th, 2015 | 1 hr 29 mins
We discuss Google I/O 2015, Tim Cook's criticism of Google and Facebook's potential misuse of people's privacy. We discuss job focus, the need for developers to focus on the new products and frameworks introduced at WWDC. Picks: Google Photos and Re:quest
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Episode 30: #30 - Apple Watch, MacBook and Bears
March 14th, 2015 | 1 hr 19 mins
NB Updated: We follow up on "software engineer”, TestFlight beta testing, Apple’s Spring Forward 2015: Watch pricing, new MacBook and ResearchKit as consumers and developers. Our Picks: Magisto, Apple Watch sizing guide, ColorSafe and ScreenShot Builder.
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Episode 29: #29 - Professional Watch Speculation with Greg Heo
March 6th, 2015 | 1 hr 22 mins
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We welcome guest-host Greg Heo. We discuss CrossyRoad earning $10 million, follow up on Pebble vs Apple, Apple’s “Spring Forward” March 9, 2015 & we discuss dev code of ethics Picks: Monodraw, UIApplicationOpenSettingsURLString, MixYourWatch.com, Appcode
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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
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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
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Episode 26: #26 - Moving Swift-ly wearing banana hats - Ding!
February 12th, 2015 | 1 hr 3 mins
We discuss the release of Swift 1.2 & Xcode 6.3 betas. We discuss the recently completely RWDevCon in Washington, DC. The conference used a tutorial style presentation. Picks - Wordboard Keyboard, Controlling Complexity in Swift, Contact Archiver
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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.