More Than Just Code podcast - iOS and Swift development, news and advice

Episode 38: #38 - Performing Triage on Your Wrist

May 7th, 2015  |  1 hr 17 mins

We discuss the WeAreWearables Meetup, interacting with apps, activity, speculate about Siri, Cortana and Google Now API access. Using buttons, force touch and the Digital Crown. We talk discoveryd. Picks: Star Wars X-Wing, Apple Watch tips, Linkitz

Episode 37: #37 - Aaron's Apple Watch Strikes Out

May 2nd, 2015  |  1 hr 18 mins

This week Aaron and Tim discuss their first impressions of using the watch. We discuss Apple's ability to sell the world on a new product with hinging on specifications. Picks: Noodles!

Episode 36: #36 - Special Opportunities

April 27th, 2015  |  1 hr 1 min

This week we discuss Apple's lottery for developers to receive Apple Watches expedited, WatchAware.com aggregates the approved Watch apps. We discuss Apple Watch band patents, Google Fi cellular service. Picks this week are Growth.supply and CSUnplugged.

Episode 35: #35 - Dear Developer Letters

April 19th, 2015  |  1 hr 14 mins

This week we discuss WWDC 2015 and ticket lottery. Jaime and Tim discuss their experiences at NSNorth at the Chateau Montebello. The team discusses the Apple Watch try on experiences at the Apple Store. We also discuss the new Glide Kickstarter campaign.

Episode 34: #34 - Waiting With the Rest of Us

April 11th, 2015  |  1 hr 16 mins

We discuss the 2015 Developer Survey from StackOverflow. We discuss whether Apple's pro hardware and software has stalled. We discuss the flood of reviews with the lifting of the Apple Watch review embargo. Picks: Adobe apps, IGInterfaceDataTable

Episode 33: #33 - What's on your Apple Watch?

April 3rd, 2015  |  1 hr 19 mins

We discuss on App marketing, developer burn-out, April Fools, Visual Tests on Playgrounds, Pi Day Countdown, Periscope as Tim live reviews it, while broadcasting to Periscope. We discuss the Apple TV SDK and the HBO deal with Apple.

Episode 32: #32 - WTF: Why the Facebook?

March 28th, 2015  |  1 hr 22 mins

We discuss the challenges of marketing your app from a developer perspective, Facebook's F8, Instagram's Layout vs Mike Swanson's Layout. The cross-platform crisis that developing for the Apple Watch. Picks: Becoming Steve Jobs, Launcher and Mr Jump

Episode 31: #31-Palo Alto's Lucky Day

March 19th, 2015  |  55 mins 47 secs

We follow up on TestFlight Beta and ResearchKit. We discuss our thoughts on use cases for the Apple Watch. Aaron talks about NSNorth and Farley Caesar's Functional Swift talk at TACOW. Jaime picks Video Backgrounds in iOS apps and Tim discusses Mackup.

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.

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

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 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

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