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Episode 289: Flattening the Curve

March 14th, 2020  |  1 hr 44 mins

aaron douglas, adobe connect, agnes, alt conf, alta vista, app store, ask jeeves, astropad, bell curve, blood oxygen, bmw, byte conf, carbon computing, ces, clorox, composable, conference call bingo, covid-19, craig ferguson, decorative, digital printed, don river, e3, ekg, electronic expo, fda, fitbit, foodora, forged in fire, gang of four, gaussian curve, google, grateful dead, ios 14, ipad, ipad air, iphone 4, it crowd, java, john wetton, kewl, lauren moon, lego maters, lycos, macbook pro, march break, microsoft developer, mit, mtv, mute, new rochelle, peopleware, peter capaldi, philadelphia, programmer, push notifications, quartet, raptors, reality tv, riddiculousness, rita wilson, riverdale, russian nesting dolls, santa clara county, sap concur, scott forestall, slack, sopranos, spam, spanish flu, st louis, staff pad, steve jobs, symphony pro, t-pain, tachymeter, the mast singer, tom hanks, tomomi imura, trello, watchos 6, wfh, whiteboard, who, who doctor, will arnett, wishbone ash, world war z, wwdc, yahoo

We follow up on home delivery of Apple products, music scoring apps, and Byte Conf online conference. In reaction to the COVID-19 pandemic Apple tells employees to work from home, tells consumers that they can disinfect their iPhones, Microsoft launches and online conference, and we discuss how cancelling events and self-quarantines save lives, by flattening the curve.Apple will fix third-generation iPad Air screens that permanently go black. Apple Watches may soon detect blood oxygen levels. Apple Watch Series 6 and watchOS 7 to include 'Infograph Pro' with tachymeter, Schooltime and kids mode, sleep tracking and more. Apple has updated App Store Review Guidelines on spam, Push Notifications, App Store Reviews and MDM Apps. Composable Decorators vs. Imperative Utility Methods. Whaddaya Mean, You Can’t Find Programmers? Picks: Doodles-as-A-Service Repo, The Best Advice For Remote Work Success From 10 Global Teams.

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Episode 278: Introducing the Mac Pro Max

December 14th, 2019  |  1 hr 25 mins

1.5 tb ram, 28 core, abbey road, activation lock, adobe illustrator, affinity by serif, agfa, alexander knox, amazon echo, apache, app store closure, apple card, apple music, apple tile, astropad, aws, ballad of john and yoko, batwoman, big bird, bmw, brainiac 5, brandon routh, brian kerbs, burt ward, car play, caroll spiney, casey & finnagen, cashew chicken, catalina, cbc, color studio, conversational ai, crisis on infinite earth, cups, customer support, daniel tiger, distressed, dr who, duke of york, emacs, ernie coobs, face id, flo & eddie, fourier, fred rogers, home pod, httpd.conf, idris alba, imagewriter, intel xeon w, ios 13, ios 13.3, jason mamoa, joe ceiplinski, john cryer, joy cons, kansas city, line feed printer, location services, mac mini, mac pro, mac pro max, margret hamilton, mark twain, marvelous mrs mazel, mississippi, missouri, more from orc, mr dressup, my dinner with jimi, nanotexture, new amsterdam, new yorker, no time to die, oscar the grouch, patina, perl, pro display xdr, project catalyst, python 3, rackmount, rick & morty, ruby, rypress, sally phelps, sasha baren cohen, see, self sizing, sesame street, smallville, spockcast, springfields, supergirl, switch, tablecell sizing, tam, tcc, the report, the six, the spy, the turtles, tim conroy, tom sawyer, ultra wide band, urlrequest, uwb, vi, watergate, wicked witch of the west, will weaton, zsh

We find out what Jaime was up to last week. Our fact check covers using the Switch Pro Controller, the other Margret Hamilton and line feed printers. We also talk about Mr Dressup and remember Caroll Spinney. We follow up on the iPhone 11 Pro’s Location Data Puzzler, App Store Connect Holiday Schedule, BMW's CarPlay about-face, 59 Shortcuts for Emacs 23.2.1, and Fourier transform for dummies. The Mac Pro and Pro Display XDR are now available for order. We continue on the ethical implications of conversational AI and the patina of our Apple Cards. iOS 13 brings easier crypto APIs with the CryptoKit framework. Self Sizing Table View Cells In Interface Builder. Apple releases macOS Catalina 10.15.2, iOS, and iPadOS 13.3. Picks: Python for Beginners