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

Episode 271: Cheetos Finger Hot Dog Stylus

October 26th, 2019  |  1 hr 14 mins

amazon pay, appl, apple pay, astropad studio, at&t stadium, azure, buffalo bills, catalyst, chris hadfield, click to pay, core data, cra, dallas cowboys, dorian, dracula, edvard munck, elevate, emv, end game, eric clapton, galaxy s10, gddp, gerry world, gift cards, google, hasan manaj, jodi kovitz, letterboxd, life in 12 bars, luna display, mac app store, mac pro, mac to mac, madewiththis.com, matt rogue, microsoft, mint.com, mixolydian, mountain lion, nfc, nshipster, oauth2, patriot act, pentatonic, pilgrims, pixel 4, pixelmater pro, pro display xdr, rsa, s1, scales & modes, screen scraping, security, selling england by the pound, side car, sign in with apple, softbank, spaniel, star wars, starbucks, steve hackett, two sides of canada, verified.me, visual studio code, we work

This week we follow up on Move the Dial, how AstroPad HQ is dealing with being "Sherlocked", Apple surpasses Microsoft, and apps merged from iPad to Mac have troubles with user charges. We dig into security foibles with Google's Pixel 4 and Samsungs Galaxy 10. Apple Pay has overtaken Starbucks as a payment platform. Apple has implemented OpenID Connect with Sign in with Apple. SoftBank to Take Majority Stake in WeWork. There is a looming EMV "Y2K Moment". Picks: Dracula — A dark theme for Visual Studio Code and 50+ apps, Pixelmator Pro - on sale, Creative Things: A Collection Of Creative THINGS From Around The World.

Outro by voiceover artist — Mike Vinakmens.

Episode 249: The WWDC Over Under

June 1st, 2019  |  1 hr 44 mins

a round, abi stability, alexa, apollo 11, app store, app store connect, arcade, beacon, bobby orr, bruins, burritos, clive thompson, coders, conffriends, confirmation bias, core data, core ml 3, cortana, costco, create ml ios, create ml2, creative cloud, dave verwer, diffing, dropbox, dubdub+, ec2, eddie cue, embrace, facebook, fitbitpay, flipboard, gambling, gamekit, github, google home, habitant, in app purchase, ios, ios 13 dark mode, iosdevjobs, iosdevweekly, ipad, iphone se, jonathan kuelein, keynote, luna display, mark pavlidis, marzipan preview, mobileme, mta, multiple users, music and tv, namrata banekar, nes classic, nfc, nora young, nsfetchedresultscontroller, nyc, parties, petstore.com, phil shoemaker, raptors, rejection, royal wedding, sean allen, services apis, siri skills, size classes, sjmacindie, spark, spritekit, stanford, startup, subscriptions, swift playgrounds, tacow, the mighty scale beast, thoughtbot, trudeau, tvos, twitch tv, virtual assistant, virtual queueing, watchos, wwdc app, wwdc bingo, wwdc lottery, wwdc videos, xcode for ipad

It's no surprise that WWDC is the main subject of the episode. We follow up on Mark Pavlidis' talk on subscriptions. We follow on another post about troubles dealing with App Store Connect. The App Store has also published their Principles and Practices. We discuss Swift 5.1's Ordered Collection Diffing. We retell our WWDC ticketing experiences around Jaime's 'My WWDC Sob Story'. Apple Pay debuts on NYC's MTA. Flipboard adds yet another password breach. Worldwide Costco Tour 2019. Announcing GitHub Sponsors. Candid Advice For Those Joining The Startup World. Gender bias supported by female voiced assistants. Canada's PM Trudeau warns of 'meaningful financial consequences' for social media giants. iOS 13 Dark Mode, Music and TV apps screenshot leaks. We discuss what we wish to be announced at WWDC and what we think is likely to be announced at WWDC? Picks: Join Sean Allen as he posts his live WWDC reactions on TwitchTV. WWDC by Sundell. iOS Dev Jobs. Coders: The Making of a New Tribe and the Remaking of the World. Creative Cloud trial. After show: WWDC events.

Episode 246: Google I/O Highlights and WWDC Preview

May 11th, 2019  |  1 hr 18 mins

5g, adaptive battery, amazon, anchor, android 10, animojis, anki overdrive, app builders, apple park, apple pay, apple store, ar core, authy, azure, bandstand, books inc, brick, cbsa, codewarrior, cortana, customs, dark mode, duet display, eaton centre, f8, foldable, geico, goaltender, google authenticator, google i/o, google nest, green torch, hockey, home indicator, home kit, home pod, hyper card, icloud backup, ios 13, iphone se, luna display, luongo, microsoft build, music app, pixel 3a, platform state of the union, playoffs, podcast app, project euphonia, reminders, seattle, smart relay, smart reply, st louis blues, summer reading, switzerland, tile, tsa, visual studio code, walrus, watchos, works with nest, wwdc

We follow up on filling up the net. The UK government will now accept Apple and Google Pay. Lawyer's phone and laptop seizes for not sharing passwords. Apple Park video shows mystery rainbow stage. We discuss highlights from Google I/O 2019. We discuss the rumored items to be announced at WWDC 2019. Picks: App Builders Switzerland 2019. Getting an iPhone activated at the Apple Store.

Episode 243: The Dark Side of the Luna

April 20th, 2019  |  1 hr 23 mins

apfs, apple podcasts, apple watch, astrohq, astropad studio, aura pro, boston, castro, cbc spark, cesare rocci, chipotle, cottonbureau, credential stuffing, ctv, datacoup, drag & drop, etch-a-sketch, facebook, fireside, flying buttress, foursquare, game of thrones, gnosticplayers, greg heo, hawaii 5-0, ifixit, intel, ios 13, iphone, jetdrive, jonatan kuehlein, kansas, kerry livgren, luna display, m.2, magnus opus, marquee, matt hogan, megaphone, messenger, mineral rights, norah young, notre dame, nvme, overcast, peace_of_mind, phil earhart, photos app, pocketcasts, podrover, point of no return, porsche, powerbeats pro, prolog, qualcomm, rockman, roundabout, royal ontario museum, safari 13, screen print, sidecar, steve hackett, steve morse, steve walsh, subscriptions, swarm, tedx, teespring, todd mcleland, tom shultz, touch id, transend, truesize, tsmc, volkswagen, wars of the roses, xavier kuehlein

We respond to #askMTJC on podcasts cover art and phones with three back cameras. Apple improves subscriptions to prevent accidental enrollment. Apple and Qualcomm settle multiple claims against each other. A low-end iPhone may be coming in 2020. A hacker has dumped nearly a billion accounts. A new service will let you sell your own data to companies. Facebook Messenger to return to the main app and more. We discuss new features that may come to iOS 13. Apple is planning its own iPad as secondary display like Luna Display. Listening to podcasts on Apple Watch is a sleeper hit. Picks: Photographer takes apart everyday gadgets to reveal their inner workings, How to learn Prolog by watching Game of Thrones. After show: Kansas, the T-shirt saga, Notre Dame and Hawaii.

Episode 227: They're Everywhere! They're Everywhere!

December 29th, 2018  |  1 hr 6 mins

accessibility, adam armstrong, affinity designer, airplay, amend, app store, appl, apple give back, apple music, apple stock, apple store, arkit, astropad studio, austin, bendgate, beyond meat, boxing day, buddy build, bullwinkle & rocky, charles proxy for ios, clip studio paint, compensation, cost of living, coursera, create ml, csis, denver, downton abbey, dudley do-right, equity compensation, escape key, flack, fourier analysis, gdpr, ghostery lite, home alone, home pod, ibm watson, ipad 9.7, ipad pro, iphone os sdk, logitech crayon, luna display, macbook air 2018, machine learning, marathon, mcafee, memoji, mini vmac, minimoog model d, mp3, neuroplasticity, nsnorth, pcalc, promo codes, rcmp, require attention, san jose, seattle, skydio r1, stanley cup, susan kare, suzanne vega, testflight, this is your brian on music, token, tom’s diner, tunnel bear, turi create, uber, vesting, wwdc 2018, xcode treasures

We fact check on CSIS, overtime hockey, defeating Face ID, and git commit --amend. #askMTJC brings up promo codes for IAP and the bands on the Stanley Cup. Apple stock sees its best performance in five years. The main topic is top paying tech companies in 2018 and comparative compensation vs cost of living. We review the highlights of the More Than Just Code podcast in 2018. We also choose our top picks for 2018. Picks: Google Home Alone

Episode 226: Bendgate Pro

December 22nd, 2018  |  1 hr 20 mins

8-bit guy, alaska airlines, aluminium, amazon echo, amazon fire tv, android, apple books, apple music, apple pencil, apple tv, applecare, atari 2600, bendgate pro, bill cosby, c64 mini, charlie brown, chico’s tacos, commodore vic20, connect, culver city, curtis herbert, cydia, dallas, dhx media, egypt station, el paso, esim, face id, functional swift, gatekeeper, genesis, hockey hall of fame, home pod, iap gifts, infinity blade, ipad pro, jailbroken, jane heo, jay freeman, kdrama, kdramamamas, luna display, lyft, maple leafs, mercator projection, metallurgy, mutable state, nathan phillips square, new york rangers, nhl, nintendo, overtime, paperlike, paul mccartney, peanuts, pinterest, poutine, protocol, real size, salad king, seattle mariners, sega, slopes, snoopy, spell check, standard library, stanley cup, stem, t-mobile park, texas, the other app store, turing create, uber, ugly sweater, verison, victor von doom, windows sandbox, yeti

This week Greg Heo leads the crew as they discuss the Windows 95 ugly holiday sweater, NHL hockey overtime 3 on 3, and protocol conformance. We follow up on Apple shutting down Music’s Connect feature, Sega Genesis Classics are playable on Amazon Fire, the C64 Mini, Windows Sandbox, Apple is producing new Peanuts content, breaking into Amazon face recognition with 3D printed heads, T-Mobile eSIM support, Apple will allow IAP gifted to Friends & Family. Apple will build new campus in Austin and add jobs across the US. Cydia Store shuts down. Apple confirms some iPad Pros ship slightly bent, but says it’s normal. Picks: Xcode Comment-Spell-Checker, 6 Audio books on Apple Books, The 8-Bit Guy, Functional Swift 2018 videos, MagazineLayout

Episode 224: Siri, Open The Pod Bay Doors

December 8th, 2018  |  1 hr 13 mins

5g, after dark, air pods, apple, at&t, bandgeek, bath & beyond, bed, behaviors, chanukah, chopin, cocktail party effect, dark castle, dr who, echo, entrepreneurs, esim, federico viticci, florida, flying toasters, freddy mercury, github, google home hub, hawaii, home bridge, home pod, homekit, joe cieplinski, jordan morgan, kansas, luna display, marc martel, miami, myopia, new england patriots, openurl(:_), partitioning, philip shoemaker, please don’t touch, qi, qualcomm, queen, rene richie, seattle, settings, siri, siri shortcuts, steve hackett, steve walsh, system 6.0.8, washinton dc, wendies, wireless charging, workflow, wwdc, xcode, xmas, ḥanukah

We discuss using Siri to access application settings in our #askMTJC. We fact check on Indian Partitioning dates. We follow up on Apple Music arriving on Amazon’s Echo, Apple vs Qualcomm trial date set, 5G iPhone maybe as late as 2020, wireless charging for AirPods and AT&T first to support eSim. We discuss changing laws with GitHub pull requests. Apple's program for women entrepreneur developers. Siri Shortcuts Not Working for many people. Real-time text support for Wi-Fi calling. Touch ID used in app scams to bilk users. Picks: Xcode Short Cuts, Run macOS on iPad, Play Retro Dark Castle on iPad with System 6.0.8, Optimizing Siri on HomePod in Far‑Field Settings

Episode 223: With Scary Air Quotes

December 1st, 2018  |  1 hr 22 mins

1947, alibaba, amazon pay, amazon re: invent, apple tv 4k, as it happens, august 14, august 25, aws blockchain, aws certification, bangladesh, bell media, bill 101, blackout, ceylon, chester, code mobile, creative selection, cut diamond in lincoln, cydia, direct tv, dr who, dropbox, faang stocks, freemium, functional swift, ikea, illinois brick case, interac, ios dev uk, jay freeman, leonardo dicaprio, luna display, macbook air, redding, rosa parks, skydio, sportsnet, sri lanka, stratecery, subethaedit, subscriptions, sunday’s nfl ticket, supreme court, titanic, topology eyewear, uibackbarbuttonitem, union square, venmo, visa, west pakistan, with scary air quotes

We follow up on #askMTJC about NFL blackouts, Canadian sports channel, and Canada's Bill 101. We follow up on Jony Ive designed diamond ring, App Store Connect holiday closure, iPhone XR price drop in Japan, and surprisingly the iPhone XR is Apple's best seller. We also follow up on Black Friday 2018 deals. Amazon introduces it's own Arm processor, and Amazon Pay will take on Apple Pay. The US Supreme Court is to decide if Apple can be sued for high prices and its monopoly. Picks: Amazon’s own ‘Machine Learning University’ now available to all developers, simctl - NSHipster, Linking to Subscription Management Settings, SubEthaEdit open source, Creative Selection: Inside Apple's Design Process During the Golden Age of Steve Jobs.

Episode 217: On the Up and Up

October 20th, 2018  |  1 hr 14 mins

501st legion, affinity designer, all creatures great and small, amazon, apple tv, apple watch, application loader, astropad studio, autonomous, bbc america, capital one, carrie fisher, cbc, christoper eccleston, command shift 5, computer vison, david tennant, deep fakes, dr who, eaton’s centre, gallifrey, gdpr, geek bench, genius bar, google, ifixit, illustrator, iphone battery, jon pertwee, logic pro x, louis rossman, luna display, machine learning, matt smith, michael jackson, nest camera, non-hodgkin’s lymphoma, nordstrom’s, palo alto, paul allen, peter capaldi, peter cushing, peter davidson, photoshop, privacy, repairs, right to repair, secrets & lies, series 2, shana scarlett, skydio r1, sonic screwdriver, space tv, star trek: discovery, supergirl, swift & fika, tardis, tesla, tls, tom baker, two factor authentication, william hartner, yorkdale mall

We follow up on watching Dr Who in the US without cable, iOS 12 adoption is greater than iOS 11 a year ago, FaceBook will in fact track you via Portal in-home. Apple plans to give video content away to Apple device owners for free. We dig in on the cost to repair Apple gear; the right to repair and past examples of Apple's efforts to improve experience at the cost of speed. Adobe has announced Photoshop CC for iPad. Apple will allow users in the US to download all the info Apple has on them. Picks: Watch Apple, Amazon, Google & Tesla solve delivery problems, Cmd-Shift-5, Luna Display, The Illustrated TLS Connection, Swift & Fika 2018, Skydio’s self-flying drone can now be controlled using just an Apple Watch.

Episode 216: Bananas & Lies

October 13th, 2018  |  59 mins 56 secs

360idev article, alan turing, alfred hobbs, apple logo, astro pad, bananas, beaucoup, bloomberg, blue tooth, brexit, buzz aldrin, clion, dave wiskus, day light savings, enigma machine, face time, facebook, facebook portal, first man, google plus, hockey, jet brains, kotin, lapel pins, light saber bug, luna display, matt rouge, navajo talkers, notch, ny comicon, public betas, repl, saqib shaikh, security sticker, sensor area, spark, super micro, swift packages, the big hack, topsy, turtle graphics, us congress, vector, wikipedia, yaml

We answer our askMTJC from Paul Wilkinson about eSim support and Aussie Apple retail pricing. Tim discusses his Apollo XI T-shirt and Wikipedia's support drive. We follow up on Testflight public betas which inspire a new site, Google Plus is shutting down, Secrets & Lies, and Facebook Portal introduces new smart screens for the home. 3D Bananas are the new scale of processor performance. Another follow up on Saqib Shaikh as he appears on CBC's Spark. Luna Display is available for sale. We discuss iOS 12 and Core Data External Binary Data Storage, State of Developer Ecosystem, Apple vs the Big Hack, Aussie Day Light Savings Apple Watch bug, iOS 12.0.1 bug fixes, and Apple's overpriced repairs. Picks: The Apple II Source Code for the LOGO Language Found, CodeMobile Weekly Episode 2: A fireside chat with Jaime Lopez, Designing Websites for iPhone X, REPL Support for Swift Packages.