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Episode 305: WWDC 2020: The Missing Manual

July 4th, 2020  |  1 hr 46 mins

5g, 6802, a12z, app store reviews, apple design awards, apple silicon, apple stores, autocad, basecamp, blender, collectionview, debugging, dell ultrasharp 27 4k ips monitor:, developer transition kit, dtk, face shield, fcc, fruitia, fusion3d, grids, head, hey, high power, huawei, ibm, instruments, iphone 11, james dempsey, kirk clifton, liki song, low power, macbook pro 16, mchenry, millionaire app, mos technology, moscone west, motorola, music notation, pat salo, paul hudson, phasset, photos framework, port key, powerpc, pro display xdr, pyramid of doom, quidditch cup, rene ritche, salad bar, sandwiches, scribble, serenity caldwell, shapr3d, snapshots, snowman, soup chef, staff pad, swan’s quest, swift type inference, swiftui, tableview controller, the missing manual, tinkercad, unsafe swift, usb-c, view context, voices that matter, watch party, where cards that fall, widgetkit, widgets, wwdc videos, xcode 12

We fact check on Sherlock, Apple's 3 major transitions which we got two thirds correct, Scribble, WWDC demo apps, and port keys. In the follow up: First benchmarks surface for Apple's ARM-based Developer Transition Kit. Apple races to push ahead with 5G iPhone mass production. Apple to re-close 30 more stores due to coronavirus outbreaks. Basecamp’s protest of Apple’s policies is already benefiting other developers. In the main: WWDC20: Wrap up and recommended talks. Getting started with WidgetKit. Integrating Core Data with SwiftUI. Building Grids in SwiftUI 2.0 for iOS 14. Picks: Fuita Building a Feature Rich app with SwiftUI, Spapr3D. I love this app BUT!, Instruments icon mesh challenge, Something I notice from Apple was using variables for smaller chunks of code.

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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