
Episode 207: Back To School Special
08/11/18 • 90 min
It's our 4th anniversary and we follow up on the Touch Bar tricks and old developer CDs. A larger iPhone X size is rumored. CBC's audio piece on Shipocalypse covers how shipping has changed. Android 9 gets named Pie. iOS 12 also may indicate an iPad with a rounded cornered display. We discuss the Apps of the World infographic. Steve Jobs final 5 words for Lisa. WannaCry worm attacks Apple Supplier. Picks: Xcode-install, Away Mode skill for Amazon Alexa, DarkCode, Extending UIActivityViewController, Elastic Tabstops
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- MTJC Podcast on Twitter: "More real-time follow up. Flick the sound icon on the Touch Bar to change the volume (or screen brightness) https://t.co/jfXPKXR4eR... https://t.co/jH4icszOfe"
- Greg Heo on Twitter: "@timmitra Tim! Touch bar tips for brightness and volume iif you didn't know: - Tap and hold the button, then you can drag left and right to "scrub" - Do a quick left or right "flick" on the button to change stepwise #askMTJC"
- Tim Mitra on Twitter: "Touch Bar Sound Press & Hold https://t.co/s3VRh4AYWf... "
- Alan Edmonds on Twitter: "@mtjc_podcast Just listening to episode 205. I sold most of the old Apple Developer CDs I had, but I’ve still got this one. I remember names like Silence of the ROMs, and Desperately Seeking Seven (around when system 7 was due)"
- Larger iPhone X Plus seemingly confirmed by leak in iOS 12 beta - The Verge
- Shipocalypse Now: How online shopping is changing our cities and our lives | CBC Radio
- Android Developers Blog: Introducing Android 9 Pie
- iOS 12 beta 5 hints at rounded corners for this year’s iPad Pro | 9to5Mac
- Apps of the World [Infographic] - Marketing Resources, Inc.
- With These 5 Stunning Words, Steve Jobs Added a Truly Brutal Chapter to His Legacy | Inc.com
- “I Have a Secret. My Father Is Steve Jobs”: Lisa Brennan-Jobs Recalls Memories of Her Famous Father | Vanity Fair
- Key iPhone supplier is hamstrung with the debilitating WannaCry worm | Ars Technica
- Apple crushed Alex Jones — then tossed him a lifeline - The Verge
- Bricolage CMS -- Open-source, enterprise-class content management.
It's our 4th anniversary and we follow up on the Touch Bar tricks and old developer CDs. A larger iPhone X size is rumored. CBC's audio piece on Shipocalypse covers how shipping has changed. Android 9 gets named Pie. iOS 12 also may indicate an iPad with a rounded cornered display. We discuss the Apps of the World infographic. Steve Jobs final 5 words for Lisa. WannaCry worm attacks Apple Supplier. Picks: Xcode-install, Away Mode skill for Amazon Alexa, DarkCode, Extending UIActivityViewController, Elastic Tabstops
Support More Than Just Code podcast - iOS and Swift development, news and advice
Links:
- MTJC Podcast on Twitter: "More real-time follow up. Flick the sound icon on the Touch Bar to change the volume (or screen brightness) https://t.co/jfXPKXR4eR... https://t.co/jH4icszOfe"
- Greg Heo on Twitter: "@timmitra Tim! Touch bar tips for brightness and volume iif you didn't know: - Tap and hold the button, then you can drag left and right to "scrub" - Do a quick left or right "flick" on the button to change stepwise #askMTJC"
- Tim Mitra on Twitter: "Touch Bar Sound Press & Hold https://t.co/s3VRh4AYWf... "
- Alan Edmonds on Twitter: "@mtjc_podcast Just listening to episode 205. I sold most of the old Apple Developer CDs I had, but I’ve still got this one. I remember names like Silence of the ROMs, and Desperately Seeking Seven (around when system 7 was due)"
- Larger iPhone X Plus seemingly confirmed by leak in iOS 12 beta - The Verge
- Shipocalypse Now: How online shopping is changing our cities and our lives | CBC Radio
- Android Developers Blog: Introducing Android 9 Pie
- iOS 12 beta 5 hints at rounded corners for this year’s iPad Pro | 9to5Mac
- Apps of the World [Infographic] - Marketing Resources, Inc.
- With These 5 Stunning Words, Steve Jobs Added a Truly Brutal Chapter to His Legacy | Inc.com
- “I Have a Secret. My Father Is Steve Jobs”: Lisa Brennan-Jobs Recalls Memories of Her Famous Father | Vanity Fair
- Key iPhone supplier is hamstrung with the debilitating WannaCry worm | Ars Technica
- Apple crushed Alex Jones — then tossed him a lifeline - The Verge
- Bricolage CMS -- Open-source, enterprise-class content management.
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Episode 206: Bend The Knee
We follow up on the new iPad Pro. We discuss Apple's stellar Q3 results. Apple is shutting down the affiliate program for the Mac App Store and App Store for iOS. We debate the merits of implicitly unwrapping optionals. Picks: RenoRun, Hacking my shell prompt so I make fewer mistakes working with Xcode projects, RESTed. After Show: We discuss the merger/shutdown of Slack and Hipchat.
Between 47:00 - 15:00 Tim discusses meeting Justin Trudeau
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- Jaime Lopez on Twitter: "Cute branding on the #gonorthwest conference badges... "
- Apple’s next iPad Pro will have tiny bezels, but no notch - The Verge
- Apple results: $53.3B revenue sets a fiscal Q3 record - Six Colors
- Diving into the details of Apple's (boring?) record quarter - Six Colors
- Apple races to become the first trillion-dollar company after strong Q3 earnings - The Verge
- James Thomson on Twitter: "Well it was nice while it lasted - apps are being removed from the affiliate program. That is going to screw a lot of websites, and we make a decent amount from it too...... https://t.co/yq8cMxa8pL"
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- Tim Hortons - Wikipedia
- Hacking my shell prompt so I make fewer mistakes working with Xcode projects | Marc Palmer
- RESTed - Simple HTTP Requests on the Mac App Store
- How To Keep Learning After 50 and Other Ways to Hack Your Brain at any Age
- 50+ Years of Self Portraits - Director's Cut - YouTube
- Welcome Hipchat and Stride Users | Slack | Slack
- 360|iDev 2017 Conference Highlights
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Episode 208: The Bio Sensor
This week we discuss RSUs vs stock options as well as why developers become frustrated. Google tracking continues even after users turn off location tracking. We discuss deploying new MacBook Pros in the enterprise and a hack uncovered that exploits a DEP mac before a user first logs in. Pick: Ongoing History Of New Music Podcast
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- Rene Ritchie on Twitter: "Talk about opening new doors!... "
- Shawn Marston on Twitter: "Been with you all the way. Congrats on 4 fantastically informative and insightful years. That’s got to be worth a couple of bucks a week. Much better than adverts. https://t.co/tjfSxu3v8O... https://t.co/K8jVDwlSCt"
- Marc Palmer on Twitter: "Thanks to @mtjc_podcast for the shout-out on the Xcode / git status bash prompt customisation post!"
- Should You Ask for RSUs or Stock Options? - Flow Financial Planning
- Jessi Charier - Wish I had That in High School - YouTube
- Inspiring the next generation of female engineers | Debbie Sterling | TEDxPSU - YouTube
- Why Developers Become Frustrated And Companies Can’t Find Talent
- How to Stop Google From Tracking Your Location | WIRED
- Are the new Apple MacBook Pros enterprise ready? | IT Management | Computerworld UK
- Hacking a Brand New Mac Remotely, Right Out of the Box | WIRED
- Amazon.com: Objective-C Programming: The Big Nerd Ranch Guide (2nd Edition) (Big Nerd Ranch Guides) (9780321942067): Aaron Hillegass, Mikey Ward: Books
- Learn Objective-C on the Mac (Learn Series): Scott Knaster, Mark Dalrymple: 9781430218159: Amazon.com: Books
- Ongoing History of New Music by Curiouscast on Apple Podcasts
- Max Born - Wikipedia
- The Oblique Strategies Web Site
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