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Debug is a conversational interview show about developing software and services, primarily for iPhone, iPad, Mac, and gaming. Hosted by Guy English and Rene Ritchie, it's all the great talk you get at the bar after the conference, wrapped up in convenient podcast form. Pull up a chair, hit play, join us.
Formerly on the Apple design prototype team that brought us, among other things, the Pencil, and the Siri experience team that put voices in our cars and televisions, Linda Dong and Lia Napolitano join Guy and Rene in a chat recorded right after WWDC 2016 in June… but saved as a special holiday gift for us all now. Grab a beverage and hit play!
Ashley Nelson-Hornstein, formerly of Apple and Dropbox, joins Guy and Rene to talk about making everything more accessible, going independent, and what happens next.
Don Melton, former Director of Internet Technologies at Apple, and Nitin Ganatra, former Director of iOS Apps at Apple, talk to Guy and Rene about handling transitions, taking Mozilla open-source, going to OS X, going to Intel, going to iOS, and saying "no".
Jaimee Newberry returns to talk corporate culture with Guy and Rene. How to you set it from the start, how to rebuild it over time. How do you make sure it’s healthy. You know, the easy stuff!
John Poole of Geekbench joins Guy and Rene to talk how he got started, that Apple A9 thing, the state of the silicon, and what's coming next.
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Guests * John Poole of Geekbench
Hosts * Guy English * Rene Ritchie
Jaimee Newberry — @jaimeejaimee — joins Guy and Rene to talk about how she got started in tech, her career in graphics, consulting for teams, and her new roll as COO of Martian Craft.
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Guests * Jaimee Newberry
Hosts * Guy English * Rene Ritchie
James Thomson of DragThing and PCalc fames joins Guy and Rene to talk about that time he was at Apple and Steve Jobs found out he was working from $^%#$ Ireland. And more!
Don Melton, former Director of Internet Technologies at Apple, and Nitin Ganatra, former Director of iOS Apps at Apple, talk about managing teams, managing up, retention, rivalry, and more!
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Guests * Don Melton * Nitin Ganatra
Hosts * Guy English of Kicking Bear * Rene Ritchie of Mobile Nations
James Cuda of Savage Interactive joins Guy and Rene to talk about bring Procreate to the iPad Pro, optimizing for the Apple Pencil, Apple TV, the market for pro apps, and more.
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Guests * James Cuda of Savage Interactive
Hosts * Guy English of Kicking Bear * Rene Ritchie of iMore
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Paul Haddad returns to Debug 3 years later to talk to Guy and Rene about Tweetbot 4, watchOS, tvOS, the App Store, and more.
Michael Lopp, reposer at Rands, talks about working at Netscape, the Apple Online Store at Apple, and now, Pinterest. More specifically, the art of managing humans and retaining and nurturing talent.
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Show notes * Rands in Repose * Pinterest
Guests * Michael Lopp
Hosts * Guy English of Kicking Bear * Rene Ritchie of Mobile Nations
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Arik Devens joins Guy and Rene to talk about his time at Easel, Netscape, Palm, and everything between and after. And to bug guy about AppKit.
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Show notes * Cinema Gadfly
Guests * Arik Devens
Hosts * Guy English of Kicking Bear * Rene Ritchie of Mobile Nations
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Chris Liscio of Super Mega Ultra Groovy is back, but before he can get into computer nerd history, Guy English sideswipes him into Reactive Cocoa and then the Swift debate begins!
Chris Liscio of FuzzMeasure and Capo fame joins Guy and Rene to talk about marketing apps, his time at ATI, Be, and BlackBerry, and making ridiculously smart audio apps for Mac and iOS.
Don Melton and Jim Ray join Guy and Rene to talk about "Safari as the new IE", web standards, and content blockers.
Ken Case of the Omni Group joins Guy and Rene to talk about developing for Next, starting the Omni Group, going all-in on the iPad, and experimenting with the Apple Watch.
We’re live from WWDC 2015 and we’re talking about the keynote and all the developer announcements, from Apple Music to Swift 2, and everything in between! With Guy English, Rene Ritchie, Ashley Nelson-Hornstein, Matt Drance, Don Melton, and Marco Arment!
Paul Kafasis of Rogue Amoeba joins Guy and Rene to talk the realities of developing software in the age of App Stores.
Live from the Ull conference in Ireland, Guy and Rene talk to Steven Troughton-Smith about incredibly nerdy developer stuff and Grace, an app to help children on the autistic spectrum.
Live from the Ull conference in Ireland Guy and Rene talk to Horace Dediu of Asymco fame about his background as a developer, his time at Nokia, and his current job-to-be-done: analyzing Apple.
Ari Weinstein, Conrad Kramer, and Nick Frey talk to Guy English, Rene Ritchie, and a surprise guest about their amazing iOS automation app, Workflow.
Watchmaker and developer Jon Edwards, and Daring Fireball's John Gruber join Guy and Rene to talk about the Apple Watch and watch culture. * John's Superman Watch (potentially) * Super Mario Watch * Master/slave clocks * Tissot T Touch * Patek Philippe Henry Graves Supercomplication * Quartz Crisis * Accutron Tuning Fork Watch * Early Electro-Mechanical Watches * Braun BN0106 * PepperUICore Class Dump (Digital Detent) * Ming-Chi Kuo * Hodinkee Apple Watch Review (Failed Cuff Test) * Surface Acoustic Wave (Ultrasonic) Touch Sensing * Vesper * iOS Apps Jon has worked on
Panel * Jon Edwards of jonedwards.co * John Gruber of Daring Fireball * Guy English of Kicking Bear * Rene Ritchie of Mobile Nations
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Andy Matuschak, creator of the Sparkle update framework for Mac, member of the UIKit team from iOS 4.1 to iOS 8, and current mobile engineering lead at Khan Academy talks to Guy and Rene about helping to bring a world class education to everyone in the world.
Show notes * Sparkle * UIKit * Khan Academy * Controlling Complexity in Swift * Young Children Reinvent Arithmetic: Implications of Piaget's Theory * Debug 56: Laura Savino and Khan Academy
Guests * Andy Matuschak
Hosts * Guy English of Kicking Bear * Rene Ritchie of Mobile Nations
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Don Melton, former Director of Internet Technologies at Apple, and Nitin Ganatra, former Director of iOS Apps at Apple, talk about managing deadlines, development cycles, and shipping software.
In memory of Jordan Breeding.
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Show notes * Debug 48: Melton & Ganatra episode II: Understanding Apple * Debug 47: Melton & Ganatra episode I: Demoing software to Steve Jobs * Debug 41: Nitin Ganatra episode III: iPhone to iPad * Debug 40: Nitin Ganatra episode II: OS X to iOS * Debug 39: Nitin Ganatra episode I: System 7 to Carbon * Debug 11: Don Melton and Safari
Guests * Don Melton * Nitin Ganatra
Hosts * Guy English of Kicking Bear * Rene Ritchie of Mobile Nations
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18 months later, we sat down once again with Matt Comi and Neven Mrgan of Big Bucket Software, to talk about Space Age. This time, post release. So, last week you got 2 hours of what was, this week 2 hours of what is! Time travel!
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Show notes * Big Bucket Software * Space Age * The Incident * Panic
Guests * Neven Mrgan * Matt Comi
Hosts * Guy English of Kicking Bear * Rene Ritchie of Mobile Nations
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Way back in early 2013 we sat down with Matt Comi and Neven Mrgan of Big Bucket Software to talk about their previous game, The Incident, and their then in-development new game, Space Age. Then… we sat on the show until now. So, this week you get 2 hours of what was, and next week you’re getting 2 hours of what is! It’s a Debug experiment!
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Show notes * Big Bucket Software * Space Age * The Incident * Panic
Guests * Neven Mrgan * Matt Comi
Hosts * Guy English of Kicking Bear * Rene Ritchie of Mobile Nations
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James Thomson of PCalc, Ashley Nelson-Hornstein of Dropbox, Bryan Irace of Tumblr, and Brad Ellis Pacific Helm join Guy and Rene to talk about Extensibility, its benefits and limitations, and the just-announced WatchKit.
Show notes * App Extensions * Making Dropbox for iOS more accessible * Building Quality Code That Lasts: A Dropbox Story * What we learned building the Tumblr iOS share extension * Calculator widgets will be allowed in Today view * Extensibility in iOS 8: Explained * WatchKit * What you need to know about WatchKit
Panel * Brad Ellis of Pacific Helm * Bryan Irace of Tumblr * Ashley Nelson-Hornstein of Dropbox * James Thomson of PCalc * Guy English of Kicking Bear * Rene Ritchie of Mobile Nations
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Laura Savino of Khan Academy joins Guy and Rene to talk about how she got into development, the importance of language and education, not shipping, building teams, and more!
Fresh from his review of OS X Yosemite, John Siracusa returns to talk interface, vibrancy, file extensions, and a whole lot of Swift.
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Show notes * Siracusa's Yosemite review * Siracusa on Debug, round 1
Guests * John Siracusa of Hypercritical and ATP
Hosts * Guy English of Kicking Bear * Rene Ritchie of Mobile Nations
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Don Melton, former Director of Internet Technologies at Apple, and Nitin Ganatra, former Director of iOS Apps at Apple, talk about working hard, promoting diversity, touch screen technology, and how they manage.
Show notes * Debug 11: Don Melton and Safari * Debug 39: Nitin Ganatra episode I: System 7 to Carbon * Debug 40: Nitin Ganatra episode II: OS X to iOS * Debug 41: Nitin Ganatra episode III: iPhone to iPad * Debug 41: Nitin Ganatra episode III: iPhone to iPad * Debug 47: Melton & Ganatra episode I: Demoing software to Steve Jobs
Guests * Don Melton * Nitin Ganatra
Hosts * Guy English of Kicking Bear * Rene Ritchie of Mobile Nations
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Don Melton, former Director of Internet Technologies at Apple, and Nitin Ganatra, former Director of iOS Apps at Apple, talk about presenting to Steve Jobs, web vs. native, implementing gestures, the importance of affordances, and more.
Show notes * Debug 11: Don Melton and Safari * Debug 39: Nitin Ganatra episode I: System 7 to Carbon * Debug 40: Nitin Ganatra episode II: OS X to iOS * Debug 41: Nitin Ganatra episode III: iPhone to iPad * Debug 16.1: David Gelphman on Apple, Core Graphics, and AirPrint
Guests * Don Melton * Nitin Ganatra
Hosts * Guy English of Kicking Bear * Rene Ritchie of Mobile Nations
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Apple has announced the iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, Apple Pay, and the Apple Watch. What does it all mean for developers? Former Apple Safari Evangelist Vicki Murley, MartianCraft's Kyle Richter, and Vesper's Brent Simmons talk it out with Guy and Rene.
Jim Ray joins Guy and Rene to talk about his actually joby job and ends up talking about everything from the web, to San Francisco culture, to the importance of barbecue.
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Guests * Jim Ray
Hosts * Guy English of Kicking Bear * Rene Ritchie of Mobile Nations
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Brianna Wu and Amanda Warner of Giant Spacekat join Guy and Rene to talk about their new Unreal Engine-based iOS game, Revolution 60. From creating their company to modeling their characters to dealing with game dev culture, this one is crackalacking!
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Show notes * Revolution 60 * Unreal Engine * Iterate 45: Briana Wu, Amanda Warner of Revolution 60
Guests * Brianna Wu * Amanda Warner
Hosts * Guy English of Kicking Bear * Rene Ritchie of Mobile Nations
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Marco Arment joins Guy and Rene to talk about his new podcast client, Overcast, getting low level with Core Audio, writing downloaders, and many, many other things.
Natalia Berdys of Foodo Kitchen, Don Melton, former director of internet technology at Apple, and Brent Simmons of Vesper join Guy and Rene to talk about Swift, its future, Sprite Kit, and more!
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Show notes * Swift Blog * Swift in Flux * Pedal to the Metal: Inside Apple's new graphics technology * iOS 8 explained * Inessential * The Record
Panel * Natalia Berdys of TUTU LAB * Don Melton of donmelton.com * Brent Simmons of Vesper * Guy English of Kicking Bear * Rene Ritchie of Mobile Nations
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In part 3 of the Nitin Ganatra trilogy, the former Director of iOS apps at Apple talks to Guy and Rene about iOS interface and API decisions, scaling to iPad, life after Apple, and what comes next.
Show notes * Debug 39: Nitin Ganatra episode I: System 7 to Carbon * Debug 40: Nitin Ganatra episode II: OS X to iOS
Guests * Nitin Ganatra
Hosts * Guy English of Kicking Bear * Rene Ritchie of Mobile Nations
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In part 2 of the Nitin Ganatra trilogy, the former Director of iOS apps at Apple talks to Guy and Rene about working on Mail for OS X, and the early days of Purple, the experience project that would ultimately deliver the iPhone.
In part 1 of the Nitin Ganatra trilogy, the former Director of iOS apps at Apple talks to Guy and Rene about his early career in Developer Technical Support (DTS), working on System 7 in the Copland era, and the advent of Carbon.
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Show notes * System 7 * Copland) * Carbon)
Guests * Nitin Ganatra
Hosts * Guy English of Kicking Bear * Rene Ritchie of Mobile Nations
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Matt Drance of Apple Outsider, Ryan Nielsen of Tumult, Daniel Jalkut of Red Sweater, and Jason Snell of Macworld join Guy and Rene to talk about Apple's WWDC 2014 keynote — the Swift programming language, Extensibility, Cloud Kit, Metal, and more.
Brent Simmons, Dave Wiskus, and John Gruber join Guy and Rene to talk about Vesper 2.0, architecting sync, the decision making process, design choices, and why Vesper for Mac comes next.
Show notes * Vesper 2.0 and Vesper Sync * Vesper Sync Diary Follow-up * iOS 7 Human Interface Guideline * Debug 15: Simmons, Wiskus, Gruber, and Vesper
Guests * Brent Simmons of inessential * Dave Wiskus of Better Elevation * John Gruber of Daring Fireball
Hosts * Guy English of Kicking Bear * Rene Ritchie of Mobile Nations
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Rich Siegel of Bare Bones Software talks to Guy and Rene about the journey of BBEdit from the classic Mac OS to OS X, PowerPC to Intel, 32- to 64-bit, and the direct sales to the Mac App Store.
Steve Scott (Scotty) talks to Guy and Rene about the early days of developer podcasts, NSConference, and his work with RemObjects.
Serenity Caldwell of Macworld, Jessie Char of Pacific Helm, Georgia Dow of ZEN & TECH, and Brianna Wu of Giant Spacekat share their experiences with sexism in the tech industry, from coworkers to clients to conventions to culture and beyond.
Ken Ferry talks to Guy and Rene about his time at Apple working on Cocoa, Auto Layout, and Passbook, and his new app, Understudy, which seeks to bring mentored learning into the iPad age.
John Siracusa of Hypercritical and the Accidental Tech Podcast shows up to fight with Guy over Copland 2014. That is, the idea that Apple needs to embrace elements of higher level languages and figure out what comes after Objective C.
Miguel de Icaza of GNOME and Xamarin fame joins Guy and Rene to talk about Mono, the .NET compatible open source project that lets you build iOS and Android apps in C#, and the pros and cons of modern development platforms.
Casey Liss of the Accidental Tech Podcast (ATP) tries to sell Guy on the advantages of Microsoft’s C# programming language and the .NET frameworks.
Guy and Rene talk to Jeff McLeman about his time at Digital, porting the NT kernel, and the current state of kernels in general.
Mike Ash of Plausible Labs joins Guy and Rene to talk about working at Rogue Amoeba, taking on VoodooPad, and speaking truth to bloggers.
Joe Hewitt talks to Guy and Rene about 100% time at AOL, building Facebook for iPhone, the freedom of the web, and soil-based startups.
Evan Doll talks to Guy and Rene about his time at Apple on pro apps and iPhone OS, conceiving, launching, and managing Flipboard, and the value of relentless audacity.
Vicki Murley, former Safari Technology Evangelist at Apple, current founder of Sprightly Books, talks to Guy and Rene about web technologies, speaking at conferences, and beating Dan Brown at the book game.
Daniel Jalkut, Ryan Nielsen, and John Siracusa join Guy and Rene to talk about OS X Mavericks and the future of the Mac, continuing with interface, scripting, and more. (Part 2 of 2.)
Daniel Jalkut, Ryan Nielsen, and John Siracusa join Guy and Rene to talk about OS X Mavericks and the future of the Mac, starting with free updates and file systems. (Part 1 of 2.)
Jonathan Deutsch talks about HyperEdit, his time at Apple, the origins of Tumult, believing in Hype, and hitting people with kendo sticks.
Craig Hockenberry of the Iconfactory, Rob Rhyne of Martian Craft, and Luc Vandal of Edovia talk to Guy and Rene about a lot of stuff not even vaguely related to iOS 7. And a bit that is.
Marco Arment of Overcast, Matt Drance of Apple Outsider, Sean Heber of the Iconfactory, and Brent Simmons of Vesper talk about developing for, and updating apps for, iOS 7.
Ryan Nielsen of Tumult talks to Guy and Rene about leaving Apple to go indie, creating Hype, App Store vs. own store, remote vs. office, and dealing with Apple from the outside. (Part 2 of 2.)
Ryan Nielsen of Tumult talks to Guy and Rene about how Debug began, Çingleton, and his time as an engineering project manager on OS X at Apple where he helped kick big cats out the door. (Part 1 of 2.)
Wil Shipley of Delicious Monster talks to Guy and Rene about coding on NeXT, forming the Omni Group, dealing with the "Air Force", making Delicious Library, and what he's working on now.
Gus Mueller of Flying Meat talks to Guy and Rene about his username, his company name, VoodooPad and Acorn, and what he thought about Apple's Mac offerings at WWDC 2013.
David Gelphman, former graphics and imaging engineer at Apple, talks to Guy and Rene about writing the book on Core Graphics, developing AirPrint, and discovers Montreal has bagels (Part 2 of 2).
Krzysztof Zabłocki of Foldify joins Guy and Rene to talk about building game engines, the power and insanity of C++, swizzling and stomping Objective C, and how to pronounce Commodore 64 in Polish.
David Gelphman, former graphics and imaging engineer at Apple, talks to Guy and Rene about working on Postscript at Adobe, his time at General Magic, and how to avoid inverting bug fix prognostication equations. (Part 1 of 2)
Guy English of Debug, Marc Edwards and Seth Clifford of Iterate, and Rene Ritchie of iMore team up to talk WWDC 2013 with guests Mark Kawano, Don Melton, Dave Wiskus, Dan Moren, Brad Ellis, Brent Simmons, and more! Also: Hall of Fame awards!
Brent Simmons, Dave Wiskus, and John Gruber join Guy and Rene to talk about their new app, Vesper, the value of ideas and collecting them, the art of collaboration, flat design, accessibility, testing, app pricing, and more. Also: Mad Men.
Show notes * Vesper * The Talk Show 42: No One has a Higher Horse * Glassboard * Brad Ellis at Çingleton * Michael Jurewitz at Çingleton
Guests * Brent Simmons of inessential.com * Dave Wiskus of Unprofessional and Better Elevation * John Gruber of Daring Fireball
Hosts * Guy English of Kickingbear * Rene Ritchie of iMore.com
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Don Melton, former Engineering Director of Internet Technologies at Apple, returns for a special follow-up episode with Guy and Rene to discuss the newly announced Google Blink and Mozilla/Samsung Servo HTML rendering engines, and to tell us what us which new bear he's trying to get dancing.
Ben Lachman and Robert Cantoni join Guy and Rene to talk about their list manager app, Ita, and the possibilities of it coming to the Mac, blogging as a duet, the importance of accessibility, and how to have a really Nice Mohawk.
Show notes * SousChef for Mac: Your cooking assistant * Ita - A list app with which to do lists * Nice Mohawk blog * TwUI: Fast core animation UI for the Mac * Chameleon: UIKit for Mac development * Facebook Home
Guests * Ben Lachman of Nice Mohawk * Robert Cantoni of Nice Mohawk
Hosts * Guy English of kickingbear * Rene Ritchie of iMore
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Mike Lee of the New Lemurs talks to Guy and Rene about airline Java, Delicious Library, Tapulous and the early days of iOS, United Lemurs, VC mistakes, the Obama and Apple Store apps, the Appsterdam project, New Lemurs, and dressing like a space pirate.
Show notes - Delicious Library
Guests * Mike Lee of New Lemurs
Hosts * Guy English of Kicking Bear * Rene Ritchie of iMore.com
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Daniel Pasco of Black Pixel, Brent Simmons of Ranchero Software, and Justin Williams of Second Gear talk to Guy and Rene about iCloud Core Data sync, why everyone seems to be in a bad mood about it, and how, if at all, Apple can fix it.
Show notes * The Return of NetNewsWire * Why all my iOS Apps are on hold - or iCloud sucks Part II * Response to Sync Issues * Under the Sheets with iCloud and Core Data: Troubleshooting * Why is iCloud Sync not working * Your App Needs to Sync * Apple's broken promise: why doesn't iCloud 'just work'? * The Gathering Storm: Our Travails with iCloud * A tale of two iClouds * Why Developers Shouldn't Use iCloud Syncing, Even If It Worked * iCloud: State of the Union * Why Elements For iCloud Doesn't Exist
Guests * Daniel Pasco of Black Pixel * Brent Simmons of Ranchero Software * Justin Williams of Second Gear
Hosts * Guy English of Kicking Bear * Rene Ritchie of iMore.com
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Don Melton, former Engineering Director of Internet Technologies at Apple, talks to Guy and Rene about assembler on the Apple II, open-sourcing Mozilla, building Nautilus, creating WebKit and the Safari browser, teaching bears to dance, and cleaning cusses from code bases.
Show notes * Bitsplitting Podcast Episode 1: Guy English * Code Rush documentary * Nautilus file manager * WebKit.org * Safari * Keeping Safari a secret * Safari is released to the world * Why I retired from Apple * Regarding fake projects and loyalty tests
Guests * Don Melton of donmelton.com
Hosts * Guy English of Kicking Bear * Rene Ritchie of iMore.com
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Tammy Coron of Nickelfish talks with Guy and Rene about coding (and re-coding!) the iMore app, the TRS-80 and text adventures, computers in schools, teaching kids to code, and surviving the zombie apocalypse.
Show notes * Just Write Code * Happy Birthday Puppy * Ray Wenderlich * Hello World
Guests * @Paradox927 of Nickelfish
Hosts * Guy English of Kicking Bear * Rene Ritchie of iMore.com
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Matt Drance of Apple Outsider and Bookhouse talks with Guy and Rene about working at and with Apple, the unsung heroes of software,the difference between marketing and developer-driven management, how to get started, and twiddling the PS4 bits.
Show notes * Apple Outsider * Bookhouse Software * iOS Recipes: Tips and Tricks for Awesome iPhone and iPad Apps * Khan Academy * Stanford iOS courses on iTunes U
Guests * Matt Drance (@drance) of Apple Outsider and Bookhouse Software
Hosts * Guy English (@gte) of Kicking Bear * Rene Ritchie (@reneritchie) of iMore.com
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Marc Edwards of Bjango, Guy English of Kicking Bear, Loren Brichter of Atebits, Sebastiaan de With of DoubleTwist, and Rene Ritchie of Mobile Nations talk human interfaces of the future, including Siri, Google Now, Kinect, Leap, MYO, Project Glass, iWatch, Oculus Rift, and more!
Grant Paul, aka chpwn, talks to Guy and Rene about developing for jailbreak, hacking the Nintendo Wii, the architecture behind SpringBoard and Apple TV apps, Siri, the future of file systems, and taking things to 11.
Jordan Mechner of Karateka and Prince of Persia fame talks to Guy and Rene about coding for the Apple II, bringing cinematic storytelling to games, adapting for iOS, and the future of creative content.
Adam Saltsman podcasts with Guy and Rene for 90 minutes before hitting a wall and tumbling to his death. Also, designing Canabalt and Hundreds, sketching in Flash and Flixel, and the power of swinging ropes.
Show notes * Canabalt * Hundreds * Hunger Games * Old Spice * Flixel * Don't Starve * Prison Architect * Spy Party * Guided Access
Guests * Adam Saltsman (@ADAMATOMIC) of Adam Atomic
Hosts * Guy English (@gte) of Kicking Bear * Rene Ritchie (@reneritchie) of iMore.com
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Craig Hockenberry and Sean Heber of the Iconfactory talk to Guy and Rene about Twitterrific 5, the early days of the iPhone, Chameleon, beefs with nibs, underscores, colons, and ternary operators, App Store realities, and the importance of blame avoidance optimization.
Show notes * Twitterrific 5 * Behind The App: Twitterrific 5 * Iterate 35: Gedeon Maheux, David Lanham and Twitterrific 5 * xScope * Astronut * Flare * Chameleon: UIKit for Mac development * Long boring history of the early days of Tapulous * Hall of fame: Craig Hockenberry, Gedeon Maheux, and Twitteriffic
Guests * Craig Hockenberry (@chockenberrry)) * Sean Heber (@BigZaphod))
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Hosts * Guy English (@gte) of Kicking Bear * Rene Ritchie (@reneritchie) of iMore.com
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Dave Teare, co-founder of Agile Bits and co-developer of 1Password for Mac, iOS, and pretty damn near everywhere else, talks to Guy and Rene about project management, killing features, customer support, the challenges of going cross-platform, and the motivational value of coding Java for HP.
Guest * Dave Teare (@dteare) of AgileBits
Hosts * Guy English (@gte) of Kicking Bear * Rene Ritchie (@reneritchie) of iMore.com
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Michael Jurewitz (Jury), formerly developer tools evangelist at Apple, now director of product development at Black Pixel, talks to Guy and Rene about Kaleidoscope 2, the realities of Apple, how to ship software, how to price software, and dealing with that Daft Punk helmet.
Show notes * Makim schooling us on WebObjects * Project Wonder * Drawing smooth lines with cocos2d iOS inspired by Paper * Foldify for iPad * BBEdit 10.5 * Fantastical * Çingleton 2
Guest * Michael Jurewitz (@jury) of Black Pixel
Hosts * Guy English (@gte) of Kicking Bear * Rene Ritchie (@reneritchie) of iMore.com
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Paul Haddad of Tapbots talks to Guy and Rene about coding on NeXT, deploying Tweetbot and Netbot on multiple platforms, for multiple services, pricing for scarcity, in-app purchases, push notifications, iCloud sync, and his beef with AppKit.
Guest * Paul Haddad (@pth) of Tapbots
Hosts * Guy English (@gte) of Kicking Bear * Rene Ritchie (@reneritchie) of iMore.com
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Loren Brichter of Atebits talks to Guy and Rene about working on the iPhone at Apple, Tweetie at Twitter, and now Letterpress on his own. OpenGL, Game Center API, in-app purchases, iOS 7 feature requests, and other assorted nerdery follows.
Guest * Loren Brichter (@atebits) of Atebits
Hosts * Guy English (@gte) of Kicking Bear * Rene Ritchie (@reneritchie) of iMore.com
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