IRQ Conflict: Recent Episodes

Justin Williams & Mikel Berger

IRQ Conflict is a semi-regular podcast hosted by Justin Williams & Mikel Berger that covers the five most interesting tech stories from the perspective of a Mac/Cocoa developer and a Windows/.Net developer.

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Justin and Mikel talk iOS 7, Mavericks, smaller Windows 8 tablets, the new game consoles and tips for surviving in San Francisco.

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Justin & Mikel discuss Yahoo+Tumblr, WWDC predictions, the Xbox One, Windows 8.1 and Justin's new Pit Pass.

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Justin and Mikel eulogize the Facebook Phone, why Passbook hasn't taken off, whether Justin will ever get to respond to his customers on the App Store and Azure Mobile Services.

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CNet's CES snafu, iPhone sales are down, former Microsoft guys loves iPhones and Windows Phone Idol!

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Justin returns to reflect on 2012 and look forward to what's coming in the next year. You know, just like every other podcast you have in iTunes (or Zune!).

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Justin was too busy tending to the farm in Indiana, so Mikel is joined by friend of the show Nathan Eror to discuss Twitter, Microsoft's Surface, Forstall's crazy eyes, Metro and Startup Weekend.

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Justin is still lost somewhere in the middle of the midwest. In his place, BitBQ's Patrick Burleson joins Mikel to talk all about the Apple event this week, the official Windows 8 launch and what Google has up their sleeves at their own press event next week.

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Justin is on some weird cross-country journey so Mikel is joined by another Indiana Mac guy, Mr. Charles Perry to discuss iPhones, developing for a variety of device sizes, App.net and fantasy football for nerds.

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Mikel picks his Windows 8 tablet, Justin fawns over Mountain Lion, everyone hates Twitter, Mikel doesn't understand App.net and we bore you all with sportsball talk!

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On a very special episode of IRQ Conflict, Justin and Mikel discuss the big change in Justin's life.

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Nexus 7, Nexus Q, Windows Phone 8, Chrome for iOS and yet another HTML vs Native debate.

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Microsoft Surface, WWDC, Retina MacBooks, Yammer's payday and transit data in iOS 6

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WWDC Predictions, 7% of an Ice Cream Sandwich, Do Not Track, Sandboxing, Standing Desks

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Instagram gets paid, Apple gets infected, Nokia gets slammed, Mikel gets ideas for new software.

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The iPad is hot, AIM is not. MSN hates torrents. The Lumia 900 is coming. Oh, and a bit about Mad Men.

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Windows 8, the all new iPad, iPad vs Windows 8, Android tablet apps and March Madness.

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Justin & Mikel discuss Mountain Lion, the Windows 8 Consumer Preview, Office for iPad, Path and privacy and Justin's love of Pinterest.

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Justin & Mikel share their resolutions for your favorite tech companies as well as their picks of the year!

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Nokia's new phones, sandboxing, Nook Tablet and a new segment!

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The iPhone 4S is an abysmal failure, Dropbox turns down a ton of money, Mikel is an iPad developer, RIP Qwikster, who should play Steve Jobs?

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Facebook's Timeline, predicting the iPhone 5, Mikel's Mango review and the Kindle Fire

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Windows 8, 360iDev and Qwikster

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Did you hear about Steve Jobs?

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WebOS, HP, Google and Dave Wiskus!

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All about Lion, except for the bit about Mango.

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iOS 5, iCloud, Windows 8's developer tools, App Store numbers and Google+

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Lodsys, Mangos, WWDC predictions and 1 year of IRQ Conflict

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Microsoft buys Skype and a ton of Google IO related announcements.

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Apple's location tracking, NoDo arrives, Mango's Vegas Unveiling, Playbook and unplugging.

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If this were the CW, we should refer to this as a very special IRQ Conflict.

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  • Purdue loses to VCU
  • Microsoft Is Said to Stop Releasing New Models of the Zune
  • GroupMe won the SXSW Group Messaging Wars
  • The NY Times Paywall
  • 4th & Mayor
  • Permute

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iPad 2, Where's NoDo?, Windows 8 Tablet PC Edition, Xcode 4 and sports on Apple TV.

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Nokia <3 Microsoft, Windows Phone updates, HP TouchPad, iPad 3 and the Xoom!

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Google's new CEO, Apple's big quarter, Microsoft Office for iOS, webOS tablets, and Developers Against Poverty

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Tablets galore at CES, Windows on ARM, Mac App Store, Transitioning Customers and the Verizon iPhone

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New Years Resolutions for Microsoft, Apple, Mark Zuckerberg, Android and indie devs.

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Mac App Store looms, Gingerbread, RIM sues developers, Microsoft doesn't pay developers and nerd gifts.

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WP7 Sales, Facebook Messages, AirPrint, Freemium Apps and 360iDev

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The Mac App Store, transitioning to the store, RIP Java, Happy Birthday Windows 7, Windows Phone 7 Launch event recap

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All Windows Phone 7, all the time.

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Facebook Export, Gruber Likes Windows Phone 7, Google TV, Competition vs Colleague, and The Social Network

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Blackberry Playbook, Windows Phone Launch Events, Windows Phone 7's potential success, Kindle 3 vs Nook, and Justin's MacBreak adventure.

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Windows Phone 7 funeral, iPhone SDK changes, app reviews, Google Instant Search and stealing your ex-girlfriend's iPhone

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iPods, Apple TV, cutting the cord, WebOS 2.0 and boilering up for a losing season.

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Justin & Mikel discuss the shipping of Elements for iOS and how shipping apps differs between Windows and the Mac.

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Jailbreaking, Magical Trackpads, Social Graphs, the $150 Android tablet and our greatest on-the-job screw ups.

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iPhone antennas, Wordpress insists that themes are bound by the GPL, Droid X has crapware, Windows Phone 7 sucks says one guy, and "The Social Network".

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RIP KIN, Hulu Plus, Google Me, the Windows AppStore, and shoving hot dogs in your face.

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Justin and Mikel discuss the iPhone 4, iOS 4 and why Justin will never use FaceTime again.

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iPhone 4, Safari 5, TechEd, TechEd vs WWDC, kids spelling on TV

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Facebook's new privacy settings, Twitter "Watsons" their developer community, Froyo, Pac Man and Jack Bauer's finally out of time.

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Apple vs Adobe, Android's segmentation, RIP C4, Windows Phone 7 and Justin Bieber!