Accidental Tech Podcast

Alle afleveringen

714 afleveringen, van nieuw naar oud

  1. 14: Pouring Champagne Onto Rap Stars

    25 mei 2013 · 1 uur 32 min

    Afspelen
    Marco visits Siracusa's house and the car-assaulting tree. Lees meer

    Transcendental Money.

    Square Cash.

    B2W 120 on financial "safety nets".

    Tumblr, Yahoo, and not screwing it up.

    Cloud hosting and moving up the stack.

    The modern game console's role. the Xbox One's hardware design, and the messy world of TV-connected boxes.

    Sponsored by:

    Squarespace: Use coupon code ATP5 for 10% off.

    Windows Azure Mobile Services: Get started today for free.

  2. 13: Animated Kale

    17 mei 2013 · 1 uur 28 min

    Afspelen
    Our theme song by Jonathan Mann -- follow his Song A Day on YouTube, and check out his site if you or your company would like a catchy, fun song. Thanks for the ATP theme song, Jonathan! Lees meer

    Casey and Marco get deluged with to-do app recommendations.

    The difficulty in getting people to change to a new app, but conversely, the potential success for slightly differentiated apps in an otherwise crowded market.

    Google I/O keynote reactions.

    Localizing apps to different languages.

    The sad state of iTunes Connect.

    Staged rollouts, purchase analytics, beta testing, and the different developer attitudes of Apple and Google.

    Why Google is consistently able to kick Apple's butt in services (and engineering?).

    Google Play Music All Access, Hangouts, and the new Google Maps.

    Apple's Objective-C to Javascript bridge.

    The App Store UI.

    Sponsored by:

    An Event Apart: The design conference for people who make websites.

    CocoaConf: A conference for iPhone, iPad, and Mac developers. Use coupon code ATP for 20% off any ticket.

  3. 12: Accidental Server Hardware

    10 mei 2013 · 1 uur 34 min

    Afspelen
    FU on Apple's tick-tock pattern. Lees meer

    Marco's PHP framework and sponsor-tracking web app, and why both exist.

    Usability and security implications of passwordless login systems.

    The Mac Mini's seemingly accidental success.

    Podcasters who hate the word "podcast", its quality connotation, efforts to invent alternative names, and barriers to entry.

    Brent Simmons' 30 Minutes To Sync proposal.

    Building web services on Apple's infrastructure.

    Sponsored by:

    Mac Mini Vault: Colocate or rent your own Mac Mini. Use promo code ATP50 for 50% off your first three months.

    Hover: High-quality, no-hassle domain registration. Use promo code ATP for 10% off.

  4. 11: A Particularly Exuberant Adolescence

    3 mei 2013 · 1 uur 19 min

    Afspelen
    The WWDC ticket lottery and potential solutions, or a merit system. Lees meer

    Why Marco sold Instapaper. (See also.)

    Prospects for replacing Instapaper's income.

    Speculating on today's app market.

    The Magazine's app and Newsstand quality.

    Motivation, development, and homework.

    iOS 7's rumored visual overhaul and other speculation.

    The transition away from Steve Jobs' influence.

    What's left for iOS 7 to add?

    Sponsored by Squarespace: Use discount code ATP5 at checkout for 10% off.

  5. 10: Gradual Ramp Up To Nothing

    26 april 2013 · 1 uur 24 min

    Afspelen
    Laptops in school. Lees meer

    Getting a tech job with and without a college degree.

    Running mail servers in today's spam environment.

    Steve Jobs' unauthorized talking points.

    The WWDC announcement and trying to get tickets.

    Going to WWDC vs. a ticketless trip vs. watching the videos at home.

    Apple's Q2 earnings and hints dropped during the call.

    The tech industry's holding pattern with bored consumers.

    Marco's mom buys her first smartphone, ignoring Marco's advice. Which one did she get?

    Sponsored by MailRoute and Hover.

  6. 9: Fish Bicycle Scenario

    19 april 2013 · 1 uur 5 min

    Afspelen
    Why are PC sales down? Lees meer

    Why and when people have bought new PCs in the past.

    Forgoing or neglecting PCs today.

    PCs in businesses.

    Apple and IT departments.

    Last decade's Tablet PCs.

    The outlook for Windows 8 tablets in businesses.

    What will change if Microsoft Office is released for iOS?

    What AirPrint and black CD-Rs have in common.

    Still using (and abusing) Jonathan Mann's awesome ending song. Follow him and check out his other songs on YouTube.

    Sponsored by Squarespace: Use code ATP4 at checkout for 10% off.

  7. 8: Hold Me!

    12 april 2013 · 1 uur 25 min

    Afspelen
    Giving Dave Morin the benefit of the doubt on that Vanity Fair trainwreck. Lees meer

    Who Facebook Home is for and why Facebook made it.

    Whether Facebook, Amazon, Samsung, etc. could or should make their own OS or maintain completely diverged Android forks.

    Google forking WebKit, Chrome vs. Safari, and the fork's likely implications for Apple and web developers.

    Debug #11: Don Melton and Safari

    WebKit contributors by company

    Panic's new Status Board app (and IAP reaction).

    We included Jonathan Mann's ending theme song again. Thanks, Jonathan!

    Sponsored by Igloo Software.

  8. 7: The Forecast For iCloud

    29 maart 2013 · 1 uur 35 min

    Afspelen
    Summly's acquisition by Yahoo, and what could have justified its price. (Marco, WSJ) Lees meer

    The quality of speech recognition.

    Challenges of big tech companies such as Apple hiring and retaining great talent.

    Why iCloud sync works so badly for developers and whether it's fixable.

    Why developers shouldn't use iCloud even if it worked.

    Jonathan Mann's ATP Ending Theme Song and the More Bleeps version.

    Sponsored by Squarespace: Use code ATP3 at checkout for 10% off.

  9. 6: Live Like Other People

    22 maart 2013 · 1 uur 42 min

    Afspelen
    How Marco buys a TV (unlike how John does). Lees meer

    Regular people noticing and caring about high-DPI screens.

    The amazing Mac lineup that few care about.

    Which Mac would we tell people to buy?

    Marco revisits the Microsoft Store.

    The Surface Pro's uniqueness.

    Why GarageBand's adoption of Audiobus is so interesting.

    How exposed filesystems and iCloud's document model both fail users.

    Sponsored by Squarespace: Use code ATP3 at checkout for 10% off.

  10. 5: Negativity, Skepticism, and Doubt

    15 maart 2013 · 1 uur 26 min

    Afspelen
    The upcoming Google Reader shutdown. Lees meer

    The market for RSS today, and the way forward.

    Client-side vs. server-side feed crawling.

    Addressing excessive demand for WWDC and Google I/O tickets.

    Apple pessimism is at an all-time high, even in the mainstream.

    What could Apple do to turn the pessimism around?

    Apple and web services.

    The Apple TV's interesting new A5.

    Diversifying the iPhone line.

  11. 4: The Bridges

    11 maart 2013 · 1 uur 19 min

    Afspelen
    The role of the Mac Pro today. Lees meer

    How Apple might manage the launch of a bigger iPhone.

    App design and auto-layout if the iPhone moves to multiple sizes and resolutions.

    Visual Studio's learning curve vs. Xcode and Interface Builder.

    The future of Objective C and the challenge of migrating a platform's API to a new language.

  12. 3: Conditions Led To Freecell

    9 maart 2013 · 59 min

    Afspelen
    The Nifty MiniDrive Lees meer

    The challenges of small-camera design

    Sony RX1 and Sony's camera-business revival

    Apple in the gaming market and the evolution of casual gaming

    Solitaire, Minesweeper, and the first time anyone has mentioned FreeCell in 2013

    The bad old days of Game Boys, lead-acid "portable" computers, and mouse-pointer trails

    iOS' refusal to let you pick default browser, email client, calendar app, etc.

    Mini-web-browsers inside of iOS apps

    How iOS could adopt Contracts or Intents, and the problems that might arise

  13. 2: The 7th Guest

    28 februari 2013 · 57 min

    Afspelen

    The PS4 announcement, the Xbox 1, old LAN gaming, Transport Tycoon, early CD-ROM adventure games, dumping old games onto iOS, dial-up modems, and the annoyance of gaming occasionally on a modern console.

  14. 1: iPhone Plus

    7 februari 2013 · 15 min

    Afspelen

    Speculation on what a bigger iPhone's screen might be and why.