January 12, 2015

18: Special Interface Snowflake

1 hour 37 minutes

This week Jason and Myke discuss the rumored 12" MacBook Air, how Apple approaches battery life on iOS devices, Apple software quality, uses of scripting and automation, Siracusa-style window management, and the first time Jason ever picked up an iPhone.

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Links and Show Notes: Support Upgrade with a Relay FM Membership A time to gain, a time to lose - All this Noodlesoft | Hazel My Photo Management Workflow, Early 2014 – MacStories passphrase generator ‹ andyf.me Apple has lost the functional high ground – Marco.org What it’s like to be way too popular for a day – Marco.org Accidental Tech Podcast: 99: Pop-Up Headlights

Marco's retrospective

On Apple & Software Quality — Ashley Nelson-Hornstein Accidental Tech Podcast: 96: The Windows of Siracusa County Humans Need Not Apply - YouTube Episode #169 – Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014) LIVE! The Flop House Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987 TV series) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Bugle Podcast Connected #21: 50% my Duty - Relay FM Six Colors: The 12" MacBook Air: Back to basics? Six Colors: Battery life: Apple's solving for x Wii U GamePad High Capacity Battery | Nintendo Online Store Six Colors: Eight years of the iPhone 5by5 | The Prompt #30: The Internet in Your Pocket Hands (and fingers) on the iPhone | Macworld

Jason's original hands-on

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