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23: Episode 23: How to create an app (live from Apple's WWDC in San Jose)


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Take a bite: For episode 23, The Bite podcast by Esquire Singapore has been recorded live from Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) in San Jose, California. 

Editor-in-chief of Esquire Singapore, Norman Tan, is joined by three guests—John Ivers, Musical Content and Creation Lead at BandLab; Lareina Ting, iOS Engineer from global video platform Viki; and Michael Del Borello, VP of Engineering from Moleskine Digital Studios—to discuss the announcements at WWDC 2019, as well as the future of Asia and innovation.

Before closing, the podcasters played a game where the guests had to decide whether the word read out by Norman is an app, type of apple, or a dessert. 

00:00—Introduction
Our regular host Norman Tan (editor-in-chief of Esquire Singapore) introduces the special podcast recorded live from Apple's WWDC in San Jose, California.

5:26—"Coffee Catch Up"
To get to know the guests better, Norman asks John, Michael and Lareina some rapid fire questions based on the Bernard Pivot interview. From their favourite words to what they would like to hear from God at the Pearly Gates, learn more about our guests in this candid segment.

12:10—"Fresh off the grill" 
Feature segment with a new guest each podcast.

For this episode, there are three special guests: John Ivers, Musical Content and Creation Lead at BandLab; Lareina Ting, iOS Engineer from global video platform Viki; and Michael Del Borello from Moleskine Digital Studios.

BandLab is changing the world of music. Join millions of creators and fans using BandLab to make and share their music from more than 180 countries around the world. BandLab makes it easy to make great music and find great music to listen to. You can listen to tracks from other creators, publish your own as well as create and collaborate with other musicians. Global competitions to win cash and prizes are launched regularly and community events are driven by our passionate audience of creators to discover new artists. Unlike other apps, BandLab’s award-winning creation and social features are completely free with no ads to ruin your music experience either.

Viki is a global video platform, where millions of people watch and engage with their favourite Asian TV shows, movies, Viki Originals, and influencer videos. It focuses on serving Asian content to a global audience watching with subtitles. With its crowdsourced subtitling model, Viki grew as the home of a unique subtitling community, made up of volunteers and international fans, who translate Viki’s content into more than 200 languages. Viki has an average daily watch time per use of 2 hours and 30 minutes, which is longer than Netflix.

Moleskine Digital Studio is a small team that make apps to empower individuals to achieve their goals and creative potential. The studio was founded by Michael Del Borrello (VP Engineering) and Ben Hamey (VP Design) who together oversea the engineering and product design across the suite of apps and services. Their award winning apps include Timepage, a striking, playful and deeply customizable planner; Actions, which is a simple, effective way to manage your tasks and goals on iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch; and Flow, which digitises the legendary Moleskine notebook for iPad and iPhone. To date, the apps have been downloaded 2.5 million times and have received multiple App Store Editors’ Choice and Best of the Year awards.

33:41—"Last call of the day"
To close the show, the podcasters play a game that Norman has devised called: App, apple or dessert? John, Lareina and Michael have to guess whether the word is an app, apple or dessert. Oh yes, we do love a quirky word game on The Bite. How did you go?

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