Accidental Tech Podcast

By Marco Arment, Casey Liss, John Siracusa

Three nerds discussing tech, Apple, programming, and loosely related matters.... more

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Accidental Tech Podcast episodes:

June 27, 201319: Designed by App in Cal
John's review progress and show-duration predictors.
The WWDC 2013 intro video. (Siri's WWDC 2012 intro)
Apple's "Making a Difference, One App at a Time" video.
"Designed by Apple in California".
"Jobs" (Ashton Kutcher) trailer.
Why developers should (or shouldn't) require iOS 7 this fall.
"The Transporter" series.
iOS 7 Calendar app UI.
Cool-looking vs. well-designed.
Our iTunes reviews.
"Better" and "worse" programming languages.
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1h 29min
June 20, 201318: Aluminum-Colored Aluminum
Casey's fans at WWDC.
Mac Pro followup. (John's halo-car post)
The Xbox 180.
Revisiting the potential for a larger-screen iPhone after having seen iOS 7.
Predicting iOS 7 adoption.
Neven Mrgan on iOS 7's icon grid and a rebuttal.
New Mac Pro appears in Geekbench
parallelize.c/xargs parallel processing
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1h 15min
June 11, 201317: Can't Innovate Anymore
Special early WWDC episode this week:
Reactions to the keynote.
New Mac Pro
Initial iOS 7 design impressions.
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1h 13min
June 07, 201316: John, We Don't Play Games
Opening theme by Larry King (@laking).
The case for a modernized AppKit in OS X 10.9 a la Chameleon/TwUI.
The lack of official Apple Objective-C wrappers around old C APIs such as Keychain and Address Book.
Springboard #10
SMOP
Underscore
Should Apple add type inference to Objective-C?
Haswell Retina MacBook Pro predictions and the possibility of having only the integrated GPU in the 15".
gfxCardStatus
The only 15" with integrated-only GPU
The first unibody 15" with high-res, matte LCD
Haswell integrated GPU explained
Mac Pro speculation.
John on Ad Hoc
Larrabee
Intel's custom CPU for the first MacBook Air
Thunderbolt problems on Xeon boards
Marco's Mac Pro post this week
Scaling down the Mac Pro/"xMac" challenges
Thunderbolt 2
Asus' 4K monitor
The first 27" iMac's panel economics
Major iOS 7 API wishes: better inter-app communication mechanisms, "default app" associations, and periodic background updates.
Quick WWDC tips.
Casey's WWDC predictions
Casey's WWDC tips from last year
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1h 44min
May 31, 201315: Cat, Modifier Cat
Why Marco sold The Magazine.
Teasing apps before they're out, building hype, and Pit Pass.
Tim Cook at AllThingsD.
Cook's presence and speaking style.
What Cook implicitly said about future Apple products.
WWDC predictions for OS X.
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1h 28min
May 24, 201314: Pouring Champagne Onto Rap Stars
Marco visits Siracusa's house and the car-assaulting tree.
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.
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1h 33min
May 17, 201313: Animated Kale
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!
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.
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1h 28min
May 10, 201312: Accidental Server Hardware
FU on Apple's tick-tock pattern.
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.
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1h 34min
May 03, 201311: A Particularly Exuberant Adolescence
The WWDC ticket lottery and potential solutions, or a merit system.
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?
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1h 20min
April 26, 201310: Gradual Ramp Up To Nothing
Laptops in school.
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?
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1h 24min

FAQs about Accidental Tech Podcast:

How many episodes does Accidental Tech Podcast have?

The podcast currently has 459 episodes available.