Core Intuition

Manton gets his Apple Watch, while Daniel anticipates his lucky, expedited order for one.

Daniel and Manton chat about the new WWDC ticket distribution process, plans to travel to SF without a ticket, and speculate about when they’ll finally adopt Swift.

Manton and Daniel take last-minute stock of the forthcoming Apple Watch, talk about the release of OS X 10.10.3 with Photos.app, and riff on the continued viability of a 3rd party video app like Manton’s Clipstart.

Daniel and Manton catch up on Manton’s bundle-loading solution for backward-compatibility, dissect the relative quality of Xcode, and dive into Daniel’s plunge into the abyss of unit testing.

Manton and Daniel discuss addictive iOS games, Daniel tries to recap the spirit of NSConference, and the two catch up briefly on their development pursuits.

Daniel and Manton react briefly to actual Apple Watch prices, discuss the CIA’s alleged interest in hijacking the Xcode toolchain, and talk about Medium’s burgeoning support for custom domain names.

Manton and Daniel tactfully avoid further speculation about the Apple Watch’s price, compare notes on prioritizing and avoiding procrastination while Daniel prepares his NSConference talk, and discuss Apple’s recent changes to TestFlight.

Daniel and Manton revisit Apple Watch pricing, delve into whether Apple should even be entering the luxury product market, and chat about whether electric cars are the next mainstream product Apple will “disrupt.”

Manton and Daniel get wrapped up in Apple car rumors, speculate poorly about the price of Apple’s gold “Edition” watch, and come to essentially agree they will each be buying the sport (cheap) version on day one.

Daniel and Manton enjoy more App Store approval comedy, consider the speed of approval after initial rejection, the suitability of Swift to new programmers, and Manton’s forthcoming blog publishing platform.