Iterate

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What's Iterate about?

Iterate brings together the best designers and app producers in the business to talk user interface and user experience from concept to implementation. Hosted by Marc Edwards, Seth Clifford, and Rene Ritchie. Loop until done.

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Iterate episodes:

04.14.2016
86: More color, gamut!
Marc and Seth tell Rene about Adobe Experience Design, Principle, Flinto, Hugo and everything else he missed while he was reviewing the new DCI-P3 iPad Pro with True Tone. Kinda. Show notes Adobe Experience Design preview Principle Flinto Hugo Drupal h2>Hosts @MarcEdwards Bjango @SethClifford sethclifford @ReneRitchie iMore @IterateCast
01.26.2016
85: On the Night Shift
Facebook is making device images, Bjango is making icon templates, Apple is making Night Shift, and Marc, Seth, and Rene are iterating on all of it!
11.19.2015
84: 10-bit channels
Marc, Seth, and Rene are back and talking DCI-P3 and 10-bit color space, designing for the new Apple TV, iPhone 6s Plus and dropped frames, and Adobe's Project Comet.
10.12.2015
83: We're back!
After a long hiatus that included two new kids and a lot of travel and work, Marc, Seth, and Rene are back! We talk Photoshop, iTunes, and Photos for OS X, and designing software for multiple, often conflicting, use cases....
02.23.2015
82: Christa Mrgan on Audio Hijack 3
Christa Mrgan of Rogue Amoeba joins Marc, Seth, and Rene to talk Audio Hijack 3, visual design for audio apps, Yosemite, and more.
02.03.2015
81: Brad Ellis on WatchKit
Brad Ellis joins Marc, Seth, and Rene to talk about WatchKit and designing for the Apple Watch, including screen size, remote views, and what makes the most sense.
01.03.2015
80: Allen Pike, the Party Monster
Allen Pike talks to Marc, Seth, and Rene about his time at Apple working on iWork for Mac and iPad, going indie with Steamclock, WeddingDJ, and Party Monster, pricing apps, and more.
12.21.2014
79: David Keegan of Acorns
David Keegan of Acorns joins Marc, Seth, and Rene to talk about designing apps, mocking up Apple Watch apps, and more!
11.19.2014
78: Richard Fulcher and Nicholas Jitkoff of Google on Material Design
Richard Fuller, Nicholas Jikoff, designers at Google, talk to Marc, Seth, and Rene about the origins, development, and implementation of Material Design on Android and the web.
11.13.2014
77: Adobe MAX 2014
Adobe MAX 2014 — new apps, new services, new experiences… New Adobe? Marc Edwards was there so Seth Clifford and Rene Ritchie flip the tables and interview *him*. Also: Pixelmator for iPad and its pricing.
10.24.2014
76: Michael Simmons of Fantastical and HockeyApp
Michael Simmons of Fantastical and HockeyApp joins Seth and Rene to talk about advising on other apps, taking Fantastical to the Today view, the future of HockeyApp, and more!
10.09.2014
75: Alex Johnston of Cook and OzTV
Alex Johnston of Cook and OzTV talks to Marc and Rene about getting into iOS app design, dealing with new screen sizes, densities, and scaling, and more!
09.13.2014
74: Designing for iPhone 6 and Apple Watch, with Kawano, Sinclair, and Wiskus
Apple has announced the iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, Apple Pay, and the Apple Watch. What does it all mean for designers? Former Apple UI Evangelist and Storehouse designer Mark Kawano, Jared Sinclair, and Vesper's Dave Wiskus talk it out...
08.23.2014
73: David Smith of Developing Perspective... and Underscore
David Smith of Developing Perspective… and Underscore fame joins Marc, Seth, and Rene to talk Pedometer+, Feed Wrangler, Pod Wrangler, and many and varied App Store business approaches.
07.25.2014
72: Jeremy Olson on Hours
Jeremy Olson of Tapity joins Marc, Seth, and Rene to talk about his latest app, Hours, how he got into design, his process, and the important of knowing some code.
07.10.2014
71: Joe Cieplinski of Bombing Brain
Joe Cieplinsk of Bombing Brain and Release Notes joins Marc, Seth, and Rene to talk about Teleprompt+ 3 for iOS and Mac, Setlist, charging premium prices, adaptable layout in iOS 8, and more!
06.26.2014
70: Google I/O 2014 round table
Russell Ivanovic from Pocket Casts joins Marc, Seth, and Rene to talk Google I/O 2014, the new Materials designer language, the paper and ink motif, scaling from watches to TVs, and everything in between!
06.12.2014
69: WWDC 2014 designer roundtable (fixed)
Ged Maheux of the Iconfactory, Jared Sinclair of Unread, and Dave Wiskus of Vesper join Marc, Seth, and Rene to talk about WWDC 2014, OS X Yosemite’s new design language, Extensibility’s remote views, and more!
05.28.2014
68: Gypps and Wong on Monument Valley
Ken Wong and Matt Gypps of ustwo join Marc, Seth, and Rene to talk about Monument Valley, its visual and audio design, launching on iOS and Android, and making great games for fair prices.
05.14.2014
67: Denys Zhadanov of Readdle
Denys Zhadanov of Readdle talks to Marc, Seth, and Rene about their suite of iPhone and iPad productivity apps, how they got them all talking to each other, the challenges unifying a brand, and making business work in the App...
04.23.2014
66: Supertop on Tokens and Castro
Padraig Kennedy and Oisin Prendiville of Supertop join Marc, Seth, and Rene to talk about their promo code-sharing app for Mac, Tokens, and their podcast app for iOS, Castro.
03.31.2014
65: iOS 7 redux, wearables, and everywhereables!
Live from Macworld|iWorld 2014, Rene talks to Brad Ellis, Jessie Char, and Louie Mantia of Pacific Helm, Clarko of FitBit, and Sebastiaan de With of DoubleTwist about iOS 7 six months later, and interfaces on wearables and everywhereables.
03.13.2014
64: Nielson, Evans, and Riot on Photoshop
Senior Product Manager Stephen Nielson, Interaction designer Bradee Evans, and Senior Lead User Experience Designer (and Generator Maestro) Tim Riot of Adobe join Marc, Seth, and Rene to talk the present and future of Photoshop!
02.26.2014
63: Greg Pierce of Agile Tortoise
Greg Pierce of Agile Tortoise fame joins Marc, Seth, and Rene to talk Drafts, Terminology, Phraseology, and Tally, URL schemes, x-callback, and surviving in the App Store.
02.04.2014
62: Ryan Orbuch and Finish
Ryan Orbuch joins Marc, Seth, and Rene to talk about his Apple Design Award (ADA) winning productivity app, Finish for iPhone.
01.21.2014
61: Allan Grinshtein and LayerVault
Marc, Seth, and Rene talk with Allan Grinshtein of LayerVault about designing for designers, managing workflows, and where design is going.
12.29.2013
60: Justin Williams on Glassboard
Justin Williams of Second Gear Software joins Marc, Seth, and Rene to talk about Elements, Photos+, Glassboard, and juggling multiple apps and platforms.
12.20.2013
59: Nathan Manousos on Flinto
Nathan Manousos talks to Marc, Seth, and Rene about his work on the Twitter app, Echofon, and on the design prototyping tool, Flinto.
11.26.2013
58: Paul Haddad on Tweetbot 3
Paul Haddad, co-founder of Tapbots, talks about bring Tweetbot to iOS 7, implementing the new physics and frameworks, the art of compromise, and what’s coming next.
11.21.2013
57: Dan Counsell and Nik Fletcher of Realmac
Dan Counsell and Nik Fletcher of Realmac join Seth and Rene to talk about Rapid Weaver, Clear, Ember, and making software for iOS and Mac.
11.05.2013
56: Barnard, Kelsh, and Maheux on shipping iOS 7 apps
David Barnard of Contrast, Matt Kelsh of Shifty Jelly, and Ged Maheux of the Iconfactory talk to Marc, Seth, and Rene about their experiences shipping iOS 7 apps.
10.21.2013
55: Eric Mayville, Clayton Morris, and Read Quick
Eric Mayville of Wondersauce and Clayton Morris of FOX news join Rene and Mark to talk about their speed-reading app, Read Quick, and what it took to bring the interface from iPad to iPhone.
10.09.2013
54: John Nack on Photoshop and Adobe
John Nack, Principal Product Manager at Adobe, talks to Marc, Seth, and Rene about the evolution of Photoshop and the movement towards mobile.
10.05.2013
53: Jared Sinclair and Jamin Guy of Riposte
Jared Sinclair and Jamin Guy talk to Marc, Seth, and Rene about their App.net alpha client, Riposte, and messaging client, Whisper.
08.28.2013
52: Karim Morsy and djay 2
Karim Morsy of Algoriddim talks to Marc and Rene about djay 2, making music apps accessible, how skeuomorphism and flat design can co-exist, and visually mixing - and re-mixing - usability and information density.
07.29.2013
51: Tim van Damme after Instagram
Tim van Damme, soon to be joining Dropbox, talks to Marc and Rene about creating 2-bit icons, his time at Gowalla, making cards, designing Instagram, and taking it from iOS to Android.
07.16.2013
50: Steve Streza and Ohai
Steve Streza has just gone indie and to celebrate, he's talking with Marc, Seth, and Rene about his past at Ambrosia, Ngmoco, and Pocket, his future developing and designing his own apps, like the just-released Ohai, and his thoughts on...
06.24.2013
49: iOS 7 design special (Part 2)
Chris Clark, Brad Ellis, Louie Mantia, Neven Mrgan, Rene Ritchie discuss iOS 7 and the new design language Apple unveiled for it at WWDC 2013, including icons, fonts, physics, interactions, and more. (Part 2 of a 2 part special edition.)
06.21.2013
48: iOS 7 design special (Part 1)
Loren Brichter, Sebastiaan de With, Marc Edwards, Rene Ritchie, and Dave Wiskus discuss iOS 7 and the new design language Apple unveiled for it at WWDC 2013, including icons, fonts, physics, interactions, and more. (Part 1 of a 2 part...
06.12.2013
Special: WWDC 2013 live!
Guy English of Debug, Marc Edwards and Seth Clifford of Iterate, and Rene Ritchie of iMore team up to talk WWDC 2013 with guests Mark Kawano, Don Melton, Dave Wiskus, Dan Moren, Brad Ellis, Brent Simmons, and more! Also: Hall...
05.28.2013
47: Chris Harris and Wonders of the Universe
Chris Harris of The Other Media joins Marc, Seth, and Rene to explain why he calls himself an app director, using Paper and Motion to design UX, and his work on Wonders of the Universe, Atlas, Glide, and more.
05.11.2013
46: Beck, Ohms, Urbanick, and Press
Jordan Beck, Jay Ohms, and Chad Urbanick of TwentyFive Squares join Marc, Seth, Rene and Andrew Martonik of Android Central to talk about their outstanding Android RSS reader, Press. Also, life after Google Reader, platform exclusivity, and more!
04.20.2013
45: Briana Wu and Amanda Warner of Revolution60
Brianna Wu and Amanda Warner of Giant Spacekat talk to Marc, Seth, and Rene about their upcoming video game, Revolution60, working with the Unreal engine, character and game design, and the frenzy over freemium.
04.09.2013
44: Mark Kawano and evangelizing experience
Mark Kawano, former user experience evangelist at Apple, talks to Marc and Rene about working at Adobe on Photoshop, at Frog on client work, at Apple on Aperture and iPhoto, on presenting your ideas, how best to beta test, and...
03.28.2013
43: Pocket Casts and going Android first
Russell Ivanovic, Philip Simpson, and Matt Kelsh of Shifty Jelly talk to Marc, Seth, and Rene about being indie in Australia, making Pocket Weather, and why they decided to go Android first for Pocket Casts. Note: All accents in this...
03.20.2013
42: Marcus Adolfsson, David Lunblad and CrackBerry 10
Marcus Adolfsson and David Lundblad of Mobile Nations join Seth and Rene to talk about the CrackBerry 10 redesign, building the Passport sign-in system, and developing the CB10 app for BlackBerry 10.
03.12.2013
41: Doug Russell and accessibility
Doug Russell and Dave Wiskus join Marc, Rene, and Seth to talk about accessibility and how to make your apps usable for people with special visual, auditory, and motor requirements. Our most important show ever!
02.26.2013
Debug & Iterate team-up: The future of human interface
Marc Edwards of Bjango, Guy English of Kicking Bear, Loren Brichter of Atebits, Sebastiaan de With of DoubleTwist, and Rene Ritchie of Mobile Nations talk human interfaces of the future, including Siri, Google Now, Kinect, Leap, MYO, Project Glass, iWatch,...
02.13.2013
40: The future of iOS design
Louie Mantia, Dave Wiskus, Marc Edwards, Seth Clifford, and Rene Ritchie talk about the future of iOS design, from heavily textured themes and skeuomorphs to minimalism and digital authenticity, and the evolution of typography, icons, and more.
01.30.2013
39: Clarko and user experience design
Marc and Rene talk to Chris Clark, aka Clarko about Miranda Kerr, Square, Black Pixel, and user experience design. This is Iterate.

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Iterate episodes:

86: More color, gamut!

85: On the Night Shift

84: 10-bit channels

83: We're back!

82: Christa Mrgan on Audio Hijack 3

81: Brad Ellis on WatchKit

80: Allen Pike, the Party Monster

79: David Keegan of Acorns

78: Richard Fulcher and Nicholas Jitkoff of Google on Material Design

77: Adobe MAX 2014

76: Michael Simmons of Fantastical and HockeyApp

75: Alex Johnston of Cook and OzTV

74: Designing for iPhone 6 and Apple Watch, with Kawano, Sinclair, and Wiskus

73: David Smith of Developing Perspective... and Underscore

72: Jeremy Olson on Hours

71: Joe Cieplinski of Bombing Brain

70: Google I/O 2014 round table

69: WWDC 2014 designer roundtable (fixed)

68: Gypps and Wong on Monument Valley

67: Denys Zhadanov of Readdle

66: Supertop on Tokens and Castro

65: iOS 7 redux, wearables, and everywhereables!

64: Nielson, Evans, and Riot on Photoshop

63: Greg Pierce of Agile Tortoise

62: Ryan Orbuch and Finish

61: Allan Grinshtein and LayerVault

60: Justin Williams on Glassboard

59: Nathan Manousos on Flinto

58: Paul Haddad on Tweetbot 3

57: Dan Counsell and Nik Fletcher of Realmac

56: Barnard, Kelsh, and Maheux on shipping iOS 7 apps

55: Eric Mayville, Clayton Morris, and Read Quick

54: John Nack on Photoshop and Adobe

53: Jared Sinclair and Jamin Guy of Riposte

52: Karim Morsy and djay 2

51: Tim van Damme after Instagram

50: Steve Streza and Ohai

49: iOS 7 design special (Part 2)

48: iOS 7 design special (Part 1)

Special: WWDC 2013 live!

47: Chris Harris and Wonders of the Universe

46: Beck, Ohms, Urbanick, and Press

45: Briana Wu and Amanda Warner of Revolution60

44: Mark Kawano and evangelizing experience

43: Pocket Casts and going Android first

42: Marcus Adolfsson, David Lunblad and CrackBerry 10

41: Doug Russell and accessibility

Debug & Iterate team-up: The future of human interface

40: The future of iOS design

39: Clarko and user experience design