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February 23, 201524: Because... Luxury
This week Jason and Myke trade more thoughts on Apple Car rumors, dive in to some more details on the Apple Watch, consider why working within barriers can be a good thing and discuss transparency in editorial practices at Apple.
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Chapter marker discussion begins at 01:15:10
Support Upgrade with a Relay FM Membership Inquisitive - Relay FM Accidental Tech Podcast: 105: Do You Want to Sell Sugar Phones for the Rest of Your Life? Neutral 11: Frankenstein Car Monster — Neutral Apple Car: Three More Thoughts | Monday Note Who Killed the Electric Car? (2006) - IMDb Time to do something else… — Hair-Breened Ideas Editorial Producer - Apple - Jobs at Apple-Search Six Colors: Apple Watch: What We Know Daring Fireball: On the Pricing of Apple Watch Pebble smartwatch with color display leaks ahead of announcement | The Verge Velocity – Speed Reader on the App Store on iTunes Cheddar, Somerset - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia IFTTT Launches New ‘Do’ iPhone Apps for Personalized iOS Shortcuts – MacStories #AskUpgrade to Slack by imyke - IFTTT The Incomparable | Plot Advancement Tribune (Episode 235)
1 hr 27 min
February 16, 201523: The Church of The Coverflow
The possibility of Apple building a car, why being critical is both important and difficult, using a secondary Mac, and Jason and Myke answer your questions.
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Links and Show Notes: Support Upgrade with a Relay FM Membership What it Takes to Listen to a Podcast | blog.timmschoof.com Risky Business — MacSparky SPARKS law Inquisitive #26: I Wasn't Prepared For This, with Merlin Mann - Relay FM Jonathan Ive and the Future of Apple - The New Yorker 15 things we learned from The New Yorker's Jony Ive profile | The Verge TidBITS: Initial Impressions of Photos for OS X Beta Gallifrey One
The Doctor Who Convention that Jason is at
1Password LaunchBar 6 Apple Gears Up to Challenge Tesla in Electric Cars - WSJ Thoughts on Project Titan — 512 Pixels The Secret To Apple’s Success Remains A Secret | Tech.pinions - Perspective, Insight, Analysis Farhad Manjoo's Tweet The Incomparable | The Only Way Out Is In (Episode 234) Myke's Zane Lowe Tweet Zane Lowe Leaving BBC Radio 1 for Apple – MacStories John Peel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Game Show - a podcast from The Incomparable Inconceivable! | Dan Shot First VerityPodcast.com | Six Smart Women Discussing Doctor Who Headcanon | Know Your Meme The Incomparable | Super-Secret Sony MiniDiscs (Episode 160)
1 hr 37 min
February 09, 201522: I Didn't Hate This Movie
Apple's new Photos app for the Mac has appeared, and Jason and Myke discuss what this could mean for iTunes and the future of Mac development. They also discuss some Apple Watch expectations, how Apple deals with change, and Myke watches 'Real Genius.'
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Links and Show Notes: Support Upgrade with a Relay FM Membership A Full-Scale Model of Everything · Spectrum Classics Google X - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Six Colors: Product distortion field The Talk Show ✪: Ep. 109, With Guest MG Siegler Apple is finally killing iPhoto — and this is the replacement | The Verge Six Colors: New Apple Photos app contains 'UXKit' framework Chameleon - UIKit for Mac development
Iconfactory's attempt at bridging UIKit between iOS and Mac
inessential: UXKit Skepticism Connected #25: The Microsoft of Ourselves - Relay FM Apple and the agents of change | iMore Six Colors: Nobody's listening Digg - Why Audio Never Goes Viral 5by5 | CMD+Space #77: Primary Source Material, with John Roderick “We’re Just Flipping Through Index Cards” – Marco.org Pebble – Pebble hits the 1 million smartwatch milestone Robb Lewis » Pebble Watch Faces and Apps Real Genius (1985) - IMDb The Incomparable | "I Drank What?" (Episode 33) Ep. 31: "I Like a Good Montage" with Jason Snell - Defocused - Defocused Podcast
2 hr 13 min
February 02, 201521: You Rolled 38
This week Jason and Myke get a grasp on how the iPhone's runaway success affects Apple's decisions, including the development of the Apple Watch. Plus, lots of feedback about how people take notes with digital devices, and we inaugurate our 'Myke Watches a Movie' vertical with 'The Princess Bride.'
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Links and Show Notes: Support Upgrade with a Relay FM Membership phaseofplay.net
Myke's brother's blog
Notability on the App Store on iTunes Livescribe : Never Miss A Word Total Party Kill - a podcast from The Incomparable Microsoft OneNote | The digital note-taking app for your devices Connected #24: A Whole Website in the Palm of Your Hand - Relay FM Six Colors: The iPad: Insert meaning here 5by5 | The Prompt #30: The Internet in Your Pocket Six Colors: Apple announces record profits, earnings, and iPhone sales Six Colors: Tim Cook transcript: What Apple's CEO said to analysts Clockwise #72: Robot Butler - Relay FM iWatch watch: Apple is not here to entertain you | Macworld H.I. #30: Fibonacci Dog Years — Hello Internet Invincible Digital Comics - Comics by comiXology Cloak VPN - Cloak - Super-simple VPN Parks and Recreation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Six Colors: How I podcast: Editing Clockwise - Relay FM TV Talk Machine - a podcast from The Incomparable 5by5 | CMD+Space #36: Creating a Radio Drama, with Jason Snell The Princess Bride (1987) - IMDb The Incomparable | Studied His Agrippa (Episode 25) The Princess Diaries (2001) - IMDb What is the origin of the term "Holocaust cloak"? ? Rob Reiner - IMDb Ep. 31: "I Like a Good Montage" with Jason Snell - Defocused - Defocused Podcast B-Sides #8: Bottom 5 Yogurt Flavors - Relay FM
What happened when Myke's Mac broke down
Sports Illustrated Baseball | Board Game | BoardGameGeek Superstar! Baseball / Sports Illustrated Baseball Board Game
2 hr 7 min
January 26, 201520: You Cannot Win an Effort War
Jason and Myke debate the utility of a stylus for the iPad, Jason falls through a time warp into the '90s to convert some VHS tapes to digital format, and we follow up on items from various podcasts... not all of them this one.
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Links and Show Notes: Support Upgrade with a Relay FM Membership Analog(ue) #23: We Should Start a Band - Relay FM Bonus Track | Old People Music (Episode 231b) Overcast’s Smart Speed vs. Real Time — Medium Love and Capes Rocket - Relay FM Six Colors: Typed thoughts about styluses Here's why Apple might make a stylus for the iPad | iMore Penny Arcade - The MS Surface Pro The Pen Addict - Relay FM Hanx Writer on the App Store on iTunes The Pen Addict Podcast: Live at the 2015 Atlanta Pen Show by NockCo — Kickstarter Six Colors: Video archaeology Call For Help Mac Tip - 8/12/1999 - YouTube Exploding Kittens by Elan Lee — Kickstarter A Formal SuperSite Intro from Me, Jason Snell | Apple content from SuperSite for Windows Six Colors liveblog (@sixcolorsevent) | Twitter Night of the living xMac | Ars Technica Hypercritical: The Case for a True Mac Pro Successor Apple - iCloud - Photos
1 hr 34 min
January 19, 201519: Marco Marketing
Jason and Myke tackle upgrading versus sticking with what you know, take Apple's CarPlay for a powerslide, judge the financial success of Apps in the App Store, and cover more on battery life and the 12" Air. Plus they answer your burning questions!
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Links and Show Notes: Support Upgrade with a Relay FM Membership Clockwise podcast 40: Breaking down WWDC 2014 The iPhone and Battery Life | Rob's Blog Shop for smartphone battery cases by device | mophie How I Podcast: Editing The Incomparable 230 - YouTube How 'Hello Internet' is Edited — CGP Grey The Daily Update | stratechery by Ben Thompson
Ben Thompson's Newsletter for Members
Manage your website passwords - Chrome Help MacUser Magazine Closing Down Six Colors: Taking CarPlay for a spin Daring Fireball: Siri Improvements Apple - CarPlay Android Auto Monument Valley Infographic Overcast’s 2014 sales numbers – Marco.org Six Colors: Overcast's 2014 sales numbers Kevin Kelly: 1,000 True Fans Introducing Amazon Echo - YouTube Knife Reviews - BladeReviews.com
1 hr 46 min
January 12, 201518: Special Interface Snowflake
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
1 hr 38 min
January 05, 201517: Somewhere on The Monorail
This week Jason and Myke discuss Apple's software quality issues and the difficulty in diagnosing problems from outside an organization, why Family Sharing is a problematic feature, and what's good and bad about CES. Plus, Jason listens to Hello Internet and Myke listens to The Flop House.
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Links and Show Notes: Support Upgrade with a Relay FM Membership Agile Blog | Toward Better Master Passwords The Talk Show ✪: Ep. 106, With Guests John Siracusa and Guy English Accidental Tech Podcast: 98: Landmines, Pitfalls, and Bottomless Pits Why Overcast doesn’t support chapters – Marco.org Debug 32: John Siracusa on Copland 2014 | iMore Total Party Kill - a podcast from The Incomparable Episode #133 – Bullet to the Head The Flop House The Flop House | Maximum Fun H.I. #16: The Worst Topic for a Podcast — Hello Internet Flags of the U.S. states - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Maryland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia H.I. #17: Mister Phoenix — Hello Internet CGP Grey - YouTube Apple has lost the functional high ground – Marco.org Six Colors: Apple and software quality Accidental Tech Podcast: 90: Speculative Abandonware 'Former OS X developer here' | Hacker News Quitting Family Sharing — MacSparky Six Colors: CES 2015: What to Look For Dish's new Sling TV Internet-TV service starts at $20, features ESPN, Disney Channel, CNN, TNT, and other channels - CNET This Week in Tech 491 | TWiT.TV The Talk Show ✪: Ep. 105, With Guest Jason Snell
1 hr 42 min
December 29, 201416: The 2014 Upgradies
This episode of Upgrade plays host to the first ever 'Upgradies' awards! Jason and Myke talk about some of their favourite gadgets, games and podcasts of the year, amongst many other categories. Grab some popcorn, your best evening wear and settle in for a monumental podcasting event!
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Links and Show Notes:
Support Upgrade with a Relay FM Membership Six Colors: 'The Wire' is coming to high definition Six Colors: HBO releases 'The Wire' in HD This is what The Wire looks like in HD | The Verge Amazon.co.uk: David Simon: Books, Biogs, Audiobooks, Discussions Turning This Car Around My Cup of Tea — The Magazine PlugBug World - Twelve South Overcast: Podcast Player on the App Store on iTunes Editorial on the App Store on iTunes Connected #19: Click on the Blue E - Relay FM Append to Clipboard Workflow Action Superfaver Workflow Mac App Store - Fantastical - Calendar and Reminders Bare Bones Software | BBEdit 11 Mailbox Our favorite third-party email app for OS X - The Sweet Setup Virtual #19: No Time for Pig Punching - Relay FM Roll7 | OlliOlli Official Site - Mario Kart 8 for Wii U - Home Threes! on the App Store on iTunes Crossy Road - Endless Arcade Hopper on the App Store on iTunes Rules! on the App Store on iTunes Space Age: A Cosmic Adventure on the App Store on iTunes Monument Valley on the App Store on iTunes Flappy Golf on the App Store on iTunes The Incomparable | I Am Groot (Episode 207) The Incomparable | The Cloud is Run by Hydra (Episode 190) The Golem and the Jinni: Helene Wecker Ancillary Justice (Imperial Radch): Ann Leckie Station Eleven: Emily St. John Mandel LIFX - the smart wifi light bulb Mini | TiVo 5by5 | The Prompt #56: Stephen for Calendars Tim Cook: 'I'm Proud to Be Gay' - Businessweek I Liked Everything I Saw on Facebook for Two Days. Here's What It Did to Me | WIRED Amazon.com: Yes Man Film Tie-In eBook: Danny Wallace: Kindle Store Uber’s Worst Screw-Ups | TechCrunch Hello Internet H.I. #16: The Worst Topic for a Podcast — Hello Internet The Flop House Episode #133 – Bullet to the Head The Flop House Accidental Tech Podcast Accidental Tech Podcast: 96: The Windows of Siracusa County Analog(ue) - Relay FM The Rebound: A tech podcast Clockwise - Relay FM Analog(ue) #5: The Only Way Out Is Through - Relay FM 5by5 | Isometric Defocused - Defocused Podcast Ep. 21: "Cats Per Mango" - Defocused - Defocused Podcast
2 hr 23 min
December 23, 201415: Upgradians of the Galaxy
This week Jason and Myke discuss workstation ergonomics, traveling with technology, and how they deal with online security, then debate how to collectively name the listeners of the show.
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Links and Show Notes: Support Upgrade with a Relay FM Membership Kensington - Products - Control - Trackballs - Expert Mouse® Apple - Magic Trackpad - Multi‑Touch trackpad for your desktop. Amazon.com: Logitech Wireless Performance Mouse MX for PC and Mac: Computers & Accessories Amazon.com: Microsoft Sculpt Ergonomic Desktop (L5V-00001): Computers & Accessories Amazon.com: Griffin Technology GC16034 Elevator Laptop Stand: Computers & Accessories Apple (United Kingdom) - Magic Mouse - The world’s first Multi-Touch mouse. BreakTime — The Break Timer for iOS on the App Store on iTunes 5by5 | Mac Power Users #231: Sticking It to the Man with Jason Snell iPhone 6 Leather Case - Black - Apple Store (U.S.) iPhone 6 Silicone Case - Black - Apple Store (U.S.) A Christmas Story (1983) - IMDb Mapping The Entertainment Ecosystems of Apple, Microsoft, Google & Amazon – MacStories Mapping The Entertainment Ecosystems: A Brief Revisit – MacStories Google Authenticator on the App Store on iTunes How Apple and Amazon Security Flaws Led to My Epic Hacking | WIRED Authy on the App Store on iTunes 1Password - Password Manager and Secure Wallet on the App Store on iTunes
1 hr 4 min

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Upgrade looks at how technology shapes our lives, from the devices in our hands and pockets to the streaming services that keep us entertained. Hosted by Jason Snell and Myke Hurley.

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