Monthly Archives: February 2015

Episode 28 – Sour Cream Glazed Arduino Kits

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In this week’s episode we discuss the launch of Pebble Time on Kickstarter. Jaime introduces Origami 2.0 to the group. We follow up on Apple’s Pay Once & Pay and a recent CBC story on Tim Horton’s Rollup the Rim. We also touch on the recent nerdlearn panel discussion on the Apple Watch. Our Picks this week are Reflector, Alto’s Adventure and LittleBits Arduino Coding Kit. We also discuss Tim’s recently acquired Hand Turkey.

Hand Turkey by @Georgia_Dow presented to @BearInATeaCup at #nerdlearn

Hand Turkey by @Georgia_Dow presented to @BearInATeaCup at #nerdlearn

Marty's FLIR printed by Tim @riverdale3D

Marty’s FLIR printed by Tim @riverdale3D

Episode 28 Notes:

Why Apple Wants You to Buy Games
Tim Hortons Roll Up the Rim to Win focus of developer’s data analysis
New “Pebble Time” launch on Kickstarter
Apple will fight iOS bugs with first-ever iOS Public Betas: 8.3 in March, 9 in summer
Introducing Origami Live
NSNorth 2015
Tim Horton’s Roll Up the Rim
Rim Roller
Adafruit
Mattt Thompson
Philippe Casgrain
Mark Pavlidis
Georgia Dow
Isometric Show
PandaEquality (the issue is discussed at 24:00)
Brian Gilham
WatchKit Recources
Arduino Starter Kit from Arduino.cc (also available at adafruit and amazon)
Arduino: A Quick-Start Guide, Second Edition

Episode 28 Picks:

Reflector App
Alto’s Adventure
LittleBits Arduino Coding Kit

 

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Episode 27 – Great, Billowing Clouds of Smoke

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This week we continue our speculation on the rumored Apple Car. Is it autonomous or simply electric. We also discuss the Other App Store™ and the new Pinterest capability of featuring pinned links to apps. Later we comment on the “Pay Once & Play” App Store feature which appeared last week. We also debate the requirement to pay for developer enrollment and the continuing 70/30 revenue split on App Store published apps.

Getting an early start.

Getting an early start.

Episode 27 Show Notes:

Apple Wants to Design a Car as Ambition Knows No Bounds
The Shape of Things to Come – New Yorker article on Jony Ive
Useful Dropbox update – adds Share Sheets
Aiming to Ease App Discovery, Apple Pairs With Pinterest
Apple responds to freemium hate with a new Pay Once & Play category
Apple Promotes Games Without In-App Purchases in App Store
70/30 vs Tiered App Store Cut
Inquisitive 70/30 Discussion
Space Shuttle Map
iOS Animations by Tutorials – Setting Swift in Motion

Episode 27 Picks:

Effortless Responsiveness with AsyncDisplayKit
Giflay
Hotel Tonight
Core Animator

Photos: Tim Mitra & Greg Heo

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Episode 26 – Moving Swift-ly wearing banana hats – Ding!

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In this week’s episode we discuss the release of Swift 1.2 beta with the Xcode 6.3 beta. Swift 1.2 includes many performance improvements and additions that may or may not make Aaron’s life easier. We discuss the recently completely RWDevCon in Washington, DC. Tim discusses meeting members of the RayWenderlich.com team, who’s members are spread across the world. The conference used a unique tutorial style presentation new to iOS tech conferences.

Team member attending RWDevcon

Team members attending RWDevcon (Ding!)

Evan & Greg (w/Eric!)

Evan & Greg (w/Eric!)

Mic & Jake - hosts of RayWenderlich podcast

Mic & Jake – hosts of RayWenderlich podcast (Ding!)

Ray lends a hand

Ray lends a hand (Ding!)

Saul's CoreData IB Magic

Saul’s CoreData IB Magic

Episode 26 Show Notes:

Swift 1.2 and Xcode 6.3 beta
Swift 1.2 – NS Hipster
What’s new in Swift 1.2 – Greg Heo
RWDevCon 2015 Post-Mortem – Ray Wenderlich
RWDevCon with Ray Wenderlich and John Wilker – Podcast S03 E04 – Hosted by Mic Pringle & Jake Gundersen
Top 10 iOS Conferences in 2015 – Ray Wenderlich
Realm
TimmyMe

Episode 26 Picks:

WordBoard Keyboard
Andy Matuschak video — Controlling Complexity in Swift
Contact Archiver

Photos: copyright 2015 RazeWare Inc & Greg Heo. Used by permission.
Photographers: Greg Heo & Christine Sweigart

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Episode 25 – Swift and the Final word on Zombies.

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This week we discuss Trends in Mobile Apps in 2014, compiled by App Annie. We also discuss the use of ‘final’ modifier in Swift when declaring classes, methods and properties. Also discussed is the growth of zombie apps on the app store. This week’s picks: Apple’s Mystery Car, PhoneExpander, Gentlemen…Ricochet Mini! and building Frameworks in iOS 8.

 

Space Shuttle Discovery at Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Virginia

Space Shuttle Discovery at Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Virginia

Ray Wenderlich gets feedback from an attendee at RWDevCon

Ray Wenderlich gets feedback from an attendee at RWDevCon

Episode 25 Show Notes:

App Annie reveals the top 9 mobile trends of 2014
The Importance of Being `final` – Human Friendly
The Official raywenderlich.com Swift Style Guide.
Andy Matuschak on Twitter
Functioning as a Functionalist – Andy Matuschak
“Zombie” Apps On The Rise – 83% Of Apps Not On Top Lists, Up From 74% Last Year
Rob Enderle
Bill Simmons on ESPN
Securing iOS User Data: The Keychain, Touch ID, and 1Password – Tim Mitra

Episode 25 Picks:

Apple’s Mystery CarGentlemen…Ricochet Mini!
PhoneExpander – public beta
TimmyMe (the Canadian reference for Jaime that Tim couldn’t remember.)
Creating a Framework

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