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**Accidental Tech Podcast**

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

Latest Episodes:

122: My Results Were Inconclusive Jun 19, 2015

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Follow-up:
- John loses leaves his wallet
  - John on losing his wallet on ATP #121
  - Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
  - Casey's discontinued Yubi Wallet
  - Marco's Slimmy Wallet
- Notes.app runs on CloudKit
- The MacBook One and Photos
- iOS 9 and QuickType
  - Casey on iOS 9 Picture-In-Picture
Bitcode
Developing for future, especially new screen sizes
- ClockKit Complications session
Swift 2 and Swift for Linux
- Node.js
- Pandemic
- PR release footers
- Python
- Java
- Go
- Rust
- PHP
- Pebble SDK
- WebObjects
Protocol-Oriented Programming at WWDC
The future of Swift, and when to dive in
- Build & Analyze
- Casey's Website
Post-Show:
- Language wonks
- When do you adopt a new language?
- Signs that point to Swift
  - ARC

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121: Admitted No Wrongdoing Jun 09, 2015

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Our WWDC 2015 special, live in person from a hotel room in San Francisco:

The keynote presentation
Mac OS X 10.11 El Capitan
- Natural-language search
- Window management
iOS 9
iPad enhancements:
- Keyboard navigation gestures
- Side-by-side apps
- Will these revive iPad sales growth?
New Notes app
- Folding Text is the app Marco couldn't remember the name of
Apple Instant Articles News app
- Publisher FAQ
Swift going open-source
watchOS 2.0
- Third-party complications
- Initial thoughts on the native API
Post-show:
- Apple Music announcement
- John's Costanza wallet

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120: One Magical Wire Jun 05, 2015

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Pre-show:
- Weebles Wobble
- Casey's temporary setup to mess with John
John starts two new podcasts:
- Reconcilable Differences with Merlin Mann
- Robot or Not with Jason Snell
Follow-up:
- Apple Watch distance & step count accuracy
  - Apple Support Document
- Jony Ive's promotion
- Jeff Williams is Senior Vice President, Operations
Google Photos
Photos.app performance and using it with a keyboard
Thunderbolt 3 and USB-C
- Intel product overview
- SCSI
WWDC predictions
Post-show:
- John has thoughts about Velveeta versus Kraft
  - Olestra
- The relative advantages and disadvantages of fruit (Bosc pears are the best pears)

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119: Promoretired May 29, 2015

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This week we're joined by friend of the show Christina Warren (@film_girl). Christina writes for Mashable and hosts Rocket and Overtired.

As a part of this podcast exchange program, John joined Rocket for this week's episode.

Pre-show:
- Casey's new mug thanks to @_DavidSmith
Follow-Up:
- Showbot woes
  - Heroku's pricing changes
- Erin's MacBook Air
  - AppleCare+
- Synology DS1813+
- Apple Watch accuracy whilst running
Acquiring media
- Sonarr
- Plex
- Popcorntime
- Keeping up with the Kardashians
- HBO Now versus HBO Go
  - Larry Sanders Show
  - Oz
  - The Wire
  - Sex and the City
  - The Sopranos
  - Big Love
  - Game of Thrones
  - Girls
  - Veep
Pebble Time versus the Apple Watch
Apple Watch native SDK
- Marco's post on SDK questions
- Casey's post on complications
- Weather Line
- Glances
  - Casey:
    - Settings
    - Battery
    - TripIt
    - Dark Sky
    - WWDC
  - Christina:
    - CityMapper
    - Battery
    - Heart Rate
    - Overcast
    - TripIt
    - Authy
  - Marco:
    - Settings
    - Now Playing
    - Overcast
    - Activity
Jony Ive's promotion
Taylor Swift
- InfoSec Taylor Swift
Fight Club 2
Post-show culinary discussion:
- Chili
  - Cincinnati chili (e.g. Skyline)
  - Amy's canned chili
- Turkey bacon
- Ranch dressing
- Mac and cheese
- Nostalgia:
  - Marco: Steak 'n Shake Frisco Melt
  - Christina:
  - Casey
    - John's of Bleecker Street
- Postmates

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118: A Fistful of Apple Watches May 22, 2015

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Follow-up:
- Running with Apple Watch – what if you hurt yourself?
- Major Indian retailer Flipkart is going app-only (via @voldyman)
  - When do apps make sense? When does the web?
  - Apple Store EasyPay
- Cosmodrome by Brianna Wu
RSS vs. blog Twitter accounts
WatchOS 1.0.1
WWDC
- App Camp for Girls Happy Hour – meet us there!
- Release Notes #105
- Layers
- altConf
- Hotels
  - Parc55
  - Pickwick
  - Mosser
New Retina MacBook Pro
Mistake One with the new MacBook
Post-show: Casey gets angry at himself. Very angry. Really angry. Mac Pro episode kind of angry.

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117: You Don’t Have the Antibodies May 14, 2015

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Follow-up:
- Inclusivity
  - Twitter Accounts
  - Podcasts
    - Rocket
    - Vector
    - iMore Podcast
    - Clockwise
- Plex and Network Attached Storage
- iPhoto and Time Machine
Watches replacing phones
Mac App Store
- Sam Soffes' blog post
  - App sandboxing
Tyranny of the handbag
Casey gets an Apple Watch
Facebook Instant Articles
Verizon buying AOL
Post-show:
- Overcast streaming engine
  - AVPlayer
  - RSS Radio

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116: Women Aren’t a Minority May 08, 2015

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Pre-show: Marco defends his backyard duck from raccoons
Follow-up:
- HFS+ and Network Attached Storage
  - The Synology we use is the DS1813+, but the DS1815+ is the modern version
  - DS214play
- Photos.app
  - Saving and transferring edits between photo apps
  - Flickr gives 1 TB free (via @VJGoh)
  - Disabling iCloud Photo Library 1 & 2
- LaunchControl for managing launchd jobs
- Microsoft, iOS, Swift (via @esusatyo)
  - Swift is being worked on
  - Presentation video
- Marco versus the raccoons, illustrated
How do we encourage more women to listen to ATP?
- John's tweet
- Rocket
- App Camp for Girls
- GamerGate
- JWZ
  - Example 1 & 2
Overcast changes for Apple Watch
- Are watches destined to replace smartphones?
What were the first iPhone apps we downloaded?

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115: Empathy for the Machine May 01, 2015

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Pre-show:
- Neko Atsume ("the cat game")
Follow-up:
- Bad Seagate hard drives
- How Hard Disks Work (page 7)
- The MacBook Air survives... for now!
- Photos
  - Background processes
    - iStat Menus
  - Hard links
    - John on symbolic and hard links in his Leopard review
  - Shared album photo limit (via Lance Hildebrand)
  - Performance
    - Mucho Spanish
    - Will Hains
  - Deleted photos
  - Restoring from backups
    - Deletion instructions
Apple Watch, one week in
- Luca's wrist
- Apple Watch bands
- WSJ on Taptic Engine manufacturing issue
- Serenity Caldwell's tweet
- Complications
  - Jason Snell's take
  - Casey's take
- Repairability
  - iFixIt's teardown
  - MacBook teardown
Microsoft Build
- Visual Studio Code
- Project Astoria & Project Islandwood
  - WINE
  - Dalvik
  - GNUStep
  - Microsoft Band
  - Session video (posted after this episode was recorded)
Post-show:
- Connected follow-out

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114: So Far, So OK Apr 24, 2015

Show notes

ATP T-Shirts available until Wednesday, 6 May!
Follow-up:
- Natural disasters, Thailand, and hard drives
  - Synology hard drive redundancy strategies
  - Synology Hybrid Raid
  - Synology DS1814+ (our Synology)
- New MacBook battery life under load
- Journey soundtrack is now on vinyl and as predicted Marco is upset about it.
- WWDC Tickets
  - @swilliams' awful experience
New Photos app for Mac
- Casey's workflow
- Storage Pricing
- Hypercritical #9: No iLife is an Island
Post-show:
- Casey makes a terrible mistake

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113: Get Your Ears Ready to Hear Me Complain Apr 16, 2015

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Donate to the EFF as a thanks for invalidating key claims of the "podcasting patent"
Follow-up:
- There is no air gap in at least "most models" of the Apple Watch (via Jeremy Heberlein)
- What watches did we order?
  - Apple Store App (iTunes Link)
  - Marco's Blog Post
  - Casey's Blog Post
  - Joel Housman's Blog Post
  - Dr. Drang challenges Marco
ATP is selling T-shirts again!
- Be sure to order before Wednesday, 6 May!
- Visit voiceover artist and clothier Matt Alexander's awesome company, Need.
WWDC
- AltConf
- New ticketing rules
  - Chargeback (please don't do this)
John ends his series of OS X reviews
Post-show:
- Photos
- Casey tries to avoid doing HTTP Basic Auth on his site
- John has thoughts about Casey's header
- John tries to buy a lamp

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