The Omni Group

Mac Power Users/Jul 6, 2025/1h 26m

804: From NeXT to Liquid Glass, with Ken Case

Ken Case is the CEO at The Omni Group and has been developing for Apple platforms for decades. He shares with Stephen and David how he got his start in technology, what Apple gear he uses, his approach to customer communication, and his thoughts on WWDC. This episode of Mac Power Users is sponsored by: 1Password: Never forget a password again. Squarespace: Save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code MPU. Guest Starring: Ken Case Links and Show Notes: Sign up for the MPU email newsletter and join the MPU forums. More Power Users: Ad-free episodes with regular bonus segments Submit Feedback Paper Places #15: Blending Analogue and Digital Writing Systems, with David Sparks - Relay Ken Case — The Omni Group Ken Case (@kcase@mastodon.social) - Mastodon Ken's Podcast Appearances on Relay Atari 8-bit computers - Wikipedia NeXT Computer - Wikipedia Lighthouse Design - Wikipedia Rhapsody (operating system) - Wikipedia The Omni Group Omni Roadmap 2025 - The Omni Group Omni Roadmap 2025 — Post-WWDC Update - The Omni Group Meet Liquid Glass - WWDC25 - Videos - Apple Developer Get to know the new design system - WWDC25 - Videos - Apple Developer Updates to Apple's On-Device and Server Foundation Language Models - Apple Machine Learning Research iOS and macOS KeePass Password Manager | Strongbox jmshrv/finamp: A Jellyfin music client for mobile The Free Software Media System | Jellyfin Ivory for Mastodon Rogue Amoeba | Audio Hijack: Record Any Audio on MacOS Rogue Amoeba | Fission: Fast & Lossless Audio Editing Symbolsaurus Harley Thomas · Interactful

Ken Case

Founder and CEO

Mac Power Users/Nov 26, 2023/1h 59m

720: The 2023 Developer Roundtable

Subtitle: Buckets Full of LEGO Stephen and David are joined by David Smith, Malin Sundberg and Ken Case to talk about developing for Apple's platforms here in 2023. This episode of Mac Power Users is sponsored by: 1Password: Never forget a password again. TextExpander: Get 20% off with this link and type more with less effort! Expand short abbreviations into longer bits of text, even fill-ins, with TextExpander. Squarespace: Save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code MPU. Tailscale: Secure remote access to shared resources. Sign up today. Guest Starring: Ken Case, Malin Sundberg, and David Smith Links and Show Notes: Sign up for the MPU email newsletter and join the MPU forums. More Power Users: Ad-free episodes with regular bonus segments Submit Feedback Get 20% off all Annual Memberships - Relay FM The Omni Group Ken Case on Mastodon David Smith, Independent iOS Developer Under the Radar - Relay FM _David Smith on Mastodon Mercury Weather Orbit | Time Tracking & Invoicing Mac Power Users #698: The 80/20 Split, with Malin Sundberg - Relay FM Malin on Mastodon Apple Announces iPhone 2.0 Software Beta and iPhone Software Development Kit - Apple “We’re excited about creating a vibrant third-party developer community with potentially thousands of native applications for iPhone and iPod touch,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO. “iPhone’s enterprise features combined with its revolutionary Multi-Touch user interface and advanced software architecture provide the best user experience and the most advanced software platform ever for a mobile device.” NeXTcube - Wikipedia OmniGraphSketcher Support - The Omni Group Apple Beta Software Program Apple Platforms State of the Union (2023) Requesting Technical Support - Apple Developer Apple Computer, Inc. Agrees to Aquire NeXT Software, Inc. iOS 17.2 hints at sideloading apps from outside the App Store - 9to5Mac Apple Search Ads Program Swift - Apple Developer SwiftUI - Apple Developer Objective-C - Wikipedia OmniFocus 4 First Look & Invitation to Help Test - The Omni Group Blog Mac Catalyst - Apple Developer Work with Apple and visionOS - Apple Developer WeatherKit - Apple Developer

David Smith

Developer

Widgetsmith

Developing Perspective

Underscore David Smith

Developer

Founder and CEO

Focused/Jun 8, 2021/1h 25m

127: Focusing a Team, with Ken Case

Ken Case joins us to talk about how the Omni Group focuses their work teams, the lessons they've learned from forced changes due to COVID, and the benefits of planning for disruption. This episode of Focused is sponsored by: Memberful: Best-in-class membership software for independent creators, publishers, educators, podcasters, and more. Get started now, no credit card required. Squarespace: Make your next move. Enter offer code FOCUSED at checkout to get 10% off your first purchase. ExpressVPN: High-Speed, Secure & Anonymous VPN Service. Get an extra three months free. Guest Starring: Ken Case Links and Show Notes: Deep Focus: Extended episodes with bonus deep dive content. The Omni Group OmniFocus Getting Things Done by David Allen | Amazon A World Without Email by Cal Newport | Amazon Mac Power Users #254: Reviewing GTD with David Allen Focused #116: The Big Reset Richard Feynman | YouTube Omni Roadmap 2021

Ken Case

Founder and CEO

The Changelog: Software Development, Open Source/Nov 20, 2020/1h 18m

The future of Mac (Interview)

We have a BIG show for you today. We’re talking about the future of the Mac. Coming off of Apple’s “One more thing.” event to launch the Apple M1 chip and M1 powered Macs, we have a two part show giving you the perspective of Apple as well as a Mac app developer on the future of the Mac. Part 1 features Tim Triemstra from Apple. Tim is the Product Marketing Manager for Developer Technologies. He’s been at Apple for 15 years and the team he manages is responsible for developer tools and technologies including Xcode, Swift Playgrounds, the Swift language, and UNIX tools. Part 2 features Ken Case from The Omni Group. Ken is the Founder and CEO of The Omni Group and they’re well known for their Omni Productivity Suite including OmniFocus, OmniPlan, OmniGraffle, and OmniOutliner – all of which are developed for iOS & Mac. Join the discussion Changelog++ members get a bonus 1 minute at the end of this episode and zero ads. Join today! Sponsors: Linode – Get $100 in free credit to get started on Linode – our cloud of choice and the home of Changelog.com. Head to linode.com/changelog New Relic – Observability made simple. New Relic One is an observability platform built to help engineers create more perfect software. Get one (1) user and 100GB per month, totally free. Forever. Equinix – Equinix Metal is built from the ground up to empower developers with low-latency, high performance infrastructure anywhere. Get $500 in free credit to play with plus a rad t-shirt at info.equinixmetal.com/changelog LaunchDarkly – Power experimentation at any scale. Fast and reliable feature management for the modern enterprise. Featuring: Tim Triemstra – LinkedIn, X Ken Case – Website, GitHub, X Adam Stacoviak – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X Jerod Santo – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X Show Notes: Apple’s “One more thing” event Apple’s M1 chip macOS Big Sur Rene Ritchie - M1 Benchmarks & Experience — MacBook Pro, Air, Mac mini! The Omni Group Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!

Tim Triemstra

Product Marketing Manager, Developer Technologies

Apple

Ken Case

Founder and CEO

Mac Power Users/Nov 24, 2019/1h 25m

511: 2019 Developer Roundtable

Ken Case of the Omni Group, Greg Scown of Smile and Dave Teare of AgileBits join David and Stephen to talk through Apple's year and the changes it brought for developers. Then, a conversation about app subscriptions, VC funding and more. This episode of Mac Power Users is sponsored by: 1Password: Have you ever forgotten a password? You don't have to worry about that anymore. TextExpander from Smile: Get 20% off with this link and type more with less effort! Expand short abbreviations into longer bits of text, even fill-ins, with TextExpander from Smile. Linode: High performance SSD Linux servers for all of your infrastructure needs. Get a $20 credit. Freshbooks: Online invoicing made easy. Guest Starring: Ken Case, Greg Scown, and Dave Teare Links and Show Notes: Support Mac Power Users with a Relay Membership Submit Feedback Dave Teare (@dteare) / Twitter 1Password Ken Case (@kcase) / Twitter The Omni Group Greg Scown (@macgreg) / Twitter Smile Apple Unveils 16-inch MacBook Pro – 512 Pixels Mac Catalyst - Apple Developer SwiftUI - Apple Developer View, change, or cancel your subscriptions - Apple Support Setapp 1Password partners with Accel for continued growth Visual Studio Code Terminal User Guide for Mac - Apple Support GoodNotes Rogue Amoeba | Audio Hijack Bear Notes Alfred Encrypt.me VPN Micro.blog

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Co-founder

Mac Power Users/Nov 10, 2019/1h 26m

509: Brent Simmons, Man of Many Hats

Stephen and David are joined by Brent Simmons, who works in marketing at The Omni Group. They talk about the tools of the trade, including social media and content creation before shifting gears to discuss Brent's RSS reader, NetNewsWire. This episode of Mac Power Users is sponsored by: 1Password: Have you ever forgotten a password? You don't have to worry about that anymore. TextExpander from Smile: Get 20% off with this link and type more with less effort! Expand short abbreviations into longer bits of text, even fill-ins, with TextExpander from Smile. Linode: High performance SSD Linux servers for all of your infrastructure needs. Get a $20 credit. Direct Mail: Create and send great looking email newsletters with Direct Mail, an easy-to-use email marketing app designed exclusively for the Mac. Guest Starring: Brent Simmons Links and Show Notes: Support Mac Power Users with a Relay Membership Submit Feedback Brent Simmons (@brentsimmons) / Twitter inessential: weblog MPU Talk: Gift Guide Thread Keyboard Shortcuts for Navigating & Selecting Text on the Mac Working Copy, Git on iOS The Omni Show Blog - The Omni Group RT — Best Practical Solutions BBEdit 13 Drafts Grammarly Byword Automators #34: Getting Cozy with Regular Expressions - Relay FM OmniOutliner for Mac Mattermost: Open Source, Self-hosted Slack Alternative Saying goodbye to Flash in Chrome - Google Thoughts on Flash - Apple Twitterrific MarsEdit 4 Micro.blog iA Writer NetNewsWire: Open Source RSS Reader for Mac UserLand Software - Wikipedia NetNewsWire on GitHub Apple Extended Keyboard II Acorn 6 Flume

Brent Simmons

Developer

NetNewsWire

The Talk Show With John Gruber/Sep 1, 2019/1h 50m

262: ‘Freakishly Snappy’ With Brent Simmons

Special guest Brent Simmons returns to the show to talk about NetNewsWire 5.0, the state of the Mac, and more. Sponsored by: Linode: Instantly deploy and manage an SSD server in the Linode Cloud. Get a server running in seconds with your choice of Linux distro, resources, and choice of 10 node locations. ExpressVPN: The #1-rated VPN service by TechRadar and comes with a 30-day money back guarantee. Links: NetNewsWire 5.0. Using Apple Cash to pay your Apple Card balance. Don West selling baseball cards on Home Shopping Network. Will Ferrell as Don West on SNL. This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.

Brent Simmons

Developer

NetNewsWire

Mac Power Users/Oct 15, 2018/1h 27m

452: 2018 Developer Roundtable

Ken Case of the Omni Group, Greg Scown of Smile, and Dave Teare of Agile Bits join David and Katie to talk about the state of development for Mac and iOS and life as an Apple Developer. This episode of Mac Power Users is sponsored by: Fujitsu ScanSnap ScanSnap Helps You Live a More Productive, Efficient, Paperless Life. Sanebox Stop drowning in email! Squarespace: Make your next move. Enter offer code MPU at checkout to get 10% off your first purchase. Freshbooks: Online invoicing made easy. Guest Starring: Dave Teare, Greg Scown, and Ken Case Links and Show Notes: More Power Users: Ad-free episodes with regular bonus segments Ken Case (@kcase) | Twitter Greg Scown (@macgreg) | Twitter Dave Teare (@dteare) | Twitter Bear - Notes for iPhone, iPad and Mac Visual Studio Code - Code Editing. Redefined Scriptable Scriptable Micro.blog Matthew Cassinelli - YouTube Create a new fiddle - JSFiddle Automators #6: Automating iOS with Matthew Cassinelli - Relay FM

Founder and CEO

Co-founder

Co-founder

Mac Power Users/Aug 27, 2017/1h 55m

393: 2017 Developer Roundtable

In this episode, prominent App developers Ken Case, Greg Scown, and Dave Teare join us to talk about the future of macOS and iOS along with a few thoughts on the software business in 2017. This episode of Mac Power Users is sponsored by: MindNode Delightful mind mapping for your Mac, iPad, and iPhone. Sanebox Stop drowning in email! Squarespace: Make your next move. Enter offer code MPU at checkout to get 10% off your first purchase. Fracture Bring your photos to life. Guest Starring: Ken Case, Greg Scown, and Dave Teare Links and Show Notes: In this episode, prominent App developers Ken Case, Greg Scown, and Dave Teare join us to talk about the future of macOS and iOS along with a few thoughts on the software business in 2017. Support Mac Power Users with a Relay FM Membership Ken Case (@kcase) | Twitter Greg Scown (@macgreg) | Twitter Dave Teare (@dteare) | Twitter iOS 11 Preview - Apple Drag and Drop - iOS iOS 11's Files app FAQ | iMore TextExpander – Productivity App 1Password The Omni Group Mind Node PDFpen Fracture High Sierra Preview - Apple "Vintage" Apple T-Shirt SaneBox Squarespace Ulysses GoodNotes Slack 1Password drag-and-drop demo (w/ direct app integration) Why We Love 1Password Memberships Why we’re switching Ulysses to Subscription New TextExpander—1st Anniversary AutAutomate Expansion of Strings in TextExpander Code. Cook. Read. - By Greg Scown Providing the best possible App Store experience

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Co-founder

The Talk Show With John Gruber/Jun 1, 2017/1h 59m

192: ‘The Original Sin Is XML’ With Special Guests Manton Reece and Brent Simmons

Manton Reece and whisky-soaked baritone Brent Simmons join the show to talk about JSON Feed, the new spec they co-authored for syndicating things like blog posts and podcasts. We talk about their longstanding mutual interest in [Userland Frontier][f] -- Dave Winer’s groundbreaking scripting environment from the early ’90s -- and how that background and their mutual love for publishing on the open web and the democratization of technology ultimately led to the creation of JSON Feed, as well as their other new projects: Manton’s [Micro.blog][m] publishing platform, and Brent’s new open source Mac app, announced for the first time right here on the show. And of course a brief look ahead to next week’s WWDC 2017. Sponsored by: Away: High quality luggage with built-in USB chargers. Save $20 with promo code TALKSHOW. MailRoute: Hosted spam and virus protection for email. Use this link for 10 percent off for the life of your account. Squarespace: Make your next move with a beautiful website. Use code gruber for 10 percent off your first order. Fracture: Your photos printed in vivid color directly on glass. Great gift idea. Links: JSON Feed JSON Feed links on Daring Fireball Interest in XML vs. JSON over the last 5 years. Micro.blog — Manton’s new publishing platform. Evergreen — Brent’s new open source Mac app. Evergreen’s GitHub repository. Userland Frontier. Workflow. IFTTT. Feedbin. Seneca: “The Shortness of Life”. Yours truly back in 2009: “Twitter Apps Are a UI Playground”. Manton’s old Tweet Library app. “App: The Human Story” screening and panel discussion at WWDC 2017 xkcd’s “We need to develop one universal standard that covers everyone’s use cases!” comic. This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.

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