TLA Systems

Connected/Jan 1, 2026/1h 5m

584: Musical Deck Chairs

Subtitle: The Pickies (2026) The usual guys give out some new and prestigious awards, score their past competitions, and put pride on the line to predict what will happen in 2026. This episode of Connected is sponsored by: Sentry: Mobile crash reporting and app monitoring. Get 6 months of the Team plan free with code connected. Squarespace: Save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code CONNECTED. Guest Starring: John Voorhees and James Thomson Links and Show Notes: Get Connected Pro: Preshow, postshow, no ads. Submit Feedback Annual Pickies 2025 - Rickies.co Autumn 2025 Pickies - Rickies.co Annual Pickies 2026 - Rickies.co

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Mac Power Users/Nov 2, 2025/1h 42m

821: Developer Roundtable 2025

Casey Liss, Charlie Chapman, and James Thomson join Stephen and David to discuss the state of software development on Apple's platforms in 2025. Topics include Liquid Glass, SwiftUI, documentation, subscriptions, and Apple Intelligence. This episode of Mac Power Users is sponsored by: Squarespace: Save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code MPU. Indeed: Join more than 3.5 million businesses worldwide using Indeed to hire great talent fast. Guest Starring: James Thomson, Charlie Chapman, and Casey Liss 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 Apple Productivity Suite Field Guide (Expert) Apple Productivity Suite Field Guide (Essentials) Mac Power Users #820: The Apple Productivity Suite Field Guide - Relay Casey's Blog Callsheet Casey's Other Apps Accidental Tech Podcast RevenueCat Dark Noise Framous Launched Podcast TLA Systems PCalc Dice by PCalc Daring Fireball: Something Is Rotten in the State of Cupertino David Smith, Independent iOS Developer Supercharge your step tracking - Pedometer++ Apple introduces a delightful and elegant new software design - Apple iOS 26.1 Beta 4 Adds Liquid Glass Transparency Toggle - 512 Pixels Apple Unveils iOS 7 - Apple Living with iOS 7 - MacStories Apple's Developer Website On Apple's Piss-Poor Documentation — Liss is More Documentation | RevenueCat Apple Highlights Apps Using Its Foundation Models Framework - MacStories The Majority AI View - Anil Dash How Do I Start Programming? — Liss is More Hacking with Swift

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Accidental Tech Podcast

Independent Developer

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Connected/Aug 20, 2025/1h 38m

566: True UK Elephant

Your favorite podcasters are back to do some vitally important singing stuffed animal follow-up, catch up on how the betas are going, make some autumnal predictions, get some troubleshooting advice, and answer your questions. This episode of Connected is sponsored by: Ecamm: Powerful live streaming platform for Mac. Get one month free. Celtreos: The shoot-em-up game with tiny ships, big weapons, waves of foes, power-ups and obstacles. Sentry: Mobile crash reporting and app monitoring. Get 6 months of the Team plan free with code connected. Guest Starring: Glenn Fleishman, John Voorhees, and James Thomson Links and Show Notes: Get Connected Pro: Preshow, postshow, no ads. Submit Feedback Glenn Fleishman Take Control Books Help Me Glenn OWC SoftRaid True UK Elephant

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Technology Journalist

Glenn Fleishman

The Economist / Fast Company (freelance)

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Connected/Jan 1, 2025/50m

533: Somehow, AirPort Returned

Subtitle: The Pickies (2025) The lads return with their annual predictions for 2025! But first, there are gifts to be exchanged and a 2024 champion to be crowned. This episode of Connected is sponsored by: Fitbod: Get stronger, faster with a fitness plan that fits you. Get 25% off your membership. Squarespace: Save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code CONNECTED. Guest Starring: John Voorhees and James Thomson Links and Show Notes: Get Connected Pro + Ultra and we'll love you more. Submit Feedback "Mac mini Pro" enclosure for M4 Mac mini by Jerrod H - MakerWorld ONEXPLAYER X1 AMD Ryzen™ 7 8840U 10.95'' 3-In-1 Gaming Handheld（US Sto Amazon.com: Giant Googly Eyes Self Adhesive Big Wiggle Eyes Large Sticky Eyes for Party Decorations Refrigerator Door Lawns Car DIY Craft Projects Vision Pro (50mm) Pickies 2024 Voorhees Scale Who's Connected Intro Is It Today?

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Connected/Dec 27, 2023/1h 20m

482: Pivot to a Magician

Subtitle: The Pickies (2024) The boys are back with their annual predictions for 2024! But first, there are gifts to be exchanged and a 2023 champion to be crowned. This episode of Connected is sponsored by: Notion: Do your most efficient work with Notion AI. Try it free today. Nom Nom: Healthy, fresh food for dogs formulated by top Board Certified Veterinary Nutritionists. Prepped in our kitchens with free delivery to your door. Get 50% off. Guest Starring: James Thomson and John Voorhees Links and Show Notes: Get Connected Pro: Preshow, postshow, no ads. Submit Feedback Cadence Comic Art: Original Comic Art Men's Champion Gray ACC Gear Conference T-Shirt What's the Point of Maths? by DK

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Upgrade/Nov 27, 2023/1h 47m

488: The New Numbers

Subtitle: 2023 Upgrade Cybercast James Thomson joins Jason to celebrate Cyber Monday, generate an Apple Buying Guide, grapple with subscription (and human) burnout, and explore spatial videos and the current state of visionOS development. This episode of Upgrade is sponsored by: Memberful: Best-in-class membership software for independent creators, publishers, educators, podcasters, and more. Get started now, no credit card required. Ladder: Flexible life insurance in minutes. Notion: Do your most efficient work with Notion AI. Try it free today. Guest Starring: James Thomson Links and Show Notes: Get Upgrade+. More content, no ads. Submit Feedback Upgradies Hall of Fame The Tenth Annual Upgradies Give the Gift of Relay FM Fuzzy Feelings | Apple Holiday Film - YouTube Ihnatko: Deconstructing Apple’s weirdly empathetic “Fuzzy Feelings” – Six Colors Going in-depth on iPhone Spatial Video – Six Colors 360° Total Party Kill 2023 special - YouTube

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Connected/Jun 28, 2023/1h 21m

456: The Dice Are Coming at You

Federico, Stephen and Myke are joined by James Thomson to talk about the visionOS SDK and what apps may be like when the platform launches early next year. Other topics include laundry symbols, the return of Ridiculous Fishing and more. This episode of Connected is sponsored by: CleanMyMac X: Your Mac. As good as new. Get 5% off today. Sofa: Be more intentional with your downtime. Get 45% off an annual subscription to Super Sofa. Notion: Do your most efficient work with Notion Projects. Try it free today. Guest Starring: James Thomson Links and Show Notes: Get Connected Pro: Preshow, postshow, no ads. Submit Feedback Apple's New Beats Studio Pro Expected to Launch in July With USB-C, Improved Sound, and More - MacRumors 2024 Apple History Calendar by Stephen Hackett — Kickstarter Previous Digital Calendars and Wallpapers - ismh on Gumroad GitHub - JamBlumberg/Rickies3D: Test visionOS app Did Elon Musk’s mom really get the cage match with Mark Zuckerberg cancelled? - SBNation.com sweet baby rays - YouTube Mark Zuckerberg Vows to Only Eat Meat that He Has Killed Himself | Reuters Apple Arcade gets Slay the Spire, Stardew Valley, Ridiculous Fishing EX - Polygon Broadcasts brings SharePlay to internet radio streaming - 9to5Mac Enjoy content together live using SharePlay on iPhone – Apple Support Steve Troughton-Smith: Listening to the Relay FM Livestream - Mastodon CarPlay in iOS 17: Apple Music SharePlay, design updates, new wallpaper - 9to5Mac Federico Viticci: "iOS 17's Photos app can now identify and explain laundry symbols in pictures" - MacStories on Mastodon James Thomson (@jamesthomson@mastodon.social) - Mastodon TLA Systems PCalc Dice by PCalc Developers' Early Experiments with visionOS - MacStories visionOS - Apple Developer Simon B. Støvring: "Yes, I did file feedback. “Please straighten the wrinkle in the carpet in my Living Room scene in the Vision Pro simulator" - Mastodon

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Connected/Dec 21, 2022/59m

429: Lucy's Football Factory

The boys celebrate the holidays with their annual gift exchange, and then it's time to make predictions for what will happen in 2023--but first, it's time to score our picks from the past year and crown a new champion. This episode of Connected is sponsored by: Squarespace: Make your next move. Enter offer code CONNECTED at checkout to get 10% off your first purchase. Memberful: Best-in-class membership software for independent creators, publishers, educators, podcasters, and more. Get started now, no credit card required. Guest Starring: James Thomson and John Voorhees Links and Show Notes: Get Connected Pro: Preshow, postshow, no ads.

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Upgrade/Jul 25, 2022/1h 53m

417: The Verticals

In this special Summer of Fun episode, Jason and Myke welcome three special guests to discuss how development, accessibility, and widgets have been affected by Apple's latest operating-system cycle. This episode of Upgrade is sponsored by: TextExpander: Your Shortcut to Efficient, Consistent Communication. Get 20% off. Sourcegraph: Universal Code Search. Move fast, even in big codebases. Try it now. DoorDash: Get 25% off and zero delivery fees on your first order of $15 or more. Zocdoc: Find the right doctor, right now with Zocdoc. Sign up for free. Guest Starring: David Smith, James Thomson, and Shelly Brisbin Links and Show Notes: Get Upgrade+. More content, no ads. Parallel - Relay FM Under the Radar - Relay FM Total Party Kill - a podcast from The Incomparable Is Apple’s Eddy Cue About to Get NFL's Sunday Ticket? - Puck Apple the 'most likely winner' of NFL deal, UEFA could be next - 9to5Mac Apple Mixed-Reality Headset on Schedule for Early 2023, Lighter Second-Gen Version With Call Capabilities Coming in 2024 - MacRumors Apple Mini-LED External Display Rumored to Offer ProMotion, But Launch Delayed to Early 2023 - MacRumors PCalc About Dice by PCalc James Thomson on The Incomparable Apple in 2021: The Six Colors report card – Six Colors Shelly's Website Parallel - Relay FM Lions, Towers & Shields - a podcast from The Incomparable iOS Access for All Book Apple previews powerful software updates designed for people with disabilities - Apple Parallel #73: A Week with Apple's Accessibility Preview - Relay FM MLB Closed Captioning (@mlb_cc) / Twitter Eloquence for Windows - Code Factory Eloquence voices come to voiceover in iOS 16 - YouTube OpenDyslexic David's Apps Under the Radar - Relay FM Kinda Funny Games - YouTube Kinda Funny - YouTube The Always Sunny Podcast - YouTube The West Wing Weekly Talking Sopranos Dithering Origin Story

David Smith

Developer

Widgetsmith

Developing Perspective

Underscore David Smith

Developer

Journalist / Accessibility Advocate

Relay FM

KXAN

iMore SMShelly Brisbin Media

Connected/Dec 22, 2021/1h 37m

377: Connected Café 🍕🍺

It's time for our annual Christmas gift exchange round-robin, and then the boys get down to business with some competitive picks about what will happen in 2022. All that's followed by a game of 20 Questions, with the questions supplied by listeners! This episode of Connected is sponsored by: PCalc: A very full-featured calculator app. Guest Starring: Dice by PCalc, John Voorhees, and James Thomson Links and Show Notes: Get Connected+: More content, more japes, more fewer ads. Submit Feedback The Pickies Charter

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Mac Power Users/May 31, 2020/1h 55m

538: I Predate the Home Computer, with James Thomson

PCalc developer James Thomson joins David and Stephen to talk about his background with the Mac, and what it take to build and maintain the same application over multiple decades. This episode of Mac Power Users is sponsored by: Sanebox: Stop drowning in email! 1Blocker: The Fastest & Most Powerful Blocker for Safari DEVONthink: Get Organized — Unleash Your Creativity. Use this link for 10% off. Guest Starring: James Thomson Links and Show Notes: Sign up for the MPU email newsletter and join the MPU forums. Support Mac Power Users with a Relay Membership Submit Feedback James Thomson (@jamesthomson) / Twitter TLA Systems Home Page PCalc for macOS PCalc for iPad, iPhone and Apple Watch Commodore 64 - Wikipedia BBC Micro - Wikipedia Interactive fiction - Wikipedia Atari ST - Wikipedia Macintosh Classic - Wikipedia Copland (operating system) - Wikipedia The History of Clarus the Dogcow – 512 Pixels The iMac G3 Project – 512 Pixels How To: Hackintosh a Dell Mini 9 Into the Ultimate OS X Netbook 30-plus years of HyperCard, the missing link to the Web | Ars Technica PCalc's Origin Story PCalc Version History Apple Asks PCalc Developer to Remove iOS 8 Widget - MacStories PCalc for Apple TV PCalc's Delightfully Insane About Screen - MacStories An Illustrated History of Easter Eggs – James Thomson at Hacking with Swift Live 2019 - YouTube Dice by PCalc Total Party Kill - a podcast from The Incomparable "This Is Not a Product": The Apple Developer Transition Kit - MacStories BBEdit Adobe Photoshop Adobe Illustrator Xcode - Apple Developer Blender Basilisk II SheepShaver VMware Fusion Logic Pro Main_MiSTer Wiki Main_MiSTer Wiki - Why FPGA? Photos Field Guide (2nd Edition) | MacSparky Field Guides

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Upgrade/Oct 14, 2019/1h 37m

267: The Quiet Death of the Newton

James Thomson joins Jason to discuss converting an app from iOS to Mac via Catalyst, the prospects for using Catalyst on his most profitable app, and the end of an era as his app DragThing and all other 32-bit Mac apps fade away. We also sort out Apple and China, because that's not a complicated topic at all. This episode of Upgrade is sponsored by: ExpressVPN: High-Speed, Secure & Anonymous VPN Service. Get 3 months free with a 1-year package. Linode: High performance SSD Linux servers for all of your infrastructure needs. Get a $20 credit. Timepage: Online calendar/planner app for iOS. Free 14-day trial. Guest Starring: James Thomson Links and Show Notes: Support Upgrade with a Relay FM Membership Jason Snell on Twitter: "I’m still trying to understand Batman’s keyboard" Appearance Manager - Wikipedia Brydge sues Kickstarter for selling iPad keyboard it claims is a clone - The Verge Apple Told Some Apple TV+ Show Developers Not To Anger China Matthew Panzarino on Twitter: "It’s literally the Hollywood playbook. Every studio does the same. Movies are edited to appeal and not offend China. The culture clash is one of optics and interests." Chinese propaganda app doubles as new spying tool for authorities, report says - The Washington Post Charles Mok on Twitter Hong Kong protests: President Xi warns of 'bodies smashed' - BBC News China Blows Whistle on Nationalistic Protests Against the N.B.A. - The New York Times Blizzard breaks silence on controversial suspension of Hong Kong Hearthstone player - The Verge Apple’s decision to pull an app used by Hong Kong protestors shows how much it needs China - Vox In China Trade War, Apple Worries It Will Be Collateral Damage - The New York Times ‎Dice by PCalc on the Mac App Store UIUserInterfaceIdiom - UIKit | Apple Developer Documentation Steve Troughton-Smith on Twitter: "Ha! The Podcasts app on macOS Catalina, which is built with UIKit, overrides the default Catalyst scale factor and uses 1.0 instead of 0.77 😐" / Apple’s Merged iPad, Mac Apps Leave Developers Uneasy, Users Paying Twice - Bloomberg Total Party Kill New season with James, Myke, Jason and more begins Nov. 5!

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Upgrade/Jun 11, 2018/1h 38m

197: Banana Royale

It’s time to reflect on WWDC week, so Jason and Myke are joined by special guest developer James Thomson. We discuss our first impressions of the iOS 12 and macOS Mojave betas, the future of Mac apps in and out of the Mac App Store, and what new features are now at the top of James’s priority list as a developer. This episode of Upgrade is sponsored by: Linode: High performance SSD Linux servers for all of your infrastructure needs. Get a $20 credit with promo code ‘upgrade2018’ Freshbooks: Online invoicing made easy. Casper: The Internet’s favourite mattress. Get $50 off select mattresses with the code ‘UPGRADE’. Guest Starring: James Thomson Links and Show Notes: Support Upgrade with a Relay FM Membership Clockwise #244: The Smooshing of Everything - Relay FM Connected #196: Live from WWDC 2018 - Relay FM Tickets for Upgrade Live in Chicago Hello, stereo paired HomePods - Six Colors Fox Sets Shareholder Vote on Disney Sale – Variety It’s official: Amazon has saved The Expanse - The Verge Netflix Exec: Obamas’ Productions Will Not Have a ‘Political Slant’ – Variety ‘Disenchantment’ Teases First Look At Characters In Netflix’s Matt Groeing Toon | Deadline The Incomparable | I Am Not a Crackpot (Episode 410) The small details of iOS 12, macOS Mojave, and more - Six Colors With Mojave, Apple makes changes inside and outside Mac App Store - Six Colors PCalc The Talk Show ✪: Ep. 223, Live From WWDC 2018 With Greg Joswiak and Mike Rockwell DragThing B-Sides #33: Trying New Things at WWDC - Relay FM Membership - Relay FM Six Colors podcast from WWDC - Six Colors Under the Radar #135: On the Street at WWDC 2018 - Relay FM

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