426: ‘The Cutting Edge Latest Supermodel’, With David Smith
Special guest David Smith returns to the show for a developer's perspective look at WWDC 2025.
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Hands-On: How Apple’s New Speech APIs Outpace Whisper for Lightning-Fast Transcription
Tim Cook Reveals Apple’s Vision for Movies and TV
Musk’s xAI Burns Through $1 Billion a Month as Costs Pile Up
This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.
558: My Bucket Is Full
David Smith joins Jason to discuss how Apple will respond to U.S. tariffs, AI Apple health rumors, the release of iOS 18.4, and Jason's stressful family trip to the Apple Store.
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Downstream #92: I Just Want to Blog - Relay
My unsuccessful journey into Netflix’s ad tier – Six Colors
What to watch if you’re churning through Apple TV+ – Six Colors
iOS 18 - Apple
About iOS 18 Updates - Apple Support
Daring Fireball: Tired: Irresistable Force vs. Immovable Object — Wired: Unchanging Prices vs. Nonsensical Tariffs
The pinnacle of Apple’s price stability is the iMac – Six Colors
Fashion Fair - Apple Store - Apple
iOS 18.4 beta adds Ambient Music to Control Center via Apple Music - 9to5Mac
Upgrade 558: My Bucket Is Full - YouTube
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.
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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
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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
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447: I've Got a Lot of Code in the Catalogue
With Jason on vacation, Myke is joined by David Smith. They discuss a potential delay for Apple's headset and what that may mean for WWDC. Also, David's AI-powered podcast transcription website, and the introduction of 'Ask Underscore'.
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New MacBook Air Said to Launch Next Quarter Following Rumor of 15-Inch Model - MacRumors
Exclusive: This is iPhone 15 Pro: Thinner bezels, thicker 'curve' design, no Lightning port, more - 9to5Mac
From Bing to Sydney – Stratechery by Ben Thompson
PodSearch Reborn - David Smith
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What happened at Apple's AI summit for employees - 9to5Mac
An Outlet for my Custom Watch Faces - David Smith, Independent iOS Developer
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418: Grocery Shopping for Some Fresh New Bugs
On this episode, the guys discuss what academic honors they would like to receive, what happened at the beach house and the new update to Spark. Then, David Smith drops by to talk about the Apple Watch Ultra.
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Upgrade #427: He Renounced Lederhosen - Relay FM
Tim Gets a Degree
USB kills off SuperSpeed branding as it tries to simplify its ubiquitous connector - The Verge
EU Passes Law to Switch iPhone to USB-C by End of 2024 - MacRumors
'Thick Window' in Stage Manager
Spark
Spark mail gets major update for Mac, iOS, Windows - 9to5Mac
Testing an Apple Watch Ultra in the Scottish Highlands - David Smith, Independent iOS Developer
David Sparks' Orange Alpine Band
Band care information for Apple Watch Ultra - Apple Support
How to clean your Apple Watch - Apple Support
Two Suggestions for the Apple Watch Ultra - David Smith, Independent iOS Developer
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.
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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
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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
329: ‘The Scotland Board of Tourism’, With David Smith
Special guest David Smith returns to the show to talk about Apple Watch Series 7 and the state of WatchOS, Apple suing NSO Group, and more.
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Apple sues NSO Group.
NYT: "Apple Sues Israeli Spyware Maker, Seeking to Block Its Access to iPhones".
Skyfall Road Pin on Google Maps.
Under the Radar.
This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.
297: ‘Subscribed to a Hamburger’, With David Smith
Special guest “Underscore” David Smith joins the show to talk about iOS 14 widgets, WatchOS complications, sleep tracking, and his App Store chart-topping hit Widgetsmith.
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And a lot more. Seriously, he makes a lot of apps.
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Daring Fireball: “Widgetsmith and The Case of the Missing App Store Bunco Squad”.
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Michael Ward’s classic 2004 piece for McSweeney’s: “E-Mail Addresses It Would Be Really Annoying to Give Out Over the Phone”.
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543: A Developer's Summer, with Underscore David Smith
This week, Underscore David Smith joins the show to talk about what life as a developer is like between WWDC and the fall when new versions of Apple's operating system ship.
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Workouts++ on the App Store
Geneva Moon on the App Store
Feed Wrangler
The Gentlest of Sherlockings - David Smith, Independent iOS Developer
Sherlock (software) - Wikipedia
watchOS 7 adds significant personalization, health, and fitness features to Apple Watch - Apple
What's Great (and Not So Great) in watchOS 7 Sleep Tracking – The Sweet Setup
How the Apple Watch tracks sleep -- and why - CNET
The unofficial WWDC app for macOS
Swift Playgrounds - Apple
Soulver 2 on the Mac App Store
Overcast on the App Store
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Apple Watch Magnetic Charger to USB-C Cable (1 m) - Apple
Underscore's Charging Station
403: Workflows with _David Smith
App developer and business owner "Underscore" David Smith joins us this week to share his favorite hardware, software, and workflows.
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Watch - Apple
Xcode - Apple Developer
Photoshop
Sketch - The digital design toolkit
TextMate — The Missing Editor for Mac OS X
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Pivot table - Wikipedia
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Caffeine for Mac - Download
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45: I'm Afraid of Snakes
This week Federico and Myke are joined by David Smith to talk about how WWDC felt for developers, the effect of a public beta for iOS, reminders on iOS 9, and Taylor Swift.
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watchOS 2 Overview – MacStories
Apple Beta Software Program
Taylor Swift Criticizes Apple Music for Lack of Artist Compensation in Free Trial Period – MacStories
Apple Will Pay Rights Holders During Free Trial of Apple Music – MacStories
33: The RoboCop of Apple Watches
This week, Stephen and Federico are joined by David Smith to talk about Tim Cook and WatchKit apps.
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Apple Watch Apps Begin Showing Up in the App Store Ahead of Apple Watch Launch - Mac Rumors
Upcoming Apple Watch Apps - WatchAware
As I Learn WatchKit - David Smith
A New Way to Display • furbo.org
AILW: Adding a Touch of Liveliness - David Smith
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