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.
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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.
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iOS 26.1 Beta 4 Adds Liquid Glass Transparency Toggle - 512 Pixels
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Apple Highlights Apps Using Its Foundation Models Framework - MacStories
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Upgradies Hall of Fame
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Fuzzy Feelings | Apple Holiday Film - YouTube
Ihnatko: Deconstructing Apple’s weirdly empathetic “Fuzzy Feelings” – Six Colors
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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.
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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
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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
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.
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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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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
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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
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Under the Radar - Relay FM
Kinda Funny Games - YouTube
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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!
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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.
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The History of Clarus the Dogcow – 512 Pixels
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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
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Apple Asks PCalc Developer to Remove iOS 8 Widget - MacStories
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An Illustrated History of Easter Eggs – James Thomson at Hacking with Swift Live 2019 - YouTube
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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Six Colors podcast from WWDC - Six Colors
Under the Radar #135: On the Street at WWDC 2018 - Relay FM