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.
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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
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Rogue Amoeba | Audio Hijack: Record Any Audio on MacOS
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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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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
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.
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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.
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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.
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Terminal User Guide for Mac - Apple Support
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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.
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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.
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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
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1Password drag-and-drop demo (w/ direct app integration)
Why We Love 1Password Memberships
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New TextExpander—1st Anniversary
AutAutomate Expansion of Strings in TextExpander
Code. Cook. Read. - By Greg Scown
Providing the best possible App Store experience
216: iOS 8 Developer Roundtable
David and Katie are joined by some premiere developers to developers including Dave Teare of 1Password, Ken Case of OmniGroup and Greg Scown of Smile. We discuss the processes of developing for iOS 8, new iPhones and more.
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OmniGraffle - The Omni Group
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New OmniFocus extensions for iOS 8 - The Omni Group
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