Episode 74

74: One Of Us Shipped Something

Unfortunately, it wasn't Fast Text for iOS 7.

July 18, 20142h 13m

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Show Notes

Follow-up:
- Showbot status and pull requests
- Older phones still being bought today, like the iPhone 4S
  - Long-term device limitations and upgradeability, RAM, spinning disks, and Mac/iOS purchasing strategies
  - Vindictive but self-defeating defections
- Screen size, small hands, and pants/trousers/jeans/khakis/whatevertheyrecalled.
  - Silver Screen Queens Podcast
  - CGP Grey
- 4K Plasma TVs, as pointed out by Awax, which lists for $500K
Overcast has shipped!
- Planning for server load and timing a release in the App Store
- Why require user accounts, and why not iCloud?
- Why freemium?
- What took so long? Why no streaming? Why does that even matter?
- IRL Talk
- RSSRadio
- ARM SIMD Extensions
- AltiVec
- Features users will hopefully appreciate
- Linking to other independent podcast apps
  - Some serious dedication on Hacker News
  - Posted after we recorded: Castro's response
- Podcast directory design motivations
Possible web-hosting on an A7-based Apple TV like at Mac Mini Vault
After-show:
- John gets Hypercritical about Overcast
- Electric Shadow
- Back to Work