Accidental Tech Podcast

Follow-Up: Ad income isn't included in Top Grossing (Joe F.) Crossy Road added a coin doubler (Steve Lubitz) and developer response Daniel Jalkut's idea for Push Notification Traps This week's App Store drama The phone call to Launcher's developer Apple's questionable decisions recently Friction within Apple? Stratechery: App Store Anguish, Old Apple's Last Stand, Time for a Change? (membership required) Obligations to maintain your apps Why Casey discontinued Fast Text Open-source time commitments Casey's Accidentalbot and Camel John's CPAN modules Marco's FCModel and BugshotKit Post-show: John has some opinions on his PS4 so far. Sponsored by: Backblaze: Online backup for $5/month. Native. Unlimited. Unthrottled. Uncomplicated. Igloo: An intranet you'll actually like. Oscar: A novel approach to health insurance for people, not corporations.

Follow-Up: Casey clears up his car intentions Golf R Wagon/Estate Apple using push notifications for an advertisement App Store Rule 5.6 Paul Haddad's Idea Drafts' Today Widget fiasco Tweets from Greg Pierce, author of Drafts One, two, three, four PCalc's Today Widget brouhaha Should one create an app for creating podcasts? Are niche professional apps worth creating? Well, maybe... Final Draft John August's Scripnotes Podcast Quark XPress Logic Pro X Hindenburg (Why the name "Hindenburg"?) Fog Creek Copilot Core Intuition on App Windfalls Game monetization and Crossy Road Frogger Team Fortress 2 Clash of Clans The danger of Touch ID for sleeping parents Post-show: Jason Snell dominates Crossy Road (John's son dominates Jason Snell) More on profitability (AppFigures) Desert Golfing Up Up Down Down Interview Frog Fractions Scorched Earth Super Gravitron Super Hexagon VVVVVV Threes! Sponsored by: Studio Neat's ATP Cocktails: Pick a drink and settle in for some F.U., browse their Cocktail Tool Guide, then use coupon ATP for 10% off anything in the Studio Neat store. lynda.com: Learn at your own pace from expert-taught video tutorials. Free 7-day trial. Squarespace: A better web starts with your website. Use promo code ATP for 10% off. Harry's: An exceptional shave at a fraction of the price, and a great gift for the holidays. Use code ATPHOLIDAY for $5 off the Winter Winston set.

Follow-up: Correction on battery increases year over year Hypercritical #74 Apple's priorities and engineering tradeoffs The Prompt (succeeded by Connected) Palm V IIS on !Windows Kestrel libuv nginx Scott Hanselman's summary Casey can't manufacture that thing like Apple does Homescreens Some people like them empty Group homescreen shaming #Homescreen and the top apps John Marco Casey Why there isn't an Overcast Mac app (yet?) Tumblr Backup Chameleon Overcast iPad Core Intuition Pod Wrangler Mac Post-show Neutral: VW Golf R Autoblog photos Interior photo Flat-bottomed steering wheels Possible upgrades for Erin's car Oxymoronic Cars X5 SRT-8 Tesla Model X Other options: 3-series GT Outback CTS-V Wagon Lexus ES Honda Accord Volvo V60 Honda Odyssey F-150 Sponsored by: Backblaze: Online backup for $5/month. Native. Unlimited. Unthrottled. Uncomplicated. Hover: The best way to buy and manage domain names. Use coupon code PHISHRULES for 10% off. Neat Ice Kit: Create perfect, clear ice for cocktails at home (Casey's review). Use coupon ATP for 10% off anything in the Studio Neat store.

Follow-up: Inside info on why iWork seems so screwed up More on open source .NET, from @Scionwest 1 2 3 4 Discourse (source) Germany's equivalent of Consumer Reports tests the bendiness of the new iPhones (link in German) Nokia's new tablet features the USB Type C connector WatchKit _DavidSmith's Predictions _DavidSmith's Initial Impressions GEOS Craig Hockenberry on UI consistency Pete Burtis expands on the idea Post-show: John's iPhone activation woes SIM removal tool John critiques cutting-edge apps: Instagram Vine YouTube Sponsored by: Igloo: An intranet you'll actually like. Hover: The best way to buy and manage domain names. Use coupon code CASEYNEEDSADRINK for 10% off. lynda.com: Learn at your own pace from expert-taught video tutorials. Free 7-day trial.

Twitter's absurd mission strategy statement Demotivational Poster Should we use a carousel? Follow-up: More on app bundles Does iWork help Apple sell hardware? RiMac GPUs are throttled? It's possible to get hot even in OS X Gaming benchmarks More from Ars iStat Menus Why TRIM isn't widely supported on OS X iPhone 6 vs. 6 Plus sales (via @_ryanbrodie) More from Localytics Overcast 1.1 CarPlay Marco's testing setup Pioneer SPH-DA120 MPPlayableContentManager We covered in-car user interfaces before Microsoft open-sources more of .NET More from Ars More from Miguel de Icaza Xamarin RyuJIT Hadouken Clang LLVM .NET on Github Darwin KHTML WebKit CLR TCL GNUstep Examples of software established in Linux Wireshark Audacity Adium (or, really, Pidgin) git Selenium phpBB Titanium The good, the bad, and the ugly of source control DVD-RAM and DVD+RW Turns out Marco's "DVD-RAM" emoji (💽) is really a Minidisc, which was moderately popular in Japan. Perforce SVN CVS Mercurial Betamax Post-show Baby Update The Analog(ue)-ATP Baby Treaty (@31:00) Casey's fancy camera Scammy in-hospital newborn photography EXIF Tiffany Arment Photography Sponsored by: Mandrill: Integrate, deliver, track and analyze — email infrastructure from Mandrill. Use promo code accidentaltech for 50,000 free email sends per month for your first 6 months. Hover: The best way to buy and manage domain names. Use coupon code CASEYNEEDSANAP for 10% off. Squarespace: Start here. Go anywhere. Use coupon ATP for 10% off.

Follow-up: Declan night one It's Andy Samberg that is part of Lonely Island, not "Adam Sandberg". Many of the videos below contain explicit lyrics. Saturday Night Live Brooklyn Nine-Nine "Lazy Sunday" "On a Boat" "[Cheney] in a Box" T-Pain Autotune "Semicolon" App store prevents too-expensive bundle purchases (via @walruscp) TRIM support and John's SSD Trim Enabler and a related Yosemite FAQ AHCI Ars on the rise of SSDs SandForce Source list opacity in Yosemite (1 2) This was also covered on John's recent appearance on The Talk Show Ancient GameCube controllers in modern times Microsoft Band _David Smith's thoughts on his blog and podcast Exploded diagram Ars Review Nice summary by Manton Reece WebOS Courier Kin Surface product placement goes wrong House, M.D. Parks and Recreation iWork file-format support InfoWorld article iWeb Tower of Babel iLife ADA Post-show: Wii U Pro Controller versus GameCube Controller John has a surprise iPhone 6/6 Plus sales ratio Tweetie UIRefreshControl RiMac First Impressions Monaco Inconsolata Menlo Handbrake Sponsored by: Squarespace: A better web starts with your website. Use promo code ATP for 10% off. Harry's: An exceptional shave at a fraction of the price. The official partner of Movember. Use code ATP for $5 off your first purchase. lynda.com: Learn at your own pace from expert-taught video tutorials. Free 7-day trial.

Casey's new arrival Some background The Jackal Follow-Up: Marco's Retina iMacs may be on a boat The Talk Show FU: the new iMac displays are laminated FCC sues AT&T for heavy throttling of their "unlimited" plan ECC RAM is actually worth it Marco's intentions for his Mac Pro iFixIt's Teardown of the iMac with Retina 5K Display _David Smith's screenshot of Xcode and iOS Simulator Fan noise thoughts and recording Casey has used Apple Pay More on App Store bundles as upgrade pricing Unread's move to Supertop Continuity hardware-requirements Knowledge Base entries (via @MCRascasse) Get help using Continuity with iOS 8 Connect your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, and Mac using Continuity Restricting apps from A5 and A6 devices by requiring Metal (via @lmarburger) GamerGate FILM CRIT HULK The DeHulkifier WHY HULK WRITES LIKE THIS Tim Cook announces he is gay Post-show: Microsoft Band, extremely briefly John's new arrival Disk Inventory X John's selection Casey's newfound picture-taking modus operandi, and tips from Marco Casey's camera Shawn Blanc's Review Casey's quick thoughts Casey's wedding pictures vs. baby pictures Bokeh John makes a shocking confession Neven and Christa Mrgan Baby Sandwich Sponsored by: Hover: The best way to buy and manage domain names. Use coupon code CONGRATULATIONSCASEY for 10% off. lynda.com: Learn at your own pace from expert-taught video tutorials. Free 7-day trial. Backblaze: Online backup for $5/month. Native. Unlimited. Unthrottled. Uncomplicated.

Follow-up: SMS Relay doesn't require Bluetooth Low Energy (Tweet by @Jury) Is a grandfathered AT&T unlimited-data plan worth keeping? Dropbox versus iCloud Drive versus OneDrive Dropbox document picker Bluetooth mesh networking Twitter's developer conference Twitter Digits Marco on developers trusting Twitter Dave Winer's response Verge article Yosemite Review recap, one week on. Does anyone really care about the Mac anymore? iMore's iOS 8 Review Yosemite first thoughts Casey uses GitHub's Atom text editor Aero Glass Chromatic aberration Super close-up of close button Early OS X transparency Apple Pay Target Cartwheel Target reveals daughter's pregnancy iMac with Retina 5K display Post-show: John is iPhoneless again, but for how long? More on GamerGate New York Magazine article by Jesse Singal Felicia Day posts on GamerGate Doxing No true Scotsman Deadspin summary Brands and GamerGate Twitter statistics Designing social systems to reduce abuse vectors and incentives Marco and The Wirecutter Isla Vista Shooting (more) Perks of verified Twitter accounts Kirby Ferguson This is Not a Conspiracy Theory Everything is a Remix Sponsored by: Backblaze: Online backup for $5/month. Native. Unlimited. Unthrottled. Uncomplicated. lynda.com: Learn at your own pace from expert-taught video tutorials. Free 7-day trial. Igloo: An intranet you'll actually like, free for up to 10 people.

Follow-up: GameCube controllers only work with Super Smash Brothers Apple's event: Yosemite, iPad Air 2, Retina iMac Unfunny funny skits Retconned Retina iPad Mini The A5 lives on for another year or two Apple's ASP strategy tax (John, previously) The new iPads John's iOS device plans Authy two-factor auth app iMac Retina 5K Marco on 5K iMac vs. Mac Pro Developing Perspective John's Review Buy the iBook! Buy the Kindle eBook Buy Ars Premier to get all the things About John's review xScope Lattner's tweet Mike Ash's Friday Q&A Sponsored by: Igloo: An intranet you'll actually like. Mandrill: Integrate, deliver, track and analyze — email infrastructure from Mandrill. Use promo code accidentaltech for 50,000 free email sends per month for your first 6 months. Squarespace: A better web starts with your website. Use coupon ATP for 10% off.

Trends in social networks App.net Broadcast Ello (@marcoarment, @caseyliss, @johnsiracusa, @atpfm) Cupcake The Talk Show #74: Glenn Fleishmann explains Bitcoin Follow-up: iPhone 6 Plus Scaling (mostly thanks to Hendrik's research) Dev Forums Hendrik's video Test pattern Source of the image-of-text from last week Forum post about scaling adding detail More on the bendy iPhone 6 and 6 Plus Consumer Reports Uri Gellar Continued iPhone 6 impressions Grips Apple Leather Case Apple Silicone Case Valentine Goods leather backs Louie Mantia on sizes Post-show: More on the iPhones 6 screens Gamecube controllers Adapter for Wii U It is supposedly compatible with more than just Super Smash Bros F-Zero Sponsored by: Neat Ice Kit: Create perfect, clear ice for cocktails at home (Casey's review). Use coupon ATP for 10% off anything in the Studio Neat store. Hover: The best way to buy and manage domain names. Use coupon INVISIBLESPREADSHEET for 10% off. Squarespace: A better web starts with your website. Use coupon ATP for 10% off.

Follow-Up: John defends his derision about the load-bearing finger Thumb commercial Accidental Build and Analyze about iOS 8 size classes and adaptive UI Write-up by Justin Williams (the "???" square in the grid is the iPhone 6 Plus in landscape) iPad resizable-apps video by Steven Troughton-Smith Designing Applications Vesper Unread Continued Follow-Up: NFC around the world iPhone 6+ scaling Original tweet Source John on Mac resolution swapping Bendy iPhones 6 Consumer Reports bends phones Anecdotal evidence iPod Touch people Marquetry (via @sjsyrek) Proprietary eponym Jonathan Mann's Harry Potter EP on Kickstarter Post-show Follow-Up: The Invisible Spreadsheet Update on John's review Slippery iPhones 6 and cases Sponsored by: Raizlabs: A full-service development firm looking to hire experienced mobile developers, designers, and product managers in Boston and San Francisco. Casper: A mattress with just the right sink, just the right bounce, for better nights and brighter days. Use code ATP for $50 off. Squarespace: A better web starts with your website. Use promo code ATP for 10% off.

Follow-Up: Jason Snell on iPhone 6 CPUs Upgradeable Apple Watches Apple S1 How do you sell a $10,000+ watch in an Apple Store? Apple Watch Edition's special box Apple Pay and banking The hidden meanings of Apple "tv"/"WATCH" text styling Trade names and the NFL If Steve were alive... Ben Thompson's take Tim Cook's Charlie Rose interview Part 1 Part 2 Apple's diversity report iPhone 6/6+ impressions Apple iPhone 6 leather case Hello, Internet #21 Virginia Roberts Stephen Hackett 17" MacBook Pro Post-show: iPhone 6 Plus bending video (follow-up with more phones, Galaxy Note 3) Sponsored by: Mobelux: A product team for hire. Whether you need a development partner on a big idea or want help getting your product mobile, we've got you covered. Hover: The best way to buy and manage domain names. Use coupon code WHITECARSLOL for 10% off. Harry's: An exceptional shave at a fraction of the price. Use code ATP for $5 off your first purchase.

Pre-Show: Inexpensive tablets Follow-up: More on Retina displays for the Mac Thunderbolt 2, Thunderbolt 3, and Skylake iPhones 6 and 6 Plus Optical image stabilization Matt Panzarino's awesome iPhones review Barefeats benchmark Marco teaches Casey about photography Android Wear versus Galaxy Gear Apple's and Google's rates on payments Quora article Financial Times Whether we're blind to Android doing things first ATP #1 Apple Watch's potential pricing Solid gold cases Veblen goods Gruber's analysis Buying experience Scott McNulty's tweet Apple Store in Grand Central Terminal Cases, fashion, and personalization Closeup of Apple Watch Sport Stickers commercial Offline features Send text messages in languages with pictographic/Logogram alphabets Graffiti Battery indicator Charging Citizen Eco Drive watches Post-show: The U2 thing Apple Privacy Announcement Charlie Rose Part 1 and Part 2 Marco accidentally releases an iPad app Replacing launch images with storyboards Sponsored by: Igloo: An intranet you'll actually like, free for up to 10 people. Squarespace: A better web starts with your website. Use promo code ATP for 10% off. lynda.com: Learn at your own pace from expert-taught video tutorials. Free 7-day trial.

Follow-up: Marco and John get excited about a monitor Sexism epiphanies TiVo Mega SnapStream Kaleidescape Disc Vault Macworld layoffs Jason Snell iPhone 6/Apple Watch Event iPhone 6 & 6+ Ill-informed stream theories Samsung's cheesy S4 intro @forgottentowel on iPhone design priorities Printable iPhone 6/6+ templates (or this alternate) ATP #1 Special guest appearance by Tiffany Arment Apple Watch EVT Leak "Antacid Tablet" Printable Apple Watch templates Apple PR Announcement A high-end-watch nerd talking about the Apple Watch Walkie-Talkie feature Sponsored by: Hover: The best way to buy and manage domain names. Use coupon code NECESSARYBUTNOTSUFFICIENT for 10% off. Squarespace: A better web starts with your website. Use promo code ATP for 10% off. Warby Parker: Boutique-quality, vintage-inspired eyewear at a revolutionary price.

Follow-up: TiVo service charges and OTA channels Frayed Lightning Cables on Tumblr Google allegedly dropped out of buying Twitch Anand Shimpi retires from AnandTech to work for Apple Anand's announcement Tom's Hardware Guide and the 1133 MHz Pentium III Hackers steal photos from celebrities, apparently by phishing their iCloud accounts or answering security questions Possibly similar to Mat Honan's hack Find My iPhone was missing rate-limiting Apple says the rate-limiting flaw wasn't involved Ben Thompson on iCloud's reputation Tim Cook responds in WSJ interview Next week's Apple event Feld & Volk video of an assembled 4.7" iPhone 6 Relative seating capacity of Apple event venues Recent attacks of women in gaming An overview on The Guardian Another good overview Feminist Frequency (YouTube channel) Isometric: Brianna Wu, Maddy Myers, Georgia Dow, and Steve Lubitz Susan Arendt "Common Markdown", née "Standard Markdown" John Gruber's official Markdown That word for when "I know that you know that I know…" and so on that John couldn't remember: Yomi Sponsored by: Squarespace: A better web starts with your website. Use promo code ATP for 10% off. lynda.com: Learn at your own pace from expert-taught video tutorials. Free 7-day trial. Harry's: An exceptional shave at a fraction of the price. Use code ATP for $5 off your first purchase.

Follow-up: iTunes on Windows uses Objective-C Lightning cables Advice from Geniuses at the Apple Bar When to ask for a replacement Strain relief design USB icon on the cable There's still a Mac with an optical drive CD-ROM nostalgia CD caddy Math co-processor Kenwood TrueX 72x CD-ROM with 7 laser beams When will Apple let spinning hard drives die? What size drives do iMacs use? Verizon "SpeedMatch" Merlin Mann asks about the new TiVo Roamio OTA Version Numbering The Infinite Version Do people care about pretty URLs.aspx? Podcast Patent Troll Ars Technica Hypercritical #67 Hypercritical #68 Ars on Carolla Settling Adam Carolla discusses the case starting around 40 minutes Marco's headphone review Post-Show: John's review status Amazon buys Twitch Twitch Plays Pokémon Isometric Marco.☕️ Bad.☕️ Explanation of John's joke domain for The Flop House Sponsored by: Quotebook 3: Collect quotes that matter. Download it today on the App Store for iPhone and iPad. Squarespace: A better web starts with your website. Use promo code ATP for 10% off. Fracture: Photos printed in vivid color directly on glass. Use code ATP for 15% off. (Marco's app-icon Fractures)

Pre-show: Relay FM and Casey's new show about feelings Follow-up: Rumored Lightning cable with reversible USB end, too Lightning cables breaking at the strain-delay cuff PVC Apple's official cable Amazon's knockoffs Monoprice's knockoffs Cables' Springy Bits TRRS connector Non-spammy Verizon DNS Console sales How do you pronounce "Haxe"? Twitter continues to try to ruin itself Being a completionist versus following Glenn Fleishman Twitterrific with unified timelines and Tweetbot without Build an Acura in a tweet! App.net and Tent iTunes 12 Will iTunes ever get a complete rewrite or have functionality spun off into multiple apps? Photos in Yosemite Post-show: Non-ideal times to decide whether to have another baby or write another OS X review How old is Stephen Hackett, really? Could you use an iOS device as a media-sync host for an iPod? Transferring large files over wireless (including Eye-Fi cards) Sponsored by: Casper: A mattress with just the right sink, just the right bounce, for better nights and brighter days. Use code ATP for $50 off. Backblaze: Online backup for $5/month. Native. Unlimited. Unthrottled. Uncomplicated. Squarespace: A better web starts with your website. Use promo code ATP for 10% off.

Pre-Show: Casey's New Podcast Follow-Up: USB Type-C connector finalized Peter Bright's comment xkcd ARM Macs Summly WIMP _DavidSmith's Version Stats More on Jared Sinclair and the App Store economy Jared's new job Release Notes #65 _DavidSmith's Developing Perspective #192 Early Instapaper screenshots "App Rot" Capo TiVo Premiere UI update TiVo ditches Flash Haxe (həvər) Account-free Overcast Jalkut theory on App Store review Post-show: Casey sells his soul for symmetric internet via Zac Bir A Cry in the Dark Casinos Boiler Room Leftovers Casey on Debug Wii U Games Mario Kart 8 The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword Playstation 4 Sales Mario Kart: Double Dash!! Nintendoland Mario Kart Wii Mario Kart 64 Sponsored by: lynda.com: Learn at your own pace from expert-taught video tutorials. Free 7-day trial. Hover: The best way to buy and manage domain names. Use coupon code VINYLSOUNDSBETTER for 10% off. Automatic: Your smart driving assistant. Get 20% off with this link.

Casey wants to be the pre-show DJ Journey Soundtrack Transport Tycoon TT Original MIDI Music TT Remastered MP3 Music OpenTTD Follow-up: Mavericks, Gmail, and Mail.app Apple and IBM John's review status Synergy Overcast status Mixing server roles for burst capacity nice Weighing feedback Macs with ARMs (in contrast to bubbles with feet) Jean-Louis Gassée's article MVNO MacBook Air Specs iPad Air Specs MacBook Air Geekbench iPad Air Geekbench Mac Power Users Making money in the App Store Jared Sinclair's blog post Planet Money on discussing salaries Fast Text (iTunes Link) sales Opacity Express Jakub Świadek topLayoutGuide Justin Williams on business Jazzychad's post on games Stephen Orth on a different kind of App Store success Justin Williams - "90 days" Stuart Hall - "An App Store Experiment" Post-show: Rube Goldberg Machine Casey's terrible fast-food preferences Fazoli's Ultimate Sampler Casey's "breadsticks" Sonic Drive-In Shake Shack Five Guys Cook-Out Boar's Head Natural Casing Beef Frankfurters Lothar's Gourmet Sausages Sponsored by: TopBrewer: A revolutionary built-in coffee system for the home or small business. Fracture: Photos printed in vivid color directly on glass. Use code ATP for 15% off. Marco's app-icon Fractures (First 25 people: Use code marcofree for a free small square Fracture). Need: A refined retailer and lifestyle magazine for men. Email here after ordering to get some bonuses and 25% off your next order.

Follow-up on Overcast: Debug Downloads, accounts, conversions, server load Pixar and Ed Catmull get involved in wage-fixing Previously on ATP The Incomparable Top Gear Series 3 Episode 4 Sega Saturn Yosemite Public Beta IMAP VPN woes of the past Radar SuperDuper OS/2 Warp After-show: Marco rents crazy headphones from The Cable Company Marco's original post HE-6 headphones (the crazy way that planar-magnetic drivers work) The massive EF-6 amp and its crazy audiophile volume knob (top center) — it's a stepped attenuator, since common potentiometers are considered inferior. XLR plugs and balanced audio Casey still loves in-ear monitors (probably while listening to vinyl), but many experts in both prefer headphones. Casey surprises Marco and John by playing Journey Casey drops hints on Twitter days before and John picks up on it PlayStation Store Credit on Amazon Journey Soundtrack on Amazon and iTunes Monument Valley John's blog post Tiff plays Journey The Incomparable on Journey Inception Sponsored by: Igloo: An intranet you'll actually like, free for up to 10 people. Hover: The best way to buy and manage domain names. Use coupon code IHATEYOUSOMUCH for 10% off. lynda.com: Learn at your own pace from expert-taught video tutorials. Free 7-day trial.

Pre-Show: John visits Six Flags Follow-up: Overcast week one update Server side vs. local feed crawling XML wonkiness XPath XSLT UI Changes in 1.0.1 What should the rewind and fast-forward buttons do in a podcast app? Episode 1 of the Debug Epic with Nitin Ganatra More on priority podcasts Sapphire iPhone 6 Second Marques Brownlee Video Mohs Hardness Scale Gorilla Glass Apple & IBM Partner in the Enterprise Post-show: Keeping devices & sceens pristine Mac SE/30 Mac Plus Used cars, kids, dings, and knicks Bra Phase John criticizes recent showbot changes TV Talk Which Mike Judge creations are funnier than others Halt and Catch Fire Silicon Valley Veep Sponsors: Cotton Bureau: High-quality, design- and tech-focused T-shirts. Get 15% off any order in July with code ATP15 at checkout. Squarespace: A better web starts with your website. Use promo code ATP for 10% off. Backblaze: Online backup for $5/month. Native. Unlimited. Unthrottled. Uncomplicated.

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 Sponsored by: Fracture: Photos printed in vivid color directly on glass. Use code ATP for 15% off. (Marco's app-icon Fractures) Squarespace: A better web starts with your website. Use promo code ATP for 10% off. Need: A refined retailer and lifestyle magazine for men. Email here after ordering to get some bonuses and 25% off your next order.

Follow-up: Why would someone switch from iOS to Android? Is it because of software updates? Framily Google I/O Inclusiveness Penny-farthing bicycle RAW editing in iPhoto Alarm fatigue and how it relates to notifications on our phones More on health monitoring by Ben Griffel Control Plane The death of plasma The challenges of making a 4K plasma TV Are 4K TVs worth it? Crutchfield Netflix Shows 4K Leaked "iPhone 6" "Sapphire" Display Video Post-show: Overcast and Content Security Policy Github rolled out CSP Firefox memories Firefox's launch ad in the New York Times Browser rendering engine timeline XUL Rescue Time THE SHOWBOT SURVIVED! Quick Neutral F80 M3 vs. E92 M3 dyno comparison F10 M5 Launch Control Porsche 918 Casey's traction control in the snow Sponsored by: Harry's: An exceptional shave at a fraction of the price. Use code ATP for $5 off your first purchase. lynda.com: Learn at your own pace from expert-taught video tutorials. Free 7-day trial. Backblaze: Online backup for $5/month. Native. Unlimited. Unthrottled. Uncomplicated.

Pre-Show: Showbot is back, and it has Zarro Boogs. Follow-up: Don Lodsky points us to a sample of Google's new web design for desktop A brief meta-discussion about what we cover, how we cover it, and what being an "expert" is Feedback on potential wearables from Ben Griffel, biomedical engineer, and Per Östergren, MD Aperture and iPhoto's brands were sunset Zoomed Photos UI screenshot Apple tells Ars Technica of "plans for professional-grade features such as image search, editing, effects, and most notably, third-party extensibility." We channel our our inner Prompt and discuss photo management techniques Wonky design choices Jim Ray's tweet that started the conversation OXO Good Grips iFixit teardown of the AirPort Extreme A geometry lession regarding the Back of Marco's trash can Sharp edges got softer on MacBook Pros over time After show: More Showbot talk (spoiler alert) John complains about Safari John complains about the Showbot Casey self-censors XSS by friend of the bot Jeremy Banks Marco circles back and exits the parking ramp regarding Overcast The ghost of Jury Marco's XOXO talk where Overcast was announced... in September 2013 Working around UIKit limitations with crazy hacks Whether to wait for iOS 8 John's Yosemite review status Sponsored by: lynda.com: Learn at your own pace from expert-taught video tutorials. Free 7-day trial. Hover: The best way to buy and manage domain names. Use coupon code PARKINGLOT for 10% off. Igloo: Igloo is an intranet you'll actually like.

Pre-show: Million Dollar Homepage (more on Wikipedia) Alex Tew's Twitter Account and new venture Casey's Showbot returns. SPOILER ALERT: The Gist Casey mentioned Casey breaks Marco's brain with consulting terminology Is "!s" pronounced "bang-S" or "exclamation-point-S"? Hat colors Google I/O Overview Material Design Design Reel video Android Auto Moto 360 Watch Panerai Watches Lock-in by visual affordances Gmail API The API doesn't replace IMAP Marco's prediction about IMAP support ART Runtime Are web APIs still necessary? Post-show: "Follow-down" on Swift and openness (Lattner's comment on Mike Ash's Friday Q&A) More silly business metaphors Casey's Showbot: web sockets, error handling, and developing for work vs. "play". Sponsored by: Raizlabs: A full-service development firm looking to hire experienced mobile developers, designers, and product managers in Boston and San Francisco. lynda.com: Learn at your own pace from expert-taught video tutorials. Free 7-day trial. Squarespace: A better web starts with your website. Use promo code ATP for 10% off.

Follow-up on app bundles as upgrade pricing. Whether games are more like apps or movies. Amazon's Fire Phone Who's it for? Mayday tech-support feature vs. Apple's retail stores Apple stores vs. U.S. population density Amazon and Apple doing what they're respectively, exclusively good at. Continuity and Handoff in Yosemite and iOS 8 Only Apple (John Gruber) John's opinion of iMessage. Casey's further adventures developing a small web app in a hostile environment. OWASP top 10 web vulnerabilities Sponsored by: Need: A refined retailer and lifestyle magazine for men. Email here after ordering to get some bonuses and 25% off your next order. Backblaze: Online backup for $5/month. Native. Unlimited. Unthrottled. Uncomplicated. Hover: High-quality, no-hassle domain registration. Use coupon code LETMEGETTHATFORYOU for 10% off.

Follow-up: It's OK if you got two T-shirts. Keep them both. Marco was wrong about CloudKit limits. Casey's broken Showbot. Abusing new App Bundles and Complete This Bundle to achieve upgrade pricing in the App Store. The WWDC NDA is mostly gone. WWDC 2014 videos Marco's likely filesystem corruption and restore. SuperDuper Bionic HFS+ Bit Rot Apple's new Metal graphics API. Debug Might the next Apple TV become a game console? How Apple TV Might Disrupt Microsoft and Sony (Ben Thompson) TV "pucks" for gamers After-show special: Tiff and John discuss Journey. The Incomparable: Journey Strange Game Sponsored by: Backblaze: Online backup for $5/month. Native. Unlimited. Unthrottled. Uncomplicated. lynda.com: Learn at your own pace from expert-taught video tutorials. Free 7-day trial. Automatic: Your smart driving assistant. Order here for 20% off.

Our initial WWDC reactions. Recorded live at Macworld's podcast studio. Thanks, Jason Snell! Sponsored by: Squarespace: Everything you need to create an exceptional website. Use code ATP for 10% off. Igloo: The intranet you'll actually like. And it's about to get even better. Warby Parker: Boutique-quality, vintage-inspired eyewear at a revolutionary price.

We'll be guests on the WWDC live episode of The Talk Show: Tuesday, June 3, 6–9 PM. Get tickets here ASAP! John will be taking a plane... for you. Follow-up: Which is faster: installing Showbot or reimplementing it? Casey's open-source Node version PHP isn't faster than Javascript, voiding Marco's accidental argument in the last episode. Node.js uses CommonJS, not AMD. ECMAScript also adds formal module support, which es6-module-transpiler lets you use today. To the great surprise of nobody except John, iPhones come with earbuds, and those earbuds come with clickers. To the great surprise of nobody, including John, the Bluetooth-pairing interface in a car was terrible, and both Marco and Casey missed an obscure reference. iOS games that support physical game controllers must also work without them. If the "iPhone 6" comes in two sizes, which do you buy? Possibility of resolution scaling modes. Would the cameras be different? (Marco on The Talk Show, starting around 01:26:00). WWDC product-announcement predictions: New MacBook Airs or a 12" Retina MacBook Air? (Intel's Broadwell delay) Macworld's slow SSD speeds in the new Airs may just be from different SSD manufacturers. New Apple TV hardware or software? The Apple TV 3's CPU was originally a dual-core A5 with one die disabled, but not anymore. The iPod Touch still has an A5 LOL. There may not be any new hardware announced at WWDC, just like previous WWDCs in 2007, 2008, 2010, and 2011. New sensors to be taken advantage of, like Pedometer++ did with the M7 last year. Craig Hockenberry on Apple wearables Wearables, sensors, and watches in fashion and reality. Bringing the new Mac Pro's dark-glossy-aluminum finish to more Pro hardware? Retina Thunderbolt Display? The Magic Mouse. Yes, we really talked about this. Drawing conclusions from the "To Be Announced" sessions in the WWDC schedule. WWDC predictions for Mac OS X 10.10: Just a visual refresh, or notable improvements to the core OS as well? Apple shuffling engineers around to work on the new hotness while neglecting its established platforms and applications. Modernization or replacement of AppKit, possibly by bringing the relevant parts of UIKit to Mac? Is there any hope for a new filesystem, possibly by evolving Core Storage? WWDC predictions for iOS 8: Better inter-app communication: A system like Contracts or Intents? Involving remote view controllers? Side-by-side iPad multitasking? Springboard enhancements? Please kill Newsstand. Please. Just make them normal app icons. Could Remote View Controllers and Background Refresh be used for widgets, live tiles, or dynamic icons? Customizable default browser, mail app, etc.? WWDC predictions for new or improved web services: Sponsored by: lynda.com: Learn at your own pace from expert-taught video tutorials. Free 7-day trial. NatureBox: Discover and enjoy delicious snacks, conveniently delivered to your home or office. Dash: Create a free, real-time dashboard for your website, your business, or your life. (Check out the ones they made for us.)

The modern Apple-store experience Follow-up: Marco reneges on his recent praise of Beats headphones, then receives the saddest real-time follow-up ever Headphones mentioned: B&O BeoPlay H6: Great comfort, but not sound. Beyerdynamic DT-770 Pro (32-ohm version; Casey's headphones) for very good sound at a great value (when the price drops to $175). Sennheiser PX 200-II i: Marco's favorite portable set. Great portability, clicker, and value, but poor sound and durability. More picks from Marco Ultimate Ears TripleFi 10 (Casey's earphones) Net Neutrality Nintendo's sad trombone Nintendo in Crisis PS4 outperforms Xbone Game Controller Programming Guide Nintendo 64 Accessories Expansion Pak Rumble Pak Kinect-free Xbone Beginnings of WWDC predictions Odwalla Healthbook VO2 The Prompt on Carousel, one of their many photo-management-related episodes The Infinite Version Casey and Marco explore mixed metaphors... politely. Ish. _ on the state of the Apple community WebObjects Fnd.io Multipath TCP After-show: iOS 8 split-screen multitasking John obliquely discusses some Overcast complaints. Wearables. Sorta. More on headphones. John was wrong about something. Sponsored by: Dash: Create a free, real-time dashboard for your website, your business, or your life. (Check out the ones they made for us.) Hover: High-quality, no-hassle domain registration. Use coupon code SCRUMMERFALL for 10% off. NatureBox: Discover and enjoy delicious snacks, conveniently delivered to your home or office.

Casey's big news! (Much better than The Year of Luigi.) Casey and John discuss Monument Valley, the Escher-inspired puzzle game. (Marco didn't do his homework.) Apple and Google agree to... something "Fight the real enemy" Apple might be buying Beats: why, and what they'd probably do with it. WebKit optimizes Javascript with LLVM Wat The Birth & Death of JavaScript "Full-stack developers" keeping up with the crazy world of Javascript frameworks. Using third-party code. Sponsored by: PDFPen Scan+: Scan and OCR PDFs anywhere from your iPhone or iPad, upload, share, and more. Backblaze: Online backup for $5/month. Native. Unlimited. Unthrottled. Uncomplicated. lynda.com: Learn at your own pace from expert-taught video tutorials. Free 7-day trial.

Hurry if you want an ATP T-Shirt! Just $19, and the sale may be over by the time you read this! Follow-up: Who plays video games vs. self-identified "gamers" ComiXology Is Apple's 30% cut of in-app purchases the same as net neutrality? Vihart Video Internet2 Who should blink, Apple or ComiXology? AppLinks App.net sunsets its employees Brianna Wu's Post Tent Chrome experiments with removing URLs from the omnibox Casey open-sourced his Camel blog engine After-show: Casey's flower boxes John's code on CPAN Rose Marco's bastardized K&R style wedged into his Objective-C code Brent Simmons on Javascript integers Sponsored by: NatureBox: Discover and enjoy delicious snacks, conveniently delivered to your home or office. Igloo: An intranet you'll actually like. New Relic: See your web app's performance and find bottlenecks anywhere in the stack. Start your 30-day free trial.

ATP T-Shirts: $19 each, available for only 1 week! Follow-up: Average age of gamers (more here and here from the Entertainment Software Association) Your favorite game genres going out of fashion Apps and games Mentioned: Metal Gear Solid Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Flight Control (iTunes) The Incident Letterpress Tiny Wings Ramp Champ Threes Total Annihilation Supreme Commander Facebook App Links MacStories Rene Ritchie ComiXology removes in-app purchase Back to Work Office for iPad/iPhone After-show: Burstly acquired by Apple, which brings TestFlight with it. Casey's new website Sponsored by: Backblaze: Online backup for $5/month. Native. Unlimited. Unthrottled. Uncomplicated. Fracture: Photos printed in vivid color directly on glass. Use code ATP for 20% off. (Marco's 5x5 app-icon Fractures) New Relic: See your web app's performance and find bottlenecks anywhere in the stack. Start your 30-day free trial.

Follow-up on pCell and database scaling, including horizontal sharding schemes, tiered data layers, and taking a stand against the "premature optimization" tautology. When and why do developers learn something new, and why does Marco keep using PHP for everything? Second Crack Fast Text John's blog OS X Beta Program for End Users What's coming on June 2nd? Casey and Marco make John proud (spoiler) New third-generation Thunderbolt details MagSafe vs. MagSafe 2 Overcast update Are iPad sales leveling off? Why? How we use our iPads today Limitations in modern iOS Are iPad apps stagnating? Jean-Louis Gassée's take Gruber's response Casey on T-Mobile's Free Internet (relevant T-Mobile info) Apps mentioned: Tweetbot Twitterrific 1Password Fantastical 2 Threes Monument Valley Year Walk The Room Will tablets be marginalized by bigger phones and smaller laptops? After-show: Sega CD, 32X, CDX (which Marco thought was codenamed Jupiter, but that was something else), Saturn, and Dreamcast. Casey and Marco's video game history and why they don't bother anymore. What do the three hosts do during our free time, anyway? Apps mentioned: Ridiculous Fishing Letterpress Dots Sponsored by: New Relic: See your web app's performance and find bottlenecks anywhere in the stack. Start your 30-day free trial. lynda.com: Learn at your own pace from expert-taught video tutorials. Free 7-day trial. HelpSpot: Simple, powerful, customizable help-desk software with no monthly fees. Use code ATP14 for $100 off.

Follow-up on Photo Stream Web Sites Follow-up on vinyl, including how Marc Edwards thinks it's evil, and the difference between pleasing and accurate sound. (Marco's open and closed headphones, amp, and DAC) The Apple insight attained by way of documents released in the Samsung trial Creativity, Inc., the book about Pixar by Ed Catmull Is Greg Christie's departure a contentious story or not? This, too, relates to Pixar Ken Ferry on getting ideas approved at Apple, as heard on Debug #33 Artemis pCell (demo video) Scaling servers and how to use MySQL effectively Marco's preferred book (but he prefers the second edition) Perhaps not use MySQL? A long list of MySQL gotchas How FriendFeed did crazy schema-less MySQL After show: why Casey hates his car, thanks to a trip to the movies. Sponsored by: PDFpen for iPad: Powerful, mobile PDF editing. Igloo: Igloo is an intranet you'll actually like. New Relic: See your web app's performance and find bottlenecks anywhere in the stack. Start your 30-day free trial.

Please Hammer, Don't Hurt 'Em while you sunset Dance Jam WWDC How to make a lottery work, like Shmoocon does How to write a live blogging system for keynotes Our winnings and losses in the WWDC Don't-Call-it-a-Lottery Levels of randomness and Apple's discretionary pool of tickets What's the right way to distribute tickets? Is today's WWDC really tenable? What could be done? AltConf and "CDWW" Heartbleed Dropbox's Announcements Condoleezza Rice joins their board Carousel, a new photo sharing app. Some potential trademark issues with some friends of Marco and Casey's Does this leverage Everpix IP? How the UI is similar to Oldsmobile speedometers from the 80s Lightroom Mobile In an unusually angsty after-show, John takes Marco and Casey on: Where do crashes really come from? John on Debug #32 Is Vinyl really better than CDs? IRL Talk #19 Casey on IRL Talk #21 Christopher “Monty” Montgomery's excellent video explaining audio sampling Sponsored by: Backblaze: Online backup for $5/month. Native. Unlimited. Unthrottled. Uncomplicated. New Relic: See your web app's performance and find bottlenecks anywhere in the stack. Start your 30-day free trial. Transporter: A private cloud storage drive that you own and control. Use code ATP10 for 10% off any Transporter.

Follow-up on vocabulary and Michael Abrash joining Oculus. Amazon Fire TV — no fan! USB-IF's renderings of their proposed new connector The giant anti-poaching collusion between Google, Apple, and dozens of other companies (Facebook apparently refused) Google checking with Steve Jobs first before making a hiring decision After-show: We tried to predict WWDC dates, not knowing that Apple would announce them 12 hours later, then discussed ticket lotteries and how Apple probably wouldn't build one. (Yeah.) Sponsored by: Warby Parker: Boutique-quality, vintage-inspired eyewear at a revolutionary price. Pixelmator: Full-featured image editing app for the Mac. 2Checkout: Control your checkout experience from pixel to payout with our Payment API. Visit for your free sandbox account.

Follow-up on discussing sexism in technology, Anil's experiment, empathy, ad hominem tu quoque, and cultural rigidity. Facebook buying Oculus: Outrage from Oculus' Kickstarter backers, including from Minecraft creator Notch, and the expectations that Kickstarter creates in "backers". Why did Oculus sell? How far into the future did Oculus' "vision" extend, and what will happen to its vision now? Why did Facebook buy? Does Mark Zuckerberg have a clear vision for Facebook's future? Facebook's Hack language extension to PHP: PHP is poorly designed but very practical. The risks of using Hack (Marco's two posts). Sponsored by: HelpSpot: Simple, powerful, customizable help-desk software with no monthly fees. Use code ATP14 for $100 off. Igloo: Igloo is an intranet you'll actually like. (Nobody likes SharePoint.) Warby Parker: Boutique-quality, vintage-inspired eyewear at a revolutionary price.

Follow-up on the complexity of computer science versus other fields: quotes and videos from MIT's SICP class (9:00–10:45). The death of the iPad 2, the use of sapphire in Apple devices, sapphire versus Gorilla Glass, and the flexible LG phone. Haunted Empire, the Jony Ive book, the Jony Ive interview, access to Apple, and hiring hacks for tech stories. Sony's Project Morpheus VR headset and initial impressions The Oculus Rift Michael Abrash's blog posts: Two Possible Paths into the Future of Wearable Computing Part 1 When it comes to resolution, it's all relative Latency – the sine qua non of AR and VR Raster-Scan Displays: More Than Meets the Eye Game Developers Conference and space-time diagrams Why virtual isn't real to your brain Down the VR rabbit hole: Fixing judder John Carmack and his latency mitigation strategies Casey's birthday party as a child Why Oculus hopes Project Morpheus is good The GitHub hubbub, sexism, and how to get better (such as App Camp for Girls). Sponsored by: RemObjects C#: Write native iOS and Android apps using the C# language that you already know. TextExpander: Stop wasting time typing the same things over and over again. Squarespace: Everything you need to create an exceptional website. Use promo code CRITICAL for 10% off.

Follow-up on software complexity: The Mythical Man-Month, No Silver Bullet, the original Agile manifesto, and what Agile has become. What we found most useful from our computer-science educations. Marco's impressions of his new Mac Pro. External disks, PCI-Express SSDs, and cable management. John buys a home-theater AV receiver. (The newer version he didn't need) Stereo vs. surround speakers, and integrated vs. external subwoofers. (Marco's tiny, buggy amp and great speakers). After-show: Pono, ABX tests, mp3ornot. Sponsored by: Transporter: A private cloud storage drive that you own and control. Use code ATP for 10% off any Transporter. Ting: Mobile that makes sense. No contracts, and pay only for what you use. Squarespace: Everything you need to create an exceptional website. Use promo code CRITICAL for 10% off.

Follow-up on Final Draft and treating warnings as exceptions in production. Software methodologies. For real this time. Why don’t software development methodologies work? Evidence-based scheduling. Marco plugs FCModel, Casey plugs his Debug appearance, and John plugs bleeps and boops. After-show: CarPlay, and £1,600 audiophile Ethernet cables (via Dalton). Sponsored by: In Flux: A new music album that explores the interplay between video games, music, and nostalgia. Squarespace: Everything you need to create an exceptional website. Use promo code CRITICAL for 10% off. Ting: Mobile that makes sense. No contracts, and pay only for what you use.

Wolfram Language. The "goto fail" SSL bug and the chances that it was nefariously introduced by an NSA effort, possibly as part of their $250 million annual budget for such operations. Apple's warrant canary. Casey's and Marco's hard-to-find bugs and language misfeatures. (Perl protects John from writing bugs.) Whether language-interpreter warnings should be treated as errors in production. The Scriptnotes episode with the Final Draft CEO, the follow-up in the next episode, and Kent Tessman's response. After-show: Google lobbying against Glass bans while driving, and Objective-C exception conventions. Next week will be the Software Methodologies show. For real this time! Sponsored by: Picturelife: The one app your photos need. Back up, search, edit, and share on Mac and iOS. Squarespace: Everything you need to create an exceptional website. Use promo code CASEY for 10% off. HelpSpot: Simple, powerful, customizable help-desk software with no monthly fees. Use code ATP14 for $100 off.

Follow-up on why Flappy Bird was successful. Kieran Healy's excellent article with science. John Gruber and Merlin Mann at SXSW '09. Goofball Jones' anonymous criticism of John's "shtick", and John's defense including many links: An explanation of John's "schtick" Some podcasts where John talks about things he likes: Goodfellas I Like My Coffee Like My Evil Sith Lords Death Star University Darth Vader's Office is Really Weird Jedi Weekend Wind is the Enemy Skywalker's Eleven Also Known as Endor Journey: Then We Touched, Then We Sang Professor Siracusa's Anime 101 Hangin' With the Totes Masterpiece: Ico The Incomparable #100: Who Cares What We Think? - Why we do podcasts about what we think of things, good and bad. An ATP episode about how we deal with criticism The massive WhatsApp acquistion by Facebook, the huge value of mobile messaging, and the web giants' chilling effect on competition. The "Copland 2010" argument that Objective-C needs to be replaced: John's original "Copland 2010" article from 2005 Copland 2010 Revisited (in 2010) We Need to Replace Objective-C (Ash Furrow) Replacing Objective-C and Cocoa (Steve Streza) Objective: Copland 2010 (Guy English) Separating language shortcomings from API shortcomings. Casey got us to talk about LINQ briefly. Long-term evolution of programming languages. Sponsored by: Ting: Mobile that makes sense. No contracts, and pay only for what you use. lynda.com: Learn at your own pace from expert-taught video tutorials. Free 7-day trial. Squarespace: Everything you need to create an exceptional website. Use promo code CASEY for 10% off.

Facebook Paper's gesture usability, in-app tutorial videos, and the design challenge of gestural interface. RootMetrics testing real-world wireless speeds. Despite constant effort to improve usability, what if computers just aren't for everyone? (There's a similar long-standing debate with programming. See 4GL.) The Flappy Bird saga: Whether it's a good game and why the developer pulled it. (See also: Super Hexagon.) Is free-with-in-app-purchase ruining the game industry?. Comcast buying Time Warner and the implications on U.S. broadband competition. The stupid new top-level domains (TLDs). iBeacons and Bluetooth LE in stores and .museums. After-show: Bionic on new TLDs (at 26:50) and whether the TLDs are just a scam by ICANN, Patreon, and yet more on the Mac Pro. Sponsored by: Hover: High-quality, no-hassle domain registration. Use promo code WHOTHEHELLISCASEY for 10% off. Squarespace: Everything you need to create an exceptional website. Use promo code CASEY for 10% off. Transporter: A private cloud storage drive that you own and control. Use code ATP for 10% off any Transporter, or ATPSHARE to get the Transporter Sync for just $75.

The FiOS net-neutrality non-story and last summer's YouTube-throttling story. More FU on iPads going pro, giant-tablet-desk ergonomics, trying to understand John's theory again, and a train analogy from Casey. New Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, Bill Gates' new wildcard role, and Microsoft's likely future direction. (Marco's post, John Gruber's post, Brent Simmons' post) Paper, Paper, Paper, Fifty Three, and Figure 53. Responsibly naming things by first searching for trademark conflicts and potentially applying for your own trademark. Apple's role in App Store name conflicts. Facebook Paper's opportunity cost to the world. After-show: More on Microsoft and some Retina MacBook Air speculation. Sponsored by: Squarespace: Everything you need to create an exceptional website. Use promo code CASEY for 10% off. Ting: Mobile that makes sense. No contracts, and pay only for what you use. lynda.com: Learn at your own pace from expert-taught video tutorials. Free 7-day trial.

Follow-up on why an iPad "Pro" needs to be larger and why iOS is "better for people". Can iOS add more power-user functionality without harming its simplicity or usability? Whether Macs should ship with ARM CPUs, how such a transition would be challenging today, and whether Casey should just buy another power adapter. The 30th anniversary of the Macintosh and the experience of using its power switch (photo from iFixit's awesome teardown). Disk-ejecting usability. Using iStat Menus to monitor your performance and assist future hardware decisions. (Or not.) Lenovo buying Motorola's pillaged carcass from Google, and whether they ruined the IBM ThinkPad. After-show: What will we reflect on in 20 years as being the obvious sore spot with computers today? Sponsored by: HelpSpot: Simple, powerful, customizable help-desk software with no monthly fees. Use code ATP14 for $100 off. Squarespace: Everything you need to create an exceptional website. Use promo code MARCO for 10% off. Cards Against Humanity: A free party game for horrible people.

Follow-up: Genius Bar employee reports of how most people deal with iCloud backups, photo backups, and storage limits, iExplorer for exporting iMessages. iOS' storage model is a leaky abstraction. Google may have wanted Nest for its smart-home project as well as the more obvious reasons. TiVo may be exiting the hardware business, or maybe not. Nintendo continues to hurt. Why was the first Wii really successful, and what really held back its long-term usage? Matt Drance, Fred Wilson, and Nilay Patel on the net neutrality news. After-show: The Prompt looks back on the iPhone keynote, The Prompt on an iPad Pro, The Talk Show on crossing iOS and OS X, Not Playing podcast. Sponsored by: Harvest: Simple, beautiful online time-tracking software. Use code ATP for 50% off your first month. lynda.com: Learn at your own pace from expert-taught video tutorials. Free 7-day trial. Fracture: Photos printed in vivid color directly on glass. Use code ATP14 for 20% off. (Marco's app-icon Fractures)

Follow-up: whether iMessage problems are widespread, reasons behind flattening the Mac Mini, and HDR TVs. The storage costs of Casey's emoji. Google buying Nest for $3.2 billion. Ben Thompson on Google's business model. Nest has over 200 employees, including many ex-Apple employees. The Target-pregnant story. Marco's critical reading of Nest's statements. Maintaining a skeptical but pragmatic relationship with Google. Stephen Hackett's pants and regrets. Modern expectations of privacy. Potential for privacy laws like HIPAA applied to consumer technology. Google's public opinion is turning, but stories like this will never be in USA Today. Thought experiments with Apple buying Twitter, Dropbox, or Intel. After-show: Marco's house is filled with LEDs, John's house is filled with CFLs, and Casey's house is filled with apathy. Sponsored by: Transporter: A private cloud storage drive that you own and control. Use code ATP for 10% off any Transporter. Squarespace: Everything you need to create an exceptional website. Use promo code MARCO for 10% off. Ting: Mobile that makes sense. No contracts, and pay only for what you use.

Follow-up: IBM AS/400 (aka System i) and single-level store. Marco's Retina theory. PS4 and Xbone sales. Trying to care about CES. Who "needs" the Mac Pro? Justifying toys and improving quality of life with smart purchases. Panasonic’s new LCD TVs compared to great TVs of the past. 4K on Fox Sports, 4K's color space, and the chances of 4K catching on quickly. A Steam Box (its controller) as a replacement for a gaming PC. Three old men reminiscing about their teenage gaming years: Null-modem cables, modems, and special networking software. Modem initialization strings and SLIP. What killed LAN parties? Perhaps it was great 4-player N64 games. Three Moves Ahead Podcast. Voodoo 3D cards, their silly cables, and Sound Blasters. Sponsored by: Fracture: Photos printed in vivid color directly on glass. Use code ATP14 for 25% off. (Marco's app-icon Fractures) Ting: Mobile that makes sense. No contracts, and pay only for what you use. Squarespace: Everything you need to create an exceptional website. Use promo code MARCO for 10% off.

Mac Pro follow-up: socketed CPUs and potential upgrades, and the benefits of only using stock Apple parts. Scoring Apple's performance on John's 2013 to-do list. Concerns about Apple's recent Mac apps, including iWork '13 and Messages/iMessage. AnandTech's Mac Pro review. The Mac Pro's 4K/Retina monitor situation. The iMac vs. the Mac Pro, and the hardware needs of developers. Why do John and Marco care so much about Retina? What the next big computer-hardware shift may be. After-show: our future as old men, saturating USB 3, and the often-neglected Mac Mini. Sponsored by: OmniGraffle: Sketchy mockups or pixel-perfect designs for UX, UI, and diagrams. Hover: High-quality, no-hassle domain registration. Use promo code TECHBYCHANCE for 10% off. Squarespace: Everything you need to create an exceptional website. Use promo code MARCO for 10% off.