More Than Just Code podcast - iOS and Swift development, news and advice

This week we are joined by Tammy Coron and Greg Heo. We follow up on Learning to Learn, a MacBook Pro saving a life, where Apple products are made and the math behind a 5-star rating. This week marked the 10 year anniversary of the iPhone announcement by Apple. So we asked listeners and friends to tell us what the iPhone has meant to them. We hear from Kim Ahlberg, Justin Stanley, Aaron Douglas, Peter Cook, George Stroumboulopoulos, Jaime Lopez Jr and Rich Turton. We talk about Phil Schiller's press tour on the iPhone early history as well as some recent turnaround in iPhone sales and market growth. We speculate Chris Lattner's move to Tesla. Cloud storage is mentioned. Picks: Kaleidoscope, Hyperdrive USB Hub Episode 126 Show Notes Learning How to Learn: Powerful mental tools to help you master tough subjects MacBook Saves Man’s Life During Fort Lauderdale Shooting Apple seeks clearance to make more products in USA, but gives very unexciting example AT&T raising prices for grandfathered users Phil Schiller on iPhone’s Launch, How It Changed Apple, and Why It Will Keep Going for 50 Years iPhone market share grows 6.4% in USA, takes share from Android in most markets Apple on track to reach ONE TRILLION DOLLARS in total iPhone revenue [swift-evolution] Update on the Swift Project Lead The guy who created one of Apple's most beloved technologies is leaving Apple Apple’s Mac Pro, Touch Bar MacBook and original Air designer, Matt Casebolt, will now be designing Teslas So You Want to Be a (Compiler) Wizard Setapp - YOUR SHORTCUT TO PRIME APPS FOR MAC. MITOpenCourseware - Video Lectures The Strombo Show app Episode 126 Show Picks Pick: HyperDrive: Thunderbolt 3 USB-C Hub for 2016 MacBook Pro Pick: Kaleidoscope: Implementing a Language with LLVM

We start off the show following up on the 2016 MacBook Pros and Consumer Reports poor rating due to battery issues. Tim gives his initial hands on impressions. We discuss theft-proofing the AirPod cases. We cover Core Data code generation in Xcode 8.2. Where iPhones are manufactured and assembled is discussed in the light of pressure by India on Apple. Picks: OSStatus.com, Swift Style - An Opinionated Guide to an Opinionated Language, How To Prevent Memory Leaks In Swift Closures and Neural Networks for Machine Learning. 2016 MacBook Pro Denied Recommendation From Consumer Reports Due to Battery Life inconsistencies Lot’s of dissatisfaction over the new MacBook Pro. Feels slower, battery worse. Apple's Penalty Charge For A Lost AirPod People Are Theft Proofing their AirPods by disguising them as Dental Floss Core Data code generation The Swift Programming Language (Swift 3.0.1) Apple Horse Trading in India Octave for MacOS X MatLab NumPy Wolfram Mathematica Disney to reportedly receive £41 million insurance payout after death of Carrie Fisher Episode 125 Picks OSStatus.com Swift Style - An Opinionated Guide to an Opinionated Language - Erica Sadun How To Prevent Memory Leaks In Swift Closures Neural Networks for Machine Learning zmbh8riu

This week we follow up on building Apple Watch apps to aid seniors in trouble, Google Home coming to Canada and configuring Amazon Echo to work in Canada. Jaime tells us about the latest digital assistant from Japan. Tim talks about working with HomeKit, Siri and using Homebridge. We close off the follow up with parking your Tesla with Alexa and Uber's self driving car program ends. We discuss the Octoverse report on popular language repositories on Github. App Transport Security comes into full effect on January 1, 2017 and we discuss how Apple will be inspecting apps for compliance. Finally we discuss Makers vs Menders. Picks: Super Mario Run, Silicon Valley iOS Developers’ Meetup and Auto-include Open-Source Acknowledgements with CocoaPods. Episode 124 Show Notes: Trauma surgeon & ER doctor crowdfunding Apple Watch app to detect falls for the elderly Google Home Coming To Canada In 2017 Making the Amazon Echo work in Canada: The Complete Guide The holographic anime “robot” that will keep house for lonely salarymen How to control the Nest using HomeKit and Siri One guy taught Amazon's Alexa to summon his Tesla, because why not Uber pulls self-driving cars from San Francisco streets, bowing to regulators’ demands Octoverse on Github - wrap up of 2016  What's New in Security - WWDC 2016 Developer Differences: Makers vs Menders Episode 42 – Sarah Slean – Roundabout: Creative Chaos Episode 124 Picks Pick: Super Mario Run Pick: Kitura Beyond Hello World - Slides Pick: Kitura Microservices Demo Pick: Swift 3 Spelunking by Greg Heo Quick Tip: Auto-include Open-Source Acknowledgements with CocoaPods

We start off this week following up on Protocol Oriented Programming, CarPlay receivers and the iCloud Calendar bug. We discuss Kickstarter's move to open source their IOS and Android apps. Air Pods are available for order and instantly backordered. We also cover Issues with MacBook Pro battery issues and Apple's reaction. Jaime discusses his newly acquired Google Home. Picks: Apple Support app, The Twist, Dongle Dangler and TouchBar Piano. Episode 123 Show Notes YAGNI Architecture Astronauts second-system effect How to Avoid Protocol Orientation Obsessed Programming PromiseKit Sony XAV-AX100 Car AV Receiver with Apple CarPlay & Android Auto™ CarPlay After Market Systems tunein.com Radio Apple rolling out ‘Report Junk’ feature for iCloud Calendar invites from unknown senders to address spam Apple offering AirPods battery replacements for free under warranty, $49 without Open sourcing our Android and iOS apps! Artsy Actions on Google Cortana to open up to new devices and developers with Cortana Skills Kit and Cortana Devices SDK Why Apple is removing ‘time remaining’ battery life estimates following MacBook Pro complaints New MacBook Pro Users Report Improved Battery Life on macOS 10.12.2 Episode 123 Picks Apple Support by Apple The “Twist” ‘Dongle Dangler’ Kickstarter project aims to help you keep track of your 3.5mm headphone adapter Touch Bar Piano

This week we answer #askMTJC about how we use the pragma mark in our apps. We also follow up as we test drive Setapp's beta program. We discuss the @available attribute in Swift that allows you to use new iOS features while maintaining backward compatibility. We the new Bluetooth 5 announcement and discuss some contradictory articles on the wearables market. Aaron gives a status report on CarPlay in his new car. Picks: Pre-Apple return Steve Jobs TV interview, Wang 1980's TV commercial and Inside the secret meeting where Apple revealed the state of its AI research. Sponsored by: Buddy Build Episode 122 Show Notes: #askMTJC about Swift marks S T E I N B E R G E R . C O M Setapp | Your shortcut to get the best apps for Mac Screens RapidWeaver Ulysses Sketch Bob Kressin Use New Awesome iOS Features While Maintaining Backward Compatibility Bluetooth 5 is here Pebble Shutting Down Apple Watch vs Wearables Tim Cook Says Apple Watch Set New Sales Record in First Holiday Shopping Week Six Months With CarPlay Navdy Boeing Health Management Millions of vehicles with potentially dangerous recalls still on road 1994: "Today Show": "What is the Internet, Anyway?" Computer Show “Communities” Beautiful Pic of Pearl Harbor taken from space Episode 122 Picks: Steve Jobs TV interview just before returning to Apple (1996) - YouTube Wang Laboratories Inc. 1980 - YouTube Inside the secret meeting where Apple revealed the state of its AI research

This week start the FU with Jean Louis Gassée's Monday Note on the Mac Endgame. Following that we discuss the scam apps present on the Mac App Store. We discuss Matthew Yglesias' post on Apple having outgrown it's own corporate structure. We also discuss Chris Eidoff's post on the over-reliance on Protocol-Oriented Programming. We discuss Amazon's image recognition services. We touch on the Mac Calendar spam bug. Picks: AIToolbox, mucicForProgramming and Spark For Mac. Episode 121 Show Notes: The Macintosh Endgame by Jean-Louis Gassée BeOS Don’t Be Fooled: The Mac App Store Is Full of Scams Apptentive Setapp Apple may have finally gotten too big for its unusual corporate structure MATT YGLESIAS ON APPLE’S FUNCTIONAL, RATHER THAN DIVISIONAL, CORPORATE STRUCTURE Intention Protocol Oriented Programming is Not a Silver Bullet Amazon Rekognition – Image Detection and Recognition Powered by Deep Learning How to Stop Apple Calendar Spam Accelerate Framework BNNS Google Goggles Human Cent-iPad Mr Robot Soundtrack Episode 121 Picks: AIToolbox musicForProgramming Spark for Mac Rouge One: A Star Wars Story

We start this week by following up on with a non-technical guide to machine learning. We also discuss Quickdraw an AI engine back with Google technology. We continue the follow up with more Thunderbolt 3 and USB-C docks, as well as, Apple's purge of zombie apps on the App Store. The creator of PDF Expert has reported on potential success on the Mac App Store. We discuss more shutting down of product lines via Apple's recent departure from the line of Apple Basestations. Jaime brings up how to organize a Swift file and we discuss style guides and tools. We close in on the latest offering in Instagram's Live release. Picks: Brain Warmers, View Hierarchy & Memory Graph and A Practical Guide to Securing macOS. Sponsored by Hired Episode 120 Show Notes: The Non-Technical Guide to Machine Learning & Artificial Intelligence Quick! Draw The New OWC Thunderbolt 3 Dock USB-C Dock Belkin—not Apple—comes to the rescue with an iPhone 7 headphone-and-charge dongle Most popular Apple App Store categories in September 2016, by share of available apps iOS Dev Weekly Issue 277 You can still make $ millions by creating apps on the Mac App Store Apple Abandons Development of Wireless Routers Apple reportedly stops developing AirPort WiFi router products, moving employees to other projects Eero How I Organize a Swift File New Ways to Share in the Moment Instagram’s take on live video arrives with an ephemeral twist Episode 120 Picks: Brain Warmers View Hierarchy & Memory Graph A Practical Guide to Securing macOS

We start off with a discussion of a couple of USB-C hubs to add ports back onto the MacBook Pros. Aaron gives us a review of his new 2106 MacBook Pro 13 inch with TouchBar. We look at 1Password with Touch ID devices. We also discuss a few reviews on using the new MBPs. We discuss Touché a TouchBar emulator for macOS, the new Apple coffee table book, Designed By Apple in California, and cuts to Apple video subscription fees. We wrap the main topics on the rumored Apple glasses project and augmented reality (AR). Picks: API Reference, Learning From Data, (Dash iOS, Arrival.) Sponsored by: Buddy Build Episode 119 Show Notes: Review: CalDigit USB-C Dock – an okay solution for MacBook Pro owners, if you’re willing to make compromises Arc Hub 1Password New Touchbar Equipped MacBook Pros and the State of the Mac One Professional’s Look At The New MacBook Pro Touché Apple to Halve App Store Fees for Subscription Video Apps “Designed by Apple in California” chronicles 20 years of Apple design Keep It Simple: The Early Design Years of Apple http://iconicbook.com REVIEWED: Here are the most interesting parts of Apple's new $300 book Apple Considers Wearables Expansion With Digital Glasses Playstation VR Lawnmower Man (Movie) Lawnmower Man (Book) Ready Player One Vuforia String OpenSource Initiative: Licenses and Standards use NSSet for common platform use case Episode 119 Picks: API Reference Learning From Data Arrival (after show)

Or is it Funcy Edition? Maybe Funcie Edition? Discuss. We end this maddening week with a discussion of the rumoured ceramic Jet White iPhone. We also follow up on Apple's price drop on USB-C dongles and LG Ultrafine 5K  display. Mark follows up on MacBook Pro sales and Apple Pay on the web. More on JSON parsing in Swift. We follow up on the title "Engineer". Apple release of iOS 10.1.1 iTunes vs OTA updates as well as Sierra 10.12.1 build versions. We discuss counterfeit apps appearing on the App Store. The Mac App Store, a new MAS model is discussed, as well as purchasing tvOS apps via iOS & Mac links. Picks: Promo Codes for IAP, Simulate TouchBar on iPad, Silver Searcher, Programming in Swift Style Sponsored by Hired Episode 118 Show Notes: Apple cuts USB-C adapter prices in response to MacBook Pro complaints Apple Drops Prices of 4K and 5K LG Displays by 25 Percent New MacBook Pro outsold every competing laptop in just five days Report: Apple Pay on the web quickly becomes 5th most popular online payment platform Jasonette JSONShootout Former Engineering Firm Fined $10,000 Apple Releases Updated Version of iOS 10.1.1 Counterfeit iPhone retail apps emerge before holiday season A Wish List for the Mac App Store Setapp wants to be the Netflix of MacOS applications tvOS Apps Can Now Be Purchased on iOS Devices and Macs 5 Things I learned From My Trip To Ireland Episode 118 Picks: Apple rolls out promo codes for in-app purchases This hack lets you simulate the MacBook Pro's Touch Bar on an iPad The Silver Searcher RWDevCon 2016 Session 202: Programming in a Swift Style Switching Your Brain to Swift

This week we follow up on the MacBook Pro with TouchBar. The discussion revolves around our impressions of the TouchBar, changes in the hardware configuration and the future of the MacBook product line. We also discuss whether this is in fact a mac for professionals. We touch on the approaching end of Swift 2.3 as well as json2swift. Picks: Paintcode 3, PipTube, UnsafePointers, How to Use NSTouchBar on macOS and Amaziograph. Episode 117 Show Notes: Apple AirPods Release Date Possibly Delayed Until Jan. 2017: Report [u] New MacBook Pros and the State of the Mac The Apple of Your Eye Alex Payne on what Pro Computing Might Be Phil Schiller talks about computers, touchscreens and voice on the new MBP Does the Mac Still Matter? Xcode 8.2 is the final version to support Swift 2.3 #283: Generating Models from JSON with json2swift MathPad MS Word 2010 Equation editor quick demo Episode 117 Picks: Paintcode 3 PipTube UnsafePointers How to Use NSTouchBar on macOS Amaziograph

This week we answer questions from #askMTJC about the Axiotron ModBook and Core Data. We follow up on the delayed AirPods and removal of the Edition Watches from high end stores. We also follow up on the appearance of the ARM chip support in the macOSX kernel and the upcoming Touch ID feature in the new MacBook Pros. We discuss the new Microsoft Surface Studio and its potential impact on Apple. We touch on AppWage, Designing for Empathy and the new Swift Server APIs workgroup. Picks: Fatal Error Podcast, Functional Swift Conference videos and Nebo by MyScript Sponsored by: Hired Episode 116 Show Notes: ModBook Pro Concurrent Core Data, Now Easier Than Ever Apple Delays AirPods Wireless Headphones Announced With iPhone 7 Apple Watch area in Paris department store to close due to poor sales Apple Has Added ARM Processor Support to macOS Sierra 10.12 Kernel More leaked macOS assets show Touch ID on new MacBook Pros w/ unlocking functionality AppWage Introducing the Surface Studio The Surface Studio! Microsoft multitouch surface coffee table How's Jony Ive Feeling Today Why Tim Cook is Steve Ballmer and Why He Still Has His Job at Apple Apple’s Q4 Financials Told in 5 Charts Spark from CBC Radio: 332: Design for the good, the bad and everything in between Swift server APIs workgroup Simpsons joke about the Newton Anthony Lawrence Caroline Begbie MyScript Developer Episode 116 Picks: Functional Swift Conference videos Fatal Error Podcast Nebo by Myscript

We start out with this week's askMTJC questions on Sticker Packs, Swift OOP or protocol oriented and can apps do handwriting conversion. We follow up on Dash and migrating Mac App Store licensing. We also follow up on the fate of the Apple Car project and IBM adoption of Macs as their primary computing platform. We also discuss the upcoming Apple "Hello Again" event where a refresh of the Macintosh product lines. Picks: TableFlip and Animation Pro. Sponsored by: Buddy Build Episode 115 Show Notes: Just Write Monsters Stamp Pack by @Ishabazz LiveScribe (Moleskin Edition) One Note Genius Scan - PDF Scanner MyScript Nebo – Note Taking for Apple Pencil Dear Dash Users - a blog post by @kapeli Apple is scaling back its autonomous car ambitions and focusing on creating self-driving software Apple plans to launch new Macs at an October 27 event IBM cutting costs w/ largest enterprise Mac deployment, 100,000 by end of year Blockbuster end retail and DVD by mail The Innovator’s Dilemma Lightspeed How our app went from $20,000/day to $2/day in revenue Tiny Hearts Wake Alarm Textmate John Gruber markdown Byword Elaine Manganello Úll 2016 Episode 115 Picks: TableFlip Animation Pro

This we are joined my Tammy Coron. We follow up on follow up on Omni Group's innovative pricing model, as well as, on Storyboard bugs fixed in Xcode 8.1 beta 3 and IGListKit is now live on github. We discuss the removal of Dash from the App Store(s) and some disappointing history revealed on the MacRumors forums. We also talk about the removal of Phoneys sticker pack. Picks: Day of the Tentacle Remastered, Swift Playgrounds Demo with a Twist, 3D iOS Games book and PDF Sponsored By BuddyBuild Correction: Scanning across the screen in possible with Point Scanning in Switch Control. Episode 114 Show Notes: Introducing OmniGraffle 7 Release Notes - #178: An Unofficial Wink and a Nod Xcode 8.1 beta fixes some IB issues: Losing changes after quitting / reopening is fixed IGListKit - A data-driven UICollectionView framework for building fast and flexible lists Apple: Dash developer had two accounts, 25 apps, and almost a thousand fraudulent reviews Gather round, folks, let me tell you a story. Dash and Apple: My Side of the Story The Dignified Death of Phoneys Just Write Monsters Grammar Snob Christopher Hills Switch Control AssistiveTouch 3D Apple Games by Tutorials Updated for Swift 3 and iOS 10 Chris Language on Roundabout Creative Chaos (coming soon) Creating Stickers and iMessages Apps in iOS 10 Using Swift 3 Apple Talk (podcast) SceneKit Episode 114 Picks: Day of the Tentacle Remastered Swift Playgrounds Demo with a Twist 3D iOS Games book and PDF

We answer an askMTJC about our use of Swift 3. Aaron discusses some feedback on his Mac: End of Life prognostication on episode 111, as well as, feedback on Air Pods. Jaime tells us about his new position at Simple which leads into more fintech and banking. We follow up on ProtoBufs in Kitura and the Omni Group's new pricing strategy. We discuss the new App Store Search Ads, opposition to React Native and the Pixel phone by Google. Picks: Sky Force 2014 for Apple TV, an iOS Simulator logging protip and CatPaint (stealth pick) Sponsored by: Hired CatPaint & Sticker by @CoryDMC Episode 113 Show Notes: THE MAC DOES HAVE A FUTURE, EVEN IF IT’S OS DOESN’T Dave Rogers on Episode 111 – Storm & Stress Christophe Fondacci on Episode 111 – Storm & Stress Christopher Stott Simple Fintech Tangerine Protocol Buffers in your Kitura Apps - Swift@IBM GraphQL REST Experimenting with App Store Search Ads Branch.io Toronto Blue Jays 2016 MLB Sticker Pack The Omni Group is moving to free downloads with In App Purchases Curtis Herbert - Challenging our Assumptions to Succeed in the App Store Why I’m not a React Native programmer New leak tells us absolutely everything about Google's Pixel phones Nimbus Steel Series Controller Episode 113 Picks: Sky Force 2014 for Apple TV Protip: Make iOS Simulator logging great again CatPaint with Sticker Pack (stealth pick)

This week we discuss new MacBook Pro's to be announced in October. We examine an article on Swift vs Objective-C language stats, as well as, Apple's interest in McLaren Applied Technologies. We discuss Ryan Nystrom's talk on Refactoring At Scale from Just Try Swift. We discuss a post by Curtis Herbert on compile time warnings. Jaime discusses Apple's post on JSON. Picks: Swift Protobuf, protips on changes in Storyboards and tableViews, Blocky Hockey, Blocky Football, Blocky Soccer, Blocky Rugby, TD MySpend, Realm Mobile Platform. Sponsored by: Buddy Build Episode 112 Show Notes: Apple Likely Aiming for Late October Launch of Redesigned MacBook Pro Apple CEO Tim Cook's Feud With BlackBerry Has a Quiet End Apple and Deloitte team up to accelerate business transformation on iPhone and iPad Apple deepens enterprise push with Deloitte partnership Atlassian Swift Job Market Is Bad News For Objective-C TIOBE the software quality program It’s not McLaren Racing, but McLaren Applied Technologies, that Apple is likely lusting after Refactoring At Scale Ryan Nystrom IGListKit Working with JSON in Swift Marin Todorov Spark from CBC Radio: 328: Disruption in banking, a long view on AI, and more… Episode 112 Picks: About Swift Protobuf Protip: Changes in Storyboards and TableViews Blocky Hockey - Arcade Ice Runner Blocky Football - Endless Arcade Runner Blocky Soccer - Endless Arcade Runner Blocky Rugby - Endless Arcde Runner TD MySpend Realm Mobile Platform