This week the boys talk app identity crises and the difficulties of finances, mainly with the results of a recent report on MoneyWell which more clearly points out some issues in the user experience. John talks his recent work with difficulties with testing navigation, especially with tab based apps.
With some WWDC2022 midweek discussion. The boys talk their experience so far, their opinions on the continued predominantly online conference, John’s technique on how to become teachers pet. John talks the possible future of an Apple Car but also the technologies that may be developed alongside. Scotty talks the hopeful future for SwiftUI with the announcement of iOS16.
Back with some slightly out-of-date WWDC 2022 predictions and some notes from listeners, the boys talk the UK’s bank holiday customs, the future of SwiftUI, AR progression and the people pushing it forward. Segregation By Design | Instagram Black Terminus AR | Instagram
Live from New York, it’s Wednesday Morning (for John at least)! This week John talks his recent work in continuing to share the way of accessibility throughout the development world, one city at a time. Scotty talks the death of the iPod and reminisces back on the innovation that it was, and the progression of devices that have come since.
This week John talks his work with adapting code to new technologies, including GraphQL, and some difficulties with updating from Objective-C to Swift when you rely on some Objective-C. Scotty cryptically talks his latest work in ‘Build Toolchain Hell’ and the process of trying debug from past changes that are causing bugs now. GraphQL | A query language for your API
This week John talks struggling with scrolling collection views when compositional layouts and accessibility elements are involved. Scotty talks the important role of accessibility in the future of development, some updates to the current MoneyWell beta release including some new sync bugs. Ensembles Apple’s suggested technique for navigating horizontal scrolling lists | Apple...
This week John talks his glorious week of star studded premiers in Hollywood, inter-company communication, accessibility labels in comparison to audio description, his work with VoiceOver and how accessibilityElementDidBecomeFocused() is your friend when trying to scroll a collection view to the correct place after a cell has been selected by VoiceOver. Scotty talks the enlisting of an unbiased fresh set of eyes to produces a report on MoneyWell purely from a user standpoint, the next stage in t...
This week the boys talk collaboration when porting a project to new infrastructure, edge cases of analytics when Apple API docs just don’t cover it, trying to fit 3 days into 5, a deep dive into the repeating patterns of software development with hope to not repeat the same mistakes.
This week John talks embedded meta data within the Apple Photo Library, especially in relation to QuickTime video files. Scotty talks CocoaPod hell, weaponised NPM and other open source troubles, interesting Academy Award data analysis theories. Chalamet Coughs, Dune Wins BIG sabotage: Famous NPM package deletes files to protest Ukraine war...
This week the boys talk Johns HackDay result with John sharing some details about the project and the process of a HackDay. Scotty talks his week of work on migration within some client work. *SPOILERS* Backing music for Johns HackDay result | YouTube
This week the boys touch on the location sharing outbreak from last week after a listener experiences it too. They share their thoughts on the latest Apple event. John shares an update on his current Hackday week, the changes to the project and the value of teamwork and competition. Scotty has some gripes with the Twitter website, gives an update on his Jenkins progress (with some encouragement from another listener). Protest Songs 1984-2012 by The Specials | Apple Music GitHub Actions...
This week the boys touch on some current affairs especially with regards to both the effect on and effects caused by technology. John talks his upcoming Hackday project involving editing and looping existing content. Scotty talks his re-visit to Jenkins, and the process of having to relearn things that you previously mastered, also some 20/20 hindsight about opting for the smaller storage options for devices.
Following some slight technical difficulties, this week John shares his success with a pair of demos (one with work in accessibility), the benefits of Keynote vs. Google Slides. Scotty shares his work on a bug caused by Right-To-Left languages within collection views and explores the other nuances that different languages can have. Peter Frampton plays the drums | YouTube History of the Voice Box made famous by Peter Frampton | YouTube...
This week the boys talk their ‘productive?’ week with John’s upcoming demo fair and the project that he has been working on for it. the challenges of testing for unknown data using only known data with Scotty talking on how data is used within MoneyWell.
This week John gets deprangry with some data refreshing on a new canvas he’s been working on, but also shares his love of Senegalese music. Scotty talks his mixed week including dealing with changes to server certificates when using SSL pinning, also the recent Apple vs. The Netherlands dispute and how that may not only effect the future of MoneyWell but the App Store itself. Celebrations in Dakar after Senegal wins AFCON 2022 | YouTube Youssou N’Dour - Gaiende (The Lion) | YouTube...
This week John talks his recent work on refreshing portions of a Collection View, his mastery of JavaScript and a follow up to his work on protocol compliance and inheritance. While Scotty talks barfing (or bathing?) with some data migration, the difficulties of testing with small amounts of data when users can have huge amounts of data with very little storage space, also shares some feedback on the latest MoneyWell beta.
This week the boys talk John’s “possible” direct effect on the Netflix stock price as well as his Jedi teaching over some new members to his team. Also the first user responses from the MoneyWell Beta release with some expected problems and some not so expected problems. Also a check in on how the M1's have been holding up to real world work and a hopeful look at what Apple could release in their next hardware drop. Joseph Heck’s Lindenmayer Library Implementation | GitHub What the heck is an L-...
This week the boys talk sorting objects with optional properties, protocol compliance and inheritance, 1960's British Dramas, another look at SGLite toolkit, GRDB, problems with notarising MoneyWell for the Beta release, the changing environment of borderless culture appreciation. GRDB | GitHub To Sir, With Love | Wikipedia Two segments from John's talk at Appsterdam. First is about too many notes/ingredients/features leading to indistinct music/food/software. Second is about not copying the Glo...
This week the boys talk the ever evolving remote workplace, and the best ways of communicating and emulating an office environment. John talks his recent frustration with debugging and context switching as a UI developer to managing various API's, initially setting up an Xcode Project and problems with Swift Packages. Scotty talks the public release of the MoneyWell 3.5 beta. MoneyWell 3.5 Public Beta Closer | Virtual Office...
This week the boys talk their hopes and dreams for whats to come in 2022. For John it's the revival and continuation of some old tech, for Scotty it's the beta release of MoneyWell. The boys also talk 'The Ocean Cleanup', side projects, a refreshed attitude towards the future of MoneyWell, Apples delayed release of SharePlay. Paul Hawken's new book, Regeneration The Ocean Cleanup Revenue Cat...
This week the boys sum up this past year by talking; their holiday plans to their end-of-year wisdoms, their last weeks work, with John working with different designs using real data and Scotty with the release of the MoneyWell beta. John also hopes to get an extra special listener by talking his recent work with JavaScript and Node. Scotty also talks his further research into the world of multi-platform, especially in regards to the possible future of MoneyWell. Life of Brian | IMDB Life of Bri...
This week the boys talk; Scotty's off-grid vacation, the challenges of switching off during vacation, and the inevitable mountain of emails upon return; John's pre-holiday-break ships, including Netflix's Fast Laughs feature; the work of Dave Winer; and the imminent MoneyWell beta program.
This week, being Turkey(or Duck) Day, the boys share what they're thankful for this year. Scotty talks his latest public PR, MacBook Mix-Up and Apple Support Shenanigans. John talks his recent 6-year Netflix anniversary and the experiences that led to it, especially the feedback from listeners and peers. Implementing Accessibility Custom Actions Ko-Fi, The Tip Platform Music John's Thankful For | YouTube Scotty's DocC PR | GitHub...
This week the boys talk John's further work with VoiceOver and the way that accessibility is experienced both by the end-user and by the test engineers. Scotty talks the frustrations that come with making the first PR against a new project. Icelandverse | YouTube Eurovision: The Story of Fire Saga Clip | Netflix
This week the boys continue their discussion on the new M1 Macbooks, with John discovering some more issues with RAM and Scotty talks the major decisions being made with his latest business expenditure, Silver or Space Grey? John talks his battle of the browsers after having troubles with the ever-hungry for RAM Chrome, the environmental impact of streaming video, the importance of alt-tags for images in Tweets. Scotty talks the big decisions being made with recent a business expenditure, the up...
This week John reveals his secret, somewhat, compact package and reviews his first week of Apple M1 ownership, from initial difficulties in data transfer and unexpected high RAM usage to blistering Xcode speeds. Scotty talks his work on migrations and how to deal with time and project management with multiple projects on the go at once.
The boys discuss yesterday's Apple event, their purchases, and their thoughts on the continued M1 development and the complete lack of options for monitors. John talks his continued work on accessibility custom actions. Scotty talks his work on transitioning between two systems, what to transition, and what to leave behind.
This week the boys also touch on the upcoming Apple event and the high ratio of job satisfaction within the industry. Scotty shares his week of working on a command line tool and his experience with the swift argument parser. John talks about his ever-growing dynamic component library and its uses within adaptive layouts, especially his recent work on volume control. Swift Argument Parser | GitHub
This week the boys talk John's recent musical accomplishments and how he's been resolving constraints with UIButtons when the size of the content is dynamic. Scotty talks his recent work on a client's feature set and the inheritance decisions that come with an existing codebase. One More Thing by James Dempsey & The Breakpoints | Apple Music One More Thing by James Dempsey & The Breakpoints | Spotify Behind the Scenes | Instagram...
Continuing on from Monday's episode, John reveals the thrilling conclusion to his discussion on his dynamic icon button class. Scotty takes a nostalgic look back at the business and development environments of Mac apps and offers some in-home-office workout tips. Twitter | Drew McCormack
