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English, Computing/Technology, 1 season, 83 episodes, 5 days, 13 hours, 32 minutes
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Debug is a conversational interview show about developing software and services, primarily for iPhone, iPad, Mac, and gaming. Hosted by Guy English and Rene Ritchie, it's all the great talk you get at the bar after the conference, wrapped up in convenient podcast form. Pull up a chair, hit play, join us.
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83: Linda Dong & Lia Napolitano on prototyping experience

Formerly on the Apple design prototype team that brought us, among other things, the Pencil, and the Siri experience team that put voices in our cars and televisions, Linda Dong and Lia Napolitano join Guy and Rene in a chat recorded right after WWDC 2016 in June… but saved as a special holiday gift for us all now. Grab a beverage and hit play!
12/23/20160
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82: Ashley Nelson-Hornstein on what's next

Ashley Nelson-Hornstein, formerly of Apple and Dropbox, joins Guy and Rene to talk about making everything more accessible, going independent, and what happens next.
6/13/20160
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81: Melton & Ganatra episode V: Transitions

Don Melton, former Director of Internet Technologies at Apple, and Nitin Ganatra, former Director of iOS Apps at Apple, talk to Guy and Rene about handling transitions, taking Mozilla open-source, going to OS X, going to Intel, going to iOS, and saying "no".
6/7/20160
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80: Jaimee Newberry and corporate culture

Jaimee Newberry returns to talk corporate culture with Guy and Rene. How to you set it from the start, how to rebuild it over time. How do you make sure it’s healthy. You know, the easy stuff!
4/8/20161 hour, 2 minutes, 28 seconds
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79: John Poole of Geekbench

John Poole of Geekbench joins Guy and Rene to talk how he got started, that Apple A9 thing, the state of the silicon, and what's coming next. Sponsors Automatic: Your smart driving assistant. Get $20 off when you go to automatic.com/debug and use promo code debug. Guests John Poole of Geekbench Hosts Guy English Rene Ritchie
3/15/20162 hours, 8 minutes, 52 seconds
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78: Jaimee Newberry's journey

Jaimee Newberry — @jaimeejaimee — joins Guy and Rene to talk about how she got started in tech, her career in graphics, consulting for teams, and her new roll as COO of Martian Craft. Sponsors Automatic: Your smart driving assistant. Get $20 off when you go to automatic.com/debug and use promo code debug. Guests Jaimee Newberry Hosts Guy English Rene Ritchie
3/3/20161 hour, 9 minutes, 2 seconds
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77: James Thomson of PCalc

James Thomson of DragThing and PCalc fames joins Guy and Rene to talk about that time he was at Apple and Steve Jobs found out he was working from $^%#$ Ireland. And more!
12/31/20151 hour, 56 minutes, 21 seconds
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76: Melton & Ganatra episode IV: Management

Don Melton, former Director of Internet Technologies at Apple, and Nitin Ganatra, former Director of iOS Apps at Apple, talk about managing teams, managing up, retention, rivalry, and more! Support Debug Check out the newly-released CleanMyDrive 2 at Macpaw.com/CleanMyDrive/ Get $50 toward any mattress purchase by visiting www.casper.com/debug and using promo code debug. Terms and Conditions Apply. Guests Don Melton Nitin Ganatra Hosts Guy English of Kicking Bear Rene Ritchie of Mobile Nations
12/22/20152 hours, 33 minutes, 35 seconds
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75: James Cuda on Procreate for iPad Pro

James Cuda of Savage Interactive joins Guy and Rene to talk about bring Procreate to the iPad Pro, optimizing for the Apple Pencil, Apple TV, the market for pro apps, and more. This episode of Debug is brought to you by: Casper: Get $50 toward any mattress purchase by visiting casper.com/debug and using the code "debug". Terms and Conditions Apply. BackBlaze: Stop putting it off, start getting backed up. Get a risk-free no credit card required trial by going to backblaze.com Guests James Cuda of Savage Interactive Hosts Guy English of Kicking Bear Rene Ritchie of iMore Feedback Yell at us at the Twitter accounts above. Loudly!
11/23/20151 hour, 16 minutes, 42 seconds
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74: Paul Haddad on Tweetbot 4

Paul Haddad returns to Debug 3 years later to talk to Guy and Rene about Tweetbot 4, watchOS, tvOS, the App Store, and more.
11/5/20151 hour, 18 minutes, 1 second
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73: Michael Lopp on managing humans

Michael Lopp, reposer at Rands, talks about working at Netscape, the Apple Online Store at Apple, and now, Pinterest. More specifically, the art of managing humans and retaining and nurturing talent. Sponsored by Udacity: Check out their Nanodegree programs for iOS app dev and Swift 2.0 at udacity.com Casper: Go to casper.com/debug and use promo code "debug" to get $50 towards any mattress purchased./li> Show notes Rands in Repose Pinterest Guests Michael Lopp Hosts Guy English of Kicking Bear Rene Ritchie of Mobile Nations Feedback Question, comment, recommendation, or something you want us to follow up on for the next show? Tweet us at the above handles. Loudly.
10/23/20151 hour, 7 minutes, 39 seconds
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72: Arik Devens, developer gadfly

Arik Devens joins Guy and Rene to talk about his time at Easel, Netscape, Palm, and everything between and after. And to bug guy about AppKit. Sponsored by Udacity. Check out their Nanodegree programs for iOS app dev and Swift 2.0 at udacity.com Show notes Cinema Gadfly Guests Arik Devens Hosts Guy English of Kicking Bear Rene Ritchie of Mobile Nations Feedback Question, comment, recommendation, or something you want us to follow up on for the next show? Tweet us at the above handles. Loudly.
10/15/20151 hour, 53 minutes, 20 seconds
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71: Chris Liscio, part II (fixed)

Chris Liscio of Super Mega Ultra Groovy is back, but before he can get into computer nerd history, Guy English sideswipes him into Reactive Cocoa and then the Swift debate begins!
9/1/20152 hours, 29 minutes, 20 seconds
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70: Chris Liscio is Super Mega Ultra Groovy

Chris Liscio of FuzzMeasure and Capo fame joins Guy and Rene to talk about marketing apps, his time at ATI, Be, and BlackBerry, and making ridiculously smart audio apps for Mac and iOS.
8/14/20151 hour, 56 minutes, 56 seconds
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69: Melton & Ray on Safari, standards, and blockers

Don Melton and Jim Ray join Guy and Rene to talk about "Safari as the new IE", web standards, and content blockers.
7/17/20152 hours, 7 minutes, 53 seconds
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68: Ken Case of the Omni Group

Ken Case of the Omni Group joins Guy and Rene to talk about developing for Next, starting the Omni Group, going all-in on the iPad, and experimenting with the Apple Watch.
7/6/20152 hours, 56 seconds
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67: WWDC 2015 roundtable

We’re live from WWDC 2015 and we’re talking about the keynote and all the developer announcements, from Apple Music to Swift 2, and everything in between! With Guy English, Rene Ritchie, Ashley Nelson-Hornstein, Matt Drance, Don Melton, and Marco Arment!
6/13/20152 hours, 25 minutes, 5 seconds
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66: Paul Kafasis of Rogue Amoeba

Paul Kafasis of Rogue Amoeba joins Guy and Rene to talk the realities of developing software in the age of App Stores.
5/29/20152 hours, 38 minutes
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65: Steven Troughton-Smith (Live from Ull)

Live from the Ull conference in Ireland, Guy and Rene talk to Steven Troughton-Smith about incredibly nerdy developer stuff and Grace, an app to help children on the autistic spectrum.
5/15/20151 hour, 17 minutes, 32 seconds
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64: Horace Dediu of Asymco (Live from Ull)

Live from the Ull conference in Ireland Guy and Rene talk to Horace Dediu of Asymco fame about his background as a developer, his time at Nokia, and his current job-to-be-done: analyzing Apple.
4/30/20151 hour, 3 minutes, 7 seconds
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63: Weinstein, Kramer, Frey on Workflow

Ari Weinstein, Conrad Kramer, and Nick Frey talk to Guy English, Rene Ritchie, and a surprise guest about their amazing iOS automation app, Workflow.
3/27/20151 hour, 11 minutes, 50 seconds
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62: Edwards and Gruber on Apple Watch

Watchmaker and developer Jon Edwards, and Daring Fireball's John Gruber join Guy and Rene to talk about the Apple Watch and watch culture. John's Superman Watch (potentially) Super Mario Watch Master/slave clocks Tissot T Touch Patek Philippe Henry Graves Supercomplication Quartz Crisis Accutron Tuning Fork Watch Early Electro-Mechanical Watches Braun BN0106 PepperUICore Class Dump (Digital Detent) Ming-Chi Kuo Hodinkee Apple Watch Review (Failed Cuff Test) Surface Acoustic Wave (Ultrasonic) Touch Sensing Vesper iOS Apps Jon has worked on Panel Jon Edwards of jonedwards.co John Gruber of Daring Fireball Guy English of Kicking Bear Rene Ritchie of Mobile Nations Feedback Question, comment, recommendation, or something you want us to follow up on for the next show? Email us at mailto:debug@mobilenations.com or leave a comment below.
3/6/20152 hours, 18 minutes, 16 seconds
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61: Andy Matuschak and Khan Academy

Andy Matuschak, creator of the Sparkle update framework for Mac, member of the UIKit team from iOS 4.1 to iOS 8, and current mobile engineering lead at Khan Academy talks to Guy and Rene about helping to bring a world class education to everyone in the world. Show notes Sparkle UIKit Khan Academy Controlling Complexity in Swift Young Children Reinvent Arithmetic: Implications of Piaget's Theory Debug 56: Laura Savino and Khan Academy Guests Andy Matuschak Hosts Guy English of Kicking Bear Rene Ritchie of Mobile Nations Feedback Question, comment, recommendation, or something you want us to follow up on for the next show? Email us at debug@mobilenations.com or leave a comment below.
2/25/20151 hour, 59 minutes, 33 seconds
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60: Melton & Ganatra episode III: Shipping software

Don Melton, former Director of Internet Technologies at Apple, and Nitin Ganatra, former Director of iOS Apps at Apple, talk about managing deadlines, development cycles, and shipping software. In memory of Jordan Breeding. Support our sponsors: Get $50 off any mattress from casper.com/debug by using promo code debug. Get $5 your first order from harrys.com by using promo code DEBUG. Show notes Debug 48: Melton & Ganatra episode II: Understanding Apple Debug 47: Melton & Ganatra episode I: Demoing software to Steve Jobs Debug 41: Nitin Ganatra episode III: iPhone to iPad Debug 40: Nitin Ganatra episode II: OS X to iOS Debug 39: Nitin Ganatra episode I: System 7 to Carbon Debug 11: Don Melton and Safari Guests Don Melton Nitin Ganatra Hosts Guy English of Kicking Bear Rene Ritchie of Mobile Nations Feedback Question, comment, recommendation, or something you want us to follow up on for the next show? Email us at debug@mobilenations.com or leave a comment below.
1/23/20153 hours, 9 minutes, 52 seconds
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59: Space Age episode 2: 2014

18 months later, we sat down once again with Matt Comi and Neven Mrgan of Big Bucket Software, to talk about Space Age. This time, post release. So, last week you got 2 hours of what was, this week 2 hours of what is! Time travel! Go to mandrill.com and use promo code "Debug" to receive 50,000 free email sends per month for your first six months. Go to hover.com and use promo code "aces" to get 10% off your first purchase. Go to lynda.com/debug to try it free for 7 days Show notes Big Bucket Software Space Age The Incident Panic Guests Neven Mrgan Matt Comi Hosts Guy English of Kicking Bear Rene Ritchie of Mobile Nations Feedback Question, comment, recommendation, or something you want us to follow up on for the next show? Email us at debug@mobilenations.com or leave a comment below.
1/3/20152 hours, 24 minutes, 50 seconds
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58: Space Age episode 1: 2013

Way back in early 2013 we sat down with Matt Comi and Neven Mrgan of Big Bucket Software to talk about their previous game, The Incident, and their then in-development new game, Space Age. Then… we sat on the show until now. So, this week you get 2 hours of what was, and next week you’re getting 2 hours of what is! It’s a Debug experiment! Support our sponsors: Go to hover.com and use promo code "alwayswins" to get 10% off your first purchase. Go to lynda.com/debug to try it free for 7 days Show notes Big Bucket Software Space Age The Incident Panic Guests Neven Mrgan Matt Comi Hosts Guy English of Kicking Bear Rene Ritchie of Mobile Nations Feedback Question, comment, recommendation, or something you want us to follow up on for the next show? Email us at debug@mobilenations.com or leave a comment below.
1/3/20152 hours, 19 minutes, 13 seconds
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57: Extensibility roundtable

James Thomson of PCalc, Ashley Nelson-Hornstein of Dropbox, Bryan Irace of Tumblr, and Brad Ellis Pacific Helm join Guy and Rene to talk about Extensibility, its benefits and limitations, and the just-announced WatchKit. Show notes App Extensions Making Dropbox for iOS more accessible Building Quality Code That Lasts: A Dropbox Story What we learned building the Tumblr iOS share extension Calculator widgets will be allowed in Today view Extensibility in iOS 8: Explained WatchKit What you need to know about WatchKit Panel Brad Ellis of Pacific Helm Bryan Irace of Tumblr Ashley Nelson-Hornstein of Dropbox James Thomson of PCalc Guy English of Kicking Bear Rene Ritchie of Mobile Nations Feedback Question, comment, recommendation, or something you want us to follow up on for the next show? Email us at debug@mobilenations.com, hit us up on Twitter, or leave a comment below.
11/26/20141 hour, 57 minutes, 24 seconds
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56: Laura Savino and Khan Academy

Laura Savino of Khan Academy joins Guy and Rene to talk about how she got into development, the importance of language and education, not shipping, building teams, and more!
11/6/20141 hour, 27 minutes, 19 seconds
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55: John Siracusa, round 2

Fresh from his review of OS X Yosemite, John Siracusa returns to talk interface, vibrancy, file extensions, and a whole lot of Swift. Please support our sponsors: Pixelmator for iPad. Sign up at mandrill.com with promo code Debug, and get 50,000 free email sends per month for your first six months of service. Visit lynda.com/debug to try lynda.com free for 7 days. Show notes Siracusa's Yosemite review Siracusa on Debug, round 1 Guests John Siracusa of Hypercritical and ATP Hosts Guy English of Kicking Bear Rene Ritchie of Mobile Nations Feedback Question, comment, recommendation, or something you want us to follow up on for the next show? Email us at du@mileaonscom or leave a comment below.
11/1/20141 hour, 51 minutes, 19 seconds
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54: Melton & Ganatra episode II: Understanding Apple

Don Melton, former Director of Internet Technologies at Apple, and Nitin Ganatra, former Director of iOS Apps at Apple, talk about working hard, promoting diversity, touch screen technology, and how they manage. Show notes Debug 11: Don Melton and Safari Debug 39: Nitin Ganatra episode I: System 7 to Carbon Debug 40: Nitin Ganatra episode II: OS X to iOS Debug 41: Nitin Ganatra episode III: iPhone to iPad Debug 41: Nitin Ganatra episode III: iPhone to iPad Debug 47: Melton & Ganatra episode I: Demoing software to Steve Jobs Guests Don Melton Nitin Ganatra Hosts Guy English of Kicking Bear Rene Ritchie of Mobile Nations Feedback Question, comment, recommendation, or something you want us to follow up on for the next show? Email us at dbug@moiltns.cm or leave a comment below.
10/22/20142 hours, 10 minutes, 25 seconds
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53: Melton & Ganatra episode I: Demoing software to Steve Jobs

Don Melton, former Director of Internet Technologies at Apple, and Nitin Ganatra, former Director of iOS Apps at Apple, talk about presenting to Steve Jobs, web vs. native, implementing gestures, the importance of affordances, and more. Show notes Debug 11: Don Melton and Safari Debug 39: Nitin Ganatra episode I: System 7 to Carbon Debug 40: Nitin Ganatra episode II: OS X to iOS Debug 41: Nitin Ganatra episode III: iPhone to iPad Debug 16.1: David Gelphman on Apple, Core Graphics, and AirPrint Guests Don Melton Nitin Ganatra Hosts Guy English of Kicking Bear Rene Ritchie of Mobile Nations Feedback Question, comment, recommendation, or something you want us to follow up on for the next show? Email us at dbug@moiltns.cm or leave a comment below.
9/26/20142 hours, 10 minutes, 31 seconds
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52: Developing for iPhone 6 and Apple Watch, with Murley, Richter, and Simmons

Apple has announced the iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, Apple Pay, and the Apple Watch. What does it all mean for developers? Former Apple Safari Evangelist Vicki Murley, MartianCraft's Kyle Richter, and Vesper's Brent Simmons talk it out with Guy and Rene.
9/13/20141 hour, 39 minutes, 26 seconds
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51: Jim Ray on the Web and BBQ

Jim Ray joins Guy and Rene to talk about his actually joby job and ends up talking about everything from the web, to San Francisco culture, to the importance of barbecue. Support Debug: Go to hired.com/debugpodcast to get a double bonus when you accept a job. Go to lynda.com/debug for a free 7 day trial. Go to www.drobostore.com and use offer code debug50 to save $50 on your next Drobo. Guests Jim Ray Hosts Guy English of Kicking Bear Rene Ritchie of Mobile Nations Feedback Question, comment, recommendation, or something you want us to follow up on for the next show? Email us at debug@mobilenations.com or leave a comment below.
8/27/20142 hours, 17 minutes, 40 seconds
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50: Brianna Wu, Amanda Warner, and Revolution 60

Brianna Wu and Amanda Warner of Giant Spacekat join Guy and Rene to talk about their new Unreal Engine-based iOS game, Revolution 60. From creating their company to modeling their characters to dealing with game dev culture, this one is crackalacking! Support Debug: Go to hired.com/debugpodcast to get a double bonus when you accept a job offer. Go to igloosoftware.com/debug to try Igloo for free. Go to lynda.com/debug to try lynda.com free for 7 days Show notes Revolution 60 Unreal Engine Iterate 45: Briana Wu, Amanda Warner of Revolution 60 Guests Brianna Wu Amanda Warner Hosts Guy English of Kicking Bear Rene Ritchie of Mobile Nations Feedback Question, comment, recommendation, or something you want us to follow up on for the next show? Email us at debug@mobilenations.com or leave a comment below.
8/14/20141 hour, 36 minutes, 47 seconds
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49: Marco Arment on Overcast

Marco Arment joins Guy and Rene to talk about his new podcast client, Overcast, getting low level with Core Audio, writing downloaders, and many, many other things.
7/30/20143 hours, 8 minutes, 43 seconds
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48: Swift roundtable

Natalia Berdys of Foodo Kitchen, Don Melton, former director of internet technology at Apple, and Brent Simmons of Vesper join Guy and Rene to talk about Swift, its future, Sprite Kit, and more! Support Debug: Go to podsurvey.com/debug to take our survey and get a chance to win a $100 Amazon Gift Card. Go to lynda.com/debug to start your 7-day free trial. Go to getharvest.com and use offer code DEBUG by August 1st to receive 50% off your first month. Show notes Swift Blog Swift in Flux Pedal to the Metal: Inside Apple's new graphics technology iOS 8 explained Inessential The Record Panel Natalia Berdys of TUTU LAB Don Melton of donmelton.com Brent Simmons of Vesper Guy English of Kicking Bear Rene Ritchie of Mobile Nations Feedback Question, comment, recommendation, or something you want us to follow up on for the next show? Email us at dg@oblnaon.om or leave a comment below.
7/16/20142 hours, 14 minutes, 16 seconds
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47: Nitin Ganatra episode III: iPhone to iPad

In part 3 of the Nitin Ganatra trilogy, the former Director of iOS apps at Apple talks to Guy and Rene about iOS interface and API decisions, scaling to iPad, life after Apple, and what comes next. Show notes Debug 39: Nitin Ganatra episode I: System 7 to Carbon Debug 40: Nitin Ganatra episode II: OS X to iOS Guests Nitin Ganatra Hosts Guy English of Kicking Bear Rene Ritchie of Mobile Nations Feedback Question, comment, recommendation, or something you want us to follow up on for the next show? Email us at debug@mobilenations.com or leave a comment below.
7/2/20142 hours, 20 minutes, 2 seconds
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46: Nitin Ganatra episode II: OS X to iOS

In part 2 of the Nitin Ganatra trilogy, the former Director of iOS apps at Apple talks to Guy and Rene about working on Mail for OS X, and the early days of Purple, the experience project that would ultimately deliver the iPhone.
6/25/20141 hour, 58 minutes, 32 seconds
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45: Nitin Ganatra episode I: System 7 to Carbon

In part 1 of the Nitin Ganatra trilogy, the former Director of iOS apps at Apple talks to Guy and Rene about his early career in Developer Technical Support (DTS), working on System 7 in the Copland era, and the advent of Carbon. Support Debug: Go to squarespace.com/debug and use offer code DEBUG to save 10% on your new website! Go to peek.usertesting.com and use express pass DEBUG to get your results back faster on a free 5-minute video of a real person using your site or app. Show notes System 7 Copland) Carbon) Guests Nitin Ganatra Hosts Guy English of Kicking Bear Rene Ritchie of Mobile Nations Feedback Question, comment, recommendation, or something you want us to follow up on for the next show? Email us at debg@mbiatis.om or leave a comment below.
6/18/20141 hour, 59 minutes, 57 seconds
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44: WWDC 2014 developer roundtable

Matt Drance of Apple Outsider, Ryan Nielsen of Tumult, Daniel Jalkut of Red Sweater, and Jason Snell of Macworld join Guy and Rene to talk about Apple's WWDC 2014 keynote — the Swift programming language, Extensibility, Cloud Kit, Metal, and more.
6/4/20141 hour, 47 minutes, 31 seconds
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43: Simmons, Wiskus, Gruber and Vesper Sync

Brent Simmons, Dave Wiskus, and John Gruber join Guy and Rene to talk about Vesper 2.0, architecting sync, the decision making process, design choices, and why Vesper for Mac comes next. Show notes Vesper 2.0 and Vesper Sync Vesper Sync Diary Follow-up iOS 7 Human Interface Guideline Debug 15: Simmons, Wiskus, Gruber, and Vesper Guests Brent Simmons of inessential Dave Wiskus of Better Elevation John Gruber of Daring Fireball Hosts Guy English of Kicking Bear Rene Ritchie of Mobile Nations Feedback Question, comment, recommendation, or something you want us to follow up on for the next show? Email us at debug@mobilenations.com or yell at us on Twitter.
5/27/20141 hour, 44 minutes, 44 seconds
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42: Rich Siegel on BBEdit

Rich Siegel of Bare Bones Software talks to Guy and Rene about the journey of BBEdit from the classic Mac OS to OS X, PowerPC to Intel, 32- to 64-bit, and the direct sales to the Mac App Store.
5/21/20142 hours, 1 minute, 2 seconds
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41: Scotty on NSConference and RemObjects

Steve Scott (Scotty) talks to Guy and Rene about the early days of developer podcasts, NSConference, and his work with RemObjects.
5/7/20141 hour, 54 minutes, 58 seconds
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40: Sexism in tech

Serenity Caldwell of Macworld, Jessie Char of Pacific Helm, Georgia Dow of ZEN & TECH, and Brianna Wu of Giant Spacekat share their experiences with sexism in the tech industry, from coworkers to clients to conventions to culture and beyond.
4/24/20141 hour, 52 minutes, 10 seconds
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39: Ken Ferry on Auto Layout, Passbook, and Understudy

Ken Ferry talks to Guy and Rene about his time at Apple working on Cocoa, Auto Layout, and Passbook, and his new app, Understudy, which seeks to bring mentored learning into the iPad age.
4/10/20142 hours, 5 minutes, 44 seconds
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38: John Siracusa on Copland 2014

John Siracusa of Hypercritical and the Accidental Tech Podcast shows up to fight with Guy over Copland 2014. That is, the idea that Apple needs to embrace elements of higher level languages and figure out what comes after Objective C.
4/1/20141 hour, 41 minutes, 5 seconds
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37: Miguel de Icaza on Mono

Miguel de Icaza of GNOME and Xamarin fame joins Guy and Rene to talk about Mono, the .NET compatible open source project that lets you build iOS and Android apps in C#, and the pros and cons of modern development platforms.
3/19/201459 minutes, 8 seconds
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36: Casey Liss on C# and .Net

Casey Liss of the Accidental Tech Podcast (ATP) tries to sell Guy on the advantages of Microsoft’s C# programming language and the .NET frameworks.
3/4/20141 hour, 57 minutes, 6 seconds
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35: Jeff McLeman on porting kernels

Guy and Rene talk to Jeff McLeman about his time at Digital, porting the NT kernel, and the current state of kernels in general.
2/21/20141 hour, 45 minutes, 38 seconds
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34: Mike Ash on VoodooPad

Mike Ash of Plausible Labs joins Guy and Rene to talk about working at Rogue Amoeba, taking on VoodooPad, and speaking truth to bloggers.
2/6/20141 hour, 26 minutes, 2 seconds
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33: Joe Hewitt on Facebook and gardening

Joe Hewitt talks to Guy and Rene about 100% time at AOL, building Facebook for iPhone, the freedom of the web, and soil-based startups.
1/24/20141 hour, 9 minutes, 22 seconds
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32: Evan Doll on Apple and Flipboard

Evan Doll talks to Guy and Rene about his time at Apple on pro apps and iPhone OS, conceiving, launching, and managing Flipboard, and the value of relentless audacity.
1/3/20141 hour, 29 minutes, 23 seconds
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31: Vicki Murley on evanglizing Safari and CSS transforms

Vicki Murley, former Safari Technology Evangelist at Apple, current founder of Sprightly Books, talks to Guy and Rene about web technologies, speaking at conferences, and beating Dan Brown at the book game.
12/9/20131 hour, 13 minutes, 48 seconds
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30: Jalkut, Nielsen, Siracusa on OS X. Still.

Daniel Jalkut, Ryan Nielsen, and John Siracusa join Guy and Rene to talk about OS X Mavericks and the future of the Mac, continuing with interface, scripting, and more. (Part 2 of 2.)
11/29/20131 hour, 57 minutes, 41 seconds
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29: Jalkut, Nielsen, Siracusa and the future OS X

Daniel Jalkut, Ryan Nielsen, and John Siracusa join Guy and Rene to talk about OS X Mavericks and the future of the Mac, starting with free updates and file systems. (Part 1 of 2.)
11/22/20131 hour, 38 minutes, 58 seconds
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28: Jonathan Deutsch on Apple and Tumult

Jonathan Deutsch talks about HyperEdit, his time at Apple, the origins of Tumult, believing in Hype, and hitting people with kendo sticks.
11/14/20131 hour, 51 minutes, 9 seconds
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27: Hockenberry, Rhyne, Vandal on iOS 7

Craig Hockenberry of the Iconfactory, Rob Rhyne of Martian Craft, and Luc Vandal of Edovia talk to Guy and Rene about a lot of stuff not even vaguely related to iOS 7. And a bit that is.
10/24/20131 hour, 45 minutes, 32 seconds
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26: Arment, Drance, Heber, Simmons on iOS 7

Marco Arment of Overcast, Matt Drance of Apple Outsider, Sean Heber of the Iconfactory, and Brent Simmons of Vesper talk about developing for, and updating apps for, iOS 7.
10/10/20131 hour, 17 minutes, 52 seconds
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25: Ryan Nielsen on Tumult and Hype

Ryan Nielsen of Tumult talks to Guy and Rene about leaving Apple to go indie, creating Hype, App Store vs. own store, remote vs. office, and dealing with Apple from the outside. (Part 2 of 2.)
9/25/20131 hour, 15 minutes, 47 seconds
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24: Ryan Nielsen on Apple and OS X

Ryan Nielsen of Tumult talks to Guy and Rene about how Debug began, Çingleton, and his time as an engineering project manager on OS X at Apple where he helped kick big cats out the door. (Part 1 of 2.)
9/4/20131 hour, 46 minutes, 3 seconds
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23: Wil Shipley from NeXT to Delicious Monster

Wil Shipley of Delicious Monster talks to Guy and Rene about coding on NeXT, forming the Omni Group, dealing with the "Air Force", making Delicious Library, and what he's working on now.
8/20/20131 hour, 7 minutes, 8 seconds
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22: Gus Mueller of Flying Meat

Gus Mueller of Flying Meat talks to Guy and Rene about his username, his company name, VoodooPad and Acorn, and what he thought about Apple's Mac offerings at WWDC 2013.
8/8/20131 hour, 7 minutes, 8 seconds
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20: David Gelphman on Apple, Core Graphics, and AirPrint

David Gelphman, former graphics and imaging engineer at Apple, talks to Guy and Rene about writing the book on Core Graphics, developing AirPrint, and discovers Montreal has bagels (Part 2 of 2).
7/22/20130
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21: Krzysztof Zabłocki and Foldify

Krzysztof Zabłocki of Foldify joins Guy and Rene to talk about building game engines, the power and insanity of C++, swizzling and stomping Objective C, and how to pronounce Commodore 64 in Polish.
7/8/20131 hour, 39 minutes, 43 seconds
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19: David Gelphman from Adobe to General Magic

David Gelphman, former graphics and imaging engineer at Apple, talks to Guy and Rene about working on Postscript at Adobe, his time at General Magic, and how to avoid inverting bug fix prognostication equations. (Part 1 of 2)
6/19/20130
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18: WWDC 2013 live

Guy English of Debug, Marc Edwards and Seth Clifford of Iterate, and Rene Ritchie of iMore team up to talk WWDC 2013 with guests Mark Kawano, Don Melton, Dave Wiskus, Dan Moren, Brad Ellis, Brent Simmons, and more! Also: Hall of Fame awards!
6/12/201337 minutes, 30 seconds
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17: Simmons, Wiskus, Gruber, and Vesper

Brent Simmons, Dave Wiskus, and John Gruber join Guy and Rene to talk about their new app, Vesper, the value of ideas and collecting them, the art of collaboration, flat design, accessibility, testing, app pricing, and more. Also: Mad Men. Show notes Vesper The Talk Show 42: No One has a Higher Horse Glassboard Brad Ellis at Çingleton Michael Jurewitz at Çingleton Guests Brent Simmons of inessential.com Dave Wiskus of Unprofessional and Better Elevation John Gruber of Daring Fireball Hosts Guy English of Kickingbear Rene Ritchie of iMore.com Feedback Yell at us via the Twitter accounts above (or the same names on ADN). Loudly.
6/6/20131 hour, 58 minutes, 33 seconds
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13: Don Melton on Blink, Servo, and more

Don Melton, former Engineering Director of Internet Technologies at Apple, returns for a special follow-up episode with Guy and Rene to discuss the newly announced Google Blink and Mozilla/Samsung Servo HTML rendering engines, and to tell us what us which new bear he's trying to get dancing.
5/24/20131 hour, 41 minutes, 53 seconds
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16: Ben Lachman and Robert Cantoni have a Nice Mohawk

Ben Lachman and Robert Cantoni join Guy and Rene to talk about their list manager app, Ita, and the possibilities of it coming to the Mac, blogging as a duet, the importance of accessibility, and how to have a really Nice Mohawk. Show notes SousChef for Mac: Your cooking assistant Ita - A list app with which to do lists Nice Mohawk blog TwUI: Fast core animation UI for the Mac Chameleon: UIKit for Mac development Facebook Home Guests Ben Lachman of Nice Mohawk Robert Cantoni of Nice Mohawk Hosts Guy English of kickingbear Rene Ritchie of iMore Feedback Yell at us via the Twitter accounts above (or the same names on ADN). Loudly.
5/4/20131 hour, 10 minutes, 17 seconds
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15: Mike Lee and Lemur Chemistry

Mike Lee of the New Lemurs talks to Guy and Rene about airline Java, Delicious Library, Tapulous and the early days of iOS, United Lemurs, VC mistakes, the Obama and Apple Store apps, the Appsterdam project, New Lemurs, and dressing like a space pirate. Show notes - [Delicious Library](http://www.delicious-monster.com) - [Tapulous](https://www.facebook.com/taptaprevenge) - [Obama '08](http://mantia.me/portfolio/obama/) - [Apple Store app](https://itunes.apple.com/en/app/apple-store/id375380948?mt=8) - [New Lemurs](http://le.mu.rs) Guests Mike Lee of New Lemurs Hosts Guy English of Kicking Bear Rene Ritchie of iMore.com Feedback Yell at us via the Twitter accounts above (or the same names on ADN). Loudly.
4/16/20131 hour, 33 minutes, 25 seconds
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14: iCloud and Core Data sync

Daniel Pasco of Black Pixel, Brent Simmons of Ranchero Software, and Justin Williams of Second Gear talk to Guy and Rene about iCloud Core Data sync, why everyone seems to be in a bad mood about it, and how, if at all, Apple can fix it. Show notes The Return of NetNewsWire Why all my iOS Apps are on hold - or iCloud sucks Part II Response to Sync Issues Under the Sheets with iCloud and Core Data: Troubleshooting Why is iCloud Sync not working Your App Needs to Sync Apple's broken promise: why doesn't iCloud 'just work'? The Gathering Storm: Our Travails with iCloud A tale of two iClouds Why Developers Shouldn't Use iCloud Syncing, Even If It Worked iCloud: State of the Union Why Elements For iCloud Doesn't Exist Guests Daniel Pasco of Black Pixel Brent Simmons of Ranchero Software Justin Williams of Second Gear Hosts Guy English of Kicking Bear Rene Ritchie of iMore.com Feedback Yell at us via the Twitter accounts above (or the same names on ADN). Loudly.
4/5/20131 hour, 10 minutes, 24 seconds
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12: Don Melton and Safari

Don Melton, former Engineering Director of Internet Technologies at Apple, talks to Guy and Rene about assembler on the Apple II, open-sourcing Mozilla, building Nautilus, creating WebKit and the Safari browser, teaching bears to dance, and cleaning cusses from code bases. Show notes Bitsplitting Podcast Episode 1: Guy English Code Rush documentary Nautilus file manager WebKit.org Safari Keeping Safari a secret Safari is released to the world Why I retired from Apple Regarding fake projects and loyalty tests Guests Don Melton of donmelton.com Hosts Guy English of Kicking Bear Rene Ritchie of iMore.com Feedback Yell at us via the Twitter accounts above (or the same names on ADN). Loudly.
3/25/20131 hour, 32 minutes, 39 seconds
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11: Tammy Coron of Nickelfish

Tammy Coron of Nickelfish talks with Guy and Rene about coding (and re-coding!) the iMore app, the TRS-80 and text adventures, computers in schools, teaching kids to code, and surviving the zombie apocalypse. Show notes Just Write Code Happy Birthday Puppy Ray Wenderlich Hello World Guests @Paradox927 of Nickelfish Hosts Guy English of Kicking Bear Rene Ritchie of iMore.com Feedback Yell at us via the Twitter accounts above (or the same names on ADN). Loudly.
3/18/20131 hour, 12 minutes, 19 seconds
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10: Matt Drance, the Apple Outsider

Matt Drance of Apple Outsider and Bookhouse talks with Guy and Rene about working at and with Apple, the unsung heroes of software,the difference between marketing and developer-driven management, how to get started, and twiddling the PS4 bits. Show notes Apple Outsider Bookhouse Software iOS Recipes: Tips and Tricks for Awesome iPhone and iPad Apps Khan Academy Stanford iOS courses on iTunes U Guests Matt Drance (@drance) of Apple Outsider and Bookhouse Software Hosts Guy English (@gte) of Kicking Bear Rene Ritchie (@reneritchie) of iMore.com Feedback Yell at us via the Twitter accounts above (or the same names on ADN). Loudly.
3/5/20131 hour, 32 minutes, 42 seconds
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9: The future of human interface

Marc Edwards of Bjango, Guy English of Kicking Bear, Loren Brichter of Atebits, Sebastiaan de With of DoubleTwist, and Rene Ritchie of Mobile Nations talk human interfaces of the future, including Siri, Google Now, Kinect, Leap, MYO, Project Glass, iWatch, Oculus Rift, and more!
2/26/20131 hour, 4 minutes, 54 seconds
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8: Grant Paul aka chpwn

Grant Paul, aka chpwn, talks to Guy and Rene about developing for jailbreak, hacking the Nintendo Wii, the architecture behind SpringBoard and Apple TV apps, Siri, the future of file systems, and taking things to 11.
2/22/20131 hour, 12 minutes, 56 seconds
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7: Jordan Mechner and Karateka

Jordan Mechner of Karateka and Prince of Persia fame talks to Guy and Rene about coding for the Apple II, bringing cinematic storytelling to games, adapting for iOS, and the future of creative content.
2/4/201345 minutes, 4 seconds
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6: Adam Saltsman and Hundreds

Adam Saltsman podcasts with Guy and Rene for 90 minutes before hitting a wall and tumbling to his death. Also, designing Canabalt and Hundreds, sketching in Flash and Flixel, and the power of swinging ropes. Show notes Canabalt Hundreds Hunger Games Old Spice Flixel Don't Starve Prison Architect Spy Party Guided Access Guests Adam Saltsman (@ADAMATOMIC) of Adam Atomic Hosts Guy English (@gte) of Kicking Bear Rene Ritchie (@reneritchie) of iMore.com Feedback Yell at us via the Twitter accounts above (or the same names on ADN). Loudly.
1/24/20131 hour, 32 minutes, 4 seconds
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5: Craig Hockenberry, Sean Heber, and Twitterrific

Craig Hockenberry and Sean Heber of the Iconfactory talk to Guy and Rene about Twitterrific 5, the early days of the iPhone, Chameleon, beefs with nibs, underscores, colons, and ternary operators, App Store realities, and the importance of blame avoidance optimization. Show notes Twitterrific 5 Behind The App: Twitterrific 5 Iterate 35: Gedeon Maheux, David Lanham and Twitterrific 5 xScope Astronut Flare Chameleon: UIKit for Mac development Long boring history of the early days of Tapulous Hall of fame: Craig Hockenberry, Gedeon Maheux, and Twitteriffic Guests Craig Hockenberry (@chockenberrry)) Sean Heber (@BigZaphod)) Of the (Iconfactory Hosts Guy English (@gte) of Kicking Bear Rene Ritchie (@reneritchie) of iMore.com Feedback Yell at us via the Twitter accounts above (or the same names on ADN). Loudly.
1/5/20131 hour, 48 minutes, 23 seconds
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4: Dave Teare and 1Password

Dave Teare, co-founder of Agile Bits and co-developer of 1Password for Mac, iOS, and pretty damn near everywhere else, talks to Guy and Rene about project management, killing features, customer support, the challenges of going cross-platform, and the motivational value of coding Java for HP. Guest Dave Teare (@dteare) of AgileBits Hosts Guy English (@gte) of Kicking Bear Rene Ritchie (@reneritchie) of iMore.com Feedback Yell at us via the Twitter accounts above (or the same names on ADN). Loudly.
12/24/20121 hour, 8 minutes, 36 seconds
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3: Jury and Kaleidoscope 2

Michael Jurewitz (Jury), formerly developer tools evangelist at Apple, now director of product development at Black Pixel, talks to Guy and Rene about Kaleidoscope 2, the realities of Apple, how to ship software, how to price software, and dealing with that Daft Punk helmet. Show notes Makim schooling us on WebObjects Project Wonder Drawing smooth lines with cocos2d iOS inspired by Paper Foldify for iPad BBEdit 10.5 Fantastical Çingleton 2 Guest Michael Jurewitz (@jury) of Black Pixel Hosts Guy English (@gte) of Kicking Bear Rene Ritchie (@reneritchie) of iMore.com Feedback Yell at us via the Twitter accounts above (or the same names on ADN). Loudly.
12/11/20121 hour, 16 minutes, 49 seconds
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2: Paul Haddad and Tapbots

Paul Haddad of Tapbots talks to Guy and Rene about coding on NeXT, deploying Tweetbot and Netbot on multiple platforms, for multiple services, pricing for scarcity, in-app purchases, push notifications, iCloud sync, and his beef with AppKit. Guest Paul Haddad (@pth) of Tapbots Hosts Guy English (@gte) of Kicking Bear Rene Ritchie (@reneritchie) of iMore.com Feedback Yell at us via the Twitter accounts above (or the same names on ADN). Loudly.
11/26/20121 hour, 29 minutes, 3 seconds
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1: Loren Brichter and Letterpress

Loren Brichter of Atebits talks to Guy and Rene about working on the iPhone at Apple, Tweetie at Twitter, and now Letterpress on his own. OpenGL, Game Center API, in-app purchases, iOS 7 feature requests, and other assorted nerdery follows. Guest Loren Brichter (@atebits) of Atebits Hosts Guy English (@gte) of Kicking Bear Rene Ritchie (@reneritchie) of iMore.com Feedback Yell at us via the Twitter accounts above (or the same names on ADN). Loudly.
11/14/20121 hour, 29 minutes, 27 seconds