Accidental Tech Podcast
Marco Arment, Casey Liss, John Siracusa
Three nerds discussing tech, Apple, programming, and loosely related matters.
Episodes
Mentioned books
Apr 5, 2017 • 2h 24min
216: Thermal Corner
Follow up:
APFS file name encoding
WWDC sitrep
RIP Jason Seifer
The Mac Pro
Gruber's take
Panzarino's take
The Case for a True Mac Pro Successor
The new iMac... Pro?
Project Ara
Ending theme by Jonathan Mann
Post-show:
We adjudicate a bet
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Mar 30, 2017 • 1h 44min
215: Pots Are Made to Be Broken
Follow up:
APFS on iOS
Settings → General → Storage & iCloud Usage → Manage Storage
Oddities with file names
Ahoy, Telephone!
Naked-er Robotic Core
Marco eats waffles
Aerial
MacBook One vs. MacBook Adorable
Hello Internet, Cortex
WWDC
Under the Radar #73: WWDC Event Planning
Layers (Casey's 2016 Review)
Beyond WWDC
Code of Conduct & Childcare
Ending theme by Jonathan Mann
Post-show: Tiff joins us to talk Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Fable
First Look video
Mario Kart 8
Splatoon 2
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Mar 23, 2017 • 2h 1min
214: Christmas Phone
Follow-up:
Wii U display lag from Steven Impson
Zelda heads-up-display woes
Intel X99 high-end desktop options
Reasons for delaying the Mac Pro
Americans are cheap jerks
Marco needs a new pair of shoelaces
Analog(ue) #9: My Shoes Are a Bit Dusty
Úll
Apple executive diversity shareholder vote
Apple buys Workflow
Workflow on the App Store
Workflow removes Chrome
Workflow change log (see 1.7.3)
x-callback-url
New Apple products
Red iPhone 7
Six Colors
Branding in China
New iPhone SE storage sizes
New 9.7" iPad
Six Colors
Stephen Hackett on marketing
New Watch bands
Clips iOS App
Press release
Wired
What was missing
Gruber on the 10" iPad
Ending theme by Jonathan Mann
Post-show: APFS news
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Mar 16, 2017 • 2h 14min
213: Siri in a Can
Pre-show: A friendly bet for January 1, 2018
Follow up:
Windows on iPad (for example, Blackboard)
Steve Troughton-Smith's Floating Keyboard Playground
Writeup from 9to5mac
Apple in Education
Apple's HomeKit Promo Website & Video
Scott McNulty's Tweet
YouTube TV (Verge Writeup)
Intel goes 14nm again
AMD Ryzen
Xeon Gold
Tim Cook's tease at the shareholders meeting
Ending theme by Jonathan Mann
Post-show: Initital thoughts on the Nintendo Switch
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Mar 9, 2017 • 1h 56min
212: Meatspace Windows
Follow-up: USB-C iPhone 8
Ming-Chi Kuo pours cold water on Apple USB-C notions
Anker bricks
Questionable USB-C-to-A adapter
Chromebox for Meetings
MacBook Boost case
Windowing on iOS
Steve Troughton-Smith writes Finder-like app for iOS
Apple does not see the humor
This is why iPad can't have nice things
Cabel Sasser of Panic weighs in
PanelKit
Accidental programmers
Cortex
Macintosh Toolbox
HyperCard
Apple's decline in the education market
Ending theme by Jonathan Mann
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Mar 2, 2017 • 1h 58min
211: Hardware Mind Virus
Pre-show: Xeon Gold
Follow up:
Booting APFS
Tesla harassment suit
Uber, generic trademarks, Lyft, and alternatives
Uber is Quietly Terrible for Women & Black People
New Business Model, Same Racist Cab Drivers
Uber CEO argues with driver
Overcast Ads
iPhones with USB-C?
Lightning connector
Studio Neat Material Dock
Nintendo Switch cartridges have bitter taste
Mavala Stop nail polish
Ending theme by Jonathan Mann
Post-show:
Decoding Tim Cook's shareholder-meeting remarks
MKBHD: Dear Apple! (2017)
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Feb 24, 2017 • 2h 10min
210: My Stupid Thumb
Pre-show: Noses, Sinuses, and Snot
Do By Friday
Follow up:
Control Center and AirPods
Stagehand
Backwards Bike
Online chat latency
Booting macOS from case-insensitive APFS
Recipe parts 1 & 2
Overcast 3
Under the Radar #68: Overcast 3
The Talk Show #182: AAA Podcast
iOS Human Interface Guidelines
WordStar
Ad Sales
Uber is a total cesspool
Men don't care
Uber departures
SJW
WWDC 2017 in San Jose announced
Apple Park
Ending theme by Jonathan Mann
Post-show: Gaming on the Apple TV
Provenance
SteelSeries Nimbus
Horipad Ultimate
Christian Whitehad
Sonic Mania Trailer
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Feb 16, 2017 • 2h 7min
209: Making Sausage-Making Glamorous
AirPods, a couple of months in
Follow up:
Compelling users to upgrade their iPhones
Biometrics
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Chromebooks vs. ARM Macs
OXO's story
Case sensitive HFS+
Twitterrific for the Mac
Origin of "tweet"
Planet of the Apps
MacMan
Shark Tank
Cabel Sasser's take
Caavo
Verge video
John on the omnivorous box
Hypercritical #1: Dream Crusher
Original GoogleTV remote
Ending theme by Jonathan Mann
Post-show:
John's Mac
Casey doesn't want a WRX
You can get a good deal on a Golf R
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Feb 9, 2017 • 2h 2min
208: Your Face Is Your Face
Follow up:
What could ARM coprocessors in Macs do?
Windows Hello face recognition
More on iPads vs. Macs
Upgrade #127
Connected #128
Marco's blog post
David Sparks on iPad hardware longevity
Crazy locked-down ARM-Mac rumor
Ending theme by Jonathan Mann
Post-show: Casey learns the fine art of waffling
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Feb 2, 2017 • 1h 56min
207: Selling Hot Dogs on a Stick
iPhone 7 long-term review, waffling about sizes
Marco's review of spam-call blockers
Nomorobo, the one you should get
Follow up: Casey is un-American
Upgrading your iOS device from HFS+ to APFS
Will APFS be open-source?
Apple earnings results
What's up with iPad sales?
The Future of Computing
PC use dies on the weekends (via @asymco)
Upgrade #126: Spinny Propellery Guy
Ending theme by Jonathan Mann
Post-show: ARM chip doing more in future MacBooks
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