Accidental Tech Podcast

Special early WWDC episode this week: Reactions to the keynote. New Mac Pro Initial iOS 7 design impressions. Sponsored by: Backblaze: Easy, unlimited online backup for just $5 per month. Windows Azure Mobile Services: Build a cloud-connected iOS app faster and easier.

Opening theme by Larry King (@laking). The case for a modernized AppKit in OS X 10.9 a la Chameleon/TwUI. The lack of official Apple Objective-C wrappers around old C APIs such as Keychain and Address Book. Springboard #10 SMOP Underscore Should Apple add type inference to Objective-C? Haswell Retina MacBook Pro predictions and the possibility of having only the integrated GPU in the 15". gfxCardStatus The only 15" with integrated-only GPU The first unibody 15" with high-res, matte LCD Haswell integrated GPU explained Mac Pro speculation. John on Ad Hoc Larrabee Intel's custom CPU for the first MacBook Air Thunderbolt problems on Xeon boards Marco's Mac Pro post this week Scaling down the Mac Pro/"xMac" challenges Thunderbolt 2 Asus' 4K monitor The first 27" iMac's panel economics Major iOS 7 API wishes: better inter-app communication mechanisms, "default app" associations, and periodic background updates. Quick WWDC tips. Casey's WWDC predictions Casey's WWDC tips from last year Sponsored by: Tonx: Freshly roasted coffee delivered straight to your door. New customers can get a free AeroPress by signing up for a Standard subscription by June 17. Squarespace: The all-in-one platform that makes it easy to create your own website. Use coupon code ATP6 for 10% off.

Why Marco sold The Magazine. Teasing apps before they're out, building hype, and Pit Pass. Tim Cook at AllThingsD. Cook's presence and speaking style. What Cook implicitly said about future Apple products. WWDC predictions for OS X. Sponsored by: Oxygene for Cocoa: Use coupon code ATP13 for 20% off. Soulver: The essential calculator-spreadsheet-notepad hybrid.

Marco visits Siracusa's house and the car-assaulting tree. Transcendental Money. Square Cash. B2W 120 on financial "safety nets". Tumblr, Yahoo, and not screwing it up. Cloud hosting and moving up the stack. The modern game console's role. the Xbox One's hardware design, and the messy world of TV-connected boxes. Sponsored by: Squarespace: Use coupon code ATP5 for 10% off. Windows Azure Mobile Services: Get started today for free.

Our theme song by Jonathan Mann -- follow his Song A Day on YouTube, and check out his site if you or your company would like a catchy, fun song. Thanks for the ATP theme song, Jonathan! Casey and Marco get deluged with to-do app recommendations. The difficulty in getting people to change to a new app, but conversely, the potential success for slightly differentiated apps in an otherwise crowded market. Google I/O keynote reactions. Localizing apps to different languages. The sad state of iTunes Connect. Staged rollouts, purchase analytics, beta testing, and the different developer attitudes of Apple and Google. Why Google is consistently able to kick Apple's butt in services (and engineering?). Google Play Music All Access, Hangouts, and the new Google Maps. Apple's Objective-C to Javascript bridge. The App Store UI. Sponsored by: An Event Apart: The design conference for people who make websites. CocoaConf: A conference for iPhone, iPad, and Mac developers. Use coupon code ATP for 20% off any ticket.

FU on Apple's tick-tock pattern. Marco's PHP framework and sponsor-tracking web app, and why both exist. Usability and security implications of passwordless login systems. The Mac Mini's seemingly accidental success. Podcasters who hate the word "podcast", its quality connotation, efforts to invent alternative names, and barriers to entry. Brent Simmons' 30 Minutes To Sync proposal. Building web services on Apple's infrastructure. Sponsored by: Mac Mini Vault: Colocate or rent your own Mac Mini. Use promo code ATP50 for 50% off your first three months. Hover: High-quality, no-hassle domain registration. Use promo code ATP for 10% off.

The WWDC ticket lottery and potential solutions, or a merit system. Why Marco sold Instapaper. (See also.) Prospects for replacing Instapaper's income. Speculating on today's app market. The Magazine's app and Newsstand quality. Motivation, development, and homework. iOS 7's rumored visual overhaul and other speculation. The transition away from Steve Jobs' influence. What's left for iOS 7 to add? Sponsored by Squarespace: Use discount code ATP5 at checkout for 10% off.

Laptops in school. Getting a tech job with and without a college degree. Running mail servers in today's spam environment. Steve Jobs' unauthorized talking points. The WWDC announcement and trying to get tickets. Going to WWDC vs. a ticketless trip vs. watching the videos at home. Apple's Q2 earnings and hints dropped during the call. The tech industry's holding pattern with bored consumers. Marco's mom buys her first smartphone, ignoring Marco's advice. Which one did she get? Sponsored by MailRoute and Hover.

Why are PC sales down? Why and when people have bought new PCs in the past. Forgoing or neglecting PCs today. PCs in businesses. Apple and IT departments. Last decade's Tablet PCs. The outlook for Windows 8 tablets in businesses. What will change if Microsoft Office is released for iOS? What AirPrint and black CD-Rs have in common. Still using (and abusing) Jonathan Mann's awesome ending song. Follow him and check out his other songs on YouTube. Sponsored by Squarespace: Use code ATP4 at checkout for 10% off.

Giving Dave Morin the benefit of the doubt on that Vanity Fair trainwreck. Who Facebook Home is for and why Facebook made it. Whether Facebook, Amazon, Samsung, etc. could or should make their own OS or maintain completely diverged Android forks. Google forking WebKit, Chrome vs. Safari, and the fork's likely implications for Apple and web developers. Debug #11: Don Melton and Safari WebKit contributors by company Panic's new Status Board app (and IAP reaction). We included Jonathan Mann's ending theme song again. Thanks, Jonathan! Sponsored by Igloo Software.