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Cup of Tech
by Kai Dombrowski, Malin Sundberg, and Zach Simone
This podcast is (usually) a casual conversation about tech, Apple, programming, and sometimes unrelated topics and a good excuse to drink another cup of coffee.
Episodes
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137: Vision Pro Hands-On
This time we're chatting about WWDC23, Vision Pro and visionOS, and Malin's Vision Pro hands-on experience. Links Glucomate Mercury Weather Timepage for macOS Hosts Kai (Mastodon / Twitter) Malin (Mastodon / Twitter) Zach (Mastodon / Twitter) Special Guest Adam (Mastodon / Twitter) Feedback…
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136: unicornOS
This time we're briefly chatting about what we've been up to, and spend a lot of time talking about our (lofty) WWDC23 and Apple Headset predictions. Bonus Band Prediction: boygenius (credit to Oliver) Links Glucomate Mercury Weather Timepage for macOS Core Coffee Meetup Core Coffee WWDC #1 Core...
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135: Unleashed Results – Small Beautiful Screen
This time we're talking about Apple's "Unleashed" event and score our event predictions. Hosts Kai (Twitter) Malin (Twitter) Zach (Twitter) Special Guest Adam (Twitter) Feedback iTunes (best place for 5 star reviews) Twitter
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134: Unleashed Predictions – Extra Wild
Another Apple Special event means another predictions episode (this sure is a busy time of year 😅)! We’re chatting about what we expect (and wish) to see announced at Apple’s “Unleashed” event. Support Cup of Tech Links Predictions Hosts Kai (Twitter) Malin (Twitter) Zach (Twitter) Special Guest...
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133: California Streaming Prediction Results – Buttery Smooth
This time we talk about Apple's iPhone event and figure out who won the prediction episode. Support Cup of Tech Links Prediction Results Hosts Kai (Twitter) Malin (Twitter) Zach (Twitter) Special Guest Adam (Twitter) Feedback iTunes (best place for 5 star reviews) Twitter
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132: California Streaming Predictions – Super Chill
It’s time for predictions again! This time we’re chatting about what we might see at Apple’s “California Streaming” event. Support Cup of Tech Links Predictions Hosts Kai (Twitter) Malin (Twitter) Zach (Twitter) Special Guest Adam (Twitter) Feedback iTunes (best place for 5 star reviews) Twitter
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131: WWDC21 Prediction Results – Debug Using Rocks & Sticks
Let's see how we all did with our WWDC21 predictions. Support Cup of Tech Links Prediction Results (SPOILERS!) Hosts Kai (Twitter) Malin (Twitter) Zach (Twitter) Special Guest Adam (Twitter) Feedback iTunes (best place for 5 star reviews) Twitter
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130: WWDC21 Predictions – Respect & Boos
130: WWDC21 Predictions – Respect & Boos To avoid spoilers, we decided to predict all things WWDC a week earlier this time. Support Cup of Tech Links Predictions (SPOILERS!) Hosts Kai (Twitter) Malin (Twitter) Zach (Twitter) Special Guest Adam (Twitter) Feedback iTunes (best place for 5 star...
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129: Mighty1
This time we're chatting about Apple's "Spring Loaded" special event and score our event predictions. Support Cup of Tech Links Final Reults (SPOILERS!) Hosts Kai (Twitter) Malin (Twitter) Zach (Twitter) Special Guest Adam (Twitter) Feedback iTunes (best place for 5 star reviews) Twitter
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128: Spring Loaded Predictions – The Optimistic Wishlist Podcast
We’re back! Apple’s Spring Loaded event lured us out of hiding to record one of our special prediction episodes. Support Cup of Tech Links Final Predictions (SPOILERS!) Hosts Kai (Twitter) Malin (Twitter) Zach (Twitter) Special Guest Adam (Twitter) Feedback iTunes (best place for 5 star reviews)...
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127: 2020/2021
This week we're chatting about us taking a break and our favourite things of the year in our special 2020/2021 episode. Support Cup of Tech Hosts Kai (Twitter) Malin (Twitter) Zach (Twitter) Feedback iTunes (best place for 5 star reviews) Twitter
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126: That’s How the Internet Works
This week we're chatting about the App Store's new privacy labels, the IDFA, Kai's & Malin's new YouTube channel "Developer Commentary", and the controversial launch of Cyberpunk 2077. Support Cup of Tech Links App privacy details – Apple Developer Commentary – YouTube Picks of the Week Zach…
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125: AirPods Pro Max
This week we're chatting about Apple's new AirPods Max, spring cleaning, and our plans for Orbit. Support Cup of Tech Links Orbit Things of the Week Malin: iOS Dev Happy Hour Kai: ConnectKit Zach: Magnet Hosts Kai (Twitter) Malin (Twitter) Zach (Twitter) Feedback iTunes (best place for 5 star...
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124: Hover, Click, Hover Click Click
This week we chat some more about Apple's Small Business Program, iOS apps on the Mac, hybrid Macs, our Big Sur impressions, and Apple Arcade. Support Cup of Tech Links Orbit Petty Things of the Week Zach: Sneaky Sasquatch Malin: carbon Kai: Raycast Hosts Kai (Twitter) Malin (Twitter) Zach...
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123: $60k Mac Pro (Live Show)
This is our first live show! 🤯 There will be $60k Apple.com carts, Apple TV show pitches, real and fake App Store reviews to identify, us exposing our lack of iOS 14 skills, and much more. Links Cup of Tech #123 on YouTube EveryWorld Hosts Kai (Twitter) Malin (Twitter) Zach (Twitter) Guest Adam...
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122: You’re Already Rich
This week we're talking about Apple's new promo codes and the Apple Small Business Program reducing the App Store commission rate for small businesses to 15%, the new App Store privacy labels, Kai's and Malin's update of Orbit for Big Sur, and the new iPhone 12 mini. Support Cup of Tech Links…
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121: Here’s Your Bumper, Dummy
This week we're talking about our first impressions of using the iPhone 12 mini, reveal our prediction results, and discuss Apple's November event. Support Cup of Tech Links Prediction Results Apple Exec M1 Interview Hosts Kai (Twitter) Malin (Twitter) Zach (Twitter) Special Guest Adam (Twitter)...
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120: Respect Earned
In our most fun prediction episode yet, we're speculating about what Apple will announce at their November event and discuss our crazy ideas of future Mac lineups. Support Cup of Tech Links Final Predictions Table Hosts Kai (Twitter) Malin (Twitter) Zach (Twitter) Special Guest Adam (Twitter)...
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119: Very Smurfy
This week, we’re contemplating our iPhone purchase decisions some more, chatting about our expectations for an Apple November event, talk about what’s next for Petty and Orbits, and Kai’s quest to replace his broken Apple Watch. Support Cup of Tech Links Petty Orbit Hosts Kai (Twitter) Malin...
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118: Chaos Already
This time we're talking about Apple's October iPhone event. We're discussing the new iPhone lineup, the new HomePod mini, the state of Siri, and of course, we determine who won our special Apple event predictions game. Support Cup of Tech Links Prediction Results (SPOILERS!!!) 5G Song – Tony…
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117: LookUp with Vidit Bhargava
This week Vidit Bhargava joins us to chat about LookUp! We talk about the new iPhones (before they were announced), how LookUp got started, building for iOS, iPadOS, and macOS, adding new features, design, prototyping, and Poké Bowls (?). Support Cup of Tech Links Indian Premier League LookUp for...
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116: Apple October Event Predictions – Optimizing for Confusion
Apple has announced the (likely) iPhone event, so as per our usual tradition, Adam joins us for an Apple Special Event predictions episode. Support Cup of Tech Links Final Predictions Table (SPOILERS!) Hosts Kai (Twitter) Malin (Twitter) Zach (Twitter) Special Guest Adam (Twitter) Feedback iTunes...
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115: Radar – The Podcast
This week, we chat about Zach’s recent launch of Petty 4.0, Kai’s and Malin’s preparations leading up to the launch of Orbit for iOS, building widgets for iOS 14, and creating apps with SwiftUI. 🚀 Support Cup of Tech Links Petty Orbit Orbit Press Kit (~35MB) Hosts Kai (Twitter) Malin (Twitter)...
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114: Fastlane & Co with Josh Holtz
This week Josh Holtz joins us to chat about Fastlane and open source. We also chat about splitting time across side projects, building things in the open, Indie Dev Monday, education, indie development, widgets, and much more. Support Cup of Tech Links Josh's woodworking Josh's Home Coffee…
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113: Chaos Mode
This week we reveal the thrilling results of our Apple September Event not-a-draft predictions! We also chat about the new Apple Watch Series 6, iPads, and much more. Support Cup of Tech Links Predictions Result Table WARNING SPOILERS! Hosts Kai (Twitter) Malin (Twitter) Zach (Twitter) Special...
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112: Streaks with Quentin Zervaas
This week Quentin Zervaas joins us to chat about his Apple Design Award-winning app, Streaks. We also chat about his development practices, building for tv, supporting older versions of iOS, dealing with customer feedback and, of course, Australian contact tracing with the Exposure Notification...
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111: Apple September Event – Not-A-Draft™
Adam is back again, to join us for our special, world-famous, Apple September Event Not-A-Draft™ episode. Support Cup of Tech Links Final Predictions Table Hosts Kai (Twitter) Malin (Twitter) Zach (Twitter) Special Guest Adam (Twitter) Feedback iTunes (best place for 5 star reviews) Twitter
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110: Brace Ourselves
This week Kai and Malin have follow-up about their new iMac, we speculate about iOS 14 and macOS Big Sur release dates, and talk more about our experiences with SwiftUI, and how it compares to UIKit. Support Cup of Tech Links Orbit Petty Things of the week Malin: Going Nowhere by Doubletron Zach:...
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109: Tasks with Mustafa Yusuf
This week Mustafa Yusuf joins us to chat about Tasks, time management, indie development, and conferences on remote islands. 🏝 Support Cup of Tech Links Tasks – App Store Orbit Petty Guest Mustafa (Twitter) Hosts Kai (Twitter) Malin (Twitter) Zach (Twitter) Feedback iTunes (best place for 5 star...
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108: Amateur Phones
This week, we chat some more about the new iMac. We discuss potential release timelines for iOS 14, watchOS 7, the new iPhones, iPad, and Apple Watch. Zach’s SwiftUI experience and (of course) the App Store. Support Cup of Tech Links Petty Orbit Hosts Kai (Twitter) Malin (Twitter) Zach (Twitter)...
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107: Dark Noise with Charlie Chapman
This week Charlie Chapman joins us to chat about Dark Noise 2, the Microsoft Surface Duo (🤷♂️), and indie development. Support Cup of Tech Links Dark Noise 2 – App Store Dark Noise 2 – Promo Video MacMakers – Slack AppKit Abusers – Slack Orbit – Mac App Store Guest Charlie (Twitter) Hosts Kai...
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106: Your Time is Limited
This week we chat about podcasting, the new iMac, Phil Schiller becomming an Apple Fellow, options for in-app subscriptions, and Orbit crew plans. Support Cup of Tech Links Petty Orbit Apple Fellow Phil Schiller – Apple Newsroom iMac – Apple Newsroom Hosts Kai (Twitter) Malin (Twitter) Zach...
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105: Moth Keyboard
This week we're chatting about COVID alert apps, the tech antitrust hearing, Apple's Q3 earnings, Apple Silicon Macs, delayed iPhones, and Zach's update to Petty. Support Cup of Tech Links 🇨🇦 COVID Alert – GitHub Apple Q3 2020 results – Six Colors Vapor Petty – App Store Orbit – App Store Hosts...
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104: Business 101
This week we discuss different software pricing models, shifts in app business models, and how subscription pricing fits into all of it. Support Cup of Tech Links Orbit Petty Hosts Kai (Twitter) Malin (Twitter) Zach (Twitter) Things of the week Kai: Golf on Mars Malin: Launched Zach: Binge…
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103: It’s a Thing
This week we're talking (more) about Apple Silicon Macs, our iOS 14 impressions, project roadmaps, marketing, and Apple Platform development and the potential for indies. Support Cup of Tech Links Orbit Petty Hosts Kai (Twitter) Malin (Twitter) Zach (Twitter) Feedback iTunes (best place for 5…
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102: MacPad Pro
This week we're chatting about our plans for Orbit and its current Mac App Store feature, macOS & iOS adoption rates, App Clips, and the future of Macs based on Apple Silicon. Support Cup of Tech Links Orbit Orbit on the Mac App Store DTK Specs Hosts Kai (Twitter) Malin (Twitter) Zach (Twitter)...
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101: Little Madam
Join us for our special WWDC20 spectacular! We chat about the format of this year’s conference, our favourite announcements, and of course the results of our world-famous predictions! To keep us in check, our recurring special guest Adam joins us. Support Cup of Tech Links Orbit Orbit on the Mac...
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100: WWDC20 Predictions & Draft
In our 100th episode, we have Adam join us for our Special Fun WWDC20 Predictions AND draft. We also chat about Kai’s and Malin’s recent release of Orbit, a bit about the App Store rules, and about Apple’s use of Catalyst to build macOS apps. Support Cup of Tech Links Orbit Orbit on the Mac App...
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99: Spotty Reputation
This week we chat about Zach’s new MacBook Pro, Kai’s use of Bing (?), the “Glass” "leaks", Joe Rogan selling his soul to Spotify, and some new Twitter features. Support Cup of Tech Things of the Week Kai: SubEthaEdit Malin: Mythic Quest: Quarantine Zach: iStat Menu Hosts Kai (Twitter) Malin...
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98: "Tech Podcast"
This week we chat about interesting cultural differences and play a “coin guessing” game (which is more fun than it sounds), where we slowly uncover that Zach might not actually be Australian… For the later half of the show, we chat about some more tech focused topics, like Apple’s potential…
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97: 3rd Party Dependency Wave of Doom
This week we chat about Zach’s MacBook Pro order. The recent Facebook SDK crash triggers a discussion about things to consider when adding 3rd party code to an app. We are, of course, also talking about Apple’s WWDC20 announcement. Support Cup of Tech Things of the Week Malin: Pistol Whip Kai…
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96: One ARM Tied Behind My Back
This week we chat some more about exposure notifications, the government, and compare an iPad notebook to an ARM MacBook. Support Cup of Tech Hat Tip Mactracker Things of the Week Malin: httpstatuses.com Kai: ngrok Zach: Fitbod Hosts Kai (Twitter) Malin (Twitter) Zach (Twitter) Feedback iTunes...
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95: First Come, First Access To Engineer
This week we start off chatting about the five year anniversary of the Apple Watch. We move over to talking about Apple’s Accessibility Webinar and how this might inspire the digital version of WWDC, potential conference formats, the cost of a ticket and more. We also chat about the recent…
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94: Better, Odd, Best
This week, the release of the new iPhone SE (2nd generation) inspired us to chat about the future of the iPhone lineup, Apple’s future in home audio and potential new products. Malin and Kai also give a quick update on the progress of their app, Orbit and talk about "marketing", making decisions,...
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93: Contact Tracing
This week, we chat about Face ID, Touch ID, digital meetups, and the + Google contact tracing approach. Support Cup of Tech Links Apple + Google Contact Tracing Things of the Week Kai: Soulver 3.3 Zach: The Imagineering Story Malin: Instant Pot Hosts Kai (Twitter) Malin (Twitter) Zach (Twitter)...
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92: The Olden Days
This week we're chatting about online community events, Apple’s acquisition of Dark Sky, in-app purchases and iOS screenshot automation. Support Cup of Tech Things of the Week Malin: Creativity, Inc. Zach: Varidesk Kai: Human Benchmark Hosts Kai (Twitter) Malin (Twitter) Zach (Twitter) Feedback...
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91: One Hockey Stick Distance
Keeping hockey stick distance away from other humans, guessing what 2020 will look like for Apple hardware and software, and our work-from-home suggestions. Support Cup of Tech Things of the Week Zach: Apple COVID-19 Screening Tool Malin: LEGO® Builder's Journey Kai: Xiaomi Mi Smart LED Desk Lamp...
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90: Sneak Peek at WWDC
This week we're chatting (a lot!) about the future of iPad and some of Apple's other announcements from last week. Support Cup of Tech Links New iPad Pro New MacBook Air Things of the Week Zach: Still Local Still Open Malin: DaisyDisk Kai: Mr. Robot Hosts Kai (Twitter) Malin (Twitter) Zach...
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89: We’ll Get Through This
Zach's back to talk about the state of the world, what it means for local community events, we speculate some more about what an online WWDC20 could mean, and we (somewhat randomly) chat about the updated App Store review guidelines. Support Cup of Tech Hosts Kai (Twitter) Malin (Twitter) Zach...
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88: Open to Interruption
This week we're talking about COVID-19 news, US health care (🤷♂️), and all the iOS 14 and watchOS 7 leaks. Support Cup of Tech Things of the Week Kai: Asus RT-AX88U Malin: Allbirds Mizzles Hosts Kai (Twitter) Malin (Twitter) Zach (Twitter) Feedback iTunes (best place for 5 star reviews) Twitter
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This podcast is (usually) a casual conversation about tech, Apple, programming, and sometimes unrelated topics and a good excuse to drink another cup of coffee.
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