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Debug

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Debug was a conversational interview show about developing software and services, hosted by Guy English and Rene Ritchie.

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Episodes

  1. 83: Linda Dong & Lia Napolitano on prototyping experience

    Formerly on the Apple prototype team that brought us Pencil, and Siri experience team that put voices in cars and TV, Linda Dong and Lia Napolitano join Guy and Rene in a chat recorded after WWDC 2016 in June… but saved for now!

  2. 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.

  3. 81: Melton & Ganatra episode V: Transitions

    Lisa Melton, former Director of Internet Technologies at Apple, and Nitin Ganatra, former Director of iOS Apps at Apple, talk about handling transitions, taking Mozilla open-source, going to OS X, going to Intel, going to iOS, and saying "no".

  4. 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!

  5. 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.

  6. 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.

  7. 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!

  8. 76: Melton & Ganatra episode IV: Management

    Lisa 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!

  9. 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.

  10. 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. 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.

  12. 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.

  13. 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!

  14. 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.

  15. 69: Melton & Ray on Safari, standards, and blockers

    Lisa Melton and Jim Ray join Guy and Rene to talk about "Safari as the new IE", web standards, and content blockers.

  16. 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.

  17. 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, Lisa Melton, and Marco Arment!

  18. 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.

  19. 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.

  20. 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.

  21. 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.

  22. 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.

  23. 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.

  24. 60: Melton & Ganatra episode III: Shipping software

    Lisa 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.

  25. 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!

  26. 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. It’s a Debug experiment!

  27. 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.

  28. 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!

  29. 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.

  30. 54: Melton & Ganatra episode II: Understanding Apple

    Lisa 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.

  31. 53: Melton & Ganatra episode I: Demoing software to Steve Jobs

    Lisa 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.

  32. 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.

  33. 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.

  34. 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!

  35. 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.

  36. 48: Swift roundtable

    Natalia Berdys of Foodo Kitchen, Lisa 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!

  37. 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.

  38. 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.

  39. 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.

  40. 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.

  41. 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.

  42. 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.

  43. 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.

  44. 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.

  45. 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.

  46. 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.

  47. 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.

  48. 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.

  49. 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.

  50. 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.

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