PODCAST · technology
NSBrief
by Saul Mora
Follow along as host Saul Mora travels the world to meet and chat with dedicated members of the Cocoa community. Discussions revolved around a wide range of topics every indie developer cares about. Hear stories of how other mac software indies got started. Or catch up on one of the number of Cocoa frameworks and learn how other developers use them in their apps.
Episodes
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#152: Justin Miller
Justin Miller (@incanus77) is the Senior iOS engineer at MapBox. In this interview, Janie and Justin discuss using OpenGL and Metal to build map frameworks. They also talk about some new stuff going on at MapBox.
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#151: Vicki Wenderlich
Vicki Wenderlich (@vwenderlich) is the lead designer at Ray Wenderlich.com. There she has built all the custom artwork for nearly all the tutorials including the artwork delivered with each tutorial sample project. In this episode, Janie and Vicki discuss careers and designing games with game...
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#150: BJ Miller
BJ Miller discusses his experiences writing a technical book Teach Yourself Swift in 24 Hours NSScreencasts Cocoaheads Cleveland Concepts in Code
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#149: 360idev 2015
Live at 360idev 2015, Saul catches up with Charles Perry about the state of the indie iOS developer. And Janie chats with Stephen Tramer about managing security for iOS. Links Crypto (by Steven Levy) Applied Cryptography by Bruce Schneier Hackers Movie Social Engineering) BBS The Imitation Game...
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#148: Manuel Chakravarty
Manuel Chakravarty (@tacticalgrace) is a self described Lambda Scientist. He is the developer of Haskell for Mac. In this episode, Janie chat with Manuel about a recent talk he gave to the Sydney Cocoaheads on Functional Programming in a Stateful World Links Manuel Chakravarty's Blog Sydney...
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#147: Genady Okrain
Genady Okrain (@genadyo) is an iOS Developer based in Tel Aviv, Israel. He is also the developer behind the WWDC Parties App. In this episode Genady stops by altConf and chats with Saul about the wild week he had at WWDC. Links WWDC Parties App on the iOS App Store altConf
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#146: Virginia Roberts
Virginia Roberts @askvirginia is a podcaster, MC for the AppCamp4Girls, Online Dating Coach and most recently an app developer. In this episode, Saul and Virginia talk about creating an app from a crazy idea and the business of apps in the current iOS AppStore. Links Virginia Roberts' Blog Steady...
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#145: Macpaw
At altConf, Saul ran into the fine folks behind the awesome apps at Macpaw. In this episode, Saul talks with the CEO of Macpaw about a new tool and server for Mac developers, Devmate. If you've thought that it was really tough to release a Mac app outside the Mac App Store, Devmate may have you...
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#144: Josh Smith
Josh Smith (@kognate) is an iOS and Mac Developer and regular speaker at Cocoaconf. In this episode, Saul and Josh discuss not shipping your hobbies as a game developer and other real deep life topics pertaining to software development.
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#143: Cesare Rocchi
Cesare Rocchi (@_funkyboy) is the owner of Studio Magnolia. In this episode, Cesare and Janie discuss the possible ways to make a living as a developer on the AppStore in the post gold rush age. Links WWDC Girls AppCamp for Girls Fundraiser Jean MacDonald on NSBrief WWDC Parties WWDC Party App...
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#142: Ellen Shapiro
Ellen Shapiro (@designatednerd) is a developer, speaker, and tutorial author in Chicago. She currently works for Vokal Interactive. She talks about her previous life in Hollywood and her passionate belief in mentorship. Ellen's Blog Hum Starting Over - Ellen Shapiro - RWDevCon CocoaConf Vokal...
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#141: Chad Fowler
Chad Fowler is the CTO of Wunderlist, a cross platform todo list app. In this episode, recorded in Istanbul, Turkey, Saul and Chad discuss working with legacy code and infrastructure. Links NSBrief Slack Channel Signup Peak Games Istanbul Tech Talks Wunderlist Working Effectively with Legacy Code...
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#140: David Ronnqvist
David Rönnqvist (@davidronnqvist), author of "3D Graphics With Scene Kit" speaks about why he wrote his book, how he got involved in 3D graphics programming, and how to experiment with creative user interfaces. 3D Graphics with Scene Kit Scene Kit WWDC Video Apple's Introduction to Scene Kit...
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#139: Eric Skroch
Eric Skroch is the maintainer of the Core Plot open source project. In this episode he talks about his experience taking over an open source project from another person and what it is like to maintain an older code base. Core Plot Core Plot Tutorial
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#138: Chris Adamson
Chris Adamson(@invalidname) is an independent iOS developer, author, and conference speaker. Chris speaks about his most recent book and his experiences on the conference circuit. iOS 8 SDK Development: Creating iPhone and iPad Apps with Swift Chris's Blog CocoaConf James Dempsey and the...
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#137: Gordon Fontenot
Gordon Fontenot (@gfontenot) is a at Thoughtbot. He has contributed to the Argo JSON parsing library for Swift. In this episode, Saul and Gordon discuss the excellent series of Thoughtbot articles on deriving functional code in Swift. FactoryGirl Blog Articles Efficient JSON in Swift with...
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#136: Orta Therox
Orta Therox (@orta) is the Design Dictator of the CocoaPods project and a prominent member of the Open Source Community. In this conversation, we get to hear about CocoaPods, the importance of kindness, and _why you should contribute to open source. Orta's GitHub Orta's Ray Wenderlich profile...
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#135: Michael Tyson
Michael Tyson(@MichaelTyson) is the developer of Loopy and Audiobus. He discusses his years roaming Europe in an RV and talks about how he developed an app that has been featured on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon. Michael's Travel Blog Masterpiece Video Blog The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon...
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Special Announcement
Have a listen to this short announcement regarding what we've got in store in some upcoming episodes!
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#134: Rob Rix
Rob Rix (@rob_rix) is a developer at Github and works on Github for Mac. In this episode, we discuss some of the differences between Object Oriented and Functional Programming and living with Swift. Links Github for Mac Reactive Cocoa NSBrief 81: Justin Spahr-Summers Imperative Programming...
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#133: WatchKit Hackathon
On Sunday November 23, 2014, the world's first Apple Watch hackathon took place at the Hacker Dojo in Mountain View, California. There were many ideas and contest entries. Check this episode out to get an idea of some of the projects people worked on. As I've recently moved to Silicon Valley, I...
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#132: Janie Clayton-Hasz
Janie Clayton-Hasz (@redqueencoder) is a newcomer to the iOS scene based in Madison, Wisconson. In this episode, she catches up with Saul at the 360idev conference in Denver to chat about 3d graphics programming. Episode Recorded Live at 360idev Links Ray Wenderlich GPUImage Cocoaconf Las Vegas...
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#131: Jay Thrash
Jay Thrash (@jaythrash) is a developer at AllScripts working on medical and health related apps before it was cool. In this episode, Jay and I discuss ways to put your View Controllers on a diet. Links Jay's Blog Building Better View Controllers HealthKit Kaiser Permanente HL7 Smalltalk Lighter...
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#130: Ariel Michaeli
Arial Michaeli (@arialmichaeli) is the co-founder and CEO of AppFigures.com, a mobile app store data aggregation service. Live from 360idev 2014, we chat about trends in the iOS, Google and other app stores! Recorded LIVE at 360idev Denver, 2014 Links AppFigures App Figures Blog YoApp Woowoo...
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#129: Aaron Douglas
Aaron Douglas (@astralbodies) is an engineer at Automattic, the company behind Wordpress and the Wordpress iOS application. Saul and Aaron chat about coordinating and contributing an open source project, application architecture and Core Data. This episode was recorded LIVE at 360idev Denver…
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#128: Josh Johnson
Josh Johnson (@jnjosh) is an iOS developer at Two Toasters. After Cocoaconf Raleigh 2014, Josh and I talked about his talk on dealing with network APIs. Links Two Toasters Triangle Cocoa Josh on iPhreaks Josh on Edge Cases CocoaConf Raleigh 2014 Fake it til You Make It Samuel L Jackson Lorem…
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#127: Rob Napier
Rob Napier (@cocoaphony) is a Mac developer for Dell. In this conversation recorded after a recent Cocoaconf, we talk about Security, what it means for developers and what reasonable precautions you should take to protect your apps. Links iOS: Pushing the Limit Counterfit Money - Secret Service...
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#126: Ash Furrow
Ash Furrow (@ashfurrow) is Saul Mora's Twitter nemesis. In a battle to the death, those two champions of code fight for the future of developers around the World! See who wins in this blow by blow battle between Objective C, the reigning champion, and the newcomer, Swift! Links John Siracusa...
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#125 Walter Tyree
Walter Tyree (@tyreeapps) is an independent iOS developer. In this episode, we discuss how Walter handles legacy code bases found when going into new client projects. Sponsor Committed for Mac Know what's your code is up to on Github! Links Testing iOS Apps with UI Automation by Jonathan Penn FUI...
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#124: Supertop
WWDC14 was a great event for Mac and iOS developers. In this episode, we talk to the guys behind the small dev team of Supertop, and we talk about their apps, Tokens and Castro. We also recap some of the week's events. Show Notes Castro Tokens
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#123: NSConference 6
NSConference was held from March 17-19 in Leicester, England. Saul attended this international gathering of independent iOS and Mac developers and was able to talk a few of the speakers and attendees about some of the highlights of the show.
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#122: Marcus Zarra
Marcus Zarra (@mzarra) is the Legal and Financial director at Martian Craft. He has written a book on Core Data and contributes regularly to Stackoverflow.com answering developer's Core Data questions. In this interview, I caught up with Marcus at NSConference 6 in Leicester, England to discuss…
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#121: Paul Hadad
Paul Hadad (@tapbot_paul) is the engineering half of Tapbots. In this episode, we talk about how Paul writes apps. Tapbots Weightbot Tweetbot Pastebot Enterprise Objects Framework Debug Episode 2 Audio Mastered by Jonathan Penn of the Rubber City Wizards
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#120: Charles Perry
Charles Perry (@dazeend) is the founder of Metakite Software. In this episode, we talk about the perils of running your own business and the importance of adding accessibility in your apps. Links Release Notes Jonathan Rhyne Strava UIAccessibility Accessibility WWDC 11 - 122 iOS Accessibility...
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#119: Krzysztof Zablocki
Kyzystof Zablocki (@merowing_) works with Lextech Global Services and on new products at Pixle. He is also the author of the popular app, Foldify. In this episode we talk about code and fitness. Links BlocksKit QBASIC Crafter XcodeProject gem RestKit Mantle KZPropertyMapper NSSpain AppCode...
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#118: Conrad Stoll
Conrad Stoll (@conradstoll) is a developer at Mutual Mobile. In this episode, we talk about some of the new bits in iOS7 and developing with the M7 chip in mind. Mutual Mobile Runtime App RunKeeper MapMyRun CoreMotion API MacPlus connected to the Internet Custom View Controller Transitions…
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#117: Matt Matteson
Matt Matteson (@mattmatt) was the first employee at Path and is currently working on Lift. In this episode, we talk a bit about his adventures in the Silicon Valley startup culture. Sponsor Rubber City Wizards Game Development Training Do you have an idea for a game, but aren't sure how to get it...
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#116: Guy English
Guy English (@gte) is the host of the popular Debug podcast. Guy is also a co-founder at Aged and Distilled, makers of Napkin. In this episode, we talk about Cingleton, and our long, long old grey beard development careers, and other fun topics. Sponsor Rubber City Wizards Game Development…
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#115: Tim Burks
Tim Burks (@timburks) is an independent iOS developer at Radtastical, based in Silicon Valley. Tim heads up the Silicon Valley iOS User Group. Tim is also the Director of Renaissance, The iOS App Makers' Conference. Tickets for Renaissance are on sale now! Sponsor Rubber City Wizards Game...
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#114: Peter Hosey
Peter Hosey (@boredzo) is a Mac programmer. His credits include working on the Adium chat client. In this episode, we talk to Peter about a talk he gave at the MacTech Conference in LA and discuss things make a great user interface. Hosey Warnings Blog Post Adium MJ eating popcorn Steve Jobs...
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#113: Uli Kusterer
Uli Kusterer (@uliwitness) is a developer a Elgato. In this episode, we explore the crazy world of Objective C++ in all it's glory! Elgato Orange Juice Liberation Front GWBasic C64 NSRunLoop Hollywood Model Boost MiscKit, OmniFoundation, OmniAppKit pthreads GCD, libdispatch FreeBSD Darwin…
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#112: Simon Wolf
Simon Wolf (@sgaw) is the man behind Otter Software. We join Simon hopefully toward the end of his epic journey in developing his avTag for iOS app. Sponsor HTTPea A simple but powerful tool for developers to send HTTP requests from your iOS device. Links Psion Organizers Netbook G3 iBook Pear…
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#111: Tony Arnold
Tony Arnold (@tonyarnold) is the lead Developer at Cocoabots. In this episode, we talk about life and open source. Sponsor HTTPea A simple but powerful tool for developers to send HTTP requests from your iOS device. Links JSONx Lynx Hyperspaces Monty Pyton's Life of Tony (Blog Post) -...
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#110: Drew McCormack
Drew McCormack (@drewmccormack) is the founder of the Mental Faculty, an independent developer based in The Netherlands. Recently, Drew introduced a new, open source cloud syncing framework for Core Data called Core Data Ensembles. I recently caught up with Drew to discuss this new open source...
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#109: Jonathan Rhyne
Jonathan Rhyne (@jdrhyne) is an attorney with . Jonathan joins Saul to talk about the legal necessities of running an app business today, in terms developers can understand. You can contact Jonathan for your legal inquiries at [email protected] Sponsor iKids Conference Paradise Pier Hotel,...
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#108: Phil Letourneau and Olivier Charavel
Phil Letournou (@philletourneau) and Olivier Charavel (@charavel) design awesome products and client apps at Black Pixel. In this episode, we discuss the HIG for iOS and Mac and try to find out what this document actually does for developers. Sponsor Hockey App Awesome iOS, Mac and Android beta...
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#107: Michele Titolo
Michele Titolo (@micheletitolo) is a Senior Mobile Engineer at Prolific Interactive. She joins us to talk about web apis, and some things to keep in mind when writing apps for them. We also chat about some of the work Michele does to help encourage women in technology. Sponsor ZCasting3000 Check...
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#106: Kirk Van Gorkom
Kirk Van Gorkom (@kvangork) is the Lead Hammer at Forge Apps, an iOS and Rails client services shop. In this episode, Kirk gives a talk about his experiences in consulting and what he thinks is the future of indie consulting. This talk was recorded at the iOSDevCamp Colorado in Colorado Springs…
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#105: Pete Hodgson
Pete Hodgson (@ph1) is an iOS and Ruby Developer at Thoughtworks. He is also creator and maintainer of Frank, an automated UI Testing tool for iOS developers. In this episode, we chat about the principles and practices of agile developers, and testing with frank. Links Thoughtworks Extreme...
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#104: Jean MacDonald
Jean MacDonald (@macgenie) is a Partner at Smile on My Mac and the Founder of The App Camp for Girls, an initiative to help introduce girls to the dirty work of making iOS apps. Sponsor ZCasting3000 Professional, high quality app videos, done right. Links AppCamp for Girls WWDCgirls Smile on My…
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Follow along as host Saul Mora travels the world to meet and chat with dedicated members of the Cocoa community. Discussions revolved around a wide range of topics every indie developer cares about. Hear stories of how other mac software indies got started. Or catch up on one of the number of Cocoa frameworks and learn how other developers use them in their apps.
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