Dave Nott

182: Hitting the SwiftUI edge

August 28th, 2020  |  31 mins 2 secs

After some accidental headphone discussion, we catch up with how Dave Wood has been getting on with his SwiftUI journey

181: Get on the list!

August 21st, 2020  |  28 mins 49 secs

We failed not to talk about Epic and Apple, the App Store, and many other things. Meanwhile, Dave Wood started a twitter thread for iOS indie apps and their developers

180: All Alone

August 14th, 2020  |  26 mins 39 secs

Dave Wood is recovering well from his concussion, and making steady progress with the SwiftUI rebuild of his video mixing app.
Meanwhile, Dave Nott is home alone, and considering leaving iOS for the world of video streaming, and online gaming.

179: I Made An App

August 7th, 2020  |  42 mins 46 secs

This week, we think about PC vs Mac pricing, and how Apple remain relevant and appealing in the face of such incredible value from the PC market. Apple Silicon, and finally, Dave Nott built an app... !

178: Just Enough To Be Dangerous

July 31st, 2020  |  27 mins 11 secs

Dave Nott can't enough of Big Sur (despite having installed it in the wrong way), and Dave Wood sets out on a big update to his app using SwiftUI

177: A Blurry Line

July 24th, 2020  |  30 mins 37 secs

An eclectic episode this week as we discuss making an iCloud Drive based music player (and why it might not be a great idea!).

This makes us wonder, when does a hobby become a business, and a business become a hobby? - it's a blurry line.

176: Fool Me Once...

July 17th, 2020  |  27 mins 45 secs

This week we discuss platforms, and what makes one catch on, whilst others fail. We touch upon the issues certain apps have had with a certain SDK, and Dave Wood catches up with his SwiftUI app architecture

175: Minimum Viable Architecture

July 10th, 2020  |  38 mins 30 secs

Dave Nott nearly sells his 16" MacBook Pro and Dave Wood falls down the rabbit hole (again!) of trying to find the perfect architecture for his SwiftUI projects

174: Waiting For An iOS Gold Master

July 3rd, 2020  |  31 mins 9 secs

After narrowly avoiding rushing into beta 1 of iOS 14, we take a dive into some of the new features and functionality that iOS 14 will bring us

173: Sur, Yes Sur!

June 26th, 2020  |  33 mins 36 secs

A huge week for the Mac. We start our WWDC coverage by breaking down whats coming for the Mac - both in terms of the operating system and the underlying silicon

172: The One Before Dub-Dub

June 19th, 2020  |  25 mins 34 secs

wwdc

WWDC is almost upon us. From rumored ARM based Macs to a redesigned iMac, this WWDC could be shaping up to be one of the biggest yet.

171: The Modern Web

June 12th, 2020  |  30 mins 20 secs

Disillusioned with the modern web and with an urge to write, Dave Nott steps back into his web development past and sets out to find a suitable blogging platform.

170: Earthquake!

May 29th, 2020  |  29 mins 14 secs

A slight drama this week, where Dave Wood gets hit by a 5.9 magnitude earthquake as we discuss Dave Nott's new toaster, how retail is pivoting in today's environment, and of course, the massive leak / rumor of the upcoming AR glasses

169: I Really Like The Mac

May 22nd, 2020  |  25 mins 27 secs

The 13" MacBook Pro serves to confuse us, more so when we consider the recent MacBook Air refresh. If ARM chips are coming to the Mac, are these machines the last of their kind?

168: A tale of two hosts

May 15th, 2020  |  38 mins 4 secs

Dave Nott mulls a mesh wifi network to improve his home connectivity. Meanwhile, Dave Wood has pushed a big button to leave behind a web host he's used for years, and taken his sites to Linode.

167: Motivationally speaking

May 8th, 2020  |  25 mins 46 secs

Dave Nott faces a sudden lack of motivation to work on iOS side projects. We discuss how the current climate may be having an impact, and what can be done to rebuild motivation when it vanishes.