Dave Wood

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.

166: A Bumpy Landing

May 1st, 2020  |  27 mins 22 secs

After a bumpy start, Dave Nott has his new iPad. One problem, he doesn't really know what to do with it...

165: Avoiding Time Sinks

April 24th, 2020  |  33 mins 14 secs

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How we identify and avoid getting sucked into time sinks and rabbit holes. A timely episode as this week, Dave Nott has managed to (almost) dodge one while designing his new iOS app.

164: Why Do I Even Make Apps?

April 17th, 2020  |  37 mins 46 secs

Dave Nott has taken an iOS dev hiatus these last few weeks. He's had time to consider his motivations for making apps at all and wonders what will become of his next iOS app once it's complete. Set up an indie-ios-shop again, or keep it as a portfolio piece?

163: Prime Time

April 10th, 2020  |  28 mins 21 secs

We’ve started diving deeper into our on demand tv services. We discuss our respective experiences of Apple TV and the news of tighter integration of Amazon’s Prime video to the platform.

162: Lockdown

April 3rd, 2020  |  30 mins 20 secs

With both of us in lockdown on our respective sides of the globe, we discuss how we're adjusting, keeping up with our development projects and think about what lasting good could potentially come from this terribly sad situation.

161: Happy Thoughts

March 27th, 2020  |  34 mins 51 secs

We hope you're all staying safe and well. With everything going on right now, we decided to take some comfort in the shiney new Apple toys that landed recently, and to indulge ourselves in the details of it all.

160: I Bumped My Head

March 20th, 2020  |  25 mins 17 secs

Dave Wood returns to the show after taking some time out to recover from a bump to head. We catch up with how Dave is recovering.

157: Navigating Personal Identity

February 28th, 2020  |  17 mins 13 secs

It's easy to hold on to a personal identity for longer than you should. After a hard nudge from the universe, Dave Wood considers if his has changed since moving to New Zealand and ponders his next app development move.

156: An Untapped Seam

February 21st, 2020  |  32 mins 16 secs

Dave Wood gets an unexpected upgrade to a Series 5 Apples Watch, which sparks a new Apple Watch app idea. Dave Nott wins a battle with SwiftUI, but was it the right battle to have picked?

155: Go Back to UIKit?

February 14th, 2020  |  42 mins 11 secs

After another week of frustration, Dave Nott begins to doubt the merits of continuing development with SwiftUI. Would it be easier to down tools and move back to the safety of UIKit to get the job finished?

154: Is it broken?

February 7th, 2020  |  26 mins 15 secs

Dave Wood is in week 3 of moving his app from paid to freemium, and is beginning to have some regret. He's discovered some confounding factors, and maybe the opportunity is not what he thought it was.

153: SwiftUI - I Have Feelings...

January 31st, 2020  |  32 mins 12 secs

Both Daves have spent the last week working with SwiftUI. Is it the right technology to choose when starting a new app? Or will we regret jumping in on the new shiny?

152: Hitting a legal wall, and going Freemium

January 24th, 2020  |  36 mins 56 secs

Dave Nott discovers some upcoming legislation that could have a big impact on an app he's making. Meanwhile Dave Wood catches up with his app's performance since making it free, and where the app is heading next.