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18: Special Interface Snowflake

2015/1/12
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This week Jason and Myke discuss the rumored 12" MacBook Air, how Apple approaches battery life on iOS devices, Apple software quality, uses of scripting and automation, Siracusa-style window management, and the first time Jason ever picked up an iPhone.

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Links and Show Notes:

Support Upgrade with a Relay FM Membership)
A time to gain, a time to lose - All this)
Noodlesoft | Hazel)
My Photo Management Workflow, Early 2014 – MacStories)
passphrase generator ‹ andyf.me)
Apple has lost the functional high ground – Marco.org)
What it’s like to be way too popular for a day – Marco.org)
Accidental Tech Podcast: 99: Pop-Up Headlights)

Marco's retrospective

On Apple & Software Quality — Ashley Nelson-Hornstein)
Accidental Tech Podcast: 96: The Windows of Siracusa County)
Humans Need Not Apply - YouTube)
Episode #169 – Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014) LIVE! The Flop House)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987 TV series) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)
The Bugle Podcast)
Connected #21: 50% my Duty - Relay FM)
Six Colors: The 12" MacBook Air: Back to basics?)
Six Colors: Battery life: Apple's solving for x)
Wii U GamePad High Capacity Battery | Nintendo Online Store)
Six Colors: Eight years of the iPhone)
5by5 | The Prompt #30: The Internet in Your Pocket)
Hands (and fingers) on the iPhone | Macworld)

Jason's original hands-on