Podcast Episode Details

Tim Said, Man

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Episode 67

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• We'll be guests on the WWDC live episode of The Talk Show: Tuesday, June 3, 6–9 PM. Get tickets here ASAP! John will be taking a plane... for you.
• Follow-up:
  • Which is faster: installing Showbot or reimplementing it?
    • Casey's open-source Node version
  • PHP isn't faster than Javascript, voiding Marco's accidental argument in the last episode.
  • Node.js uses CommonJS, not AMD. ECMAScript also adds formal module support, which es6-module-transpiler lets you use today.
  • To the great surprise of nobody except John, iPhones come with earbuds, and those earbuds come with clickers.
  • To the great surprise of nobody, including John, the Bluetooth-pairing interface in a car was terrible, and both Marco and Casey missed an obscure reference.
  • iOS games that support physical game controllers must also work without them.
• If the "iPhone 6" comes in two sizes, which do you buy?
  • Possibility of resolution scaling modes.
  • Would the cameras be different? (Marco on The Talk Show, starting around 01:26:00).
• WWDC product-announcement predictions:
  • New MacBook Airs or a 12" Retina MacBook Air? (Intel's Broadwell delay)
    • Macworld's slow SSD speeds in the new Airs may just be from different SSD manufacturers.
  • New Apple TV hardware or software?
    • The Apple TV 3's CPU was originally a dual-core A5 with one die disabled, but not anymore.
  • The iPod Touch still has an A5 LOL.
  • There may not be any new hardware announced at WWDC, just like previous WWDCs in 2007, 2008, 2010, and 2011.
  • New sensors to be taken advantage of, like Pedometer++ did with the M7 last year.
  • Craig Hockenberry on Apple wearables
  • Wearables, sensors, and watches in fashion and reality.
  • Bringing the new Mac Pro's dark-glossy-aluminum finish to more Pro hardware?
  • Retina Thunderbolt Display?
  • The Magic Mouse. Yes, we really talked about this.
• Drawing conclusions from the "To Be Announced" sessions in the WWDC schedule.
• WWDC predictions for Mac OS X 10.10:
  • Just a visual refresh, or notable improvements to the core OS

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    Published on 11 years, 7 months ago