18: Special Interface Snowflake

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