Manton and Daniel talk about the various conferences happening alongside WWDC, anticipate Manton’s talk at CocoaConf Austin, and discuss Daniel’s revival of FlexTime for the purpose of Watch experimentation.

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• AltConf – Alternative, free conference in San Francisco during WWDC.
• Layers Conference – Alternative, design-oriented conference also during WWDC.
• Open Air – Airbnb sponsored conference, the week before WWDC.
• Hivelogic Margaritas – Picture by John Gruber of Manton and Daniel at WWDC 2008.
• CocoaConf Austin – Mac and iOS developer conference at which Manton will be speaking.
• Release Notes – Indianapolis conference about business of software, coming this fall.
• FlexTime – Daniel’s rarely updated Mac activity timer, revived for Apple Watch?

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Daniel and Manton react to Microsoft’s Build Conference news pertaining to the Mac and iOS, and compare notes on how the Apple Watch is panning out in day to day use.

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• Visual Studio Code – Microsoft’s standalone text editor for Mac, Linux and wouldn’t you know it, Windows.
• GitHub Atom – The open source editor framework that VS Code is based upon.
• BBEdit – The long-trusted Mac text editor.
• Casey Liss – Some guy who likes Visual Studio Code.
• Project Islandwood – Microsoft’s initiative to support adaption of apps for other platforms to run on Windows 10.
• Water Resistant-Ish – Paul Kafasis summarizes the facts surrounding water resistance of Apple Watches.
• Microsoft Band – Microsoft’s entry in the fitness band market.

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Manton gets his Apple Watch, while Daniel anticipates his lucky, expedited order for one.

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• San Antonio Spurs – Manton’s NBA basketball team.
• Lost Out on the Ticket – Andrew Sardone, one of many developers who won the WWDC lottery but had the charge denied.
• Two Out of Three – Marco and Casey got a WWDC ticket, but John did not.
• Recent Stories by John Siracusa – The Ars Technica archive including all of John’s OS X reviews.

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Daniel and Manton chat about the new WWDC ticket distribution process, plans to travel to SF without a ticket, and speculate about when they’ll finally adopt Swift.

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• WWDC Tickets – Instructions from Apple for how to enter the lottery to purchase a WWDC ticket.
• WWDC Scholarships – Students and members of certain STEM organizations can apply for a free ticket.
• Khan Academy – Non-profit striving to provide a free college-level education to all.
• Core Intuition Slack – Sign-up form for our fancy new Slack team. Join us!

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Manton and Daniel take last-minute stock of the forthcoming Apple Watch, talk about the release of OS X 10.10.3 with Photos.app, and riff on the continued viability of a 3rd party video app like Manton’s Clipstart.

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• The Apple Watch – John Gruber’s review, informed by a week’s use of the device.
• A Day in the Life – The Verge’s video review of the watch.
• April 10, 12:01AM PDT – Apple’s anticipator watch sales page.
• OS X 10.10.3 – Information about the changes in the Mac’s latest OS update.
• Photos – The replacement for iPhoto, debuting in OS X 10.10.3.
• Clipstart – Manton’s Mac based video management app.
• Apple Should Close Shop – 1997 article about Michael Dell’s now-infamous recommendation to shut down Apple.
• Dropbox – Popular file syncing service that trumps iCloud in some respects.

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Daniel and Manton catch up on Manton’s bundle-loading solution for backward-compatibility, dissect the relative quality of Xcode, and dive into Daniel’s plunge into the abyss of unit testing.

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• AVFoundation – Modern framework for handling video on Mac and iOS.
• AppCode – Alternative to Xcode from the folks at JetBrains.
• Things – A task-management app for Mac and iOS.
• OmniFocus – Also a task-management app, also for Mac and iOS.
• BBEdit – It (still) doesn’t suck.
• Uli Kusterer – Uli Kusterer’s blog.
• Working Effectively with Legacy Code – A good book about unit testing and making safe(r) changes to existing code.
• Is it Worth the Time? – Xkcd comic about the perils of automation efficiencies.
• Core Intuition Jobs – Manton and Daniel’s collaborative development project.

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Manton and Daniel discuss addictive iOS games, Daniel tries to recap the spirit of NSConference, and the two catch up briefly on their development pursuits.

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• Alto’s Adventure – Highly addictive snowboarding “endless runner” game.
• Crossy Road – iPhone game that’s like a modern day Frogger.
• Monument Valley – Another beautiful game, this one with a definite end.
• NSConference – Leicester, UK based Mac and iOS conference.
• Where Apple Says the Puck Is – Photo of Ilja’s shirt.
• GarageSale – Venerable eBay tool for OS X.
• Open Ears – Speech recognition framework from Halle Winkler of Politepix.
• Sketch – Vector illustration app for OS X from Pieter Omvlee and crew.
• Jessie Char – Self-proclaimed expert of nothing.
• Water.org – Donation campaign in honor of Scotty from NSConference.
• Bundle Loading Guide – Key area of Apple’s documentation discussing dynamic loading of executable code in bundles.

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Daniel and Manton react briefly to actual Apple Watch prices, discuss the CIA’s alleged interest in hijacking the Xcode toolchain, and talk about Medium’s burgeoning support for custom domain names.

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• Apple Watch Prices. – Pre-order site at the Apple Store includes links to price structure for each of three target markets.
• 42mm is Small – Ben Thompson asserts that even the 42mm is small, 38mm teeny.
• A Helpful Guide – Mashable’s helpful flowchart for whether you should buy a gold Apple Watch.
• Steal Apple’s Secrets – The Intercept uncovers secret documents about the CIA’s plans to co-opt the Xcode build process, among other things.
• Xcode Compromised – Craig Hockenberry responds to The Intercept’s news.
• Custom Domains for Publications – Announcement from Medium that they will gradually allow writers to publish with a custom URL domain.
• Medium as the New Twitter – Manton responds to my quips about Medium possibly taking on Twitter.
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• WordPress VIP Clients – Some of the remarkably long list of companies that can obviously afford to spend $5000/month.

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Manton and Daniel tactfully avoid further speculation about the Apple Watch’s price, compare notes on prioritizing and avoiding procrastination while Daniel prepares his NSConference talk, and discuss Apple’s recent changes to TestFlight.

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• Clarion – Daniel’s music interval quiz app, finally in the Mac App Store.
• appFigures – A great service for feeling better or worse about your App Store sales.
• NSConference – The final NSConference, this month in Leicester, England.
• iDeveloper 139 – Scotty discusses his reasons for ending NSConference as we know it.
• CocoaConf – Another great Mac/iOS conference that Daniel can’t keep straight from NSConference.
• TestFlight has moved – Apple’s landing page for visitors to the old TestFlight home page.

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Daniel and Manton revisit Apple Watch pricing, delve into whether Apple should even be entering the luxury product market, and chat about whether electric cars are the next mainstream product Apple will “disrupt.”

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• Apple Watch – Apple’s highly anticipated wearable computer.
• Gold Is Over $1K/oz – Matt Drance’s tweet about the market value of gold.
• Watch/Band Compatibility Chart – Louis Mantia compiles the straps and models that come with them by default.
• Apple’s Electric Car Team – 9to5mac’s story enumerating the many car-industry hires Apple has made.
• ATP 105 – John, Casey, and Marco discuss the Apple Car rumors, like us, before the most recent news had broken.
• $250K Bonuses – Elon Musk claims in a Bloomberg story that Apple is paying dearly to poach his employees.
• Crazy Apple Car Rumors – Daniel blogs about the Apple car becoming a grudgingly accepted possibility.
• Bag Bugs – In case you wondered how crazy the “luxury” market is.

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