Daniel and Manton discuss XML-RPC support in AppleScript, the Çingleton conference, and 1Password 4 vs. Apple’s Keychain.

Download (MP3, 26 minutes, 12 MB)

• XML-RPC and SOAP Programming Guide – Apple’s documentation on AppleScript support for XML-RPC and SOAP.
• Simming In 16GB Gold – Accidental Tech Podcast episode including RSS vs. Atom debate. (76:00 in)
• Marco.org – Marco Arment’s blog.
• Çingleton – The Montréal conference Manton and Daniel will attend.
• Shush Crash – Link to Daniel’s Shush crash on Crashlytics.
• 1Password 4 – Blog post announcing the latest version of 1Password.
• How Podcasting Saved RSS 2.0 – Manton’s 2005 blog post about RSS and Atom.

Sponsored by Crashlytics: The most powerful and lightweight crash reporting service. Also check out the open-source Crashlytics Services on GitHub.

Daniel and Manton discuss the iOS 7 tech talks, pessimism about DTS incidents, and choosing a powerful marketing tagline.

Download (MP3, 31 minutes, 15 MB)

• iOS 7 Tech Talks – Apple’s international, free mini-conferences about iOS7 technologies.
• Requesting Developer Technical Support – Advice from Apple about getting the most of DTS incidents.
• Multipeer Connectivity – Apple’s iOS 7-only technology for communicating with nearby devices.
• The Ultimate Driving Machine – Product marketing from BMW, a car company with a healthy ego.
• Bring Ideas to Life – Product marketing from FiftyThree, makers of the iOS app Paper.
• Perfect Weather – Self-marketing app title from Contrast.
• A/B Testing – A method for testing for optimal effectiveness from among multiple e.g. marketing slogans.
• Always Be Testing – Book about A/B testing that has rested upon Daniel’s bookshelf for years.
• Seth Godin – Purveyor of concise instructions and advice.
• A New Dawn – Tweet from @BobRudge suggesting a marketing slogan for Sunlit.
• CocoaConf Boston – The traveling conference comes to Daniel’s home town.

Sponsored by Code School’s Core iOS 7: The best way to get up to speed on iOS 7 development.

Daniel and Manton discuss the new iMacs, Apple’s emphasis on iPhones, iOS 7 adoption, and the challenge of marketing our own apps confidently.

Download (MP3, 34 minutes, 16 MB)

• First Weekend iPhone Sales – Apple’s announcement that 9 Million phones were sold in one weekend.
• 1 Out Of Every 800 – Daniel’s Tweet putting the 9 million iPhone sales in perspective.
• Apple Updates iMac – Press release about the new iMacs.

Sponsored by Crashlytics: The most powerful and lightweight crash reporting service. Also check out the open-source Crashlytics Services on GitHub.

Daniel and Manton discuss Manton’s new app: Sunlit, iOS 7, Twitter’s IPO and the odds of Manton coming back to Twitter.

Download (MP3, 41 minutes, 19 MB)

• Jonathan Hays – Manton’s partner in the development of Sunlit.
• App.net’s Killer App – Manton’s thoughts about the promise of App.net for app-builders.
• A Planned IPO – Twitter’s announcement in tweet-form about plans to file for an IPO.
• Steve Streza – He’s as gung-ho about App.net as Manton but still posts from Twitter.
• Ohai – Steve Streza’s App.net-powered iOS journaling app.
• The Origin of Tweet – Craig Hockenberry on the history of Twitter’s now-trademarked term.

Sponsored by Code School’s Core iOS 7: The best way to get up to speed on iOS 7 development.

Daniel and Manton talk about the Apple event announcements: free iApps, colorful iPhone 5C, 64-bit on the iPhone 5S, the camera app, and fingerprints.

Download (MP3, 36 minutes, 17 MB)

• September 10 Summary – Dan Miller of Macworld summarizes Apple’s special event announcements.
• SnappyCam – 3rd-party iOS camera app that takes lightning fast successive photos.

Sponsored by Crashlytics: The most powerful and lightweight crash reporting service. Also check out the open-source Crashlytics Services on GitHub.

Daniel and Manton talk about Apple’s upcoming event on September 10th, the Nokia acquisition and changes at Microsoft, and what we can learn from Stellar’s new paid subscription plans.

Download (MP3, 37 minutes, 17 MB)

• September 10 Event – Apple invites journalists to a special event in Cupertino this Tuesday.
• Microsoft Buys Nokia for $0B – Matt Drance’s post from 2.5 years ago about Microsoft’s partnership with Nokia.
• Microsoft Buys Nokia for €3.79B – Matt Drance’s updated post from last week.
• Less Than Disney Bought Pixar For – Michael B. Johnson’s reaction to the Nokia acquisiton.
• Microsoft Buys Skype for $8.5B – Wired article from 2011 about the Skype acquisiton.
• Nokia Lumia 1020 – Nokia’s 41-megapixel camera. Also a cell-phone.
• Dancing On Their Grave – John Gruber and John Siracusa on The Talk Show.
• Stellar Fun Pass – Jason Kottke’s announcement that he will offer premium memberships to his social content filtering site.
• The Great App.net Mistake – Mat Honan writes for Wired about the potential of App.net.
• Waiting For App.net’s Killer App – Manton’s response to Mat Honan’s Wired article.

Sponsored by CocoaConf: the conference for iPhone, iPad & Mac developers. Coming to a city near you.

Daniel and Manton celebrate Daniel’s recovered notes, discuss the security of online storage, and check in on concurrent programming techniques.

Download (MP3, 35 minutes, 17 MB)

• Dropbox Pro – Various paid plans for Dropbox.
• Backblaze – Online backup service with unlimited capacity.
• Developer.icloud.com – Apple developer site for browsing iCloud documents.
• Concurrency Programming Guide – Apple’s documentation on concurrent programming.
• Concurrent Programming – Issue #2 of objc.io, an online periodical for Objective-C programmers.
• AFNetworking – The popular, open-source Objective-C networking framework.

Sponsored by Crashlytics: The most powerful and lightweight crash reporting service. Also check out the open-source Crashlytics Services on GitHub.

Manton and Daniel discuss Apple’s rising stock, withholding features as a virtue, the Mac Pro movie trailer, and data loss from non-syncing iOS apps.

Download (MP3, 38 minutes, 18 MB)

Links:

• September 10 – AllThingsD report that Apple will announce its next phone on September 10.
• Gold iPhone 5S – Rene Ritchie on the likelihood of a tastefully gold iPhone.
• Assembled In USA – Daniel’s post speculating, wrongly, that Apple would make a fuss about US assembly of the Mac Pro.
• Dropbox Datastore – Dropbox’s structured data API.

Sponsored by Oyster: The Mac Regex Tool.

Daniel and Manton talk about the final days of Manton’s road trip, Carl Icahn and Apple stock, and what Beanstalk dropping Mercurial means for the future of version control.

Download (MP3, 32 minutes, 15 MB)

Links:

• “Spoke To Tim Cook Today” – Activist-investor Carl Icahn’s recent tweet about Apple stock.
• “Bought A Bunch Of Apple Stock” – Wil Shipley’s sarcastic reaction to Carl Icahn’s tweet.
• Dark Future – Larry Ellison’s interview with CBS News in which he predicts failure for Apple without Steve Jobs.
• Beanstalk — Manton’s version control hosting provider drops Mercurial support.
• Kiln Harmony — Fog Creek combines Mercurial and Git.
• GitHub new investment — money to go enterprise from Andreessen Horowitz.
• Gitbox — Manton’s favorite Git client for Mac.

Sponsored by Crashlytics: The most powerful and lightweight crash reporting service.

Manton and Daniel talk about Manton’s ongoing adventure, AMBER and other mobile emergency alerts, and making the most of Apple documentation.

Download (MP3, 36 minutes, 17 MB)

Links:

• Macworld article on AMBER Alerts — Lex Friedman outlines the types of emergency alerts.
• iOS 6 release notes — and more beta notes from iOS 7 and Mavericks behind the sign-in.
• Getting started guides — some of Apple’s resources for brand new iOS developers.
• iDeveloper episode 90 — Scotty talks with Microsoft’s Chris Risner.
• NSBrief episode 94 — also sponsored by Windows Azure, including an interview with Microsoft’s Josh Twist.

Sponsored by Windows Azure: a scalable and secure backend for your iOS app.