Our live WWDC show was last night and it was a ton of fun:
In this very special live episode, Stephen is joined by Jason Snell and Serenity Caldwell to talk about macOS Mojave and Screen Time before going over the Happy-o-meter results and talking about Shortcuts with Myke and Federico.
My thanks to the sponsors that made it possible:
From chuckwagons after the Civil War to ultra-modern cuisine, food trucks have been part of the rural and urban landscape for decades.
My thanks to our sponsor:
Jeff Bezos, Planet 9 and China’s space station plans are all in the news, then Stephen and Jason remember Alan Bean and Donald Peterson.
My thanks to our sponsors:
Dan Moren went through Apple’s public webpages to round up details not found in the keynote. There’s a lot of interesting stuff in here.
The Mac App Store made it easy for millions of customers around the world to discover and download Mac apps. Now completely redesigned, the Mac App Store on macOS Mojave offers a richer experience so customers can find apps that help them create, work, play, and develop, even more easily.
I’m cautiously optimistic about the new Mac App Store, if only because BBEdit and Transmit will be back for sale in it. New layouts and editorial content are great, but if high-profile developers don’t move (back) to it, none of that matters all that much.
The next version of macOS will run on these machines:
High Sierra ran on select computers stretching back to 2009, so this if you’ve been holding on to an older machine, take note.
This is pretty exciting:
Podcasts coming to watchOS 5. (Hey there, @_connectedfm!) pic.twitter.com/dRdF1iMd5O
— Relay FM (@_RelayFM) June 4, 2018
Congrats @viticci and @_RelayFM ! ???? #WWDC18 @_connectedfm pic.twitter.com/dA7G1qY65t
— Mateusz Stawecki (@stawecki) June 4, 2018
Microsoft Corp. on Monday announced it has reached an agreement to acquire GitHub, the world’s leading software development platform where more than 28 million developers learn, share and collaborate to create the future. Together, the two companies will empower developers to achieve more at every stage of the development lifecycle, accelerate enterprise use of GitHub, and bring Microsoft’s developer tools and services to new audiences.
“Microsoft is a developer-first company, and by joining forces with GitHub we strengthen our commitment to developer freedom, openness and innovation,” said Satya Nadella, CEO, Microsoft. “We recognize the community responsibility we take on with this agreement and will do our best work to empower every developer to build, innovate and solve the world’s most pressing challenges.”
Jordan McMahon at Wired has a great feature about Sal Soghoian and automation at Apple. It then goes on to cover things like x-callback-url and what the future of automation may hold.
Well, well, well…
Ladies and gentlemen, I give you Xcode 10 on macOS 10.14. Dark Appearance, Apple News, App Store w/ video previews pic.twitter.com/rJlDy81W4W
— Steve Troughton-Smith (@stroughtonsmith) June 2, 2018
There’s a video of it in action over on 9to5Mac.
I dig it.
In around a month, I will no longer have a traditional job. I will be focusing my energy most especially on my family, with my two podcasts and side projects like Casey on Cars following behind. I do have some other things in the hopper, other than Casey on Cars, but I’m reticent to announce them before I know they’re ready.1
I’m also entertaining other kinds of work. The impetus for this change is about being around for my family, so I don’t want to take on a 40 hour per week gig. However, if you need a hand with something interesting — especially if it involves either teaching or leveraging RxSwift — let me know.