Apple Posts

• LIVE near WWDC 2023 Update: Livestream and More!

  June 1, 2023

  
  With less than a week until LIVE near WWDC 2023, we’ve been gearing up for an evening of music, laughter and fun that we think folks are going to really enjoy.

• Swift.org Blog Post: ‘Using Upcoming Feature Flags’

  May 30, 2023

  This will likely be my only post this week not somehow related to next week’s LIVE near WWDC 2023 show.

• LIVE near WWDC Returns For 2023!

  May 16, 2023

  SOLD OUT!

  Tickets for LIVE near WWDC 2023 are now sold out. Thank you to everyone who purchased a ticket—we're looking forward to seeing you.

  But everyone is welcome to join in our livestream event! Details below.

  There are still two ways you can join us LIVE near WWDC 2023:

  Join the Waitlist

  After talking with the venue, we will be able to accommodate a few more attendees!
  Click through to join the waitlist and you will be notified of ticket availability in order of joining.

• No LIVE near WWDC show for 2022

  June 5, 2022

  Before WWDC22 gets started tomorrow, I wanted to announce that there will be no LIVE near WWDC show for 2022.

• Apple Home Page Tabs History—August 2021 Edition

  August 31, 2021

  The tabs at the top of apple.com have been around for over two decades now.

• Where I’ll be at WWDC 2021

  June 7, 2021

  I’ll be doing a few things this week at WWDC 2021 and wanted to pass along my schedule. Hope to see you at one or more of these happenings!

• Introducing swiftversion.net

  December 2, 2020

  Do you ever mix up the different dot releases of Swift?

• AirPods Pro: The First Fifteen Minutes

  October 31, 2019

  Just opened the box and set up a pair of AirPods Pro about fifteen minutes ago.

• The Xcode 11 and Swift Package Combo Platter

  September 12, 2019

  Since the Swift Package Manager (Swift PM or SPM) was introduced in late 2015 it has seemed like a natural fit for Xcode and SPM packages to work well together at some point in the future. At WWDC 2019, Apple announced that future was arriving in Xcode 11.

• Drive Time with the Swift Standard Library

  July 19, 2019

  The last week and a half or so, I’ve been driving up and down the East Coast. (Hello I-95, my old friend. I’m paying tolls on you again.)

• A Kid in the June 2019 Candy Store

  June 21, 2019

  June 2019 has me feeling like a kid in a candy store.

• SwiftUI: Almost Too Much Fun

  June 12, 2019

  In my previous post, I described the JDBP band app I want to build and the technologies introduced at WWDC 2019 that I think might make it much easier to create.

• The Shortest Path To A Great App

  June 10, 2019

  “The Shortest Path To A Great App” That is the phrase Apple used in a number of the SwiftUI sessions at WWDC last week. But beyond SwiftUI, there were a number of other announcements at WWDC 2019 that also could lead to a shorter path to a great app.

• Where I’ll be at WWDC 2019

  May 31, 2019

  I’ll be doing a few things next week at WWDC 2019 and wanted to pass along my schedule. Hope to see you at one or more of these happenings!

• Where I’ll be at WWDC 2018

  June 2, 2018

  I’ll be doing a few things next week at WWDC and wanted to pass along my schedule. Hope to see you at one or more of these happenings!

• Xcode: Who’s to Blame?

  October 17, 2017

  A recent tweet from Dave DeLong reminded me of something that’s been on my mind for a long while.

• LIVE near WWDC 2017 Info

  May 4, 2017

  Join us for the 6th Annual LIVE near WWDC show by James Dempsey and the Breakpoints! It is shaping up to be our biggest show ever!

• iOS Device Summary: September 2016 Updates

  November 30, 2016

  I’ve updated my iOS Device Summary with hardware announced at the Apple event on September 7, 2016.

• tvOS and watchOS Device Summary: April Edition

  April 1, 2016

  After updating the popular iOS Device Summary in March, it seemed the beginning of April would be a good time to introduce summaries for devices running the most recently introduced Apple operating systems: tvOS and watchOS.

• iOS Device Summary: March 2016 Updates

  March 23, 2016

  I’ve updated my iOS Device Summary with hardware announced at the Apple event on March 21, 2016.

• iOS Device Summary: Fall 2015 Updates

  November 13, 2015

  I’ve updated my iOS Device Summary with hardware announced at the Apple event on September 9, 2015. This edition drops iOS 5 and A4-based devices to make way for iOS 9 and the A9 and A9X.

• Apple Home Page Tabs History—September 2015 Edition

  September 29, 2015

  The year 2015 has been a busy one in Apple Home Page Tab history.

• iOS Device Summary: A8 iPod Touch Update

  July 16, 2015

  I’ve updated my iOS Device Summary with the newly announced iPod touch.

• iOS Device Summary: iOS 9 Update

  June 29, 2015

  I’ve updated my iOS Device Summary with the iOS 9 info Apple has publicly posted.

• Apple Home Page Tabs History — June 2015 Edition

  June 19, 2015

  Last fall, I posted A Brief History of Apple Home Page Tabs which showed a visual history of each change in the tabs on the apple.com home page since they were introduced in January 2000. That post also called out some of the major changes and common themes in both interface style and products over the years.

• iOS Device Summary: iPad Air 2 and iPad mini 3 Update

  October 28, 2014

  It’s been a busy few weeks with Apple announcements and Backtrace, our new album of iOS and Mac development songs, hitting the Billboard charts. I’ve updated my iOS Device Summary to include the recently announced iPads.

• A Brief Visual History of Apple Home Page Tabs

  September 10, 2014

  This week brought announcements of new iPhones, Apple Pay, and Apple Watch, as well as the quiet departure of the iPod classic, the last remaining click-wheel product in the iPod lineup.  It also brought something that happens much less often than new product announcements—changes to the look and lineup of tabs at the top of the page at apple.com.