Apple Posts
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Where I’ll be at WWDC 2024
June 10, 2024
I’ll be doing a few things this week at WWDC24 and wanted to pass along my schedule. Hope to see you at one or more of these happenings!
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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.
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LIVE near WWDC Returns For 2023!
May 16, 2023
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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.
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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.
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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!
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Introducing swiftversion.net
December 2, 2020
Do you ever mix up the different dot releases of Swift?
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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.
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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.
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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.)
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A Kid in the June 2019 Candy Store
June 21, 2019
June 2019 has me feeling like a kid in a candy store.
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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.
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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.
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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!
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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!
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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iOS Device Summary: A8 iPod Touch Update
July 16, 2015
I’ve updated my iOS Device Summary with the newly announced iPod touch.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.