e65 – X

On iPhone X release day, we cover Apple's many uses — and pronunciations — of the Roman numeral.

e65 – X

Ed Cormany and Brian Sutorius

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Follow Up

• 32 bit apps
  • Ford Remote Access (now 64-bit)
  • Cabel Sasser's 32-bit list
• App management back in iTunes 12.6.3
• five total Mac architectures
• MODE32 licensing

X hardware

• Macintosh XL
  • MacWorks XL [YouTube]
• Macintosh IIx, IIcx, IIvx, IIfx
  • Mac SE/30 (not SEx)
• Xserve
  • Xsan

X software

• Mac OS X
  • System 1…skip a few…6, 7, 8and9
  • X box art
  • related software
    • BootX
    • Xgrid
    • X11
  • Xcode
    • current version
    • original release [WayBack]
  • QuickTime X
  • Final Cut Pro X
    • initial reaction
  • Logic Pro X

Other odd names and numbers

• tvOS 9
• The iTouch

e64 – Architecture changes

It's our 64th episode and big 64-bit changes are coming to iOS as we record, so there's no better time discuss Apple's architecture changes over the years (and to begin talking about "classic iOS apps").

e64 – Architecture Changes

Ed Cormany and Brian Sutorius

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Way of the future.

• Apple embraces the past
  • iOS 11 rainbow wallpapers
  • rainbow Apple Park shirts
  • Face ID logo = Happy Mac
• 32-bit Macs
  • Motorola 68000
  • 32-bit era of video games
  • the "Megahertz Myth" [YouTube]
  • 32-bit Addressing on Older Macs
  • "32-bit clean"
  • 32-bit QuickDraw
• 64-bit transition
  • G5 was "the world’s first 64-bit desktop"
  • Leopard adds 64-bit apps [YouTube]
  • 32-bit being phased out in High Sierra
• iOS apps in transition
  • Tilt to Live
  • Aquaria
  • Canabalt
  • Ramp Champ
  • Ridiculous Fishing
  • Google Earth
  • Flight Control
    • killed by EA
  • Freeverse games
    • Burning Monkey Puzzle Lab
    • Warpgate
  • WhatTheFont

e63 – Mysterium and More Emoji

Brian went to Mysterium, the annual Myst fan convention, and brings back stories of Cyan's history, their latest game, and a huge fan project. And in a mega follow up segment, we cover many more emoji easter eggs.

e63 – Mysterium and More Emoji

Ed Cormany and Brian Sutorius

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Follow Up

• The Emoji Movie is terrible
• Ellen Feiss keynote cold open
• Big City vs. SimCity
• HyperCard on the Internet Archive
  • blog post
  • Phil Schiller tweet
  • submit your own stacks

More Emoji Easter Eggs

• Gruber notices Swift on 🏎
• Johnny Appleseed
• Karl the Fog
• F Market & Wharves streetcars
• 🍑 drama
  • on the Emojipedia blog
  • on Picomac

Mysterium 2017

• e16 – Myst
• official conference website

• D'ni language
• documentarian Philip Shane
• Zork
• Mysterium YouTube channel
• Obduction
  • cameo at WWDC 2017
• Starry Expanse
  • the question mark book
  • the "East Path"

e62 – Emoji Easter Eggs

Inspired by World Emoji Day, we take a look at various bits of history that Apple has hidden in its emoji artwork.

e62 – Emoji Easter Eggs

Ed Cormany and Brian Sutorius

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It's the reason for the season.

• Follow Up
  • What Apple Thought the iPhone Might Look Like in 1995
    • original MacWorld article
  • Vintage Apple Macintosh Software Archive
• World Emoji Day
• Emojipedia
• iCal introduction
• early emoji (DoCoMo etc.)
• Infinite Loop 2
• Cupertino bus routes [PDF]
• Half Dome
• Why Apple Watch shows 10:09
• "Here's to the crazy ones…"
• Johnny Appleseed
• "emoji everywhere" provenance

e61 – The iPhone at 10

The iPhone was released to the world 10 years ago today. We celebrate a decade of the device that changed the world.

e61 – The iPhone at 10

Ed Cormany and Brian Sutorius

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Interviews and articles

• Computer History Museum panel and interview with Scott Forstall
  • Ganatra and Melton on Debug [I II III IV V]
• original iPhone reviewers panel
• Forstall, Fadell, Christer interview
• controversial new book

The iPhone launch and legacy

• big lines at Apple stores
  • Jobs and Forstall at the Palo Alto store
  • a smaller launch event for Jaguar
  • iFixit goes to Australia for the 5s
• Jobs price drop apology letter [WayBack]
• tech the iPhone built on
  • Newton
  • iPod
    • P1 prototype
    • dock connector
• tech the iPhone obsoleted
  • BlackBerry
  • Palm
    • Treo
    • WebOS
      • not dead, it's on a fridge!
  • iPod
• tech the iPhone led the way for
  • multi-touch
    • gestures on the Mac
    • MacBook Pro (Late 2008)
    • Magic Trackpad
  • Launchpad 🚀🙄
  • ¿copycat? Android phones
• the iPhone's worldwide impact
  • autocorrect fails
  • Apps
    • "App" voted American Dialect Society Word of the Year for 2010
      • Ed was there!
    • Apple sold apps for click-wheel iPods!
      • they weren't always good.
    • "There's an app for that"
    • $70B to developers
  • Siri
    • other voice assistants
    • Her
  • flat design