Apple held an event that you might have heard of. They are releasing some larger phones, a payment system, and … a watch!? Yes, a watch. I’ll cover my initial thoughts after watching the keynote (see the link above). September 2014 Special Even

Episode 11: A Holistic Approach to Service Management

Apr 18th, 2014 6m 52s

I decided to post an episode instead of trying to get a post out. This one talks about a particularly complex problem I am trying to tackle in an integrated way at work. The tracking of assets, people, and setting of some network security setti

Episode 10: Accidentally Misunderstood

Dec 7th, 2013 8m 42s

Wow, it has been a LONG time … but I’m back for a short episode. I’m focusing mostly on misunderstandings about why Apple does what they do and how they go about doing them. In regards to web technologies, or what people think are web technolog

Episode 9: WWDC Fallout

Apr 27th, 2013 13m 30s

WWDC 2013 sold out in around 2 minutes on Thursday, April 25. That’s crazy. So this week I am talking WWDC tickets. Here are the articles I talked about in the podcast: “Fixing” WWDC – Jeff LaMarche Wanting it more – Marco Arment The Lottery –

Episode 8: The Geek God Complex

Jan 3rd, 2013 9m 40s

Something a little different this time, so I might go a little beyond 15 minutes. I’m talking Geek Culture and the Geek God Complex today, so bear with me. iRecognition: I am no longer Apple’s Target Market Hypercritical 96: Blue Peter I know t

Episode 7: The Future of Computing

Nov 20th, 2012 17m 49s

This is a “ranty” episode (after a long hiatus). I talk of the major mobile platforms out right now and their service offerings and a little in how it shows the difference in philosophy between the companies involved. Warning, I have no idea wh

Episode 6: iOS 6 Maps

Sep 25th, 2012 10m

It has been over a month, but I’m finally back for my take on the iOS Maps kerfuffle. You’ll find some good reading about the iOS 6 Maps below. To Map Or Not To Map (Counternotions) Apple Maps: The FAQ (Counternotions) iOS 6 Review (Macworld) i

Episode 5: My Setup

Aug 23rd, 2012 10m 17s

I’m talking about my setup tonight. Focusing on simplifying it again so that I don’t spend quite so much time administering to the disparate pieces. Airport Extreme Airport Express Time Capsule Mac mini MacBook Pro with Retina display FreeNAS p

Episode 4: Open Source and TextMate 2

Aug 11th, 2012 7m 5s

Not something I was remotely expecting, but here it is! TextMate 2.0 has been opened up. TextMate 2 Source Code at GitHub TextMate 2 at GitHub (announcement at Macromates) Ars Technica Interview with Allan Odgaard

Episode 3: Apple’s Ads

Aug 3rd, 2012 6m 59s

Talking about the new Apple TV ads tonight. Just a quick episode before I head out for the weekend. Apple Mac TV Advertisements

Episode 2: The Dark Knight Rises

Jul 25th, 2012 13m 27s

It wasn’t the hard to pick this week’s topic. I’ll speak about The Dark Knight Rises and the Nolan Batman Trilogy and where it stands in my ATTL (All Time Trilogy List). The Dark Knight Rises Official Website

Episode 1: Objective-C and iOS Programming

Jul 18th, 2012 9m 4s

The inaugural episode of Bob Speaks, my little personal audio podcast that is really just me speaking about anything on my mind. Today I talk a little about what I have been working on: Objective-C and iOS Programming. Big Nerd Ranch Objective-

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