Debug
83 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 7 years ago - ★★★★★ - 213 ratingsDebug is a conversational interview show about developing software and services, primarily for iPhone, iPad, Mac, and gaming. Hosted by Guy English and Rene Ritchie, it's all the great talk you get at the bar after the conference, wrapped up in convenient podcast form. Pull up a chair, hit play, join us.
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83: Linda Dong & Lia Napolitano on prototyping experience
December 23, 2016 14:55 - 81.5 MBFormerly on the Apple design prototype team that brought us, among other things, the Pencil, and the Siri experience team that put voices in our cars and televisions, Linda Dong and Lia Napolitano join Guy and Rene in a chat recorded right after WWDC 2016 in June… but saved as a special holiday gift for us all now. Grab a beverage and hit play!
82: Ashley Nelson-Hornstein on what's next
June 13, 2016 07:11 - 55.9 MBAshley Nelson-Hornstein, formerly of Apple and Dropbox, joins Guy and Rene to talk about making everything more accessible, going independent, and what happens next.
81: Melton & Ganatra episode V: Transitions
June 07, 2016 22:33 - 85.1 MBDon Melton, former Director of Internet Technologies at Apple, and Nitin Ganatra, former Director of iOS Apps at Apple, talk to Guy and Rene about handling transitions, taking Mozilla open-source, going to OS X, going to Intel, going to iOS, and saying "no".
80: Jaimee Newberry and corporate culture
April 08, 2016 03:15 - 1 hour - 43 MBJaimee Newberry returns to talk corporate culture with Guy and Rene. How to you set it from the start, how to rebuild it over time. How do you make sure it’s healthy. You know, the easy stuff!
79: John Poole of Geekbench
March 15, 2016 22:17 - 2 hours - 88.5 MBJohn Poole of Geekbench joins Guy and Rene to talk how he got started, that Apple A9 thing, the state of the silicon, and what's coming next. Sponsors Automatic: Your smart driving assistant. Get $20 off when you go to automatic.com/debug and use promo code debug. Guests John Poole of Geekbench Hosts Guy English Rene Ritchie
78: Jaimee Newberry's journey
March 03, 2016 06:10 - 1 hour - 47.5 MBJaimee Newberry — @jaimeejaimee — joins Guy and Rene to talk about how she got started in tech, her career in graphics, consulting for teams, and her new roll as COO of Martian Craft. Sponsors Automatic: Your smart driving assistant. Get $20 off when you go to automatic.com/debug and use promo code debug. Guests Jaimee Newberry Hosts Guy English Rene Ritchie
77: James Thomson of PCalc
December 31, 2015 05:33 - 1 hour - 79.9 MBJames Thomson of DragThing and PCalc fames joins Guy and Rene to talk about that time he was at Apple and Steve Jobs found out he was working from $^%#$ Ireland. And more!
76: Melton & Ganatra episode IV: Management
December 22, 2015 06:03 - 2 hours - 106 MBDon Melton, former Director of Internet Technologies at Apple, and Nitin Ganatra, former Director of iOS Apps at Apple, talk about managing teams, managing up, retention, rivalry, and more! Support Debug Check out the newly-released CleanMyDrive 2 at Macpaw.com/CleanMyDrive/ Get $50 toward any mattress purchase by visiting www.casper.com/debug and using promo code debug. Terms and Conditions Apply. Guests Don Melton Nitin Ganatra Hosts Guy English of Kicking Bear Rene Ritchie of Mob...
75: James Cuda on Procreate for iPad Pro
November 23, 2015 06:08 - 1 hour - 52.7 MBJames Cuda of Savage Interactive joins Guy and Rene to talk about bring Procreate to the iPad Pro, optimizing for the Apple Pencil, Apple TV, the market for pro apps, and more. This episode of Debug is brought to you by: Casper: Get $50 toward any mattress purchase by visiting casper.com/debug and using the code "debug". Terms and Conditions Apply. BackBlaze: Stop putting it off, start getting backed up. Get a risk-free no credit card required trial by going to backblaze.com Guests Jame...
74: Paul Haddad on Tweetbot 4
November 05, 2015 05:43 - 1 hour - 53.6 MBPaul Haddad returns to Debug 3 years later to talk to Guy and Rene about Tweetbot 4, watchOS, tvOS, the App Store, and more.
73: Michael Lopp on managing humans
October 23, 2015 01:33 - 1 hour - 46.5 MBMichael Lopp, reposer at Rands, talks about working at Netscape, the Apple Online Store at Apple, and now, Pinterest. More specifically, the art of managing humans and retaining and nurturing talent. Sponsored by Udacity: Check out their Nanodegree programs for iOS app dev and Swift 2.0 at udacity.com Casper: Go to casper.com/debug and use promo code "debug" to get $50 towards any mattress purchased./li> Show notes Rands in Repose Pinterest Guests Michael Lopp Hosts Guy English of ...
72: Arik Devens, developer gadfly
October 15, 2015 05:02 - 1 hour - 77.9 MBArik Devens joins Guy and Rene to talk about his time at Easel, Netscape, Palm, and everything between and after. And to bug guy about AppKit. Sponsored by Udacity. Check out their Nanodegree programs for iOS app dev and Swift 2.0 at udacity.com Show notes Cinema Gadfly Guests Arik Devens Hosts Guy English of Kicking Bear Rene Ritchie of Mobile Nations Feedback Question, comment, recommendation, or something you want us to follow up on for the next show? Tweet us at the above hand...
71: Chris Liscio, part II (fixed)
September 01, 2015 23:44 - 2 hours - 103 MBChris Liscio of Super Mega Ultra Groovy is back, but before he can get into computer nerd history, Guy English sideswipes him into Reactive Cocoa and then the Swift debate begins!
70: Chris Liscio is Super Mega Ultra Groovy
August 14, 2015 04:46 - 1 hour - 80.4 MBChris Liscio of FuzzMeasure and Capo fame joins Guy and Rene to talk about marketing apps, his time at ATI, Be, and BlackBerry, and making ridiculously smart audio apps for Mac and iOS.
69: Melton & Ray on Safari, standards, and blockers
July 17, 2015 19:55 - 2 hours - 87.9 MBDon Melton and Jim Ray join Guy and Rene to talk about "Safari as the new IE", web standards, and content blockers.
68: Ken Case of the Omni Group
July 06, 2015 03:21 - 2 hours - 83.2 MBKen Case of the Omni Group joins Guy and Rene to talk about developing for Next, starting the Omni Group, going all-in on the iPad, and experimenting with the Apple Watch.
67: WWDC 2015 roundtable
June 13, 2015 00:12 - 2 hours - 99.6 MBWe’re live from WWDC 2015 and we’re talking about the keynote and all the developer announcements, from Apple Music to Swift 2, and everything in between! With Guy English, Rene Ritchie, Ashley Nelson-Hornstein, Matt Drance, Don Melton, and Marco Arment!
66: Paul Kafasis of Rogue Amoeba
May 29, 2015 19:25 - 2 hours - 109 MBPaul Kafasis of Rogue Amoeba joins Guy and Rene to talk the realities of developing software in the age of App Stores.
65: Steven Troughton-Smith (Live from Ull)
May 15, 2015 12:26 - 1 hour - 53.4 MBLive from the Ull conference in Ireland, Guy and Rene talk to Steven Troughton-Smith about incredibly nerdy developer stuff and Grace, an app to help children on the autistic spectrum.
64: Horace Dediu of Asymco (Live from Ull)
April 30, 2015 04:33 - 1 hour - 43.5 MBLive from the Ull conference in Ireland Guy and Rene talk to Horace Dediu of Asymco fame about his background as a developer, his time at Nokia, and his current job-to-be-done: analyzing Apple.
63: Weinstein, Kramer, Frey on Workflow
March 27, 2015 03:41 - 1 hour - 49.4 MBAri Weinstein, Conrad Kramer, and Nick Frey talk to Guy English, Rene Ritchie, and a surprise guest about their amazing iOS automation app, Workflow.
62: Edwards and Gruber on Apple Watch
March 06, 2015 15:57 - 2 hours - 95 MBWatchmaker and developer Jon Edwards, and Daring Fireball's John Gruber join Guy and Rene to talk about the Apple Watch and watch culture. John's Superman Watch (potentially) Super Mario Watch Master/slave clocks Tissot T Touch Patek Philippe Henry Graves Supercomplication Quartz Crisis Accutron Tuning Fork Watch Early Electro-Mechanical Watches Braun BN0106 PepperUICore Class Dump (Digital Detent) Ming-Chi Kuo Hodinkee Apple Watch Review (Failed Cuff Test) Surface Acoustic Wave ...
61: Andy Matuschak and Khan Academy
February 25, 2015 23:03 - 1 hour - 82.2 MBAndy Matuschak, creator of the Sparkle update framework for Mac, member of the UIKit team from iOS 4.1 to iOS 8, and current mobile engineering lead at Khan Academy talks to Guy and Rene about helping to bring a world class education to everyone in the world. Show notes Sparkle UIKit Khan Academy Controlling Complexity in Swift Young Children Reinvent Arithmetic: Implications of Piaget's Theory Debug 56: Laura Savino and Khan Academy Guests Andy Matuschak Hosts Guy English of Kicki...
60: Melton & Ganatra episode III: Shipping software
January 23, 2015 05:02 - 3 hours - 130 MBDon Melton, former Director of Internet Technologies at Apple, and Nitin Ganatra, former Director of iOS Apps at Apple, talk about managing deadlines, development cycles, and shipping software. In memory of Jordan Breeding. Support our sponsors: Get $50 off any mattress from casper.com/debug by using promo code debug. Get $5 your first order from harrys.com by using promo code DEBUG. Show notes Debug 48: Melton & Ganatra episode II: Understanding Apple Debug 47: Melton & Ganatra episod...
59: Space Age episode 2: 2014
January 03, 2015 06:04 - 2 hours - 99.5 MB18 months later, we sat down once again with Matt Comi and Neven Mrgan of Big Bucket Software, to talk about Space Age. This time, post release. So, last week you got 2 hours of what was, this week 2 hours of what is! Time travel! Go to mandrill.com and use promo code "Debug" to receive 50,000 free email sends per month for your first six months. Go to hover.com and use promo code "aces" to get 10% off your first purchase. Go to lynda.com/debug to try it free for 7 days Show notes Big Bu...
58: Space Age episode 1: 2013
January 03, 2015 06:03 - 2 hours - 95.7 MBWay back in early 2013 we sat down with Matt Comi and Neven Mrgan of Big Bucket Software to talk about their previous game, The Incident, and their then in-development new game, Space Age. Then… we sat on the show until now. So, this week you get 2 hours of what was, and next week you’re getting 2 hours of what is! It’s a Debug experiment! Support our sponsors: Go to hover.com and use promo code "alwayswins" to get 10% off your first purchase. Go to lynda.com/debug to try it free for 7 day...
57: Extensibility roundtable
November 26, 2014 13:03 - 1 hour - 80.7 MBJames Thomson of PCalc, Ashley Nelson-Hornstein of Dropbox, Bryan Irace of Tumblr, and Brad Ellis Pacific Helm join Guy and Rene to talk about Extensibility, its benefits and limitations, and the just-announced WatchKit. Show notes App Extensions Making Dropbox for iOS more accessible Building Quality Code That Lasts: A Dropbox Story What we learned building the Tumblr iOS share extension Calculator widgets will be allowed in Today view Extensibility in iOS 8: Explained WatchKit Wha...
56: Laura Savino and Khan Academy
November 06, 2014 21:50 - 1 hour - 60 MBLaura Savino of Khan Academy joins Guy and Rene to talk about how she got into development, the importance of language and education, not shipping, building teams, and more!
55: John Siracusa, round 2
November 01, 2014 16:25 - 1 hour - 76.5 MBFresh from his review of OS X Yosemite, John Siracusa returns to talk interface, vibrancy, file extensions, and a whole lot of Swift. Please support our sponsors: Pixelmator for iPad. Sign up at mandrill.com with promo code Debug, and get 50,000 free email sends per month for your first six months of service. Visit lynda.com/debug to try lynda.com free for 7 days. Show notes Siracusa's Yosemite review Siracusa on Debug, round 1 Guests John Siracusa of Hypercritical and ATP Hosts Guy ...
54: Melton & Ganatra episode II: Understanding Apple
October 22, 2014 05:48 - 2 hours - 89.6 MBDon Melton, former Director of Internet Technologies at Apple, and Nitin Ganatra, former Director of iOS Apps at Apple, talk about working hard, promoting diversity, touch screen technology, and how they manage. Show notes Debug 11: Don Melton and Safari Debug 39: Nitin Ganatra episode I: System 7 to Carbon Debug 40: Nitin Ganatra episode II: OS X to iOS Debug 41: Nitin Ganatra episode III: iPhone to iPad Debug 41: Nitin Ganatra episode III: iPhone to iPad Debug 47: Melton & Ganatra e...
53: Melton & Ganatra episode I: Demoing software to Steve Jobs
September 26, 2014 05:48 - 2 hours - 89.7 MBDon Melton, former Director of Internet Technologies at Apple, and Nitin Ganatra, former Director of iOS Apps at Apple, talk about presenting to Steve Jobs, web vs. native, implementing gestures, the importance of affordances, and more. Show notes Debug 11: Don Melton and Safari Debug 39: Nitin Ganatra episode I: System 7 to Carbon Debug 40: Nitin Ganatra episode II: OS X to iOS Debug 41: Nitin Ganatra episode III: iPhone to iPad Debug 16.1: David Gelphman on Apple, Core Graphics, and ...
52: Developing for iPhone 6 and Apple Watch, with Murley, Richter, and Simmons
September 13, 2014 21:38 - 1 hour - 68.3 MBApple has announced the iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, Apple Pay, and the Apple Watch. What does it all mean for developers? Former Apple Safari Evangelist Vicki Murley, MartianCraft's Kyle Richter, and Vesper's Brent Simmons talk it out with Guy and Rene.
51: Jim Ray on the Web and BBQ
August 27, 2014 19:20 - 2 hours - 94.6 MBJim Ray joins Guy and Rene to talk about his actually joby job and ends up talking about everything from the web, to San Francisco culture, to the importance of barbecue. Support Debug: Go to hired.com/debugpodcast to get a double bonus when you accept a job. Go to lynda.com/debug for a free 7 day trial. Go to www.drobostore.com and use offer code debug50 to save $50 on your next Drobo. Guests Jim Ray Hosts Guy English of Kicking Bear Rene Ritchie of Mobile Nations Feedback Question,...
50: Brianna Wu, Amanda Warner, and Revolution 60
August 14, 2014 21:12 - 1 hour - 66.5 MBBrianna Wu and Amanda Warner of Giant Spacekat join Guy and Rene to talk about their new Unreal Engine-based iOS game, Revolution 60. From creating their company to modeling their characters to dealing with game dev culture, this one is crackalacking! Support Debug: Go to hired.com/debugpodcast to get a double bonus when you accept a job offer. Go to igloosoftware.com/debug to try Igloo for free. Go to lynda.com/debug to try lynda.com free for 7 days Show notes Revolution 60 Unreal Engi...
49: Marco Arment on Overcast
July 30, 2014 18:32 - 3 hours - 131 MBMarco Arment joins Guy and Rene to talk about his new podcast client, Overcast, getting low level with Core Audio, writing downloaders, and many, many other things.
48: Swift roundtable
July 16, 2014 18:47 - 2 hours - 93.3 MBNatalia Berdys of Foodo Kitchen, Don Melton, former director of internet technology at Apple, and Brent Simmons of Vesper join Guy and Rene to talk about Swift, its future, Sprite Kit, and more! Support Debug: Go to podsurvey.com/debug to take our survey and get a chance to win a $100 Amazon Gift Card. Go to lynda.com/debug to start your 7-day free trial. Go to getharvest.com and use offer code DEBUG by August 1st to receive 50% off your first month. Show notes Swift Blog Swift in Flux ...
47: Nitin Ganatra episode III: iPhone to iPad
July 02, 2014 17:23 - 2 hours - 97.3 MBIn part 3 of the Nitin Ganatra trilogy, the former Director of iOS apps at Apple talks to Guy and Rene about iOS interface and API decisions, scaling to iPad, life after Apple, and what comes next. Show notes Debug 39: Nitin Ganatra episode I: System 7 to Carbon Debug 40: Nitin Ganatra episode II: OS X to iOS Guests Nitin Ganatra Hosts Guy English of Kicking Bear Rene Ritchie of Mobile Nations Feedback Question, comment, recommendation, or something you want us to follow up on for ...
46: Nitin Ganatra episode II: OS X to iOS
June 25, 2014 13:37 - 1 hour - 82.5 MBIn part 2 of the Nitin Ganatra trilogy, the former Director of iOS apps at Apple talks to Guy and Rene about working on Mail for OS X, and the early days of Purple, the experience project that would ultimately deliver the iPhone.
45: Nitin Ganatra episode I: System 7 to Carbon
June 18, 2014 14:05 - 1 hour - 83.5 MBIn part 1 of the Nitin Ganatra trilogy, the former Director of iOS apps at Apple talks to Guy and Rene about his early career in Developer Technical Support (DTS), working on System 7 in the Copland era, and the advent of Carbon. Support Debug: Go to squarespace.com/debug and use offer code DEBUG to save 10% on your new website! Go to peek.usertesting.com and use express pass DEBUG to get your results back faster on a free 5-minute video of a real person using your site or app. Show notes ...
44: WWDC 2014 developer roundtable
June 04, 2014 20:38 - 1 hour - 98.6 MBMatt Drance of Apple Outsider, Ryan Nielsen of Tumult, Daniel Jalkut of Red Sweater, and Jason Snell of Macworld join Guy and Rene to talk about Apple's WWDC 2014 keynote — the Swift programming language, Extensibility, Cloud Kit, Metal, and more.
43: Simmons, Wiskus, Gruber and Vesper Sync
May 27, 2014 22:19 - 1 hour - 49.1 MBBrent Simmons, Dave Wiskus, and John Gruber join Guy and Rene to talk about Vesper 2.0, architecting sync, the decision making process, design choices, and why Vesper for Mac comes next. Show notes Vesper 2.0 and Vesper Sync Vesper Sync Diary Follow-up iOS 7 Human Interface Guideline Debug 15: Simmons, Wiskus, Gruber, and Vesper Guests Brent Simmons of inessential Dave Wiskus of Better Elevation John Gruber of Daring Fireball Hosts Guy English of Kicking Bear Rene Ritchie of Mobi...
42: Rich Siegel on BBEdit
May 21, 2014 07:37 - 2 hours - 56.5 MBRich Siegel of Bare Bones Software talks to Guy and Rene about the journey of BBEdit from the classic Mac OS to OS X, PowerPC to Intel, 32- to 64-bit, and the direct sales to the Mac App Store.
41: Scotty on NSConference and RemObjects
May 07, 2014 22:23 - 1 hour - 53.8 MBSteve Scott (Scotty) talks to Guy and Rene about the early days of developer podcasts, NSConference, and his work with RemObjects.
40: Sexism in tech
April 24, 2014 02:29 - 1 hour - 52.5 MBSerenity Caldwell of Macworld, Jessie Char of Pacific Helm, Georgia Dow of ZEN & TECH, and Brianna Wu of Giant Spacekat share their experiences with sexism in the tech industry, from coworkers to clients to conventions to culture and beyond.
39: Ken Ferry on Auto Layout, Passbook, and Understudy
April 10, 2014 01:47 - 2 hours - 58.7 MBKen Ferry talks to Guy and Rene about his time at Apple working on Cocoa, Auto Layout, and Passbook, and his new app, Understudy, which seeks to bring mentored learning into the iPad age.
38: John Siracusa on Copland 2014
April 01, 2014 17:53 - 1 hour - 47.4 MBJohn Siracusa of Hypercritical and the Accidental Tech Podcast shows up to fight with Guy over Copland 2014. That is, the idea that Apple needs to embrace elements of higher level languages and figure out what comes after Objective C.
37: Miguel de Icaza on Mono
March 19, 2014 14:30 - 59 minutes - 27.1 MBMiguel de Icaza of GNOME and Xamarin fame joins Guy and Rene to talk about Mono, the .NET compatible open source project that lets you build iOS and Android apps in C#, and the pros and cons of modern development platforms.
36: Casey Liss on C# and .Net
March 04, 2014 16:52 - 1 hour - 54.7 MBCasey Liss of the Accidental Tech Podcast (ATP) tries to sell Guy on the advantages of Microsoft’s C# programming language and the .NET frameworks.
35: Jeff McLeman on porting kernels
February 21, 2014 00:18 - 1 hour - 49.5 MBGuy and Rene talk to Jeff McLeman about his time at Digital, porting the NT kernel, and the current state of kernels in general.
34: Mike Ash on VoodooPad
February 06, 2014 05:01 - 1 hour - 40.5 MBMike Ash of Plausible Labs joins Guy and Rene to talk about working at Rogue Amoeba, taking on VoodooPad, and speaking truth to bloggers.