Bob Speaks

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 Event iPhone Watch Apple Pay This One Podcast Episode 128: Orangoutangs Gotta Play … Continue reading Episode 12: Apple’s Watch Event

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 settings based upon those things needs a refresh and I am … Continue reading Episode 11: A Holistic Approach to Service Management

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 technologies. Accidental Tech Podcast iCloud

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 – John Siracusa End WWDC – Daniel Jalkut A History … Continue reading Episode 9: WWDC Fallout

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 this is a departure for me, but I thought I’d try to … Continue reading Episode 8: The Geek God Complex

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 what I’m talking about. Merely opinions here. Apple Google Microsoft iCloud Microsoft … Continue reading Episode 7: The Future of Computing

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) iOS Maps (Apple) 10 Funniest Fails in Apple’s iOS Maps … Continue reading Episode 6: iOS 6 Maps

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 pfSense WatchGuard I apologize for the poor speaking voice this evening, something wasn’t quite sitting right … Continue reading Episode 5: My Setup

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

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

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

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-C Programming iOS Programming A thank you to http://www.podcastthemes.com/ for the music for this podcast.