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    #18: Special Interface Snowflake

    January 12th, 2015 · 97 minutes

    This week Jason and Myke discuss the rumored 12" MacBook Air, how Apple approaches battery life on iOS devices, Apple software quality, uses of scripting and automation, Siracusa-style window management, and the first time Jason ever picked up an iPhone.

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    Links and Show Notes

    A time to gain, a time to lose - All this
    Noodlesoft | Hazel
    My Photo Management Workflow, Early 2014 – MacStories
    passphrase generator ‹ andyf.me
    Apple has lost the functional high ground – Marco.org
    What it’s like to be way too popular for a day – Marco.org
    Accidental Tech Podcast: 99: Pop-Up Headlights

    Marco's retrospective

    On Apple & Software Quality — Ashley Nelson-Hornstein
    Accidental Tech Podcast: 96: The Windows of Siracusa County
    Humans Need Not Apply - YouTube
    Episode #169 – Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014) LIVE! The Flop House
    Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987 TV series) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
    The Bugle Podcast
    Connected #21: 50% my Duty - Relay FM
    Six Colors: The 12" MacBook Air: Back to basics?
    Six Colors: Battery life: Apple's solving for x
    Wii U GamePad High Capacity Battery | Nintendo Online Store
    Six Colors: Eight years of the iPhone
    5by5 | The Prompt #30: The Internet in Your Pocket
    Hands (and fingers) on the iPhone | Macworld

    Jason's original hands-on