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    #2: You Start From Zero

    September 22nd, 2014 · 82 minutes

    This week Jason gets to address a bunch of iPhone follow-up (which he is super excited about) and Myke quizzes him about his first week of writing at Six Colors.

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    Myke Hurley on Twitter: "Working hard guys http://t.co/wG0xr94UTQ"
    Goodbye, Macworld | The Verge
    United States Patent Application: 0130076612
    As Opening Weekend iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus Sales Top 10 Million, We Look Back at Previous iPhone Launches – MacStories
    Daring Fireball: The iPhones 6

    My understanding, talking to people at the event last week, is that Apple’s industrial design team mocked up prototypes of every single size between 4.0 and 6.0 inches, in tenths-of-an-inch increments, and from those 20 sizes selected the two that best hit the sweet spots for “regular iPhone” and “ginormous iPhone”. We might never see new iPhone sizes again — or at least not bigger ones.

    Six Colors: The luxury of the Apple Watch Edition
    Accidental Tech Podcast: 83: Entering the iTouch Phase of My Life
    David Sparks on Twitter: "I thank I angered the entire Internet by repeatedly saying “Hey Siri” on the podcast. Think we’ll need a codeword for future reference."
    Six Colors: Hey, Siri... no, the other Siri
    Spigen iPhone 6 plus (5.5") Case Capsule Series Crystal Clear (PET) SGP10886: Amazon.co.uk: Electronics
    Connected - Relay FM
    Six Colors - Jason Snell on Apple, technology, and other geeky stuff
    About Six Colors - Six Colors
    The Incomparable - Geeky podcasts you'll love
    Six Colors: U.S.S. Enterprise to Boldly Go Back to the Workshop
    iOS 8 Changed How I Work on My iPhone and iPad – MacStories
    Daring Fireball: Six Colors
    Chris Pepper (reppep) | Twitter

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