Brotherly Mobile Podcast

Matt interviews Andy about his experience at Philly Codefest 2015.Show Notes:Philly CodefestHoodie PillowIndego Philly's Bike ShareBreakTimePortable Folding Laptop Notebook Book Table Desk Tray Stand

Andy and Matt talk about the upcoming Philly Codefest 2015, refactoring code for improvement versus attempting the quick and dirty option, and knowing when to continue persevering on a software implementation approach versus knowing when to "cut bait."Show notes:Pixelmator Support Thread on Adjustment LayersPhilly Codefest 2015Swift 1.2NSHipster's Swift 1.2 Recap

Matt and Andy talk about Storyboards and Segues.  Matt fights with Xcode.  Andy experiences Ingress for the first time.  And a discussion about how keeping up with communication in the age of the Internet is tiring.Show notes:Adding a Segue Between Scenes in a StoryboardTwo different kinds of peopleAirmail 2.0Google Hangouts EffectsFunction currying in SwiftTweet us:  #whowasmorewrong  Vote for Matt or Andy.

A discussion on implementing "sync" in mobile apps.  Some pros and cons of how other apps do it.  An update on Andy's phone situation.Show notes:GoGroove SmartAUX miniBrent Simmons' Vesper Sync DiaryiPhone overheating (and freezing) errorThe weird Overcast sync error

Matt and Andy talk about Swift in light of functional programming vs OOP, and how to balance learning something new while also providing customer value.  Also an update on Andy's phone status.Show Notes:Developing Perspective, Episode 209Functional Programming on WikipediaThe Swift Programming Language iBook from AppleFunctional Programming in Swift, from objc.ioNatasha Murashev's Presentation at The Functional Swift ConferenceAndy Matuschak's Presentation at the Functional Swift ConferenceGetting Your apps ready for Nexus 6 and Nexus 9The Pursuit of Learning Through Bad Ideas

Matt and Andy talk about losing your iPhone, Ingress, Swift lazy properties, and how to be a polite technical recruiter.Show Notes:Swift Lazy Properties - Apple DocumentationLazy Initialization with SwiftPaper Karma: Control Your Mailbox, Stop Unwanted Paper Mail - Using Your Phone!CodecademyFind My iPhoneThe Niantic Project: What is Google Up To?The Niantic ProjectWhat is Ingress?“Don’t cross the streams”"Cockroach up on twelve"Ingress Field Art (Pinterest)

Matt and Andy talk about considering Swift for use in real development projects.  They also consider the merits that Swift is one more thing distracting Apple.  Matt gives his opinion and overview of Omnifocus.Show NotesOmniFocusWunderlistThingsDavid Allen's "Getting Things Done""Creating Flow with OmniFocus" by Kourosh Dini M.D.Apples to apples, Part II: An analysis of sorts between Objective-C and SwiftRay Wenderlich TutorialsApple Developer Forum Post discussing packaging iOS applications on the command line that contain Swift

Matt and Andy react to Marco Arment's firestorm post about the end of Apple.Show Notes:marco.org - Apple has lost the functional high groundSwiftOS X YosemiteiOS8iOS 8 Today Widget RejectionsAndroid 5.0 LollipopiTunes MatchFederally recognized holidays 2014 & 2015

Matt and Andy look back at what worked well for us in 2014, and what we want to improve on in the new year.Show Notes:Ruby SucksNode SchoolAndy's WorkbenchFacebook TweaksPhilly Cocoaheads

Matt and Andy talk more about software estimation, Android development, and hotfixes.Jake Wharton's u2020iTunes Connect Holiday ShutdownThe Clean Coder: A Code of Conduct for Professional Programmers (Robert C. Martin Series)

SwipeRefreshLayoutStackoverflow: SwipeRefreshLayout setRefreshing not showing indicator initially The Clean Coder: A Code of Conduct for Professional Programmers (Robert C. Martin Series)Scrum Effort Estimation and Story Points 

Matt and Andy kick off Brotherly Mobile with a glorified sound check, and a discussion of topics to come.