WikiTech Accidental Tech Podcast

Person

Marco Arment

50 mentions in 7 episodes

Podcaster and developer who upgraded to an Apple Watch Series 12 ceramic and obtained a new M6 Mac mini for transcription work.

Mentions

716: Take the Null

  • 12:53

    Marco's new note-taking app Fineliner features custom fonts inspired by Palm OS Graffiti

  • 14:12

    Marco added text tool to Fineliner for iPhone users without pencil support

  • 24:20

    Marco ordered new MacBook Pro ProLED and traded in previous model for $3,650

  • 2:02:46

    Marco confirms he has two iPhone Duos by putting them next to each other.

  • 2:03:02

    Marco was able to snag a right-sized 256GB iPhone Duo and returned the 2TB model.

  • 2:07:01

    Marco says pocket dynamics don't bother him, but he really doesn't like Touch ID.

715: Diner Lobster

  • 0:15

    Well done, John. Hey, Marco, I hear there's some rumors. There's some rumbling in the streets.

  • 2:03

    There was a time that I would look at a $3,500 laptop and be like, woof, that's expensive.

  • 9:42

    Marco, would you like me to start? Would you like to start? I'll start because mine is short.

  • 11:55

    It reminds me in many ways of the very first MacBook Air, which everyone rags on.

  • 45:00

    Casey jokingly comparing Marco's iPhone Duo to a diner lobster special order.

  • 55:47

    Marco discussing iPad Mini use cases and his work developing the drawing app Fineliner.

  • 57:10

    Marco started working on Fineliner which works well on iPad Mini for pen-based drawing.

  • 2:08:34

    Marco did order one of the new MacBook Pros

  • 2:19:39

    Marco has developed a new app called Fineliner

  • 2:33:28

    Marco hired Parakeet to make an icon but ended up not using it

714: Get the Bigger Pizza

  • 39:16

    Marco and Casey got to actually handle the iPhone duo at an Apple showcase event in Manhattan before official release.

  • 40:14

    Casey and Marco got to see each other and handle the iPhone duo, then folded and unfolded it multiple times.

  • 41:48

    and Marco, please interrupt me if you have thoughts. Oh, I have lots of thoughts. Don't worry

  • 56:18

    Using the word compromised was a very good word for the Vision Pro. The iPhone Duo from what I can tell so far, I wouldn't say it's a compromise

  • 1:16:14

    Marco had to turn out. Although I did see, I did see people complaining about it

  • 1:22:10

    We literally did everything right. We were there and the system wasn't ready. It didn't let us in

  • 1:23:39

    make it actually open the same time for everyone. And make those queues work

  • 1:45:29

    But coming, hearing the impression that you guys had actually touching and using the phone

  • 2:00:21

    So, we talked. I'm going to have a week. Submitted to the App Store

  • 2:08:33

    Marco posted the app to Slack with a test flight link

  • 2:14:15

    Casey says 'Thank you very much. I'm you. You got it.'

  • 2:19:55

    Marco bragged weeks ago about having AI make him a metal shader

713: I Have Medium Hopes

  • 0:00

    I needed to swear so Marco wouldn't use it, all right, and that's not a challenge.

  • 48:24

    Marco, Overcast will be on this device and you have no say.

  • 1:14:48

    I got pink because where I'm going to put it in our kitchen

  • 1:42:47

    I did not buy anything yet. All of my Apple TVs are fine.

  • 1:51:41

    Marco, you tried this, I think, with big HomePods once. I did. And was it awful?

712: Mildly Technologically Traumatized

  • 0:00

    Have either of you ridden in a driverless car yet? Marco had the opportunity to ride his first Waymo.

  • 12:29

    Marco was in town literally this morning, yesterday into today. Marco brought a couple of gifts.

711: Hot Dog on an Actuator

  • 0:00

    As you know, it is very important to me to never guess or BS about anything. I have actual data.

  • 2:31

    Marco Arment tell you about his offset. Absolutely. Because, you know, throughout the history of the world.

  • 40:08

    Marco presumably you want to use Overcast, but you also use Waze

  • 44:39

    Do they have overcast support, Marco? No, of course not

  • 46:21

    Marco, presumably you want to use Overcast, but you also use Waze

  • 1:24:20

    What is your world record holder? Well your Maxima probably had a bunch of miles didn't it?

  • 1:24:36

    My personally owned ones my Nissan Maxima was the highest at 94,000.

  • 1:32:32

    But usually just repairing an old car is usually the cheapest way to keep going especially like if you average it out

710: That New Mouse Pad Feeling

  • 46:09

    All right, Marco, you also got some treats. What's going on there?

  • 49:18

    The ceramic is actually a little bit bigger, especially it's, I think it's like one millimeter wider than the other materials.

  • 1:06:16

    Speaking of M6 Mac Minis. Oh, yeah. I got a new Mac Mini. Got my M6 Mac Mini, and I'm happy to say it is fast.

  • 1:14:35

    Nope, I'm pretty much with you. You nailed it. I'm not asking for Apple to give developers access to this kind of stuff at scale before they've announced it.

  • 1:41:41

    Basically that. I had a busy family weekend.

  • 1:43:07

    It ended up that any work I did trying to make Overcast work on Vision Pro was waste of time.

  • 1:46:48

    So I run a bunch of Mac minis. You do.