58: A Lot of Clicking Around
Published 1 June 2015 • 1 hour, 14 minutes
With Ben off attending Google I/O, Jake and Jelly talk art exhibitions, storyboards, Jelly’s struggle with sync, and prepping for WWDC.
Mobile Couch
Creating great apps for Apple’s mobile devices.
This podcast is no longer in production.
57: What Has Happened Before Will Happen Again
Published 18 May 2015 • 46 minutes, 49 seconds
With the videos from the final NSConference out to watch for free, the couch discuss some favourites, as well as conferences in general. Plus, a brief look at presenting alternate view controllers, such as onboarding screens and login dialogs.
56: Special Opportunity
Published 4 May 2015 • 53 minutes, 30 seconds
Jake has his watch in hand, so after going back over some unit testing follow-up, and with a single weekend’s experience, the couch looks at first impressions, the various delays that people are struggling with, and handling multiple asynchronous tasks with dispatch groups.
Ben Trengrove
When it turned out that the life of an airline pilot wasn’t going to cut it, Ben turned to developing software. Originally from New Zealand, Ben now lives in Canberra, and works as part of Stripy Sock.
Ben has developed everything from educational games (such as Shiny Things’ Quick Math) to simple utilities for pilots. He has a head for algorithms, a penchant for toying with low-level code, and acts as the couch’s resident Android expert.
Sometimes he wishes he was flying instead.
Daniel “Jelly” Farrelly
The creator of GIFwrapped, as well as several open-source libraries, Jelly spends his days as an independent developer, moonlighting as a consultant on occasions where it suits his whims.
Having come from a design and illustration background, Jelly’s skill set lies in creating user interfaces, finding ways to interact with and delight the users of his apps, as well as coming up with truly awful names for his open-source libraries.
That, and his terrible jokes.