This week we follow up on MTJC 2018 T-Shirts and the origins of Apple’s Command Key. We also follow up on the Apple Store founders, Apple’s GDPR profile downloads, Apple Watch usage and Apple’s self driving cars. We discuss the Home Pod sales numbers, erroneous new Siri features, and a sophisticated worm virus and one of the first Internet hackers. We also chat about Apple’s own podcasts and their use of original illustrations on the App Store. Picks: A handy Xcode keyboard shortcut to the Assistant Editor and App: the Human Story, Developing UIViews in Xcode Playgrounds and 1Password 7.

Photo: Tim Mitra

Episode 196 Show Links:

• Jonathan Kuehlein on Twitter: “Visited the @mtjc_podcast headquarters of @timmitra and all we got were these cool t-shirts! @Xman_1664 #morethanjustcode #mtjc #askmtjc… https://t.co/WLj1ykzIdz”
• Tim Mitra on Twitter: “#askMTJC Did we talk about the symbol on the Command Key?… “
• The untold story of why the Command key replaced the Apple key on your Mac – BGR
• jcieplinski on Twitter: “@timmitra #MTJC Ron Johnson, originally from Target, was the retail guy you were thinking of who spearheaded the original Apple Stores. One of the unsung heroes of Apple’s rise to world domination.”
• Apple users in the EU can now download all the info the company has on them – The Verge
• Apple’s 7-nanometer A12 processors for 2018 iPhones reportedly start production – The Verge
• The Apple Watch has found a surprisingly useful home with everyone that works on their feet — Quartz
• Apple, spurned by BMW and Mercedes, signs deal with Volkswagen for driverless cars
• SkyTrain
• Apple reportedly ships 600k HomePods during Q1 as Amazon faces increasing competition | 9to5Mac
• Apple shipped an estimated 600,000 HomePods in the first quarter of the year – The Verge
• Apple teases a ‘smarter’ Siri with a new look and voice | The Star
• Apple’s teases about a smarter Siri were from last year
• What is the most sophisticated piece of software/code ever written? – Quora
• The Cuckoo’s Egg: Tracking a Spy Through the Maze of Computer Espionage – Wikipedia
• The KGB, the Computer, and Me (Complete) – YouTube
• Apple In Business Podcasts – iTunes
• Astropad Standard on the App Store
• The Expanse Trailer – YouTube
• Dark Matter – Trailer – YouTube
• Amazon.com: Foundation (9780553293357): Isaac Asimov: Books
• Cube (1997) – Opening Scene – YouTube

Episode 197 Picks:

• Illustration in the App Store + Subtraction.com
• App: The Human Story – Available Now
• Developing UIViews in Xcode Playgrounds | Topology Engineering
• Evan K. Stone on Twitter: “TIL you can load a file into the Assistant Editor in #Xcode by doing an Open Quickly search with Shift-Cmd-O, and then Alt-clicking it when the file you want to open appears in the list. ? Exactly as I expected, but had never tried before! ???? #Xcode #iOSDev #macOSDev”

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