Under The Radar

Accepting that our motivation and productivity are cyclical, with periods of very little work getting done.

Developer-relevant analysis of this week's Apple releases and how we can use them in our work.

App Store subscription scams, and considering the ethics of how our apps make money.

Why the Apple Watch needs third-party faces, tools to make them for yourself today, and overcoming the reasons why Apple may not want to offer them.

Long-term career planning, predicting where Apple is going, betting on the right technologies, and wondering whether we'll still be doing this in ten years.

Answering the surprisingly difficult question of "How many steps did you take today?"

The value of making apps only for yourself that you never release.

Concepts and considerations for implementing full-text search in your app, with examples from Overcast 5.

Finalizing our iOS 12 and watchOS 5 updates, and updating our apps for the new iPhones and Apple Watches before we can actually buy them.

Setting up your business for extended times away, and how to start working again when you get back.

The huge gifts we were given in watchOS 5, and today's environment for building Apple Watch apps.

How we're affected by the iOS 12 changes and revised App Store review guidelines.

The first things we do after WWDC every year, and why this year might be different.

Live interviews at Social Policy in San Jose, with first impressions from Curtis Hurbert, Joe Cieplinski, and Kaya Thomas.

Packing, preparation, and logistical tips for a happy, healthy, and productive WWDC.

The challenge of trying to form a union or other collective action group for developers.

Considering accessibility as part of usability, and testing with the most common iOS accessibility APIs.

Whether you need one of the new .app domains, and the ramifications of Microsoft's lower app-store commissions.

Lessons from Android's success, hot new things from past WWDCs that didn't pan out, and trying to improve or avoid social problems with our apps.

Planning out our apps before writing any code, deciding which ideas NOT to pursue, a converged "Marzipan" world, and accessibility.