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#2: You Start From Zero

September 22nd, 2014 · 82 minutes

This week Jason gets to address a bunch of iPhone follow-up (which he is super excited about) and Myke quizzes him about his first week of writing at Six Colors.

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Myke Hurley on Twitter: "Working hard guys http://t.co/wG0xr94UTQ"
Goodbye, Macworld | The Verge
United States Patent Application: 0130076612
As Opening Weekend iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus Sales Top 10 Million, We Look Back at Previous iPhone Launches – MacStories
Daring Fireball: The iPhones 6

My understanding, talking to people at the event last week, is that Apple’s industrial design team mocked up prototypes of every single size between 4.0 and 6.0 inches, in tenths-of-an-inch increments, and from those 20 sizes selected the two that best hit the sweet spots for “regular iPhone” and “ginormous iPhone”. We might never see new iPhone sizes again — or at least not bigger ones.

Six Colors: The luxury of the Apple Watch Edition
Accidental Tech Podcast: 83: Entering the iTouch Phase of My Life
David Sparks on Twitter: "I thank I angered the entire Internet by repeatedly saying “Hey Siri” on the podcast. Think we’ll need a codeword for future reference."
Six Colors: Hey, Siri... no, the other Siri
Spigen iPhone 6 plus (5.5") Case Capsule Series Crystal Clear (PET) SGP10886: Amazon.co.uk: Electronics
Connected - Relay FM
Six Colors - Jason Snell on Apple, technology, and other geeky stuff
About Six Colors - Six Colors
The Incomparable - Geeky podcasts you'll love
Six Colors: U.S.S. Enterprise to Boldly Go Back to the Workshop
iOS 8 Changed How I Work on My iPhone and iPad – MacStories
Daring Fireball: Six Colors
Chris Pepper (reppep) | Twitter

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