I prepared a few simple WWDC-themed wallpapers for 2020, based on the assets Apple is using this year. Every wallpaper is in 6K and is Pro Display XDR Ready™️. Feel free to convert them to JPG is you’d like smaller files — they’re around 33 MB each.
WWDC
Keep a Stiff Upper Lip (WWDC Feedback) →
Daniel Kennet:
I’m a person that would describe myself as “slightly introverted”. I cannot begin to describe how deeply uncomfortable it was to walk into the registration room on Sunday to multiple employees cheering and clapping at me, trying to give me high fives. I understand the want to make people excited, but this needs to have its limits. During the conference, I got cheered and high-fived pretty much the entire week for things like:
- Picking up a bag of chips.
- Walking down some stairs.
- Coming out of the toilet.
- Walking back up the earlier-mentioned stairs.
- Walking down the street outside the conference when I was going somewhere else.
I’m not especially introverted and I generally find Apple’s “high five culture” strange.
Apple to 2019 WWDC June 3-7 in San Jose →
Apple:
Apple today announced it will host its annual Worldwide Developers Conference in San Jose from June 3 through June 7 at the McEnery Convention Center.
WWDC 2019 Dates Confirmed: June 3-7 in San Jose →
Joe Rossignol, for MacRumors:
Apple has yet to announce the dates for its Worldwide Developers Conferencein 2019, but MacRumors has uncovered evidence that confirms the event will take place June 3-7 at the McEnery Convention Center in San Jose, California.
2018 Apple Design Awards Winners
WWDC wouldn’t be the same without the Apple Design Awards and they’re back this year with some great finalists:
- Agenda — A new take on notes — Mac — free
- BANDIMAL — iOS — $3.99
- Calzy — Mac / iOS — $1.99
- iTranslate Converse — iPhone — free
- Triton Sponge — iPad — free
- Florence — iOS — $2.99
- Playdead’s INSIDE — iOS / Apple TV — free
- Alto’s Odyssey — iOS / Apple TV — $4.99
- Frost — iOS — $4.99
- Oddmar — iOS — $4.99
I especially recommend getting Alto’s Odyssey if you haven’t played it yet — it’s an aural and visual masterpiece.
The Talk Show Live From WWDC 2018 with Greg Joswiak and Mike Rockwell
This is one of the high points of WWDC for me – Gruber’s Talk Show Live. Greg Joswiak (VP of Marketing) and Mike Rockwell (VP of AR/VR Engineering) join John on stage to talk about the stuff announced by Apple.
Watch the whole thing — it’s definitely worth it (the show starts around the 21:30 mark).
Steven Troughton-Smith Finds Dark Mode and More In macOS 10.14 →
Ladies and gentlemen, I give you Xcode 10 on macOS 10.14. Dark Appearance, Apple News, App Store w/ video previews…
My curiousity has been piqued and I can’t wait to watch the keynote tomorrow! Go see Steve’s tweet and the attached screenshots.
Quick Thoughts on WWDC 2017
I haven’t had enough time to think about all the WWDC 2017 announcements yet — there were so many — so I’ll most likely voice my thoughts and perhaps even come to some conclusions on a future podcast episode, but in the meantime, I wanted to share some of my thoughts and worries.
2017 Apple Design Award Winners
Apple announced its 2017 Design Award winners a few days ago and I was quite surprised — I try to keep up with the best apps and games, but I was completely unaware about some of them. Oh well — time to go spend some money.
★ Blackbox – iPhone – $0.00 →
★ Splitter Critters – iOS – $2.99 →
★ Mushroom 11 – iOS – $4.99 →
★ Old Man’s Journey – iOS – $4.99 →
★ Severed – iOS – $2.99 →
★ Lake – iOS – $0.00 →
★ Bear – iOS – $0.00 →
★ Bear – Mac – $0.00 →
★ Kitchen Stories – iOS – $0.00 →
★ Things 3 – iPhone – $9.99 →
★ Things 3 – iPad – $19.99 →
★ Things 3 – Mac – $49.99 →
★ Elk – iOS – $0.00 →
★ Enlight – iOS – $3.99 →
★ AirMail 3 – iOS – $4.99 →
★ AirMail 3 – Mac – $9.99 →
Apple’s WWDC Code of Conduct →
Apple displays its new Code of Conduct on their WWDC registration page:
Apple is committed to diversity and to providing a harassment-free conference experience for everyone. All attendees have the right to a safe and welcoming environment regardless of gender, gender identity and expression, age, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, ethnicity, religion, or any other attributes. In addition to treating others respectfully, please do not bring items with disrespectful, malicious, or sexually-oriented writing, images, or audio to the conference.
Apple reserves the right to refuse admittance to, or remove any person from WWDC (including from any WWDC events) at any time in its sole discretion with no refund, including but not limited to attendees behaving in an inappropriate, disorderly, disrespectful, or dangerous manner or failing to comply with these terms and conditions. All attendees must follow safety signage, instructions, and rules. If you have an experience that violates this code of conduct, visit Attendee Services and ask for a manager.
Refreshingly short, precise, clear, and no-nonsense. I’m just sad that these things have to even exist. They shouldn’t need to. We’re fundamentally all the same.
Phil Schiller: ”It Feels Like WWDC is Going Home“ →
John Gruber:
Apple doesn’t like to explain itself. I don’t know why Apple moved WWDC to San Francisco in 2003. But my guess is that they sought more media attention. Apple went to where the attention was. Today, the attention comes to Apple. They could hold WWDC in the middle of a desert and it would still sell out in an instant and there’d be the same convoy of media trucks outside the hall the morning of the keynote. If a large corporation can be described as a homebody, Apple is it. And San Francisco is not Apple’s home turf.
Schiller has been at Apple (and on stage at WWDC) throughout this entire run, and he seems ready to go back. “It feels like WWDC is going home,” he told me.
It’s still one of my dreams to go to WWDC, but since I’m not a developer, it wouldn’t feel right taking part in the lottery. The costs are an issue too, of course, but the former is a primary deterrent for me.
WWDC 2017 Will Be Held in in San Jose on June 5-9, 2017 →
Apple PR:
Apple® today announced its 28th annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) — hosting the world’s most talented developer community — will be held at the McEnery Convention Center in San Jose. The conference, kicking off June 5, will inspire developers from all walks of life to turn their passions into the next great innovations and apps that customers use every day across iPhone®, iPad®, Apple Watch®, Apple TV® and Mac®.
Mark your calendars.
Quick Thoughts on iOS 10, macOS Sierra, tvOS 10,
and watchOS 3 from WWDC 2016
I’ve been thinking about what Apple showed us at this year’s WWDC 2016, and I can’t help but be satisfied with what they presented. iOS and macOS seems to have finally been accepted as mature operating systems, and I haven’t seem much criticism, nor any ‘Apple is doomed’ stories.
How Removing Apple’s ‘Junk’ Apps in iOS 10 Really Works
Apple File System (APFS) →
Apple:
HFS+ and it’s predecessor HFS are more than 30 years old. These file systems were developed in an era of floppy disks and spinning hard drives, where file sizes were calculated in kilobytes or megabytes. Today, solid-state drives store millions of files, accounting for gigabytes or terabytes of data. There is now also a greater importance placed on keeping sensitive information secure and safe from prying eyes.
A new file system is needed to meet the current needs of Apple products, and support new technologies for decades to come.
I can only imagine John Siracusa’s grin, smile or tension-releasing-sigh when he first heard of this news.
iMessage on Android to Be Presented at WWDC →
MacDailyNews:
Apple will announce that iMessage encrypted text messaging is coming to Android users at WWDC next Monday at WWDC 2016, according to a source familiar with the company’s thinking.
This would be the one thing that would actually surprise me.
No Apple Display With Integrated GPU at WWDC — Think Software for This Year →
Rene Ritchie:
There’d been some speculation on Twitter and rumor reports about Apple possibly introducing a display with an integrated eGPU. Theory being, it would take some of the graphical processing overhead off MacBooks and/or facilitate a single-cable connection that could drive 5K. It sounds cool, but I asked around, and it’s not happening at the keynote or any time in the immediate future.
So that’s that. I can’t wait to see the backlash from the internet that no new hardware will be introduced (reportedly).
WWDC 2016 Officially Announced by Apple →
Apple:
Apple® today announced that it will hold its 27th annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), hosting the creative talent behind the world’s most innovative apps, from June 13 through 17 in San Francisco. At WWDC, Apple’s developer community comes together from all corners of the globe to learn about the future of Apple’s four software platforms — iOS, OS X®, watchOS® and tvOS™.
Monday’s kickoff events, including the keynote address, will be held at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium. The rest of the week’s conference sessions will take place at Moscone West.
Siri was first, and she wasn’t wrong.
P.S. The keynote address will be live streamed.