Limitless Possibility

Luc-Olivier and Yanik talk for a really long time about NSNorth and about their Apple Watch impressions. Related Links FU: Mid-Range 1.2 GHz Retina MacBook CPU Shows Nice Speed Boost Over Low-End Model - Mac Rumors FU: An Analysis of Foursquare's Popularity After Removing Check-Ins — Junkyard Sam FU: Swarm on the App Store FU: Messenger.com FU: The Verge: Facebook introduces Hello, an app to replace the Android dialer FU: Reddit: Pokemon Rumble World's “Free to Start” paid system might be an excellent new F2P system NSNorth 2015 Apple to Offer Band Only Exchanges for Apple Watch - Mac Rumors Apple Watch Waterproof Test A Blog to Watch: Apple Watch Review Chapter 1: Setup & First Day Experience The website for the Resolve podcast Yanik mentions at the end of the show has seemingly been taken offline.

Yanik and Luc-Olivier talk about the Unbundled App Crisis of 2014. Related Links FU: Mac Rumors: Early Benchmarks Put Retina MacBook CPU Performance in Range of 2011 MacBook Air FU: It's Official: Jay Z's Historic Tidal Launches With 16 Artist Stakeholders | Billboard FU: Jay Z relaunches Tidal with music's biggest artists as his co-owners | The Verge FU: This is the Only Thing You Need to Know About "Hifi" Tidal Streaming - Create Digital Music FU: Gawker: The World's Most Famous Musicians Just Hosted a Bonkers Press Conference FU: TIDAL’s celebrity backers “taking the story back” from the evil tech industry FU: TechCrunch: Tidal Confirms Partnership With Sprint Owner Softbank For Its Artist Co-Owned Music Service FU: Storify: Mint Royale on Tidal streaming FU: The Lefsetz Letter: Tidal The Foursquare Blog: A look into the future of Foursquare, including a new app called Swarm The Foursquare Blog: A brand new Foursquare, with a brand new logo and look, is almost ready for you TechCrunch: Kill The Hamburge

Luc-Olivier talks about how to deal with a new version of your beloved software. Related Links FU: David’s tweet about Stagecast FU: Ars Technica: Hands-on with the Retina MacBook: One-port wonder FU: Tiny Cartridge: Nintendo’s next platform (console?) is the “NX” FU: Tiny Cartridge: Nintendo leading development of its phone games FU: Try On a Paper Apple Watch — Liss is More Apple - OS X - Photos Preview Apple releases public beta of OS X 10.10.3 with new Photos app | The Verge Panic Blog » Coda 2.5 and the Mac App Store Six Colors: BBEdit at Max Q [ANN] BBEdit 11 Pricing - Google Groups Çingleton - Rich Seigel on Vimeo iOS 9: Everything We Know | MacRumors Apple's iOS 9 to have 'huge' stability and optimization focus after years of feature additions | 9to5Mac

Luc-Olivier & Yanik give their 2 cents about the Apple Spring Forward Event. Related Links FU: Limitless Possibility #4: Look Ma, No Subs! FU: Yanik's JLPT N2 certificate FU: Wikipedia: Stagecast Creator HBO NOW The new MacBook ATP #107: We Get the Most Boring Tips Federico Viticci's photos of the new MacBook Macworld: Lab tested: The Mac Pro Daisy Chain Challenge stratechery: Mobile First Apple Watch Appple Watch Gallery John Gruber and Marco Arment discussing their wrist circumference on Twitter Daring Fireball: Apple Watch Prelude ResearchKit

Yanik talks about his experimenting with game development. Related Links FU: The developer iTunes connect snafu FU: Apple will fight iOS bugs with first-ever iOS Public Betas: 8.3 in March, 9 in summer | 9to5Mac FU: Revealed: The experts Apple hired to build an electric car | 9to5Mac FU: Apple Hairball? Ex-GM CEO Says Building Cars May Not Be Worth It - Bloomberg Business FU: Apple reportedly poached employees from A123 Systems to work on battery tech, now faces unfair competition lawsuit | 9to5Mac FU: Bloomberg: Apple planning to launch its own car by the year 2020 | 9to5Mac Wikipedia: ResEdit Wikipedia: QuickTime VR Wikipedia: TimeSplitters 2 cocos2d LÖVE - Free 2D Game Engine Lua's official site Wikipedia: Lua (programming language) Wikipedia: Prototype-based programming LÖVE Wiki: Game Distribution Useful modules: Donut, lovebird

Special Episode: While Yanik is enjoying Japan, we decided to air a special episode. This week's episode is our second pilot. It was recorded nearly one year ago when Yanik and I were tinkering with the idea of starting our own podcast. Enjoy ! The iMac Yanik bought before starting college back in 2008 dies, and he decides to explore how the role of the personal computer has evolved since then, and considers possible replacements for his iMac. (Recorded on April 27th, 2014) Related Links Luc-Olivier's & Yanik's iMac Core 2 Duo 2.66 20-Inch (Early 2008) Specs I did say Mid 2008 but I meant Early 2008. Sorry -L iPhone 3G iPod Touch (First Gen) Yanik's beloved Mac OS 8.5 Panic's Transmit, and the user guide for Transit 1.0 which is specifically the version mentioned Facebook Paper, Reeder (and the Mac beta), Diet Coda Yanik's Polyphonic Room Tweetbot for Mac and Twitterrific for Mac, the Twitter clients we use I finally switched to Tweetbot for Mac -L Editorial Pythonista For th

What the hosts are eagerly awaiting in 2015. Realtime Followup: In this episode, Yanik says the protagonist of Hatoful Boyfriend is a pigeon. This is incorrect, the protagonist of Hatoful Boyfriend is a human girl. We deeply regret this error. Related Links FU: PlayStation Store Update 1/13 FU: Asahi Shimbun report on F2P game usage and trends (Japanese) FU: Tiny Cartridge: Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Edition is happening FU: Stack Overflow: PHP Fatal error: Call to undefined function json_decode() Apple planning Apple Pay expansion into Canada as soon as March | 9to5Mac Latest iOS 8.2 iPhone beta adds Apple Watch Bluetooth support, confirms app | 9to5Mac Apple Watch iPhone ‘Companion’ app revealed w/ new Watch features, monograms | 9to5Mac Apple - CarPlay Apple CarPlay - Wikipedia Coming Soon: Android Auto Android Auto - Wikipedia Open Automotive Alliance Open Automotive Alliance - Wikipedia Apple CarPlay Demonstrated In A Ferrari FF At The Geneva Motor Show - YouTube Mercedes-Benz TV: Apple CarPla

How Yanik came to accept free-to-play games and why you should too. Related Links CrunchyRoll: Hi-sCool! Seha Girls Episode 9: Weapon Enhancement Succeeds at a 50% Rate, but It Sure Feels Like 15% to Me Puzzle & Dragons Tech in Asia: Japan’s Consumer Affairs Agency Deems ‘Kompu Gacha’ Sales a Violation of Law Gamasutra: Puzzle & Dragons & Monetization: How Great Game Design Drives GungHo's Global Hit Gamasutra: How Puzzle & Dragons Does It GDC Vault: P&D Postmortem A list of the 135 arcades that closed in Japan in 2014 CROSSxBEATS (Japanese) Phantasy Star Online 2 (Japanese), Arks Layer which does the English translation PSO2 Cirnopedia: AC Shop, a list of all the items purchasable with AC on PSO2 8-4 Play 12/26/2014: LAST PODCAST (I GAVE YOU MY HEART) Monster Strike New York Times: ‘Monster Strike’ Gives Former Social Media Giant Mixi a Second Act Terra Battle GameSpot: Nintendo: Free-to-play is hurting our hardware business Kotaku: So What Did You Think Of Bravely Default's Se

Luc-Olivier talks about the current state of streaming services. Related Links FU: Yanik buying Mighty Gunvolt on his New 3DS with Suica FU: The Verge: Apple Pay now supports the cards that make up 90 percent of credit card purchases in the US FU: The Verge: Google Wallet for iOS now supports Touch ID and helps you split the bill FU: Keith Rabois w/ Semil Shah, Dissecting Apple Pay FU: Luc-Olivier used his iPad to post the last episode Taylor Swift removes all her music from Spotify | Daily Mail UK On Taylor Swift’s Decision To Remove Her Music from Spotify | Spotify Blog $2 Billion and Counting | Spotify Blog Spotify Explained | Spotify Artists Spotify Royalties | Wikipedia

Yanik takes you through his journey learning Japanese as he prepares for the JLPT.Related LinksFU: One Tap LessFU: Six Colors: How Apple can boost my iPad productivityFU: Pocket Blog: The Screen-Size Debate: How the iPhone 6 Plus Impacts Where We Read & WatchWikipedia: Charter of the French Language (Bill 101)All Japanese All The Time and Fluent in 3 MonthsJapanese EngadgetJapanese Language Proficiency TestAnki, the spaced repetition system Yanik usesEos, the teaser page

Luc-Olivier shares his feelings about his adventure trying to use his iPad more often.Related LinksFU: iOS 8.1.1 is outFU: Viticci's tweet about iOS 8.1.1 BetaFU: 1Password is happy about iOS 8.1.1FU: iOS 8.1.1. installation sizeFU: 9to5mac: Staples turns on Apple Pay support at its retail stores ahead of Black FridayFU: Tech in Asia: Apple set to make even more money in China as it adds UnionPay support to App StoreFU: David in New York corrects Yanik on MetroCardiPhone Model comparison - WikipediaiPad Timeline - WikipediaMacBook Timeline - Wikipedia

Yanik goes through a history of mobile payments, comparing the mature Japanese ecosystem to the blooming American one. Related Links FU: iOS 8.1 and iCloud Issues FU: Instacast's developer on iOS 7 silent push notifications / background fetch Japan Railway & Transport Review Issue #50 (Sep 2008): IC Cards Polygon: Nintendo eyes expansion of digital payment on New Nintendo 3DS This Week in Tech #481: Good Touch, Bad Touch In Beta #10: Wave Your Dongle Here Snarketing 2.0: Failed CurrentC TechCrunch: CurrentC Is The Big Retailers’ Clunky Attempt To Kill Apple Pay And Credit Card Fees Kirk Lennon: How Apple Pay Really Works and Why You Should Begin Using it Immediately The Verge: Grocery chain Meijer breaks with other CurrentC retailers to accept Apple Pay halcy's takeaway from the whole situation

Luc-Olivier goes through a list of issues found in iOS 8 that rubs him the wrong way. Related Links Apple releases iOS 8.0.1 with fixes, but many users reporting it breaks Cellular + Touch ID | 9to5mac Loss of cellular service or ability to use Touch ID after updating to iOS 8.0.1 on iPhone 6 or iPhone 6 Plus iOS 8.0.1 May Have a Link to Apple Maps Fail From 2012 iOS 8 Causing Widespread Bluetooth Connectivity Issues in Cars - Mac Rumors Apple seemingly removing HealthKit compatible iOS 8 apps from App Store due to issues (U: Apple statement) | 9to5mac Federico Viticci's comment about HealthKit Apple temporarily pulls blood glucose measurements from Health app - Analog Senses Bug in iOS 8's 'Reset All Settings' Option Also Erases iCloud Drive Documents - Mac Rumors My IPhone 4s is not sending text messages to just one person. Help! | Apple Support Communities iOS 8 Adoption Stagnates Just Two and a Half Weeks After Launch - Mac Rumors Daring Fireball: Note to Self: It’s the Storage Space, Stupid