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Mobile Couch

Design, development, and business; these guys do it all. Ben Trengrove and Daniel “Jelly” Farrelly are two iOS developers who work on everything from games to client projects, sharing techniques and b... Read more

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47: Trepidation at Jumping Into Anything New

47: Trepidation at Jumping Into Anything New

The couch answer a question about where they go to learn about new things, Jelly discusses his experiences so far with i... Read more

21 Dec 2014

1hr 9mins

Ranked #2

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69: I Don’t Even Have Coupling

69: I Don’t Even Have Coupling

In response to a topic suggestion, Jelly draws on his recent experiences with GIFwrapped to discuss ways to ensure an ap... Read more

1 Nov 2015

38mins

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54: I Don’t Really Know What I’m Doing

54: I Don’t Really Know What I’m Doing

Joining the couch this fortnight is Underscore, a.k.a. David Smith, host of Developing Perspective and independent devel... Read more

5 Apr 2015

1hr 11mins

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93: Expanding Your Mind, Man

93: Expanding Your Mind, Man

With Ben in London, Casey Liss rejoins Jelly on the couch to talk about leaving .Net behind for a career in the Apple ec... Read more

2 Oct 2016

52mins

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17: Infinitely Slow Acid Man

17: Infinitely Slow Acid Man

More Xamarin talk, as the boys discuss its cross-platform benefits, the impressive IDE, and how it compares to native cr... Read more

16 Sep 2013

55mins

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67: The Opposite to Spaghetti Code

67: The Opposite to Spaghetti Code

For the past few weeks, Jelly has been refactoring the core components of his app, so he feels like he needs to talk it ... Read more

4 Oct 2015

40mins

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21: Of Which There Are Many and Various

21: Of Which There Are Many and Various

The effect that NDAs have on a project, do they help an app succeed, or are they unnecessary? Ben asks for some freelanc... Read more

11 Nov 2013

1hr 5mins

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22: Together, You Are Captain Planet

22: Together, You Are Captain Planet

Ben and Jelly travel to Kinglake, Victoria for NSCamp: a long weekend of coding and hacking for mobile devices. While th... Read more

25 Nov 2013

42mins

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20: We Used to Grind Pixels Every Day

20: We Used to Grind Pixels Every Day

With Jelly’s need for a new Macbook Pro and the recent Apple event, now is as good a time as any to discuss the fallout,... Read more

28 Oct 2013

1hr

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14: Thinking of Retiring, Thank You

14: Thinking of Retiring, Thank You

We answer questions about the best way to learn OpenGL, and what would we want to be working on if we worked Apple; we f... Read more

5 Aug 2013

1hr 7mins

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19: Say a Teacher Has Lots of iPhones

19: Say a Teacher Has Lots of iPhones

Jake’s excited about iBeacons, and so he discusses use cases, implementation and where to get actual beacons from; and w... Read more

14 Oct 2013

55mins

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15: Infected or Influenced

15: Infected or Influenced

Casey Liss - co-host of the hugely popular ATP and Neutral podcasts - joins the couch to talk about being recognised by ... Read more

19 Aug 2013

59mins

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18: The Cache They’ve Got in Their Pocket

18: The Cache They’ve Got in Their Pocket

Jake and Jelly are joined by Stuart Hall, co-founder of Discovr and creator of AppBot to discuss the story behind his Se... Read more

30 Sep 2013

59mins

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16: Romeo Was a Drunk

16: Romeo Was a Drunk

With his interest officially piqued, Jake is looking into Xamarin, and so the boys discuss making apps in alternative la... Read more

2 Sep 2013

58mins

Ranked #15

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58: A Lot of Clicking Around

58: A Lot of Clicking Around

With Ben off attending Google I/O, Jake and Jelly talk art exhibitions, storyboards, Jelly’s struggle with sync, and pre... Read more

31 May 2015

1hr 14mins

Ranked #16

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60: Automated Monkeys

60: Automated Monkeys

In the wake of WWDC, the couch discuss their favourite sessions and lab experiences, and some of the answers to the ques... Read more

28 Jun 2015

1hr 13mins

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61: A Lower Priority

61: A Lower Priority

Following-up from the last episode, Jelly tries to recover from his failed attempts to explain why he believes that open... Read more

12 Jul 2015

40mins

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57: What Has Happened Before Will Happen Again

57: What Has Happened Before Will Happen Again

With the videos from the final NSConference out to watch for free, the couch discuss some favourites, as well as confere... Read more

17 May 2015

46mins

Ranked #19

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62: Google Your Problem

62: Google Your Problem

After touching on some Core Data follow-up, Jake proposes that the couch talk about Frameworks. Apple’s Cocoa includes a... Read more

26 Jul 2015

50mins

Ranked #20

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59: Final Battery Warning

59: Final Battery Warning

The WWDC 2015 keynote has come and gone, but Eddy Cue’s dance moves will forever haunt us. Jake and Ben call in from San... Read more

11 Jun 2015

1hr 17mins

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