Swift App School

In this episode, you hear from Charles Long and Bob Williams, Co-Founders of Swift App School.  Timestamps: 00:26 Losing Our Fathers and Hurricane Helene 08:17 2024 Summer App Camp 19:14 OpenDoors Asheville Partnership and Our Future STEM Nonprofit Coming Soon 25:33 Apple In The News 57:10 Something cool! We hope you enjoy our episode! Links: OpenDoors Asheville https://opendoorsasheville.org Apple May 7th Event  https://www.youtube.com/live/f1J38FlDKxo?si=RjZeFpxlCaWrCIYS Apple's WWDC 2024 https://www.youtube.com/live/RXeOiIDNNek?si=Fh3kU_ydVGFx4z_u Apple Intelligence https://youtu.be/Q_EYoV1kZWk?si=fPF3VbB3IvKZgA9K   Apple's September 9th “It's Glowtime” Event https://www.youtube.com/live/uarNiSl_uh4?si=TE6zC0znXBdMlerJ Apple October Announcements: iMac - https://youtu.be/eaB7nCdId0Y?si=pBYgKo32gX08sBHg Mac mini - https://youtu.be/TtFm9n3NVzE?si=5qiSzRpTmp2YTe7a MacBook Pro - https://youtu.be/G0cmfY7qdmY?si=tvtsaBsX2Bv_XIO3 Something Cool: Is Apple really making a foldable iPad? https://www.macrumors.com/guide/foldable-ipad/ Music provided by "https://ncs.io/aperture"

In this episode, you hear from Charles Long and Bob Williams, Co-Founders of Swift App School.  Timestamps: 00:44 Computer Science Education Week 05:24 2023 Summer App Camp 11:20 MacStadium Case study 18:45 Apple's September “Wonderlust” Event 37:14 Apple's October “Scary Fast” Event Something Cool: 44:34 Apple + RCS? 50:16 Personal Voice Ad 52:14 AI Pin by Humane We hope you enjoy our episode! Links: Computer Science Education Week: https://www.csedweek.org 2023 App Camp, MacStadium case study and future plans for Swift App School https://www.macstadium.com/customers/swift-app-school Apple's September “Wonderlust” Event Apple Event - September 12 Apple's October “Scary Fast” Event Apple Event - October 30 Something Cool: Apple's surprising iMessage Move - RCS Coming? https://www.forbes.com/sites/kateoflahertyuk/2023/11/17/apple-announces-surprise-new-iphone-move-starting-2024/?sh=1f7b2865c5eb Apple's new personal voice ad: Personal Voice on iPhone | The Lost Voice | Apple AI Pin by Humane https://hu.ma.ne/aipin Music provided by "https://ncs.io/aperture"

In this episode, you hear from Charles Long and Bob Williams, Co-Founders of Swift App School.  Timestamps: 02:05 New Mac Hardware 10:12 iOS 17 17:34 iPad OS 17 19:29 macOS Sonoma 23:58 Audio, tvOS and HomeKit 26:52 watchOS 10 33:36 Apple Vision Pro!   We hope you enjoy our episode! Links: WWDC 2023: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYkq9Rgoj8E New Mac Hardware: https://www.apple.com/mac/ Apple Vision Pro https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TX9qSaGXFyg Music provided by "https://ncs.io/aperture"

In this episode, you hear from Charles Long and Bob Williams, Co-Founders of Swift App School.  Timestamps: 01:19 Holidays 07:19 What's New With Swift App School  18:06 Major Advancements Of AI & ChatGPT Discussion Apple In The News: 54:06 Apple Releases New Computers!   59:55 Apple Store Changes & New Classical Music App 01:03:56 Something Cool!  We hope you enjoy our episode! Links: Atomic Habits Book: Shout out to MacStadium 2023 Summer App Camp  Hatch Innovation Hub Artificial Intelligence  https://venturebeat.com/ai/from-dall-e-2-to-chatgpt-covering-ais-wild-year-the-ai-beat/ DALL-E 2: https://openai.com/product/dall-e-2 ChatGPT: https://openai.com/blog/chatgpt MidJourney: https://www.midjourney.com Stable Diffusion AI: https://stability.ai/blog/stable-diffusion-public-release The power of ChatGPT: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/chatgpt-on-track-to-surpass-100-million-users-faster-than-tiktok-or-instagram-ubs-214423357.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=HTWfA7KFzoA With ChatGPT and Microsoft support, is Google in trouble? https://openai.com/blog/openai-and-microsoft-extend-partnership https://www.theverge.com/2023/1/9/23546144/microsoft-openai-word-powerpoint-outlook-gpt-integration-rumor https://www.cnbc.com/2022/12/15/google-vs-chatgpt-what-happened-when-i-swapped-services-for-a-day.html https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/chatgpt-caused-code-red-at-google-report-says/ https://www.businessinsider.com/bing-chatgpt-google-faces-first-real-competition-in-20-years-2023-1 https://www.firstpost.com/world/chatgpt-can-destroy-google-search-in-two-years-says-gmail-creator-12070222.html https://www.theverge.com/2023/1/4/23538552/microsoft-bing-chatgpt-search-google-competition Competition Responses to ChatGPT: https://blog.google/technology/ai/bard-google-ai-search-updates/ https://www.engadget.com/meta-is-working-on-ai-personas-for-instagram-messenger-and-whatsapp-223316961.html ChatGPT and the Job Industry: https://www.datanami.com/2021/08/09/we-need-to-prepare-for-tomorrows-ai-job-impacts-now/ https://www.the-sun.com/tech/7211994/lose-job-ai-chatgpt-work-hour-seconds/ https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/28/tech/chatgpt-real-estate/index.html https://www.inc.com/eric-holtzclaw/ive-been-using-chatgpt-for-my-business-for-a-month-its-already-saved-me-40-hours-7500.html ChatGPT in Education: https://thehill.com/policy/technology/3816348-what-is-chatgpt-ai-technology-sends-schools-scrambling-to-preserve-learning/ https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/jan/10/universities-to-return-to-pen-and-paper-exams-after-students-caught-using-ai-to-write-essays https://www.wired.com/story/chatgpt-is-coming-for-classrooms-dont-panic/ https://www.businessinsider.com/education-experts-teachers-generative-ai-chatgpt-classroom-2023-1 https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2023/02/07/reinventing-search-with-a-new-ai-powered-microsoft-bing-and-edge-your-copilot-for-the-web/ Products and Apps Mentioned: Samsung Odyssey Neo G9 AirPods Pro  New Mac Minis with M2 and M2 Pro Chips New MacBook Pros with M2 Pro / Max Chips App Store Pricing Changes New Apple Music Classical App Apple Music SingMusic provided by "https://ncs.io/aperture"

In this episode, you hear from Charles Long and Bob Williams, Co-Founders of Swift App School. Timestamps: First impressions from Apple's latest releases: 01:50 iPhone 14 and related news 16:02 New iPads - The Good, The Bad and the Ugly 26:18 macOS Ventura 36:51 Apple Watch Ultra 39:00 Air Pods Pro Apple In The News: 41:00 Apple's Design Chief Is Leaving? 46:01 Will Apple remove the "Hey" keyword to wake Siri? Somethings Really Cool! 48:32 Center Stage feature We hope you enjoy our episode! Links: iPhone 14 / iPhone 14 Pro https://www.apple.com/iphone/ 2022 iPad / iPad Pro https://www.apple.com/ipad/ macOS Ventura https://www.apple.com/macos/ventura/ Apple Watch Ultra https://www.apple.com/apple-watch-ultra/ Air Pods Pro https://www.apple.com/airpods-pro/ Evans Hankey (Industrial Design Leaving Apple https://www.theverge.com/2022/10/21/23416334/apple-evans-hankey-industrial-design-leaving Will Apple remove the "Hey" keyword to wake Siri? https://gizmodo.com/apple-hey-siri-wake-trigger-change-google-amazon-alexa-1849753396 Something Cool - Center Stage https://youtu.be/S-4Bph5fuuU Music provided by "https://ncs.io/aperture"

In this episode you hear from Charles Long and Bob Williams, Co-Founders of Swift App School. Timestamps: 00:26 New iPhone 14 Lineup 43:39 New Apple Watch Series 57:29 Air Pods Pro 2 01:03:48 Something cool! We hope you enjoy our episode! Links: Apple's Far Out Event https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ux6zXguiqxM iPhone 14 / iPhone 14 Pro https://www.apple.com/iphone/ Apple Watch https://www.apple.com/watch/ Air Pods Pro https://www.apple.com/airpods-pro/ Something Cool - Our New Videos! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDtdbFnltDM Music provided by "https://ncs.io/aperture"

In this episode you hear from Charles Long and Bob Williams, Co-Founders of Swift App School. Timestamps: 01:24 Shout Outs 03:35 Recap of 2022 App Camp 29:02 Computer Science Is Being Taken Seriously! 40:34 Something cool We hope you enjoy our episode! Links: K-12 Computer Science Creating A Case For Full-Time Status In Schools https://www.forbes.com/sites/rodberger/2022/05/26/k-12-computer-science-creating-a-case-for-full-time-status-in-schools/?sh=4423dd7133e9 CEOs for Computer Science https://www.ceosforcs.com US Governors Vow To Boost Computer Science Education at School After Business Push https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2022-07-15/u-s-governors-vow-to-boost-computer-science-education-at-schools-after-business-push Something Cool - Snapchat CEO pays off an entire graduation class debt https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-05-15/snapchat-co-founder-pays-off-college-debt-of-new-graduates-at-l-a-art-and-design-school Shout Outs: Podcast listener: JSR984 Keynon Lake (MDMT) https://mydaddytaughtmethat.org Boys & Girls Club of Hendersonville https://bgchendersonco.org OpenDoors of Asheville https://opendoorsasheville.org Young Eisner Scholars (YES) https://www.yesscholars.org Daniel Steinberg https://dimsumthinking.com Paul Hudson (Hacking With Swift) https://www.hackingwithswift.com Special thanks to: Clara Long Robbie Henry Matthew Addie Music provided by "https://ncs.io/aperture"

In this episode, you hear from Charles Long and Bob Williams, Co-Founders of Swift App School. Timestamps: 01:30 iOS 16 16:15 CarPlay, Apple Maps, and HomeKit 25:57 Watch OS 9 32:28 New M2 Processor, MacBook Air, and 13” MacBook Pro 40:44 Mac OS Ventura, Stage Manager, PassKeys and Metal 3 52:56 iPad OS 16 57:34 Something Cool - New Developer APIs We hope you enjoy our episode! Links: Apple's World Wide Developer Conference https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5D55G7Ejs8 Something Cool - New Developer APIs - Platforms State Of The Union https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pmD8KZzWJA Music provided by "https://ncs.io/aperture"

In this episode, you hear from Charles Long and Bob Williams, Co-Founders of Swift App School. Timestamps: 01:44 Teens Earning More Than Teachers and Parents 08:25 New Playgrounds App On iPad 15:24 45 Years Ago Apple Kickstarted The Personal Computer Industry 24:47 Something Cool - Sal Khan's Schoolhouse.world We hope you enjoy our episode! Links: Israeli hi-tech teens who earn more than their teachers and parents https://www.ynetnews.com/magazine/article/hjz0spps9 Swift Playgrounds: https://9to5mac.com/2022/05/17/swift-playgrounds-4-1/ JohnDav YouTube Channel: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBHRoLra9E24ryfDGxNwBmyBn_sa33VBU 45 Years Ago, Apple Kickstarted the Personal Computer Industry https://www.pcmag.com/news/45-years-ago-apple-kickstarted-the-personal-computer-industry Something Cool - Sal Khan's plan to educate the world https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9i5i1Xnemw https://schoolhouse.world Music provided by "https://ncs.io/aperture"

In this episode you hear from Charles Long and Bob Williams, Co-Founders of Swift App School as they interview the man, the myth, the legend, Guy Kawasaki! Timestamps: 00:24 About Guy Kawasaki, Early Macintosh Days, Steve Jobs 13:38 Advice For Young Aspiring Entrepreneurs 19:35 What Apple Is Doing Right and Wrong 28:08 About The Remarkable People Podcast 33:38 Bootstrapping Vs Raising Capital? 38:32 Diversity Discussion And More We hope you enjoy our episode! Guy Kawasaki Remarkable People: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/guy-kawasakis-remarkable-people/id1483081827 https://guykawasaki.com Mix08 Conference (Guy Kawasaki Interviewing Steve Ballmer) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-F139UX94A Stanford Talks: Guy Kawasaki: Make Meaning in Your Company Make a great pitch Ideas - what make them successful Descript - All-in-one audio & video editing, as easy as a doc. https://www.descript.com Music provided by "https://ncs.io/aperture"

In this episode you hear from Charles Long and Bob Williams, Co-Founders of Swift App School. Timestamps: 00:50 2022 App Camp! 01:16 Presenting At The Great Homeschool Convention 09:40 Apple's March “Peak Performance” Event 37:53 Something cool - Our First Guest Coming Soon! We hope you enjoy our episode! Links: Apple's March “Peak Performance” Event https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUwg_JoNHpo Something cool - Our First Guest Coming Soon! Guy Kawasaki https://guykawasaki.com Mix 08 Conference (Guy Kawasaki Interviewing Steve Ballmer) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-F139UX94A Guy's Stanford Talks: Guy Kawasaki: Make Meaning in Your Company Make a great pitch Ideas - what make them successful Music provided by "https://ncs.io/aperture"

In this episode you hear from Charles Long and Bob Williams, Co-Founders of Swift App School. Timestamps: 01:02 2022 App Camp! 02:00 7 Apps Created By Black Developers 15:22 Implementing Custom Scrolling In Our App 32:27 Facebook Blaming Apple For Record Losses 38:07 Something cool! We hope you enjoy our episode! Links: 7 Apps Created By Black Developers Inspired By The Black Community https://www.codecademy.com/resources/blog/apps-built-by-black-developers/ A Strategy For Great Work by Ken Kocienda https://devstreaming-cdn.apple.com/videos/wwdc/2014/237xxcyp7vhx2xt/237/237_a_strategy_for_great_work.pdf Facebook blames Apple after a historically bad quarter, saying iPhone privacy changes will cost it $10 billion https://www.businessinsider.com/facebook-blames-apple-10-billion-loss-ad-privacy-warning-2022-2 Something cool! Georgia couple becomes first African-American owners of an autonomous grocery store https://flipboard.com/video/waga/454fd783c8 Music provided by "https://ncs.io/aperture"

In this episode you hear from Charles Long and Bob Williams, Co-Founders of Swift App School. Timestamps: 01:13 Bob's experience developing an Apple Watch App 11:15 Blue vs Green Bubles..... Is Apple Responsible for assisting bullying?  - The History of SMS, MMS and iMessage 22:21 Apple's Ecosystem aka "The Walled Garden" 39:33 Something cool! We hope you enjoy our episode! Links: Apple's Messages  https://appleinsider.com/articles/22/01/10/apple-uses-messages-colors-to-bully-android-users-says-google https://www.macworld.com/article/606152/imessage-green-bubbles-sms-rcs-reactions.html Apple's Ecosystem MKBHD - Blue Bubbles vs Green Bubbles Explained: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BuaKzm7Kq9Q MKBHD explains Apple's Ecosystem:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KB4_WIPE7vo Universal Control: https://youtu.be/P4ut_Vk-Z9w Something cool Camo Studio: https://reincubate.com/camo/ Launched Podcast - Episode 38: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/launched/id1491582246?i=1000548946734 Music provided by "https://ncs.io/aperture"

In this episode you hear from Charles Long and Bob Williams, Co-Founders of Swift App School. Timestamps: 0:26 Our Holiday Break, Our First Techie Gifts, New Years Resolutions 16:00 All Things Code - Codementor 19:20 Use Swift Playgrounds on iPad to publish apps on the App Store! 25:23 Apple and other tech companies dealing with talent acquisition and retention 38:40 Something cool! We hope you enjoy our episode! Links: Codementor : https://www.codementor.io Swift Playground on iPad can now develop apps: https://www.cultofmac.com/761346/apple-rolls-out-swift-playgrounds-4/ Apple and other tech companies dealing with talent acquisition and retention: https://www.benzinga.com/news/21/11/23938002/apple-hires-teslas-former-autopilot-software-director https://interestingengineering.com/apple-pays-its-engineers-180000-bonuses-to-stop-them-from-joining-meta https://www.neowin.net/news/apple-silicon-lead-processor-developer-jeff-wilcox-leaves-to-rejoin-intel-to-design-socs/ Something cool https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/26/us/habitat-for-humanity-first-3d-home-trnd/index.html https://flipboard.com/video/swns/9d7059eeee https://www.alquist3d.com/work Music provided by "https://ncs.io/aperture"

In this episode you hear from Charles Long and Bob Williams, Co-Founders of Swift App School. Timestamps: 01:22 All Things Code - Computer Science Education Week 06:02 Breaking The Diversity Barrier 14:48 Girls and STEM 35:23 iOS / Mac Development - Just Dive Into Code 40:57 Something Cool! We hope you enjoy our episode! Links: CS Ed Week - https://www.csedweek.org Computer Science Teachers Association - https://www.csteachers.org The Hour Of Code - Code.org Girls and STEM: https://theconversation.com/stereotypes-about-girls-dissuade-many-from-careers-in-computer-science-172279 https://www.blackgirlscode.com http://digitalyouthnetwork.org/divas/ https://goldieblox.com Dr Darden and Michell Obama speak at WWDC 2017 - https://www.cultofmac.com/485524/wwdc-michael-obama-says-diversity-key-innovation/ Other CS Ed Week Resources: Apple: Diversity in Swift - https://www.swift.org/diversity Scholarships to HACUs - https://www.hacu.net/NewsBot.asp?MODE=VIEW&ID=3454 Flipgrid (Microsoft) discussion on Race, Equity and Justice in Computer Science Education https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EwatWnRji0 Google - https://edu.google.com/code-with-google/csedweek/ Non-Profit Organizations: Young Eisner Scholars - https://www.yesscholars.org My Daddy Taught Me That - https://mydaddytaughtmethat.org Hatch Foundation - http://hatchavl.org Coding Resources: Paul Hudson - https://hackingwithswift.com Sean Allen - www.seanallen.co Other Links: Ultra compact camera - https://www.sciencealert.com/this-new-ultracompact-camera-is-the-size-of-a-grain-of-salt Music provided by "https://ncs.io/aperture"

In this episode you hear from Charles Long and Bob Williams, Co-Founders of Swift App School. Timestamps: 01:12 All Things Code - Version Control and Comments 21:57 iOS / Mac Development - Designing Our First App 31:43 Apple In The News - Apple Allows Self Repair 41:03 Something Cool! We hope you enjoy our episode! Links: Version Control: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Version_control Github Co-Pilot: https://copilot.github.com/ https://www.axios.com/copilot-artificial-intelligence-coding-github-9a202f40-9af7-4786-9dcb-b678683b360f.html Apple Self Repair: https://www.theverge.com/2021/11/17/22787144/apple-home-repair-iphone-mac-parts-tools-instructions https://www.ifixit.com/News/55370/apple-diy-repair-program-parts-tools-guides-software https://www.amazon.com/Sad-Macs-Bombs-Other-Disasters/dp/0201688107 Music provided by "https://ncs.io/aperture"

In this episode you hear from Charles Long and Bob Williams, Co-Founders of Swift App School. In the first segment you will hear a brief segment of our backstory and our mission to give back to the youth by teaching Computer Science through interactive project based app development camps! In the second segment we briefly discuss the state of Computer Science education in the USA. In the third segment we showcase Apple in the news and finally wrap up with something cool! We hope you enjoy our first episode! Links: Swift App School website 2021 State of CS report shows half of U.S. high schools offer CS, but disparities still exist Music provided by "https://ncs.io/aperture"