Hypercritical

Episode 64: 64: You Will Die Instantly!

April 20th, 2012 | 1 hr 40 mins

John Siracusa and Dan Benjamin revisit software updates (paid or otherwise), then discuss various screen size possibilities for the next iPhone, the historical and ongoing dilution of the concept of a "gamer" (and Apple's role in that phenomenon), and the

Episode 63: 63: Talking to the Bear

April 13th, 2012 | 1 hr 45 mins

John Siracusa and Dan Benjamin talk more about paid upgrades in the Mac App Store, how Apple is reshaping the software market (intentionally or otherwise), Readability's role as a middleman as compared to another prominent middleman, the App Store, and fi

Episode 62: 62: A Sack Containing Scum from a Pond

April 6th, 2012 | 1 hr 46 mins

John Siracusa and Dan Benjamin try to put the topic of car engine noises to bed, then discuss value of "enterprise" businesses, RIM's possible future as a services company, Readability's business model, and Wil Shipley's case for paid upgrades in the Mac

Episode 61: 61: I Ran Out of Bombs Long Ago

March 30th, 2012 | 1 hr 47 mins

John Siracusa and Dan Benjamin discuss the display of large images on iOS devices, Apple's latest web standards proposal and "rogue" implementation in WebKit, RIM's new enterprise-centric strategy, and the popular new iOS game, Draw Something.

Episode 60: 60: Reversing the Polarity

March 23rd, 2012 | 1 hr 29 mins

John Siracusa and Dan Benjamin discuss the puzzling UI of iPhoto for IOS, the magnetic polarity of iPad Smart Covers and more.

Episode 59: 59: Safari is Apple's Google

March 16th, 2012 | 2 hrs 15 mins

Episode 58: 58: No More Numbers For You / The Four Tuners

March 9th, 2012 | 1 hr 48 mins

Episode 57: 57: Computational Skeuomorphism

March 2nd, 2012 | 1 hr 42 mins

John Siracusa and Dan Benjamin talk more about file systems: the origins of Btrfs, how file systems might change in the new age of SSDs, the possibility of a Grand Unification of storage and memory subsystems, and why snapshots, clones, block-level diffs,

Episode 56: 56: Belt and Suspenders

February 24th, 2012 | 1 hr 59 mins

Episode 55: 55: Region of Pain

February 17th, 2012 | 1 hr 29 mins

Episode 54: 54: Public Service Announcement

February 11th, 2012 | 1 min 4 secs

There's no Hypercritical this week, so we put together something special for you instead.

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