David Shayer's guest appearances

David Shayer

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Daniel Jalkut

David Sparks

Phil Plait

Sarah Parcak

Maryn McKenna

Ayanna Howard

Joanna Penn

Michael Shermer

Gina Smith

Kiki Sanford

Gregory Zuckerman

Rene Ritchie

Mark Gurman

Clay Sherrod

Kelly Guimont

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David Shayer worked as an Apple software engineer for 18 years. He worked on the Apple Watch, iPod, and Radar, Apple’s bug tracking system, among other projects. He was an independent Mac software developer for a decade, and clients included Apple, Microsoft, Symantec and the U.S. Navy. David told about how he learned to program, some of which was on an Apple II and some on a Mac in the 1980s. He went on to tell me about how he was hired by Apple. Twice. The second time he worked on the iPod file system and database. In the process he learned how Apple products are designed, and that included some great stories about Steve Jobs, his design sense, and the iPod team’s interaction with Jobs. There were other fascinating Steve Jobs stories. We finished with his revealing article about how Apple OS software development works. My Background Mode interview with David Shayer  David's email.  David's author page at TidBITS. Six Reasons Why iOS 13 and Catalina Are So Buggy Four Reasons Why We Won’t See Third-Party Apple Watch Faces.   Support TMO when you buy your Apple gear from Apple. The story of my Background Mode podcast. Inside TMO’s Background Mode podcast. TMO Background Mode Twitter feed. Archive of all Background Mode Shows. Background Mode at iTunes. Send your comments to  observations@macobserver.com  or marty@macobserver.com  

<p>David Shayer worked as an Apple software engineer for 18 years. He worked on the Apple Watch, iPod, and Radar, Apple’s bug tracking system, among other projects. He was an independent Mac software developer for a decade, and clients included Apple, Microsoft, Symantec and the U.S. Navy.</p> <p>David told about how he learned to program, some of which was on an Apple II and some on a Mac in the 1980s. He went on to tell me about how he was hired by Apple. Twice. The second time he worked on the iPod file system and database. In the process he learned how Apple products are designed, and that included some great stories about Steve Jobs, his design sense, and the iPod team’s interaction with Jobs. There were other fascinating Steve Jobs stories. We finished with his revealing article about how Apple OS software development works.</p> <h2>My Background Mode interview with David Shayer</h2> <ul> <li><a href="mailto:das@shayer.com">David's email. </a></li> <li><a href="https://tidbits.com/author/david-shayer/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">David's author page at TidBITS.</a></li> <li><a href="https://tidbits.com/2019/10/21/six-reasons-why-ios-13-and-catalina-are-so-buggy/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Six Reasons Why iOS 13 and Catalina Are So Buggy</a></li> <li><a href="https://tidbits.com/2020/10/08/four-reasons-why-we-wont-see-third-party-apple-watch-faces-and-what-apple-is-doing-instead/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Four Reasons Why We Won’t See Third-Party Apple Watch Faces</a>.</li> </ul> <p></p><ul><br/> <li>Support <em>TMO</em> when you buy your Apple gear <a href="http://www.macobserver.com/applestore" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">from Apple.</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.macobserver.com/news/update-background-mode-podcast/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The story of my Background Mode podcast.</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.macobserver.com/columns-opinions/editorial/inside-background-mode-podcast/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Inside TMO’s Background Mode podcast.</a></li> <li>TMO Background Mode <a href="https://twitter.com/backgroundmode" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Twitter feed.</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.macobserver.com/show/background-mode/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Archive of all Background Mode Shows.</a></li> <li><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/cz/podcast/mac-observers-background-mode/id1052879087?mt=2" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Background Mode at iTunes.</a></li> <li>Send your comments to <a href="mailto:observations@macobserver.com"> observations@macobserver.com </a> or <a href="mailto:marty@macobserver.com">marty@macobserver.com </a></li> </ul>

  Former Apple Software Engineer David Shayer