Amazon is releasing an upgraded Echo Frame to everyone who wants it.

 Amazon is releasing an upgraded Echo Frame to everyone who wants it.

This is not AR glasses, but wearable, voice-controlled mobile computing.

https://www.theverge.com/2020/11/19/21575243/amazon-echo-frames-smart-glasses-alexa-loop-second-gen-available

Side note: By most estimates, the visual AR portion of the Google Glass experiment was a failure. However, the voice-controlled computing aspect of it, for things like communication, reference and personal assistant, was much more popular with the users/testers.  I think there is a niche for this.  Why they don’t make it like a pin, ala Star Trek communicator, I do not know.

As people become more familiar with SwiftUI, small features are starting to have a big impact.

As people become more familiar with SwiftUI, small features are starting to have a big impact.

Antoine van der Lee of Swift Lee explains creating view based animation with SwiftUI.

https://www.avanderlee.com/swiftui/withanimation-completion-callback/

I agree with the points that Mikhail Medvedev makes. Agile & Scrum do not automatically cause magic.

I agree with the points that Mikhail Medvedev makes. Agile & Scrum do not automatically cause magic.

Not every development effort fits nicely into set boxes.  Aiming for two-week sprints is a nice goal, people force to the meaningless deadline is not.

https://towardsdatascience.com/scrum-without-magic-8cbb07eb4026

Apple announced reducing their cut from 30% to 15% for app developers who make less than $1 million.

Apple announced reducing their cut from 30% to 15% for app developers who make less than $1 million.

Obviously, this is aimed at small developers, but I am not sure I understand the logic that large developers should pay more.

https://www.theverge.com/2020/11/18/21572302/apple-app-store-small-business-program-commission-cut-15-percent-reduction

Eight360’s high-end, motion simulator replicates the inertial & gravity force you feel for most driving/flying experiences.

Eight360’s high-end, motion simulator replicates the inertial & gravity force you feel for most driving/flying experiences.

Too expensive for the home market ($150,000 per year), but perfect for military & industrial use.  Maybe in the future…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uzHazKkZ4o

Eight360 Website - https://www.eight360.com

Nuke provides a simple and efficient way to download and display images in your iOS or Mac app.

Nuke provides a simple and efficient way to download and display images in your iOS or Mac app.

Here is a tutorial by Ehab Yosry Amer on working with Nuke using Swift Package Manager.

https://www.raywenderlich.com/11070743-nuke-tutorial-for-ios-getting-started

Nuke repository https://github.com/kean/Nuke

I have no idea who created this, but it is an Awesome resource for iOS Development.

I have no idea who created this, but it is an Awesome resource for iOS Development.

“A curated list of awesome iOS ecosystem, including Objective-C and Swift Projects”

http://awesomeios.com

Associated Git Repository: http://github.com/vsouza/awesome-ios