Mark Powell, formerly of NASA

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I like people, software, and helping them work together. I love family, coding for all Apple platforms, scifi, britcoms & starship modeling. iOS, macOS, visionOS, tvOS, watchOS.
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DJ Mood 1.0.1 is out! Tons of new features: save favorites, find recently played, sort playlists your way, shuffle and repeat playback, and Mac menu bar playlist browsing and playback support.
https://apple.co/3Nj8dBc

Also: still free!

DJ Mood is on iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, and soon Apple Watch and CarPlay.

You may be asking: What about Apple Vision Pro? Huh? What about that platform?

For now I will just say I have something special planned for Vision Pro, but it will be a minute. Stay tuned…it will be worth your while!

The quest to bring DJ Mood to every Apple platform continues! On track for the next update:
* CarPlay
* Widgets
* Siri/Shortcuts
* watchOS

DJ Mood 1.0.1 is out! Tons of new features: save favorites, find recently played, sort playlists your way, shuffle and repeat playback, and Mac menu bar playlist browsing and playback support.
https://apple.co/3Nj8dBc

Also: still free!

Billionaires aren't getting into the Space Race because they grew up on Star Trek. This is a game of Monopoly, and they are playing to own the pipes.

A new form of consolidation through lateral integration, across apparently separate industrial sectors that maintain control over essential communications infrastructures.

Own the pipes, and you control the world.

https://www.techpolicy.press/in-the-twenty-first-century-space-is-the-new-railroad-for-billionaire-ambitions/

In the Twenty-first Century, Space is the New Railroad for Billionaire Ambitions

Billionaires are playing a game of orbital Monopoly, writes Janet Vertesi.

Tech Policy Press
See y’all in April at @DeepDishSwift !

One of the most fun parts for me building DJ Mood was using Metal shaders thanks to Inferno by @twostraws .

I am also making this post my public accountability statement to send Paul a PR to contribute my custom shader for others to reuse!

https://github.com/twostraws/Inferno

For us coders: I had never gone through the process of writing an app for the trio of iOS, macOS and tvOS before! Very illuminating as to how the user experience still needs to be customized for each platform. Even though SwiftUI gives us high reusability, it doesn't go nearly far enough to be a "fire-and-forget" solution to best-in-class platform experience and there is plenty of room for the developer to bridge the gap.

DJ Mood is here!

Unlock 250+ hidden Apple Music "Siri playlists" organized by mood and activity.
Free for iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple TV (requires Apple Music subscription)

App Store link: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/djmood/id6746470429

More info: https://www.drmarkpowell.com/apps/djmood/
#AppleMusic #iOS #NewApp

DJ Mood Music Player App - App Store

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Fun announcement coming tomorrow!
Do you use Apple Music?
Do you like free iOS and Mac apps?
If so, stay tuned...