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In this episode of The Omni Show, we chat with Carson Whitsett, a multifaceted software developer and the brain behind MacBrickout, the famous ball and paddle game. Carson, who runs Ditty Labs, shares from his vast experience in software and firmware programming plus hardware engineering, including work on medical devices, printers, machine vision technology and mobile app development.

Today we chat with Erik Hedin, a seasoned sound designer and composer from Sweden, now residing in Norway. We delve into Erik's fascinating journey from a curious child enchanted by sounds to a respected theater sound designer for over 100 shows.

Today is the day macOS Sonoma launches, and we're happy to report that our team has tested and updated OmniFocus, OmniGraffle, OmniOutliner, and OmniPlan for compatibility with macOS Sonoma. (We've even verified that OmniDiskSweeper, OmniPresence, and OmniWeb are all behaving well.) Omni Automation also continues to work smoothly on macOS Sonoma—so all of your scripts and plug-ins should continue working without any issues. And the new interactive widgets in the OmniFocus 4 TestFlight are now available on the Mac!

We know that many of our customers are as excited to upgrade to Apple's latest technologies as we are, so each year we make it a priority to have all of our apps ready for new systems on the day they become available. We're pleased to share with you today that we've tested (and updated as needed) all of our currently shipping apps for compatibility with iOS 17, iPadOS 17, and watchOS 10—so if you're eager to use the new operating systems, our apps are ready.

Today we chat with Mike Burke. Mike leads a software engineering group focused on customer privacy at Amazon with teams in Austin and Seattle, using all of Omni’s products in the process. He lives in Austin with his family but is originally from Sydney, Australia and has also lived and worked out of Seattle and Dublin, Ireland along the way.

In this fascinating episode of The Omni Show, we invite cognitive neuroscientist Dr. Matthew Kmiecik to discuss his career, his workflow, and how he uses OmniGraffle to make data more accessible and engaging. We dive into Dr. Kmiecik's background, his evolution from neuroscience to data science at 23andMe, and the impact of his published academic research.

On today’s episode of The Omni Show, Andrew and Omni Group's CEO, Ken Case, dissect the key takeaways from Apple's WWDC and how visionOS is set to redefine the tech landscape. Ken envisions a future rich in augmented reality, drawing parallels with the revolutionary transformation seen with the iPhone.

With WWDC now in our rear-view mirror, it's time to share our plans for the rest of the year! We're continuing full steam ahead on OmniFocus 4 and OmniGraffle 8. And peering even further ahead, we look forward to bringing all of our products to Apple's new spatial computing platform!

Ryan Singer is one of the founding members of 37Signal’s Basecamp team. Today, Ryan's consulting company “Felt Presence” is helping people solve problems between their product and engineering teams. He credits OmniGraffle for being his brainstorming partner each step along the way.

Today, we talk with Frank Denneman. Frank works for VMWare as the Chief Technologist in the CTO’s office of their Cloud Infrastructure Business Group. He's the author of multiple books, including “vSphere 6.5 Host Technical Deep Dive” and the “vSphere Clustering Technical Deep Dive” series.

With our latest shipping updates, all of our apps are ready for both macOS Ventura and iPadOS 16. Along with updating our apps for compatibility, we've brought iPadOS 16's customizable toolbars to all our document-based apps (OmniGraffle, OmniOutliner, and OmniPlan).