234: ‘Welcome to Dongletropolis’ With Merlin Mann
The Talk Show With John Gruber
11/09/18
•173m
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Special guest Merlin Mann returns to the show. Topics include the new iPad Pro and the state of iOS as a work platform, the mid-term election results, and holiday parties of yore.
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Links:
- Affinity Designer for iPad.
- Matthew Cassinelli — former Workflow/Shortcuts engineer now posting great Shortcuts stuff.
- Cassinelli’s Twitter account.
- Jason Snell’s setup for writing on an iPad.
- Deliveries — great iOS and Mac app for tracking deliveries.
- Reconcilable Differences.
- Do By Friday.
This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.
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October 31, 2018
•103m
You wanted more Moltz, you get more Moltz. Our thoughts and observations on Apple’s “There’s More in the Making” event at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, and the products they announced: new MacBook Airs, Mac Minis, iPad Pros, and Apple Pencil.
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This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.
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235: ‘Jony White’s Universe of Objective Purity’ With Rene Ritchie
November 22, 2018
•153m
Rene Ritchie returns to the show to talk about iPad Pro — the new Pencil, the new amazing new hardware, keyboard options, and the OS that in many ways still feels meant for a phone. Also: the state of Apple’s MacBook lineup, and a plea to Apple to please — please — make the small Magic Keyboard in space gray.
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Links:
- Yours truly on the lack of third-party USB-C to Lightning cables and the future of Lightning.
- Rene’s Vector video on Apple Pencil, drawn with Apple Pencil.
- “Eat Up Martha”.
- Logitech’s $70 squishy AF “Keys-to-Go” slim keyboard for iPad and iPhone.
- Studio Neat’s excellent Canopy case for Apple’s Magic Keyboard.
- “Thoroughly Considered” — monthly podcast with Studio Neat co-founders Dan Provost and Tom Gerhardt.
- Steve Jobs introducing original MacBook Air.
- Bending iPads — fun video from Snazzy Labs.
This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.
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