235: ‘Jony White’s Universe of Objective Purity’ With Rene Ritchie
The Talk Show With John Gruber
11/22/18
•153m
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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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234: ‘Welcome to Dongletropolis’ With Merlin Mann
November 9, 2018
•173m
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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236: ‘A Vivid Nightmarescape’ With Dieter Bohn
November 30, 2018
•152m
Special guest Dieter Bohn joins the show to talk about Google’s new Pixel Slate Chrome OS tablet/laptop, the Pixel 3, Google’s fascinating new Night Sight camera mode, speculation on how Apple might move the Mac to ARM chips, and more.
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Links:
- The late great 12-inch PowerBook G4.
- Dieter's rather scathing review of the Pixel Slate.
- The Verge's review of Google's Night Sight camera feature.
This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.
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