345: ‘A Fake Crank on the Web’, With Michael Simmons
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04/30/22
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Michael Simmons returns to the show to talk about the Studio Display’s camera (and this week’s beta firmware update to tweak its quality), how things have gone two years into Flexibits’ move to subscription pricing for Fantastical and Cardhop, and Panic’s now-shipping Playdate.
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- Playdate:
- Pinball Construction Set.
This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.
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344: ‘Devastation, Pessimism, and Rage’, With Glenn Fleishman
April 26, 2022
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Glenn Fleishman returns to the show to talk about Elon Musk's impending acquisition of Twitter, Apple's credibility problem when arguing against being required to allow sideloading on iOS, and Glenn's new (and much-needed) book, Take Control of Untangling Connections.
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- Mack Weldon: Radically-efficient wardrobing.
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- “Take Control of Untangling Connections” — Glenn’s new $10 book that explains everything there is to know about USB-C connectors and ports and adapters.
- Glenn’s personal website, with a fun new URL.
- Elon Musk is probably going to buy Twitter and take it private.
- Matt Levine’s excellent Money Stuff column/newsletter for Bloomberg.
- Ryan Broderick’s Garbage Day, another outstanding email newsletter/column.
- Apple Newsroom: “Apple TV+ Partners With Idris Elba on New Thriller ‘Hijack’”.
- Tim Cook’s speech stating Apple’s opposition to mandatory sideloading.
This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.
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346: ‘Like Neo Dodging Bullets’, With Zach Gage
May 9, 2022
•148m
Zach Gage joins the show to talk about game design and creativity, including his new game Knotwords.
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Links
- Knotwords.
- Zach Gage’s portfolio website, with a full list of games.
- Really Bad Chess, which is actually, of course, really good.
- SynthPod, Zach’s first iPhone app.
- HyperStudio — a classic developer tool like HyperCard, but with color support.
- Apple’s original “Cocoa” — Stagecast Creator/KidSim.
- Zach Lieberman’s OpenFrameworks project from 2010.
- Lights Off — the first native iPhone game, nearly a year before the App Store. (I mistakenly called it “Lights Out” during the show.)
- CandyBar — Mac utility for customizing icons, including, back in the day, the icons for the system itself.
- Threes, a great puzzle game of iOS from 2014. (App Store link.)
- 2048, a free Threes knockoff.
- Texas Instruments TI-83 Graphing Calculator, and games written for it.
- PICO-8 fantasy console.
- Playdate Pulp, and Bitsy, Pulp’s inspiration.
- Sol LeWitt, conceptual artist.
This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.
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