May 31, 2024

401: ‘Chockdingus’, With Craig Hockenberry

2 hours 21 minutes

Craig Hockenberry returns to the show. Topics include the upcoming Daylight DC-1 monochrome “e-paper” tablet, more thoughts on the new iPad Pros, and what we expect/hope for from Apple at WWDC. Also: a one-button keyboard.

Sponsored by:

Trade Coffee: Enjoy 30% off your first month of coffee.

Squarespace: Make your next move. Use code talkshow for 10% off your first order.

Nuts.com: The world’s best snacks, delivered fast and fresh.

Links:

Daylight’s DC-1 “new kind of computer”.

Om Malik’s DC-1 experience and thoughts.

My thoughts on Night Shift and its purported sleep/health benefits.

The wrap-around-your-neck Glocusent Bendable Book Light, $20 at Amazon.

Quinn Nelson on using iPadOS: “Maybe I’m just an idiot, but I spent 20 minutes trying to figure out how to manage multiple window instances from within Stage Manager.” Baffling.

Also from Quinn Nelson: the subtle photorealistic reflection of an Apple Pencil on the new iPad Pros. Delightful.

Jason Snell’s 2022 post about his deconstructed Magic Keyboard Touch ID button.

The Iconfactory:

Linea Sketch — “a lightweight digital sketchpad for your iPad”.

Wallaroo — fun new wallpapers every week, for iOS and Mac.

Tot — we didn’t mention this brilliant little notes app on the show, but I use it every day.

iPulse — a nerdy system monitor, with Iconfactory fit and finish. Runs in the background even on iOS.

Project Tapestry: Iconfactory’s Kickstarter-funded project to build “a universal timeline for the Internet”.

Loren Brichter’s 2020 “Chrome Is Bad” website, documenting genuinely mysterious Mac system performance issues that went away simply by uninstalling Chrome.

Kotoba — “the best iOS dictionary app you’ve never heard of”, from Craig Hockenberry, Will Hains, and yours truly.

This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.

...more