Vector

Rene speaks with MarsEdit developer, Daniel Jalkut, and John Gruber of Daring Fireball about the history and release of MarsEdit 4, blogging tools, the Mac App Store, and more.

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• MarsEdit 4 first look on iMore

• Red Sweater Software

• Daring Fireball

• Daniel Jalkut on Twitter

• John Gruber on Twitter

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Xeon W. Radeon Pro Vega. T5, Space gray. It's Apple's new iMac Pro and here are some first impressions.

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• iMac Pro first impressions: Beauty of a beast
• Should you upgrade to the new iMac Pro?

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035: Ambient Computing, with Ben Bajarin

Previously, on Vector: There is no home assistant market. Industry analyst Ben Bajarin: Allow me to retort. So he did. And then he hung around to chat about differential privacy vs. making assistants more personal.

Links:

• Ben Bajarin: Twitter
• Creative Strategies
• TechPinions
• Vector 018: Don't believe the assistant hype, with Jan Dawson

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Everyone starts somewhere. Even us. From first podcast to how Vector gets made, podcaster and editor extraordinaire Jim Metzendorf takes us behind the scenes.

Links:

• Jim Metzendorf: Twitter
• Audio Podcast Guide
• Call Recorder for Skype
• Audio Hijack
• Heil PR 40
• Sound Devices USB Pre2
• Apogee One

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Drafts is developed by Greg Pierce and used the hell out of by Merlin Mann. They sit down together to talk direction, workflows, and what's coming next.

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• Drafts
• Merlin Mann
• Greg Pierce (@agiletortoise) on Twitter
• Merlin Mann (@hotdogsladies) on Twitter

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Pacific Rim. IT. Luke Cage. Star Trek: Discovery. Some of the greatest action sequences in modern TV and movies have been storyboarded by Rob McCallum… on an iPad Pro.

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• Rob McCallum: Twitter, IMDB, Web.
• Procreate

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Michelle Hessel, James Thomson, and Russell Holy talk augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR), mixed reality, ARKit, ARKCore, and the future of the technology.

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• Michelle Hessel: Twitter, Web.
• James Thomson: Twitter, Web.
• Russell Holly: Twitter, Web.
• ARKit
• ARCore
• AR Studio

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Modern media companies have been "pivoting to video" but not all of them have been successful. Christina Warren, formerly of Mashable and Gizmodo, discusses why. Also: Facebook Messenger for kids. Seriously.

Links:

• Christina Warren: Twitter, Mashable, Gizmodo, Rocket Podcast
• Why the pivot to video has failed
• Publishers and the pursuit of the past
• Facebook Messenger for Kids
• How Facebook Figures Out Everyone You've Ever Met

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iOS 11 allows your passcode to reset your iTunes Backup and even Apple ID passwords. Some call it a horror story. It's really a balancing act.

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• iOS 11 horror story: The rise and fall of iOS security
• iOS security isn't a 'horror story' — it's a balancing act
• iOS 11 encrypted backup changes reduce security, boost data safety

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Phone vs. DSLR. A few years ago that would have sounded ridiculous. Then came computational photography. Now, Analyst Carolina Milanesi shares how the pros feel about their camera phones.

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• Carolina Milanesi (@caro_milanesi) on Twitter
• DSLR Owners love Their Smartphone Camera as much as You do
• Portrait Mode: iPhone X vs. Pixel 2 XL vs. DSLR
• Wow, Pixel 2 XL can't actually shoot in Portrait Mode — it does it all in post

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