401: ‘Chockdingus’, With Craig Hockenberry

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.

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Links:

• Daylight’s DC-1 (daylightcomputer.com) “new kind of computer”.
• Om Malik’s DC-1 experience and thoughts (om.co/2024/05/18/daylight-tablet).

• My thoughts on Night Shift (daringfireball.net/linked/2021/05/06/more-on-n…) and its purported sleep/health benefits.

• The wrap-around-your-neck Glocusent Bendable Book Light (amazon.com/gp/product/B082CMV3WT?tag=df-amzn-20), $20 at Amazon.

• Quinn Nelson on using iPadOS (x.com/SnazzyLabs/status/1792684617386123433): “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 (threads.net/@snazzyq/post/C7CpmYevMwf): 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 (sixcolors.com/post/2022/08/my-touch-id-button-…).

• The Iconfactory (apps.iconfactory.com):
• Linea Sketch (linea-app.com) — “a lightweight digital sketchpad for your iPad”.

• Wallaroo (wallaroo.app) — fun new wallpapers every week, for iOS and Mac.

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

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

• Project Tapestry (blog.iconfactory.com/2024/02/tapestry-unwoven): Iconfactory’s Kickstarter-funded project to build “a universal timeline for the Internet”.

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

• Kotoba (daringfireball.net/linked/2018/06/19/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.