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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Links:
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<li>Flexibits:
<ul><li><a href="https://flexibits.com/fantastical">Fantastical</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://flexibits.com/cardhop">Cardhop</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://daringfireball.net/linked/2022/02/15/fantastical-snell">Daring Fireball: “Fantastical Adds Web-Based Scheduling Features”</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://sixcolors.com/post/2022/02/fantastical-update-adds-cloud-based-scheduling-features/">Jason Snell: “Fantastical Update Adds Cloud-Based Scheduling Features”</a>.</li></ul></li>
<li><a href="https://play.date/">Playdate</a>:
<ul><li><a href="https://play.date/pulp/">Playdate Pulp — fun and surprisingly powerful web-based game IDE</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://play.date/dev/">Playdate C and Lua SDKs</a>.</li></ul></li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinball_Construction_Set">Pinball Construction Set</a>.</li>
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This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.

The Talk Show With John Gruber

345: ‘A Fake Crank on the Web’, With Michael Simmons

The director’s commentary track for Daring Fireball. Long digressions on Apple, technology, design, movies, and more.