181: ‘Corporate Stiffy’ With John Moltz

The Talk Show With John Gruber

John Moltz returns to the show. Topics include: 🐩💨, iPad vs. Mac for productivity (and why the iPad isn’t a self-sufficient platform), nostalgia for System 7, speculation on this year’s upcoming new iPhones, and more.

Alternative title for this episode: 🏢🍆.

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Links:

• DF: “Comparing the First Seven Years of the iPad and Mac”.
• Why isn’t there a version of iBooks Author for iPads?
• Tim Cook, introducing the iPad Pro in September 2015: “The iPad is the clearest expression of our vision of the future of personal computing.”
• Ulysses, a great project-based app for writers, with cross-platform iOS and Mac versions.
• Ken Case’s Omni Group year-in-review post, with a tease at their upcoming cross-platform JavaScript-based automation system.
• Two stories on the same rumor about this year’s new iPhones:
  • Mark Sullivan, writing for Fast Company.
  • KGI analyst Ming Chi Kuo.

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