Manton and Daniel react to Apple’s huge donation of face masks in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. They assess the value of leadership in a crisis, and how various people elected and otherwise can rise to fill a void. They talk about Apple’s latest iOS and Mac updates, including the debut of Universal Mac/iOS purchases, and the challenges this poses to Mac developers. Finally, they question whether Apple bit off more than they could, or maybe should, chew by promising a “fully packed” online conference for WWDC 2020.
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March 28, 2020 at 1:30 pm.
Daniel and Manton react to Apple’s announcement that WWDC 2020 will be online-only, and what it portends for the future of the conference. They discuss the difficulty of staying enthusiastic about work and the podcast when so many more significant things are going on in the world. They acknowledge the virtue of the podcast as a familiar “friend” for listeners, providing some sense of normalcy while stuck at home. Finally, they discuss Apple’s product announcements this week, how the circumstances force Apple to be more restrained, and how tempted Manton is by the new MacBook Air.
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- Coming This Summer – Apple’s teaser page for the forthcoming WWDC 2020.
- End WWDC – Daniel’s 2013 post suggesting that Apple should move to an all-online format for the conference.
- A Message From Emily Powell – The Portland, OR bookstore explains its decision to lay off the vast majority of its workers.
- New MacBook Air – Apple’s product page for the new portable computer.
- Free Microcasting – Manton’s blog post about free podcasting on Micro.blog through April.
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March 20, 2020 at 4:34 pm.
Manton and Daniel take stock of Covid-19’s increasing impact. They follow up on the JocoCruise, including news that John Hodgman was not allowed to sail because of past travel to Italy. They react to suspensions of sporting leagues, and the disease-mitigating actions many businesses are taking. Finally, they consider the viability of working remotely for Apple teams including app review and hardware engineering.
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- JocoCruise – Entertainment cruise that is popular among nerds and musicians.
- Holland America – The cruise company that JocoCruise uses.
- Touch the Same Screen – Daniel’s quip about POS terminals and transmission of disease.
- Incredible Response – Jason Friend updates his previous offer to refund anybody who purchased their Remote Work book.
- Micro.blog – Manton’s microblogging service … it does support editing!
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March 13, 2020 at 2:04 pm.
Daniel and Manton take stock of the week’s coronavirus-related cancellations, and the events that are going on as planned despite concerns. They talk about the challenge for event planners in balancing the risk of people getting hurt vs. the potential to lose a lot of money or possibly go out of business. Finally, they follow up on Manton’s plans to strip metadata from Micro.blog images, and the ways in which urgent issues sometimes displace other goals for a given week.
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March 6, 2020 at 6:29 pm.
