The Talk Show With John Gruber 356: ‘An Unranted Rant’, With Rosemary Orchard
02:11:03
Magic Keyboard Wear
- John Gruber's iPad Magic Keyboard, bought in April 2020, shows wear and tear.
- The rubber coating between frequently used keys like E, R, and T is fraying.
Markdown Development
- John Gruber developed Markdown in 2003 and used it privately for months before release.
- He made backwards-incompatible changes, requiring article revisions, before stabilizing it.
Markdown Linter
- Despite creating Markdown, John Gruber still makes occasional markdown errors.
- He created a lint script to catch these, but a missing bracket error wasn't flagged.
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Introduction
00:00 • 2min
I'd Give Up the Apple Watch
02:01 • 3min
Markdown - Is Markdown Really a Regular Expressions Substitution?
04:35 • 2min
Markdown Is Essential to Markdown Success
06:30 • 2min
Mark Down Is a Pre Processor for HTM L
08:23 • 2min
Mark Down Scripts
10:17 • 2min
The AppleScript Scripting Language
12:23 • 2min
The Design Your Own Iphone
14:47 • 2min
The Butterfly Magic Keyboard
16:24 • 2min
The 11 Inch Magic Keyboard
18:03 • 2min
Using a British Keyboard?
19:50 • 2min
Is It a U K Keyboard or a Windows Keyboard?
21:44 • 2min
I'm Not Going to Buy a Us Keyboard Again
23:57 • 2min
The Magic Keyboard on a 20 14 Macbook Pro
25:43 • 2min
Ipad Pro Plus a Magic Keyboard?
27:51 • 2min
Collide - The New Edition of Take Control of Short Cuts
29:34 • 2min
Take Control of Short Cuts
31:36 • 3min
Apple, You Can Give This a Unique Name
34:41 • 2min
How Do You Cheat Your Way to the Top of Search Results?
36:28 • 1min
Computer Books
37:51 • 2min
The Innernet Is Amazing for Programming Topics
39:23 • 2min
Java Script Printing to the Top Two of Google's Search Results?
41:19 • 5min
How to Take Your Airpods Out of the Case
45:54 • 2min
Youtube Doesn't Let You Replace a Video
47:27 • 3min
Earning Money Through YouTube
50:21 • 3min
What You Can Do With Short Cuts
53:47 • 2min
How to Customize Your Home Screen With Custom Icons
55:36 • 3min
What's the Basic Idea With Short Cuts?
58:23 • 3min
The Difference Between Short Cuts and a Dictionary
01:01:37 • 2min
Square Space - The All in One Product That I've Never Seen Before
01:03:13 • 2min
Short Cuts, Workflow, Work Flow?
01:05:08 • 2min
Short Cut Short Cuts Scripting Languages
01:07:14 • 2min
How to Write a Good Book With Good Editors
01:09:05 • 2min
Should You Use Automater or Short Cuts?
01:11:09 • 3min
The Future of Microsot's Workflow Is Quite Possible
01:14:37 • 3min
Ios and Ipads
01:17:08 • 2min
The Limits of Ios
01:18:58 • 4min
Interapplication Communication on the Mac OS X
01:22:40 • 2min
Is There a Mac App That Does That?
01:24:31 • 2min
The Root of Apple's Workflow
01:26:23 • 3min
Short Cuts Still Have Third Party Actions
01:29:50 • 4min
Design Your Perfect Suit With Indocino
01:33:53 • 2min
Short Cuts for Ioa 16
01:35:49 • 3min
Applescript Is a Carry Over From Classic Macoes, Right?
01:38:31 • 2min
Are You Not a Computer Person?
01:40:24 • 3min
I've Been Using Due for a Long Time.
01:43:32 • 3min
How to Pronounce a Tas and Cs?
01:46:05 • 4min
Why Should Apple Care About Automation?
01:50:12 • 2min
Is There a Future for Short Cuts?
01:52:26 • 2min
Short Cuts Automations - I'm Really Glad That They're Watching Shortcuts
01:54:08 • 5min
The Eye Cloud Gallery Is Great, but It's Not.
01:59:11 • 3min
Automate Your Computers With Short Cuts
02:01:47 • 3min
Post Office Box
02:04:39 • 3min
I've Got Too Many Ideas for Focus Modes
02:08:02 • 3min
Special guest Rosemary Orchard joins the show to talk about her new book, Take Control of Shortcuts, and the state of automation on iOS and MacOS.
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Links:
- Rosemary’s blog.
- Automators — Rosemary’s podcast cohosted with David Sparks.
- Nested Folders — Rosemary’s productivity podcast, cohosted with Scotty Jackson.
- iOS Today at TWiT.
- Author Danny Goodman, whose Complete HyperCard Handbook sold 650,000 copies in the late 1980s.
- “The Right Way to Pop Your AirPods Out of the Case” — yours truly YouTubing back in 2017.
- “Life finds a way” — Ian Malcom in Jurassic Park.
- Pushcut — “Triggers, notifications, and widgets for Shortcuts, Home, and online automation”.
- WidgetPack — “Create your own widgets with Shortcuts.”
- Matthew Cassenelli, Shortcuts expert and author.
- Chris Lawley’s YouTube productivity tips channel.
This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.