The Macintosh has had a voice since it was first introduced. This episode, we cover over 30 years of talking to Apple devices and having them talk back.
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This episode is all about the Control Strip and its many uses on the classic Mac, from early PowerBook power management to silly games. We also discuss its successors and how they got from the bottom left corner of System 7 to the top right of OS X today.
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We're going to Release Notes in September!
In a special episode, we cover Apple's "40 years in 40 seconds" video in 40 minutes. It's a whirlwind tour, with nearly 100 Apple products, slogans, and references, and more than a few typos.
As @siracusa noted on ATP, Apple’s 40 in 40 video is definitely not chronological. The trendline is…OK. pic.twitter.com/NINE4e9i25
— Simple Beep podcast (@simple_beep) March 27, 2016
We discuss one of the defining pieces of early Macintosh software, HyperCard. We cover the application's origins and ambitious vision, the HyperTalk scripting language, our own creations, and the absence of HyperCard-like tools today.
What was the state of independent Mac software before iOS? We find out by returning to the 2006 competition My Dream App, featuring productivity plants, syncing in space, and meteorological eye candy.
I, for one, can't wait to use the winning apps from the exciting "My Dream App" competition!
— Cabel Sasser (@cabel) December 6, 2009
@SolarCreative each of the three developers signed on to develop each winning app dropped out one after another until it died
— Phill Ryu (@phillryu) September 8, 2013
