228: ‘Smallen Up the Bezels’ With Jason Snell

Special guest Jason Snell returns to the show. Topics do include mechanical keyboards, but do not — I swear — include baseball. Also: speculation on what Apple might do with the non-Pro MacBook lineup.

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Links:

• Yours truly asking Tim Cook, Steve Jobs, and Bob Mansfield whether they used the bumper cases at the Antennagate press conference.
• Matias Laptop Pro Wireless Keyboard.
• Das Keyboard.
• WASD keyboards.
  • WASD’s 6-key switch tester — great desk toy.
• My favorite iPad (and iPhone) stand: Anker’s $11 Multi-Angle Stand.
• Keyboard Maestro.
• Jason writing for Macworld back in March: “MacBook Air: Why Won’t It Die?”.
• Phil Schiller deftly shows how the 13-inch MacBook Pro is smaller than the 13-inch MacBook Air in October 2016.
• Daring Fireball: “Let’s Really Think About This ‘New Low-Cost Laptop to Succeed MacBook Air’ Thing”.
• Iconic photo of Missouri Journalism School lecture hall filled with students with MacBooks.

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