591: HyperCard All the Way Down, with Adam Engst

With over 30 years of history, TidBITs is the longest-running tech publication covering Apple in the world. This week, one of its founders, Adam Engst, drops by the show to talk about his writing workflow, unusual input devices and how WWDC has changed over the years.

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RollerMouse Pro3 - Contour Design Inc.

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Get It Rolling with the RollerMouse - TidBITS

USB Overdrive

Eudora (email client) - Wikipedia

Spark

Mimestream

Slack

Trello

Project Status Board — MacSparky

More Status Board Details — MacSparky

Suggest edits in Google Docs

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Federico Viticci's "Apple Frames" Shortcut

Disable Window Shadows on macOS Screenshots – 512 Pixels

Retrobatch, from Flying Meat

Keyboard Maestro

The Snow Leopard Moment – 512 Pixels

Brave Browser

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Hazel – Noodlesoft

‎CARROT Weather on the App Store

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Paprika Recipe Manager

Cook's Illustrated

Talking Moose - Wikipedia

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