70 // Launchers with Thomas Paul Mann

A command line and a GUI are two completely different ways to operate a computer—but quick launchers and command palettes have found a way to bring them together. Thomas is building Raycast, an extensible quick launcher for macOS. He joins Mark and Adam to discuss the evolution of launchers from Quicksilver to Spotlight to the Chrome address bar; reasons to embed web technologies into a native app; and how voice interfaces like Siri and Alexa fit into this story.

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Show notes

• Thomas Paul Mann @thomaspaulmann
• Raycast
• Spark AR
• Raycast API
• Metamuse episode on platforms
• Spotlight, iOS Search
• KDE, Krunner
• Quicksilver
• Superhuman, Linear, Notion
• Arc
• Siri, Alexa