This week, John is joined by his NPC: Next Portable Console co-host Brendon Bigley for a conversation about Control Ultimate Edition coming to the Mac, Bluesky, a friendly interrogation about the apps and gear Brendon uses, and more.

This episode is sponsored by:

• Capacities – A novel approach to note-taking.

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Links and Show Notes

A Conversation with Brendon Bigley

Control Ultimate Edition Is Coming to the Mac

• Control Ultimate Edition Is Coming to the Mac Early Next Year
• Whisky
• Apple is rumored to be working on a game-specific app store

Bluesky

• MacStories Is on Bluesky
• Cross-Posting
  • EchoFeed
  • Croissant
    • Croissant: A Beautifully-Designed App for Cross-Posting to Multiple Social Media Accounts
    • Croissant: An App for Cross-Posting
  • Openvibe
• Other apps
  • deck.blue

A Friendly Interrogation

• Email: Gmail
  • Google Is Discontinuing Its Inbox Email App in March 2019
• Task Manager: Tot
  • Also mentioned:
    • Clear
    • Apple Reminders
    • Godspeed
• Writing
  • iA Writer
  • Obsidian
• Web Host
  • Pika
• RSS and Read-Later
  • Readwise Reader
  • Also mentioned
    • Feedbin
    • Matter
    • Reeder
    • Play
    • Lire
    • Unread
    • Boox Palma
• Podcasting
  • Hardware
    • Samson Q9U
    • Elgato Stream Deck+ and XLR Dock
    • Facecam Pro
  • Audio Hijack
  • Ableton Live
  • Camo Studio
  • Also mentioned: SoundSource
  • Podcast Host: Transistor.fm
  • Also mentioned:
    • Blue Yeti
    • The Worst Garbage podcast network

iOS Game Recommendations

• Domino Drop
• Afterplace

Follow Brendon’s work

• Wavelengths.online
• YouTube
• Into the Aether
• NPC: Next Portable Console
• Social Media
  • Bluesky
  • Mastodon
  • Instagram
  • Threads

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