Backstage is a members-only podcast from Relay FM. Each month, co-founders Myke Hurley and Stephen Hackett will give a behind-the-scenes look at what it takes to run the network, and share their knowledge to help you create a podcast or start a creative project.
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On this feedback episode, David shares some about an upcoming studio move, and Stephen talks about recent experimentation with a teleprompter. Also on the docket: connected home cameras, more on working from home and the iPhone SE.
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Started by former members of Apple’s leadership team, Be was formed to take on the Mac and other computers of the mid-90s. The company wrote its own operating system and shipped dual-CPU computers before failing to be purchased by Apple and slowly fading away.
Getting to play with BeOS in a virtual machine was a lot of fun.
This week, on a really fun episode of Connected:
Myke and Federico share their impressions of the Magic Keyboard for iPad Pro and Stephen reveals the number of items in his collection and the group announces The Hackett Number — the computers-per-capita figure for Stephen’s household.
I may have a problem.
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May seems to be the Month of Commercial Crew! Also: NASA is working from home, an exoplanet may be no more and a look at a future Mars sample return mission.
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This time on Ungeniused, we cover a few more weird sports: fox tossing, speed typing and rocket racing.
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This week on Mac Power Users, we dive deep into a quintessential Mac tool:
BetterTouchTool takes a Mac’s input devices and turns them into automation triggers. It can transform the Touch Bar into a customized set of tools and make a Trackpad or Mouse much more powerful. This week Stephen and David dive into this utility and what it can do.
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Federico rejects a new iPhone charging solution, Myke opens a new store and Stephen passes a collection basket to add a set of wheels to his Mac Pro. Then, the three talk about the new iPhone SE.
I think the new SE is going to be a terrific phone for a whole lot of people. I’m glad Apple has gotten it launched, alongside some Mac Pro accessories and the Magic Keyboard for the iPad Pro.
As The Incomparable’s resident space podcaster, I joined Jason Snell, Dr. Drang, Dan Moren and Kathy Campbell to discuss Apollo 13:
Put on a white vest, climb in your Corvette, and whatever you do, don’t stir the cryo tanks! It’s the 50th anniversary of Apollo 13 and the 25th anniversary of “Apollo 13,” so we’re here to discuss Ron Howard’s film, starring Tom Hanks, Ed Harris and an enormous collection of character actors. The real-life story of Apollo 13 is so unlikely that if they made it into a movie, you’d never believe it—but in 1995 they did, and you will.
Dr. David MacDonald is a musician and professor with a unique way of using the iPad, Apple TV and GoodNotes together to engage and equip his students.
This was a fun interview, and I think Dr. David and Mr. Sparks spoke about music for about 2 hours after I left the Skype call at the end of our recording.
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This week on Flashback, Quinn and I get our gamer on, exploring three failed game consoles: the Apple Pippin, Nintendo Virtual Boy and the Ouya. I own a Pippin, but didn’t know much about the other two before our research, and it was a lot of fun to learn about them.
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This week, Myke talks about a sale on Cinema Displays, then the guys move on discuss Federico’s recent iPad article on modularity, the possibilities of widgets in iOS 14 and Stephen’s Mac Madness winner and picks.
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