538: A Future That Is Now Stuck in the Past
· 1 h 17 min · Episode 538
Episode 538: A Future That Is Now Stuck in the Past
The guys reflect on the Vision Pro's first year and then talk about things that matter more, like the recent resurgence of read-it-later apps and Apple's new Invites app.
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Links and Show Notes:
Dec. 2025 Update: The guys at Robot or Not have weighed in, a mere ten months later.
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Links in the notes 20
- https://www.theincomparable.com/robot/328/
- https://relay.fm/connected/join
- https://relay.fm/connected/feedback
- https://sixcolors.com/post/2025/02/apple-in-2024-the-six-colors-report-card/
- https://www.relay.fm/upgrade/549
- https://512pixels.net/2025/02/the-2024-six-colors-report-card/
- https://www.macstories.net/stories/six-colors-apple-in-2024-report-card/
- https://bsky.app/profile/steven.wiki/post/3lgx24os3gs2t
- https://www.theverge.com/news/606530/gemini-ai-app-flash-thinking-2-0-update
- https://www.macstories.net/stories/the-many-purposes-of-timeline-apps-for-the-open-web/
- https://www.theverge.com/apps/605756/tapestry-reeder-surf-timeline-apps
- https://blog.instapaper.com/post/774564490310205440/instapaper-ios-91-logged-in-sites-paywall
- https://goodlinks.app/
- https://raindrop.io/
- https://readwise.io/
- https://readwise.io/read
- https://reederapp.com/classic/
- https://www.goldenhillsoftware.com/unread/
- https://getpocket.com/home
- https://512pixels.net/2024/02/apple-vision-pro-review/
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