284: ‘30 Years of TidBITS’ With Adam Engst
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Special guest Adam Engst joins the show to celebrate 30 years of TidBITS -- the only publication going strong today that started as a weekly HyperCard stack. Sponsored by: Squarespace: Make your next move. Use code talkshow for 10% off your first order. Linode: Instantly deploy and manage an SSD server in the Linode Cloud. Get a server running in seconds with your choice of Linux distro, resources, and choice of 10 node locations. Feals: Premium CBD delivered directly to your doorstep. Get 50% off your first order with free shipping. Links: Adam Engst: “TidBITS Marks Its 30th Anniversary in a Time of Pandemic”. “Info-Mac is a discussion forum for Apple users as well as an archive of online content dating back to 1984.” The Mac compression wars: Raymond Lau’s StuffIt vs. Bill Goodman’s Compact Pro. I was a Compact Pro man, myself. The official Compact Pro website is, amazingly, still up. TidBITS issue 42, 11 February 1991: “Compression Wars”. That’s right, 1991. TidBITS’s coverage of MacHack over the years. My 1994 letter to Andy Ihnatko’s Help Desk column in MacUser magazine. This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.
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