282: ‘Everybody Is an Expert’ With Joanna Stern

Hosted byJohn Gruber

Joanna Stern returns to the show to talk about working from home, the utter suckitude of laptop webcams, the new MacBook Air, and Face ID in our new world of face-mask-wearing.

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Links:

• Joanna’s “How to Make an iPad Stand” video.
• Joanna’s review of the new Macbook Air, and her video on the state of laptop webcams.
• My review of the new MacBook Air.
• Joanna’s column (and video) on Face ID’s inability to recognize us while wearing face masks.
• Joanna’s iPhone X review from 2017, wherein she tried to fool Face ID with 3D-printed faces.
• Yours truly back in August 2017: “Safari Should Display Favicons in Its Tabs”.
• WWDC 2018: Apple announces favicons in Safari tabs.
• . The Verge: “Webcams Have Become Impossible to Find, and Prices Are Skyrocketing”.

This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.