Recommended: 20 Macs for 2020
Originally Posted: March 7th, 2021
Recommended: 20 Macs for 2020
I don’t often recommend other people’s work, but I want to make an exception for Jason Snell’s excellent 20 Macs for 2020. The main series is 20 individual podcasts, articles, and videos, which focus on notable Macs throughout Apple’s history. The podcast episodes are basically mini audio documentaries, featuring interviews and the story of each notable Mac. Each episode also has an accompanying article and video. If you’re a Mac nerd like me, do yourself a favor and check it out. The whole series is a treat.
Even though the main series is over, Jason has been publishing bonus content in the podcast feed. He’s published 3 episodes of the full interviews with John Siracusa, and one with John Gruber. I’ve thoroughly enjoyed those. They’re a great addition, and I’m looking forward to more of those coming out.
20 Macs for 2020 Links
Podcast series at Relay FM
Video series at the 512 Pixels YouTube channel, in collaboration with Stephen Hackett
20 Macs for 2020 Articles
Bonus Recommendations
Jason Snell writes for the always-great Six Colors and co-hosts the weekly Apple news podcast Upgrade with Myke Hurley.
John Siracusa co-hosts Accidental Tech Podcast, Reconcilable Differences, and Robot or Not. He also writes (very occasionally) at hypercritical.co, and wrote legendary OS X reviews for Ars Technica.
John Gruber writes at Daring Fireball and hosts Dithering and The Talk Show.
John Siracusa recently guested on The Talk Show, which featured a long conversation about the state of the Mac in the 2nd half. It’s a long episode, but I could listen to those two talk about the Mac forever.
I loved John Gruber’s appearance on Writing and Breathing, which was a rare look into his writing process.
I have a lot of respect for those three, and the others who appeared on the 20 Mac’s series. I encourage you to support great content like this, and share it with others when you find it.