The Talk Show With John Gruber

Special guest “Underscore” David Smith joins the show to talk about iOS 14 widgets, WatchOS complications, sleep tracking, and his App Store chart-topping hit Widgetsmith.

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Underscore’s apps:

• Widgetsmith
• Watchsmith
• Sleep++
• Pedometer++
• And a lot more. Seriously, he makes a lot of apps.

Other links:

• Under the Radar — Underscore’s weekly podcast with Marco Arment.
• Daring Fireball: “‎Widgetsmith and The Case of the Missing App Store Bunco Squad”.
• National Weather Service.
• Weatherline.
• Michael Ward’s classic 2004 piece for McSweeney’s: “E-Mail Addresses It Would Be Really Annoying to Give Out Over the Phone”.

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