Podcast Rewind: The M5 iPad Pro, AYN Thor First Impressions, and an Interview with Brendon Bigley

This week, Federico and John consider whether Apple made the case for running local LLMs and gaming on the M5 iPad Pro and discusss who should consider buying it.

On AppStories+, we explain how Claude Skills work and why they are one of Anthropic’s most exciting features in a while.

NPC: Next Portable Console

This week, a Retroid tease, the Miyoo Mini Flip goes on sale, and John is the first of the gang to get the Ayn Thor.

This week on NPC XL, the crew shares their experiences using GameHub.

First, Last, Everything

This episode’s guest, Brendon Bigley, is, in his words, extremely online. He helped build the podcasting platform Anchor, which was acquired by Spotify in 2019, and he worked for Marvel, overseeing its presence on YouTube and other platforms. But what most people know him for is his opinions and passion for gaming and tech in general. He co-hosts the gaming podcasts Into the Aether and NPC, and he blogs and publishes videos under the Wavelengths banner.

AppStories, Episode 458, ‘The Potential and Limits of the M5 iPad Pro’ Show Notes

Federico’s M5 iPad Pro Review

M5 iPad Pro Review An AI and Gaming Upgrade for AI and Games That Aren’t There Yet - MacStories

AppStories+ Post-Show

Claude Skills Customize AI for your workflows Anthropic

What are Skills Claude Help Center

Using Skills in Claude Claude Help Center

NPC, Episode 54, ‘Hands-On with the Ayn Thor’ Show Notes

The Latest Portable Gaming News

Retroid Teases New Handheld Reveal for October 27

Miyoo Mini Flip first impressions

Anbernic shows off 3DS and other games running on the RG DS

Ayn Odin Thor First Impressions

A Quick Peek

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First, Last Everything, Episode 8, ‘Brendon Bigley - Creator, Podcaster, and Blogger’ Show Notes

This Episode’s Links

Spotify buys Gimlet and Anchor in podcast push, earmarks $500M for more deals - TechCrunch

Diggnation on Wikipedia

The Totally Rad Show on Wikipedia

iFanboy official site

The Terrace House on Netflix

Audio Hijack

Delta User Guide

Brendon

Brendon on Mastodon

Brendon on Instagram

Brendon on Bluesky

Wavelengths.online

Wavelengths on YouTube

Wavelengths Podcast

Into The Aether Podcast

NPC Podcast on MacStories.net

Brendon’s Picks

Brendon’s ‘First’: MacBook Air on Wikipedia

Brendon’s ‘Last’: AYN Odin on AYN’s official site

Brendon’s ‘Everything’: Nintendo DS on Wikipedia, Nintendo.com

Mario Kart DS on Wikipedia

Something

Eliza chatbot on Wikipedia