The Talk Show With John Gruber

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The Talk Show With John Gruber episodes

January 31, 2022336: ‘He Looked Like a Fred’, With John Moltz
Special guest: John Moltz. Special topics: Apple’s record-breaking but somehow yawn-inducing quarterly results, new features in the upcoming releases of MacOS 12.3 and iOS 15.4, the Neil Young–Joe Rogan Spotify saga, and more.
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Links:
Apple Quarterly Results:
Apple Newsroom.
My two cents.
“This Is Tim.”
MacOS 12.3 is dropping kernel extension APIs used by Dropbox and Microsoft OneDrive:
Stephen Hackett.
Dropbox passing the buck.
Microsoft says OneDrive will soon be ready.
Box has been ready since October.
New emojis in iOS 15.4 and MacOS 12.3.
MacRumors: "Hands-On With Universal Control in iPadOS 15.4 and macOS Monterey 12.3".
Other new features in iOS 15.3 and MacOS 12.3, including Face ID while wearing a mask.
Steve Jobs's backdated stock options.
Former Apple CFO Fred Anderson.
East India Company.
They are, in fact, still a concern.
Joe Isuzu.
This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.
1 hr 33 min
January 26, 2022335: ‘Blofeld-69-420’, With Guy English
Guy English returns to the show to talk about video games, the cold, the Heat, and the state of streaming video services.
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“Heat 2”:
“Heat”.
Michael Mann’s tweet announcing “Heat 2”.
I almost plotzed.
Michael Mann on The Rewatchables in November 2021, talking about “Heat”.
Roger Ebert in 2010: “Video Games Can Never Be Art”.
Me, in 2014: “I really wish [Ebert] had lived to see ‘Firewatch’.”
“The Making of N64 Goldeneye: A 90s Video Game Masterpiece”.
Rogue Amoeba: Audio Hijack.
Yours truly speaking at XOXO 2014, on how Google Reader shutting down gave me the idea that has funded Daring Fireball ever since.
BeOS screenshots — were those just-wide-enough-for-the-title window title bars a good idea or a gimmick?
Netflix Chicken Littles.
“Biff” podcast on The Incomparable — “Dan Moren, John Moltz, and Guy English discuss superhero TV shows and movies in the inimitable style that their loyal readers have come to love.”
This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.
2 hr 6 min
January 08, 2022334: ‘High-Margin Candy Bar’, With Dieter Bohn
Dieter Bohn joins the show to talk about his excellent new documentary, Springboard: The Secret History of the First Real Smartphone -- a history of Handspring and the creators of the original PalmPilot.
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Links:
“Springboard: The Secret History of the First Real Smartphone” — the full 30-minute documentary.
(That same link has Dieter’s bonus material, too, including his corrected version of Ed Colligan’s infamous December 2006 quip about the then-imminent iPhone.)
“The Zen of Palm” (PDF) — Palm’s HIG and design philosophy.
Palm OS’s Graffiti handwriting system, including an illustrated cheatsheet of the gestures.
PalmOS devices:
PalmPilot
Jeff Hawkins’s wooden prototype for getting the size right
Handspring Visor
Sony Clié
Harry McCracken’s look back at Palm devices for Fast Company in 2018
The Palm Pre — Palm’s answer to the iPhone in 2009.
TreoCentral and VisorCentral — both sites long defunct, but still available online.
BlackBerry-esque prototype Android devices from before Google saw the iPhone.
HTC’s G1 — The first commercial Android phone (a real turd).
This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.
1 hr 40 min
December 31, 2021333: ‘Schrödinger’s Feature’, With Rene Ritchie
Apple’s 2021 year in review, with special guest Rene Ritchie.
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January:
John Ternus becomes SVP of hardware; Dan Riccio takes over VR/AR.
February:
iOS 14.5 and unlocking with Apple Watch while wearing a mask.
March:
HomePod canceled.
“Intel Goes Long”.
April:
“Spring Loaded” event.
Apple Podcasts changes.
May:
Epic v. Apple court case.
App Store: The Schiller Cut.
New Apple TV 4K and Siri Remote.
M1 iPad Pros.
24-inch M1 iMacs.
June:
WWDC 2021.
Safari tabs saga.
August:
Child safety initiatives.
September:
“California Streaming” event.
iPhones 13
Rene’s review.
My review.
iPad Mini
Rene’s review.
My review.
iOS 15 and WatchOS 8.
Kevin Lynch takes over “TitanOS”.
October:
Apple Watch Series 7
Rene’s review.
My review.
M1 Pro/Max MacBook Pros
Rene’s review.
My review.
MacOS 12 Monterey
Shortcuts.
November:
Federighi’s anti-sideloading keynote at Web Summit in Lisbon.
December:
The Matrix Awakens: An Unreal Engine 5 Experience.
This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.
2 hr 46 min
December 23, 2021332: ‘The Post-Doom Era’, With Joanna Stern
Emmy Award-winning Joanna Stern returns to the show. Topics include: Apple’s new iCloud “legacy contact” feature, the current state and future of VR headsets, Elon Musk, and more.
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Links:
Joanna on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon last week. (Really fun!)
Gita Mini by Piaggio — the follow-along robot demoed on The Tonight Show.
“Stuck in the Metaverse for 24 hours” — Joanna spends 24 hours alone in a hotel room wearing an Oculus Quest 2.
“E-Ternal: A Tech Quest to Live Forever” — Joanna’s Emmy-winning documentary.
Joanna’s “new roommate”.
iOS 15.2’s “Legacy Contact” feature.
“Springboard: The Secret History of the First Real Smartphone”.
“General Magic: The Movie.”
Joanna Stern interviews Elon Musk at the WSJ CEO Council Summit — video and transcript.
This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.
2 hr
December 11, 2021331: ‘John Was the Problem’, With Merlin Mann
Merlin Mann returns to the show to discuss two brief topics (with a few asides): my dream of opening a steakhouse, and Peter Jackson’s Beatles documentary Get Back.
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Links:
Who’s who in “Get Back”? A guide to the non-Beatles in Peter Jackson’s documentary.
“And Your Bird Can Sing” (Take 2) April 20, 1966.
Amazon.com: iSi Classic MeshSodamaker for Making Carbonating Beverages, 1 Quart, Stainless Steel: Industrial & Scientific.
American Giant.
Farhad Manjoo: “This Is The Greatest Hoodie Ever Made”.
YKK Zippers.
Bern’s Steak House in Tampa.
Jamie Zawinski.
DNA Lounge.
“Now you have two problems.”
The Sharper Image’s Bacon Express Toaster.
Helen Rosner in The New Yorker: “Pellet Ice Is the Good Ice”.
Hal’s New York Seltzer Water.
“What makes Ringo a Great Drummer”.
“World’s Great Drummers Salute Ringo Starr”.
‎David Sims, Letterboxd one-sentence reviewer extraordinaire.
“Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle”.
“Free Solo”.
“A Quiet Place”.
RoboCop: Blank Check with Griffin & David.
Amanda Hess in the NYT: “The Sublime Spectacle of Yoko Ono Disrupting the Beatles”.
“Futura and Wes Anderson: A Love Story”.
Atkinson Hyperlegible — an accessibility typeface.
Hop Sing Laundromat:
Hop Sing on Twitter.
Lê on Twitter.
Rare photos from inside.
This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.
3 hr 10 min
November 30, 2021330: ‘Headline Goes Here’, With Jim Dalrymple
Special guest Jim Dalrymple returns to the show to discuss the past and future of Apple-centric reporting.
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Links:
MacCentral circa November 1996, as cached by the Internet Archive. Among the news of the week: the release of BBEdit 4.0.2 and Cyberdog 1.2 beta 2. One of those had a longer shelf life than the other.
1 hr 17 min
November 24, 2021329: ‘The Scotland Board of Tourism’, With David Smith
Special guest David Smith returns to the show to talk about Apple Watch Series 7 and the state of WatchOS, Apple suing NSO Group, and more.
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Links:
David's post about wildcamping in Scotland with Apple Watch Series 7.
David's excellent apps: Widgetsmith, Watchsmith, Pedometer++, Sleep++, and more.
Problematic Forbes story: "Apple Quietly Buying Ads Via Google For High-Value Subscription Apps To Capture App Publisher Revenue".
Apple sues NSO Group.
NYT: "Apple Sues Israeli Spyware Maker, Seeking to Block Its Access to iPhones".
Skyfall Road Pin on Google Maps.
Under the Radar.
This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.
1 hr 30 min
November 13, 2021328: ‘The Warden’s Dilemma’, With Ben Thompson
Dithering CEO Ben Thompson returns to the show to go deep on the concept of the metaverse.
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Links:
Ben’s piece at Stratechery on the metaverse and the enterprise.
Ben’s interview with Mark Zuckerberg.
Facebook’s 2021 Connect keynote.
Steven Levy’s interview with Niantic Labs founder and CEO John Hanke: “AR Is Where the Real Metaverse Is Going to Happen”.
WALL-E’s dystopian vision of compulsive VR/AR addiction.
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This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.
1 hr 59 min
October 31, 2021327: ‘Giddy With Mac-Ness’, With Daniel Jalkut
Special guest Daniel Jalkut returns to the show to talk about the new MacBook Pros.
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Docker.
This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.
1 hr 44 min