The Talk Show With John Gruber

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375: ‘No False Humidity’, With Jason Snell May 23, 2023

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Special guest: Jason Snell. Topics: Headset, headseat, headset. And no baseball talk other than how games might look in VR. Also: Final Cut Pro and Logic Pro for iPad, and GM's dumb decision to drop CarPlay.

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

374: ‘The Paul McCartney of Car Salesmen’, With John Moltz Apr 30, 2023

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John Moltz, ace reporter from The Daily Planet, returns to the show. Topics include Apple pushing ads through its own built-in apps, car shopping, and the burgeoning Twitter alternative Bluesky.

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“This Week in Apple” — Moltz’s new weekly column at Six Colors.
My piece on DF re: an unwanted and unnecessary promotion for Apple Arcade in the iOS Settings app.
Chevy is cancelling the Bolt and really wants your data.
gruber.com, home of the Gruber Motor Company and other fine subsidiaries of The Gruber Company.
The saga behind “Superman II” and the Richard Donner cut.
Bluesky:
- The waiting list for invitation codes.
- Bluesky: How to set a custom domain name as your Bluesky handle.
- NYT: “What Is Bluesky and Why Are People Clamoring to Join It?”

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

373: ‘This Guy Reads a Lot Better’, With Quinn Nelson Apr 26, 2023

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Special guest Quinn Nelson joins the show to talk about Apple's rumored AR/VR headset, Apple silicon, and more.

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372: ‘$8 Billion in Late Fees’, With Rene Ritchie Apr 21, 2023

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Rene Ritchie returns to the show to discuss generative AI (and what Apple might soon do with it), iPhone passcodes and iCloud device security, HBO Max turning into just plain Max, and Make Something Wonderful — one more thing from Steve Jobs.

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371: ‘The Skin of Your Pants’, With Daniel Jalkut Mar 31, 2023

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Daniel Jalkut returns to the show to talk about AI chat, new emoji, and Apple Music Classical.

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370: ‘Fine Hypertext Products’, With Jason Kottke Mar 11, 2023

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Jason Kottke returns to the show to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Kottke.org.

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0sil8.
Kottke.org’s 10th anniversary, with a retrospective of site designs.
Stellar:
- Jason’s introduction.
- Miriam Krule’s profile for The Atlantic.
- Archive.org’s archive of the home page.
- Jason’s farewell post, upon shutting it down in 2016. (“I’m not good at quitting things.”)
The Suck.com origin story.
Jason’s “Ask Me Anything” solicitation for questions.
Neolithic weblogs:
- Jorn Barger’s Robot Wisdom. He coined the term “weblog” and hosted a good FAQ.
- Justin Hall’s Justin’s Links.
- Dave Winer’s Davenet, which started in 1994.
Dean Allen:
- Cardigan Industries (“At the corner of art and commerce.”)
- Textism, perhaps the best written, best designed weblog ever. (“Make haste slowly.”)
- Dean’s bio, one of my favorite pieces of writing ever.
- Favrd.

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

369: ‘18-Hour Bombing Mission’, With Marco Arment Feb 28, 2023

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Marco Arment returns to the show to discuss some genuinely startling revelations regarding iPhone and Apple ID security; the new HomePod 2; and our favorite electric vehicle maker. Also: coffee.

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Joanna Stern and Nicole Nguyen for the WSJ: “A Basic iPhone Feature Helps Criminals Steal Your Entire Digital Life”.
Yours truly, back in 2020, missing the obvious: “Can Thieves Crack 6-Digit iPhone Passcodes?”.
Advanced Data Protection for iCloud — encrypts more stuff, but won’t protect you from someone with your iPhone and your passcode.
Marco’s review of the HomePod 2 on ATP.
Macworld: “This Photo of Lebron’s Record Should Be Apple’s Next ‘Shot on iPhone’ Ad”.
Marco’s broken (and my own current) coffee grinder: the Baratza Virtuosa, which, alas, has been discontinued.
Marco’s new coffee grinder: the Ode Brew Grinder Gen 2.
Kanye West revealing that his iPhone passcode is “000000” on camera, while in the Oval Office talking nonsense with then-President Trump.

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

368: ‘Tweeter and the Monkey Man’, With Dan Moren Jan 31, 2023

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Special guest Dan Moren joins the show to talk about the new M2 MacBook Pros and Mac Minis, the state of Mac gaming, and the triumphant return of the full-sized HomePod.

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New M2 Pro/Max MacBook Pros and Mac Minis
2nd-gen HomePod review roundup.
Dan’s “The Galactic Cold War” series of novels and short stories.

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

367: ‘Slow-Moving Hurricane’, With Craig Hockenberry Jan 19, 2023

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Craig Hockenberry returns to the show to talk about the demise of third-party Twitter clients, the overall Twitter shitshow, touchscreens on the Mac, and the perils of autocorrect when you have a clever username.

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From the Daring Fireball archive (2009): “Twitter Clients Are a UI Design Playground”.
Craig, this week: “The Shit Show”.
My take this week: “Twitterrific: End of an Era”.
The Iconfactory’s other apps:
- Wallaroo — delightful iOS wallpapers
- Tot — text scratchpad for Mac and iOS
- xScope — screen inspector for Mac designers
- Linea — excellent drawing app for iPad
- Frenzic — fun game in Apple Arcade
Edovia’s Screens — amazing VNC app to use your Mac from iOS devices.
Lights Off — the first-ever game for iPhone, still available in the App Store.
EDGE “2G” cellular data networking.
Blaine Cook, early Twitter engineer and champion of third-party client APIs, now all-in on Mastodon.

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

366: ‘Measure Seven Times, Cut Once’, With Glenn Fleishman Dec 31, 2022

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Glenn Fleishman returns to the show to talk about reported setbacks in Apple's silicon division, the LastPass vault leak and password management, and the frontiers of social networking. Also, the joys of modern air travel during the holidays.

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Apple silicon woes:
- Mark Gurman on the Mac Pro.
- Wayne Ma at The Information on the graphics capabilities of the iPhone 14 Pro's A16 SoC.
Jeremi Gosney summarizing the situation with LastPass.
Seat 31B: "The Great Southwest Meltdown of 2022". Terrific explainer about how Southwest is different from other airlines.
Rubén Caballero -- formerly head of wireless technology engineering at Apple; now working for Microsoft.
Glenn's books on security.
Stochastic screening.
"Shift Happens" -- the keyboards book Glenn has been working on with Marcin Wichary since 2018.

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

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