115: ‘Turd on the Front Porch’ With Guest Ben Thompson
The Talk Show With John Gruber
04/03/15
•154m
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Special guest Ben Thompson returns, with the intention of not talking about Apple Watch — and so of course we spend two hours talking about Apple Watch. Other topics include the launch of Jay Z’s streaming music service Tidal, audience ceilings faced by different types of dedicated TV devices, and Meerkat-vs.-Periscope and the nascent revolution of ubiquitous live-streaming video. We make some NCAA men’s basketball Final Four picks, too.
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- Ben’s website: Stratechery.
- David Pierce, writing for Wired: “iPhone Killer: The Secret History of the Apple Watch”.
- Daring Fireball, back in 2013: “Exhibit A in the Case That Newly-Hired Apple Vp of Technology Kevin Lynch Is a Bozo, a Bad Hire”.
- Kevin Lynch’s personal website.
- Billboard: “Jay Z on Competing With Jimmy Iovine: ‘I Don’t Have To Lose...For You Guys To Win’”.
- Steve Jobs unveils Apple’s “Digital Hub” strategy at Macworld Expo in January 2001.
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- Yahoo Finance: “YouTube’s Highest-Paid Star Is a Woman Who Unboxes Disney Toys”.
- Recode: “Apple Asks TV Programmers to Supply Their Own Streams for Apple’s TV Service”.
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114: ‘All of Us Assholes in Journalism’ With Guest Serenity Caldwell
March 20, 2015
•139m
Special guest Serenity Caldwell joins the show. Topics include last week’s “Spring Forward” Apple media event; the new Force Touch Trackpad for MacBooks, and the prospects for force touch in future iOS devices; and of course, Apple Watch.
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- Jacqui Cheng’s review of the original 2008 MacBook Air for Ars Technica.
- Christopher Phin fondly remembers the PowerBook Duo.
- Greg Koenig: “How the Apple Watch Is Made”.
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116: ‘Browser Pooped on the Wee-Wee Pad’ With Guest Joanna Stern
April 15, 2015
•154m
Special guest Joanna Stern of The Wall Street Journal joins the show to talk about Apple Watch and the new MacBook (and her reviews thereof).
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- Joanna’s Apple Watch review and video.
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- Apple’s battery life page for Apple Watch, which states that the 42 mm models get longer battery life.
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