126: ‘Tommy Got Made’ With Guest Jason Snell
The Talk Show With John Gruber
07/20/15
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Jason Snell returns to the show, with a lot to talk about: Pebble's new Pebble Time smartwatch, the "Safari is the New IE" argument, the state of web advertising (and its adverse effects on performance and privacy) and monetization, and more.
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Links:
- Adam Lisagor guest-posting on Kottke.org back in 2007. And Jason Kottke’s introduction.
- Ben Thompson on how web advertising works today. It’s gross.
- Mary Meeker’s slide on mobile’s share of attention vs. advertising revenue in the U.S. in 2015.
- Jason on MLB’s experimental native Mac app for watching games.
- Jason: “Web Developers Are Grumpy About Safari”.
- Rene Ritchie: “Safari Isn’t the New IE: It’s the User-Centric Web”.
- My wife’s photo of me and Phil Schiller on stage last month.
- Spark — excellent new iOS email app from Readdle that Jason is using.
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125: ‘They Buy a Hole in the Wall’ With Guest Horace Dediu
June 28, 2015
•116m
Special guest Horace Dediu joins The Talk Show for the first time. Topics include the state of the maps industry, Apple’s functional organizational structure, what the WWDC keynote said about the state of the company today, and more.
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- Hybrid Events Group, who handled the live streaming video for The Talk Show’s live episode two weeks ago.
- Horace’s analysis of the state of the maps market.
- New York Times feature on the curated nature of Apple Music’s streaming music.
- Horace’s transcript of Tim Cook’s poetic description of Apple’s doctrine, from a 2009 quarterly analyst call.
- Horace’s podcast: The Critical Path.
Next Episode
127: ‘A Sack Full of Plucked Feathers’ With Guest John Moltz
July 29, 2015
•119m
Special guest John Moltz returns to the show. Topics include bluetooth headphones, Apple Music and iCloud Photo Library, phone sizes (including speculation on the lineup of new iPhones in September), El Chapo’s social media intern, Apple’s stock price, Alex Gibney’s upcoming Steve Jobs documentary, and the new trailer for Spectre.
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Links:
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- Jason Snell’s “Bezos Chart” showing Apple Watch sales figures.
- The new trailer for Spectre.
- Reddit thread on Auric Goldfinger appearing as a sort of Easter egg in Casino Royale.
- Another Easter egg in Casino Royale: Daniel Craig using his Omega Seamaster as a knuckleduster in the climactic fight.
- Trailer for Alex Gibney’s Steve Jobs documentary, The Man in the Machine.
- El Chapo threatening Donald Trump on Twitter.
- Inside El Chapo’s purported escape tunnel.
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