135: ‘Put a Nipple on It’ With Adam Lisagor
The Talk Show With John Gruber
11/07/15
•154m
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Special guest Adam Lisagor returns to the show. Topics include the new Apple TV (why we both love it, despite several 1.0 flaws), 4K video, 3D movies, and Adam’s excellent new series “Computer Show”.
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- The photo I sent to Adam at the start of the show.
- FireCore aTV Flash.
- Computer Show.
- The Computer Chronicles.
- Pako — the silly little car chase game I’m digging on Apple TV.
- Faces of Death.
This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.
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134: ‘Field Sobriety Test’ With Guy English
October 31, 2015
•149m
Special guest Guy English returns to the show for an in-depth discussion about the new Apple TV.
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Links:
- Christina Warren’s review of the Apple TV for Mashable.
- Serenity Caldwell’s list of six ways the new Apple TV could be improved.
- Steel Series Wireless Gaming Controller — $50 gaming controller compatible with Apple TV.
- Scriptnotes — John August and Craig Mazin’s excellent podcast about screenwriting and things interesting to creative people.
- Manticore — Ambitious 3D space shooter for Apple TV.
- NetNewsWire Today for Apple TV.
- VentureBeat: “Storehouse’s Apple TV app turns your television into a slideshow screen”.
This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.
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136: ‘Fully Charged Pencil’ With Jason Snell
November 21, 2015
•133m
Special guest Jason Snell joins the show to talk about iPad Pro, Apple Pencil, how iOS still feels like *iPhone OS* at a fundamental level, and Don Norman and Bruce Tognazzini’s overwrought “How Apple Is Giving Design a Bad Name” article for Fast Company. Also: the new membership program at Six Colors.
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- Jason, writing at Macworld, on the iPad Pro’s keyboard shortcomings.
- Don Norman and Bruce Tognazzini, writing at Fast Company: “How Apple Is Giving Design a Bad Name”.
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