138: ‘I’ve Been Using Mine More in Bed’ With Joanna Stern
The Talk Show With John Gruber
12/07/15
•139m
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Joanna Stern returns to the show to talk about the iPad Pro, Microsoft's Surface Pro 4 and Surface Book, what's going on with Yahoo (spoiler: not much), how best to sell old iPhones when upgrading, and Mark Zuckerberg promising to donate 99 percent of his fortune to charitable causes.
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- Joanna’s reviews of the Surface Pro 4 and Surface Book, and the iPad Pro.
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- Joanna, from back in May: “Forget Social Media! Build Your Very Own Website”.
- Swappa — an online marketplace for buying and selling used devices.
This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.
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137: ‘Peak Rumor Season’ With John Moltz
November 30, 2015
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Special guest John Moltz returns to the show to discuss rumors that the iPhone 7 might not have a standard headphone jack and that Apple is working on new MacBook Airs. Also: a parenting guide to the Star Wars and James Bond franchises.
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- Rumor: “Apple May Replace 3.5mm Headphone Jack on iPhone 7 With All-in-One Lightning Connector”.
- Rumor: “Thinner MacBook Air in 13” and 15” Sizes Coming at WWDC 2016?”.
- The 5.9mm-thick Samsung Galaxy A8.
- Apple’s $29 Lightning-to-30-pin adapter.
- Amazon’s video showing their latest prototype delivery drone, narrated by Jeremy Clarkson.
- Fraser Speirs: “Can the MacBook Pro Replace Your iPad?”
- A Tesla Owner reviews a petrol-powered car.
This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.
Next Episode
Apple senior vice president of software engineering Craig Federighi joins the show for a wide-ranging half-hour discussion about Swift — Apple’s new programming language that just went open source.
Next, John Siracusa returns to the show to follow up on Federighi’s segment on Swift. Other topics include Apple’s new Smart Battery Case for the iPhone 6/6S, and our mutual (and perhaps futile) desire to head into this week’s premiere of Star Wars: The Force Awakens knowing as few spoilers as possible.
Transcript of Craig Federighi’s interview.
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- Craig Federighi talking about Swift going open source with Ars Technica, TheNextWeb, and Mashable.
- Siracusa’s explanation of Automatic Reference Counting (ARC) in his Mac OS X 10.7 review in 2011.
- Siracusa’s excellent introduction to Swift from his Mac OS X 10.10 review last year.
- Glyn Williams post on Quora regarding how iOS devices need less RAM than equivalent Android devices, because Android’s virtual machine uses garbage collection and iOS doesn’t.
- “The Curious Case of the Curious Case” — my review of Apple’s new Smart Battery Case.
- Michael Tsai’s link roundup on Sketch leaving the Mac App Store.
- Brian Kernighan and Dennis Ritchie’s The C Programming Language, first published in 1978.
- Android’s Dalvik (old) and ART (new) runtimes, both of which use garbage collection.
- “Don’t Drink the Bacta Tea” — spoiler-free episode of The Incomparable last week, with Siracusa, Jason Snell, Serenity Caldwell, and Dan Moren talking about The Force Awakens.
- Japanese director Hayao Miyazaki
- Sci-Fi Corridor Archive. Start here, of course.
This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.
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