149: ‘With Apologies to Hamilton’ With Glenn Fleishman
The Talk Show With John Gruber
03/17/16
•139m
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Glenn Fleishman joins the show. The primary topic: Apple’s legal battle against the FBI regarding the iPhone and encryption. Other topics include Aaron Burr’s resurgence in popularity, the U.S. founding fathers’ use of cyphers and codes in their correspondance, next week’s Apple event, USB battery packs, and more.
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Links:
- Free chapters of Glenn Fleishman’s upcoming book, Take Control of Slack Basics.
- Graydon Carter: “Why Donald Trump Will Always Be a ‘Short-Fingered Vulgarian’”.
- Political action committee changes name from “Trump Has Tiny Hands PAC” to “Americans Against Insecure Billionaires with Tiny Hands”.
- Donald Trump back in October 2013: “As an addition, Apple must go to a larger screen now—asap! They’re losing their standing in the market!”.
- Wordnik.
- Low self-discharged (LSD) nickel–metal hydride batteries.
- Walt Mossberg’s review of the modular Eero home Wi-Fi system.
This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.
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148: ‘Occupy Portland’ With John Moltz
March 2, 2016
•140m
Special guest John Moltz returns to the show. Topics include the Apple/FBI encryption fight, Apple's upcoming event and the products they're expected to announce. And Campo Santo's fantastic new video game Firewatch.
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Links:
- L. Gordon Crovitz’s jacktastic op-ed piece on the Apple/FBI fight.
- Firewatch.
- Olly Moss’s Star Wars trilogy posters.
- Geek Remix’s excellent video analyzing the plot of Firewatch. Spoilers galore — do not watch this unless you’ve finished the game. You don’t even want to look at the title of the video.
- The cast of Firewatch.
This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.
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150: ‘Strict Robot Definer’ With Jason Snell
March 28, 2016
•171m
Jason Snell (Six Colors, The Incomparable, Upgrade) returns to the show for an in-depth look at last week's Apple Event, and the two products that were introduced: the iPhone SE and the 9.7-inch iPad Pro. Other topics include the ongoing FBI/Apple encryption soap opera, what's wrong with the Apple Watch -- and our appreciation for the late great Garry Shandling.
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Links:
- Great article by Ben Thompson: “Apple’s Organizational Crossroads”
- BeOS developers tossing CRT monitors off the roof of their office building, circa 2000.
- Interesting study on differing interpretations of emoji across platforms.
- Napkin — a terrific Mac image annotation app from Guy and Chris Parrish.
- Walt Disney World’s “Philly Cheesesteak” hot dog. (You can get it with apple slices to keep it healthy.)
This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.
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