152: ‘The Greatest Mic Drop I’ve Ever Seen’ With Guy English
The Talk Show With John Gruber
04/25/16
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Special guest Guy English returns to the show. Topics include Ben Thompson’s argument that Apple’s functional organizational structure is hindering their efforts in online services, recalling our first Apple computers and the elegance of the classic Mac OS’s conceptual design, Prince (and his early use of Macs for creating music), emoji and exclamation marks, WWDC 2016, and yours truly’s youthful foray into on-the-job vandalism.
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- 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.
This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.
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151: ‘Option P’ With Serenity Caldwell
April 12, 2016
•129m
Serenity Caldwell returns to the show. Topics include the new 9.7-inch iPad Pro, using an iPad for “work”, podcasting microphones, the damn Siri Remote for the new Apple TV, the Star Wars: Rogue One teaser, and more.
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- Apogee MiC Digital Microphone — a good (but $230) Lightning port microphone for iOS devices.
- Serenity: “Some Day, I Would Like to Stop Losing My Siri Remote”.
- Jared Newman attached a Tile tracker to his Siri Remote.
- The first trailer for Star Wars: Rogue One.
This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.
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153: ‘Chock Full of Whimsy’ With Ben Thompson
May 6, 2016
•178m
Ben Thompson returns to the show to talk about Apple’s recent quarterly results, what we think is going on with iPhone sales, Tim Cook’s misleading guidance, Apple Music, and a lot more.
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Links:
- Yours truly, last week: “Apple and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Drop in iPhone Sales”.
- Ben, two weeks ago: “Apple’s Organizational Crossroads”.
- Neil Cybart: “iPhone Warning Signs”.
- Due, an iPhone reminder app that I’ve been using daily for years.
- Gary Allen, now-deceased writer behind IFO Apple Store.
- Mini Microsoft.
- Dodger Trayce Thompson, brother of Golden State Warrior star Klay Thompson, hit a run in Tampa that never came down from the rafters.
This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.
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