153: ‘Chock Full of Whimsy’ With Ben Thompson
The Talk Show With John Gruber
05/06/16
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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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152: ‘The Greatest Mic Drop I’ve Ever Seen’ With Guy English
April 25, 2016
•164m
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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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.
This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.
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154: ‘Facebook on Your Face’ With Rene Ritchie
May 21, 2016
•131m
Rene Ritchie returns to the show. Topics include Apple’s new flagship retail store in San Francisco, recent improvements to App Store approval times, and Google’s announcements at I/O this week — Google Home and Google Assistant, Allo and Duo, and Android “N” and Android Instant Apps.
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Links:
- Rene’s preview of the new SF Apple Store.
- Apple Talk — iMore’s new podcast, with yours truly as their first guest.
- App Store review times.
- Privacy advocate Christopher Soghoian on Twitter.
- Google I/O 2016 Keynote on YouTube.
This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.
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