
180: ‘Yay or Nay to Their POV’ With Matthew Panzarino
The Talk Show With John Gruber
01/31/17
•108m
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Matthew Panzarino returns to the show. Topics include Apple’s Q1 2017 financial results (including record iPhone sales and continuing cooling iPad sales), issues with LG’s new 5K UltraFine display (not so fine if you use it near a Wi-Fi router), the tech industry’s response to Trump’s immigration ban, and the highlights at this year’s Sundance Film Festival.
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- Apple’s just-announced Q1 2017 results.
- LG’s new 5K display can have problems if used near a Wi-Fi router.
- Steve Jobs set the goal of 10 million iPhones sold in the first year (1 percent market share).
- Tim Cook’s response to Trump’s immigration ban.
- Google employees rallied against the ban.
- Sergey Brin went to SFO to join the protests.
- Steve Bannon suggested there are too many Asian CEOs in Silicon Valley.
- Movies that debuted at Sundance:
This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.
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179: ‘iPhone Is the New Hitler’ With Ben Thompson
January 26, 2017
•134m
Ben Thompson returns to the show. Topics include the state of the Mac (and our shared belief that it’s death has been greatly exaggerated), the NFL playoffs, Chris Lattner leaving Apple for Tesla (and the general problem of talent retention), ruminating on the origins of the word “podcast”, and more.
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Links:
- “America’s slow but very real decline into a fascist state as told by the Milwaukee Bucks logo.”
- Pittsburgh cab driver says John Elway is the best quarterback in history, not know that Elway was sitting in the back seat.
- Yours truly back in 2005: “Is That a Podcast in Your Pocket?”
- MPW, Apple's classic-era IDE.
- Pastebot, a great new clipboard utility from Tapbots.
This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.
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181: ‘Corporate Stiffy’ With John Moltz
February 10, 2017
•100m
John Moltz returns to the show. Topics include: 🐩💨, iPad vs. Mac for productivity (and why the iPad isn’t a self-sufficient platform), nostalgia for System 7, speculation on this year’s upcoming new iPhones, and more.
Alternative title for this episode: 🏢🍆.
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Links:
- DF: “Comparing the First Seven Years of the iPad and Mac”.
- Why isn’t there a version of iBooks Author for iPads?
- Tim Cook, introducing the iPad Pro in September 2015: “The iPad is the clearest expression of our vision of the future of personal computing.”
- Ulysses, a great project-based app for writers, with cross-platform iOS and Mac versions.
- Ken Case’s Omni Group year-in-review post, with a tease at their upcoming cross-platform JavaScript-based automation system.
- Two stories on the same rumor about this year’s new iPhones:
This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.
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