181: ‘Corporate Stiffy’ With John Moltz
The Talk Show With John Gruber
02/10/17
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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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180: ‘Yay or Nay to Their POV’ With Matthew Panzarino
January 31, 2017
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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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Links:
- 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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182: ‘AAA Podcast’ With Marco Arment
February 22, 2017
•159m
Special guest Marco Arment returns to the show. Topics include WWDC moving back to San Jose, the latest rumors about this year’s new iPads and iPhones, and the thinking behind the design changes in the just-released Overcast 3.0.
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Links:
- WWDC moves back to San Jose.
- Marco on the design details of Overcast 3.0.
- iPhone and iPad rumors:
- FastCo: “Here’s Why Apple’s 10th Anniversary iPhone Will Likely Cost More Than $1,000”.
- KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo: “iPhone 8 to Feature 5.8-Inch OLED Display With 5.15-Inch Main Screen and Virtual Buttons Below”. If this is true, this new iPhone (which I do not think will be called “iPhone 8” — I’d guess “iPhone Pro” — will have a radically different aspect ratio.
- 3D facial recognition to replace or supplement TouchID?
- Mac Otakara: Apple to introduce new iPad Pros (7.9-inch (mini), 9.7-inch, 12.9-inch, and a new 10.5-inch with an edge-to-edge display), red iPhone 7’s, and 128 GB iPhone SE at event next month.
This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.
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