182: ‘AAA Podcast’ With Marco Arment
The Talk Show With John Gruber
02/22/17
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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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- 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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181: ‘Corporate Stiffy’ With John Moltz
February 10, 2017
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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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183: ‘A Very Masculine Bark’ With Serenity Caldwell
March 4, 2017
•126m
Serenity Caldwell returns to the show. Topics include the Best Picture fiasco at last week’s Academy Awards, Tim Cook speaking vaguely of “the pro area” at Apple’s shareholders meeting, the conflict between Apple’s culture of secrecy and the glaring embarrassment that is the 1,100-day-old Mac Pro lineup, new iPad Pro rumors and our ruminations on tablet vs. notebook hardware form factors, The Wall Street Journal’s seemingly goofy report on new iPhones replacing Lightning with USB-C ports, and the garbage fire that is Uber’s corporate culture.
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- The Best Picture Oscars fiasco:
- Vulture’s deep dive on the Best Picture envelope mixup.
- Variety’s backstage photographic evidence showing how PricewaterhouseCooper accountant Brian Culligan gave Warren Beatty the wrong envelope.
- Andy Ihnatko’s tweet showing the terrible typographic design of the envelopes.
- The terrible design of the “The Winner Is...” cards.
- Tim Cook speaking vaguely of Apple’s commitment to “the pro area” at Apple’s shareholder meeting.
- Curious Wall Street Journal report claiming the next iPhone will replace Lightning port with USB-C.
- Jonathan Hoefler’s Twitter thread critiquing an in-the-works typeface design by Louie Mantia — a great example of how the iPad is great for some forms of work.
This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.
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