198: ‘Prison Oreos’ With Jason Snell
The Talk Show With John Gruber
08/25/17
•160m
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Special guest Jason Snell returns to the show. Topics include Daring Fireball's 15th anniversary, fruit fly infestations, clicky keyboards, sandwich cookies, the birth of Markdown, iOS 11's new "cop mode", favicons in Safari, Apple's Project Titan, last week's total solar eclipse, and Jerry Lewis.
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- Justin Scott's "upstream/downstream" advice.
- Wireless Emergency AMBER Alerts have supposedly saved 40 kids.
- Steven Troughton-Smith's new Apple Extended Keyboard II inspired keyboard.
- WASD keyboards.
- Leopold keyboards.
- WASD tester.
- Newman-O’s vs. Oreos.
- DF turns 15.
- This Is How Apple Rolls.
- Cop Mode on iOS 11.
- Mark Gurman’s embarrassing article positing that Apple follows its competitors.
- Safari should show favicons in tabs.
- Project Titan.
- iMessage as an unheralded social networking Goliath.
- Jason’s road trip.
- Letterman to return with Netflix series.
- Jerry Lewis and ‘The King of Comedy’.
This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.
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197: ‘Nancy Reagan Was Right’ With Glenn Fleishman
August 6, 2017
•159m
Special guest Glenn Fleishman returns to the show. Topics include China forcing Apple to remove VPN apps from the Chinese App Store, Wi-Fi vs. LTE networking, the open workspaces in Apple Park, Glenn’s new letterpress project, the HomePod OS leak and iPhone D22, and more.
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- Hands On: The Original Digital — Glenn’s new book on type, printing, and punctuation.
- Vic Gundotra is now a staunch iPhone proponent.
- Apple inadvertently leaks HomePod OS, spilling many beans.
- Apple Removes VPN apps from Chinese App Store.
- Apple Park is mostly open workspaces.
- XKCD: Wi-Fi vs. Cellular.
- Soulver — a terrific app for Mac and iOS that’s sort of a cross between a spreadsheet and calculator.
- Rebecca Slatkin on Twitter.
- Studio Neat Frameographer.
This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.
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199: ‘Under Rumored’ With Jim Dalrymple
September 9, 2017
•147m
Jim Dalrymple returns to the show for a preview of next week's Apple event. We speculate on the naming of the new iPhones, facial recognition in lieu of Touch ID, third-generation Apple Watches, Apple TV, HomePod, and more.
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- Steven Sinofsky on the WSJ's report of iPhone production delays: "Anyone who has ever made anything knows this is simply called manufacturing."
- Hacking an iPhone 7 to add a headphone jack.
- Apple bragging about Siri’s improved voice quality.
- Steve Jobs's epic on-stage tirade about "570 Wi-Fi hotspots" interfering with his demos in 2010.
This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.
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