208: ‘Disgusting Inception’ With John Moltz
The Talk Show With John Gruber
11/30/17
•93m
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John “With an H” Moltz returns to the show. Topics include the ongoing deluge of sexual harassment scandals, our beloved SodaStreams, the Mac OS 10.13 High Sierra root login fiasco, App: The Human Story, and more.
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Links:
- TripMode — Mac utility for limiting/controlling network usage on an app-by-app basis.
- [Jimmy “The Greek” Snyder](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JimmySnyder(sports_commentator).
- The comments that got him fired from CBS.
- No joke: Jimmy The Greek on David Letterman in 1987, talking about Donald Trump running for president.
- The root login bug in MacOS 10.13 High Sierra.
- App: The Human Story documentary film is out.
- The Talk Show: Live From WWDC 2014, with special guests Marco Arment, John Siracusa, and Casey Liss — shot by Jake Schumacher and Jed Hurt, director and co-director of App: The Human Story.
- James Bridle: “Something Is Wrong on the Internet” — well-researched essay from earlier this month on the disturbing underside of YouTube videos aimed at children.
- Liz Phair’s killer cover of The Banana Splits theme song.
This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.
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207: ‘Christmas Mitzvah’ With Merlin Mann
November 18, 2017
•144m
Merlin Mann returns to the show for a Thanksgiving-week holiday spectacular. Topics include the history of Markdown, nerding out with Keyboard Maestro, kids today and the computers they want to use, caring about idiomatic native UI design, a look back at last year's election, and more.
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Links:
- Various apps mentioned during the show:
- Keyboard Maestro
- Drafts
- Editorial
- nvAlt
- Simplenote
- Justin Williams’s now-defunct Elements — the first Dropbox-backed text editor for iOS
- Vesper
- Bartender — a Mac utility for managing all those stupid little menu bar apps
- Vanilla — another Mac menu bar app manager
- Apple Support technote documenting standard Mac text editing keyboard shortcuts.
- [Reconcilable Differences #65](https://www.relay.fm/rd/65 “Reconcilable Differences #65: The Mustard of My Father - Relay FM”) — Merlin and John Siracusa talking about Steam.
- The Elements of Eloquence — the book that explains the implicit rules of adjective order in English.
- Dr. Drang on Excel.
- Last year’s day-after-the-election “Holiday Party” episode.
- PredictIt — Website where you can gamble on election and political predictions.
- Max Temkin’s US Politics Twitter list.
This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.
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209: ‘Blaming a Platypus’ With Matthew Panzarino
December 18, 2017
•127m
Matthew Panzarino returns to the show to talk about Apple's new iMac Pro lineup: gaming, VR, medical use, software development video, and more. Also: a spoiler-free preamble on Star Wars Ep. 8: The Last Jedi.
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Links:
- Archive of Rian Johnson’s appearance on episode 21 of The Talk Show.
- My first look at iMac Pro.
- Panzarino’s iMac Pro first look.
- Rene Ritchie’s first look.
- Electronauts.
- Twinmotion.
- Gravity Sketch.
- OsiriX.
This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.
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