209: ‘Blaming a Platypus’ With Matthew Panzarino
The Talk Show With John Gruber
12/18/17
•127m
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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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208: ‘Disgusting Inception’ With John Moltz
November 30, 2017
•93m
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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210: ‘Australian Battery Scam’ With Jason Snell
December 30, 2017
•144m
Special guest Jason Snell returns for the penultimate episode of 2017. Topics include the iPhone battery performance-throttling saga, Google Maps vs. Apple Maps, new versions of iOS running slow on older iPhones, the new iMac Pro, iOS file management, and more.
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Links:
- Apple: “A Message to Our Customers About iPhone Batteries and Performance”.
- Apple KnowledgeBase: “iPhone Battery and Performance”.
- Jason’s interview with Greg Joswiak back in 2007 on the original iPhone’s battery.
- Jason on transferring files from an SD card to iOS devices.
- Twitter thread on iOS devices and USB storage.
- Reddit thread on Android phones, including reports from people with older devices with failing batteries.
- Jason and Myke Hurley’s Upgrade Holiday Special.
- Apollo 13.
- Justin O’Beirne: “Google’s Maps Moat”.
- iZotope RX 6: de-noising, de-echoing software.
- Jason’s new iMac Pro.
- The Apple IIc from 1984.
- Font/DA Mover — this is how we installed fonts back in the day.
- SteerMouse — third-party mouse driver for MacOS that lets you set incredibly fast mouse speeds. Good for RSI sufferers.
- Samsung’s T5 SSD external USB 3.1 storage drives.
This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.
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