213: ‘Don’t Tap the Monkey’ With John Moltz
The Talk Show With John Gruber
01/31/18
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John Moltz returns to the show. We talk about the HomePod, the “cancellation” of iPhone X, Steve Jobs and the orange button, and Super Bowl 52. And a surprising amount of talk about dates.
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Links:
- Rian Johnson on The Talk Show five years ago.
- “I’m a fucking immigration lawyer.”
- “iPhone X is cancelled” nonsense.
- Tripp “Claim” Chowdhry’s greatest hits.
- Bethany Bongiorno’s story about Steve Jobs, the original iPhone, and an orange button.
- Nuzzel — a clever app that gives you news alerts based on links posted by the people you follow on Twitter.
This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.
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212: ‘Arbiter of Finallys’ With Rene Ritchie
January 25, 2018
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Special guest Rene Ritchie returns to the show to talk about HomePod, clickbait, the Spectre/Meltdown security exploits, and a look back at Apple’s 2017 in review.
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Links:
- Rene with Tim Cook at a Toronto Maple Leafs game.
- Joe Cieplinski on HomePod pricing.
- Business Insider: “I Had an Apple Store Experience From Hell — and It’s Clear There Are Larger Problems With Apple’s Retail Presence”.
- Yours truly: “On Rumors of the iPhone X Being Produced for Only One Year ” and “The Scourge of Clickbait”.
- Saved You a Click.
- Vector, Rene’s new daily podcast.
This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.
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214: ‘Only Wireless. Less Smart Than an Echo. Lame.’ With Paul Kafasis
February 9, 2018
•130m
Special guest Paul Kafasis returns to the show. Topics include Apple’s new HomePod, [Farrago](https://rogueamoeba.com/farrago/) (Rogue Amoeba’s new soundboard app for the Mac), the Philadelphia Eagles’ triumph over the “New England” Patriots in Super Bowl 52, and we stir up a controversy regarding a 10-year-old cocktail devised by the boys at You Look Nice Today.
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Links:
- You Look Nice Today: “Aunt Nancy”.
- Unofficial You Look Nice Today topic index.
- Video proof, from yours today, that you can’t spear a Mento.
- The Shirley Temple of Doom.
- Rich Siegel’s excellent presentation at Cingleton 2014 on removing BBEdit from the Mac App Store.
- Is the top of the HomePod a “touchscreen”? We decide no, it is not, rendering this Claim Chowder piece from yours truly wrong.
- HomePod reviews:
- Farrago, Rogue Amoeba’s new soundboard app.
- Designing Farrago.
- Just The Tip: The Fracture Swap.
- buttholevideo.com.
This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.
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