214: ‘Only Wireless. Less Smart Than an Echo. Lame.’ With Paul Kafasis
The Talk Show With John Gruber
02/09/18
•130m
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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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213: ‘Don’t Tap the Monkey’ With John Moltz
January 31, 2018
•82m
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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215: ‘The “Press Real Hard” Era’ With Marco Arment
February 18, 2018
•233m
Special guest Marco Arment returns to the show for a brief discussion. Topics include Apple’s OS development strategy, HomePod and Siri, the sad state of Apple TV apps, where to get a good cheesesteak, how to boil water, and more.
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Links:
- Ina Fried on Apple reportedly changing tack to focus more on quality in software.
- Mark Gurman on Apple’s OS development strategy.
- Steven Sinofksy on Apple’s software “problem”.
- The biggest problem with Siri isn’t the list of capabilities but the reliability of what it can do:
- Nick Heer on the new YouTube “app” for Apple TV.
- Baratza Virtuoso coffee grinder.
- The typographically disastrous Medelco 12-cup kettle.
- Cuisinart CPK-17 PerfecTemp 1.7-Liter Stainless Steel Cordless Electric Kettle — Marco’s recommended electric kettle.
- Alexa’s pro-Eagles stance on Super Bowl 52.
- ActBlue’s The Great Slate — 8 first-time progressive candidates for Congress, each with “a clear path to victory in a poor, rural district that is being ignored by the national Democratic Party”.
- Cleavers Philly — good fucking cheesesteaks.
- “The Menu Bar”: Zac Cichy and Andrew Clark’s re-launched podcast on Apple.
- Mark Bramhill’s “Welcome to Macintosh” — minute-for-minute the best Apple podcast in the world.
This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.
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