222: ‘Pseudorandom Gibberish’ With Rene Ritchie
The Talk Show With John Gruber
05/31/18
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Rene Ritchie returns to the show. Topics include MacBook keyboard failures, iOS passcode security, Google’s odd Duplex “demo”, Steam Link’s curious rejection from the App Store, AirPlay 2, and, of course, conjecture about next week’s WWDC.
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Links:
- My Twitter poll on whether people use the “Erase data after 10 failed passcode attempts” feature.
- Rene’s video on his MacBook Pro keyboard failure.
- AppleInsider on MacBook service problems.
- Google Duplex skepticism, one last time.
- The return of iPhone 6 Bendgate.
- Apple accepts, then rejects, Valve’s Steam Link app.
- Khoi Vinh: “Illustration in the App Store”.
This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.
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221: ‘Slathered in Incompetence’ With Ben Thompson
May 8, 2018
•187m
Ben Thompson returns to the show. Topics include Apple's quarterly results, the discontinuation of Apple's AirPort product line, and more.
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- Ben Thompson on the race to a trillion-dollar market cap.
- Ivan Seidenberg’s claim that Bob Iger carried an iPhone in July 2006.
- Dr. Drang’s AirPort EOL tweet.
- Apple LaserWriter II industrial sales training video.
- Raiders of the Lost Ark: “It’s a date, you eat ’em!”.
- Six Colors on Apple’s growing Services division.
- New York Times piece on Fortnite.
This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Moisés Chiullan.
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223: Live From WWDC 2018 With Greg Joswiak and Mike Rockwell
June 5, 2018
•80m
Recorded in front of a live audience at The California Theatre in San Jose, John Gruber is joined by Greg Joswiak and Mike Rockwell to discuss the news from WWDC: ARKit 2, the new USDZ file format, iOS 12, MacOS 10.14 “Mojave”, UIKit apps on MacOS, and more. [Full transcript of this episode](https://daringfireball.net/thetalkshow/223/transcript), [by Serenity Caldwell](https://twitter.com/settern). Sponsored by: + [Instabug](http://try.instabug.com/df): In-app feedback and bug reporting for mobile apps. + [MacStadium](http://macstadium.com/df): Enterprise class hosting for Macs. + [Microsoft](http://aka.ms/iOSandAzure): Build intelligent iOS apps that scale. The open bar at the event was sponsored by [Setapp](https://setapp.com/). Links: + [Apple’s WWDC 2018 keynote](https://www.apple.com/apple-events/june-2018/).
This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.
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