238: ‘Fort Jason Sudeikis’ With Jason Snell
The Talk Show With John Gruber
12/24/18
•180m
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Special guest Jason Snell returns to the show. Topics include BBEdit’s 25th anniversary, the saga of Word 6 for Mac in the 1990s, Mac iOS user interface differences (including an extensive discussion of Mojave’s craptacular “Marzipan” apps, and a few varying theories on what those apps portend), Photos on Mac and iOS, and, of course, keyboards.
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Links:
- Take Control of Photos by Jason Snell.
- Jason’s current keyboard: the Vortex Race 3.
- Apple hardware SVP Dan Riccio on reports of bent iPad Pros.
- Studio Neat’s Canopy case/iPad stand for Apple’s Magic Keyboard.
- Fintie Carry Case for Apple Magic Keyboard.
- Jason’s favorite iPad stand.
- John’s favorite iPad stand.
- Microsoft’s Rick Schaut on the saga of Word 6 for Mac.
- My recent take on the Word 6 saga, in the context of the rise of Electron apps.
- Federico Viticci’s top iOS apps of the year.
- HomeBridge — open source utility for connecting non-HomeKit devices to HomeKit.
- BBEdit 25th anniversary merchandise and amusing press release.
This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.
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237: ‘Out on Home Video’ With Matthew Panzarino
December 15, 2018
•126m
Matthew Panzarino returns to the show. Topics include recent blockbuster movies, motion smoothing on TVs, iPhone demand rumors, Apple’s Made For iPhone (MFi) program, and more. Recorded live from The Overlook Hotel in Sidewinder, Colorado.
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Links:
- Tom Cruise and Christopher McQuarrie’s PSA on the evils of motion smoothing.
- Walt Hickey: “Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg Might Be the Best Collaboration in Hollywood”.
- Comcast Xfinity mobile service.
- My review of Apple’s $39 iPhone XR clear case.
- Guilherme Rambo finds clues suggesting new Smart Battery Cases from Apple.
This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.
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239: ‘Proprioceptive Lie’ With Rene Ritchie
December 31, 2018
•146m
Rene Ritchie returns to the show for a year-in-review look back at Apple’s 2018: the Mac, iPad, iPhone, Apple Watch, Siri and services, and more.
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Links:
- The C64 Mini.
- Raspberry Pi.
- Vortex Race 3 mechanical keyboard.
- The other “Vortex”.
- The MacBook ARM — video from Rene laying out the similarities between Apple’s 2005 transition from PowerPC to Intel and the seemingly inevitable coming transition from Intel to in-house ARM chips.
- Apple Watch Series 4 detects man’s potentially deadly heart condition.
- John Giannandrea, Siri, and AI/ML.
This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.
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