250: ‘A Couple of Awkward Swipes’ With MG Siegler
The Talk Show With John Gruber
04/30/19
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Very special guest MG Siegler returns to the show. Topics include Apple’s original content strategy and a general look at the state of the company.
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- 500ish Words — MG’s blog.
- Oprah Winfrey talks Apple with The Hollywood Reporter.
- SteelSeries Nimbus game controller for Apple TV ($50).
- “Talk the Thrones” — The Ringer’s post-Game of Thrones livecast.
This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.
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- ToothFairy — Michael Tsai’s $3 app for easily connecting AirPods to your Mac with a click.
- AirBuddy — Guilherme Rambo’s $5 utility for connecting AirPods to your Mac with a slick iOS-style “just open the case near the Mac” interface.
- The cheap piece of plastic Mark Gurman inadvertently peeled off his Galaxy Fold.
- The peeling plastic layer on Joanna Stern’s Galaxy Fold review unit.
- Doug’s AppleScripts for iTunes.
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Very special guest Merlin Mann returns to the show. Topics include sleep and sleep-tracking (with Apple Watch), regional fast-casual dining, the nature of podcasting, and, of course, more.
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- Sleep-tracking Apple Watch apps:
- Apple’s list of standard Mac keyboard shortcuts.
- Vox: “How golf explains Donald Trump”.
- Commander-in-Cheat — Rick Reilly’s new book on Trump.
- Gino’s Burgers and Chicken — a fast food chain from the 1970s that served Kentucky Fried Chicken but was not a Kentucky Fried Chicken.
- 1984 NYT story on Massachussetts’s then-new — and still in place — law banning bars and restaurants from offering “Happy Hours”.
- Philadelphia is incinerating half its recycling.
- 99% Invisible episode on where U.S. recycling often went: to China.
- “The Banana Window” — 2011 episode of the old incarnation of The Talk Show where Merlin joined me as co-host while Dan was on paternity leave.
This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.
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