251: ‘Parking Meters in a Dirt Lot’ With Merlin Mann
The Talk Show With John Gruber
05/14/19
•114m
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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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Links
- 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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250: ‘A Couple of Awkward Swipes’ With MG Siegler
April 30, 2019
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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.
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- “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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Special guests Cabel Sasser, Steven Frank, and Greg Maletic join the show to talk about Playdate, Panic’s exciting and surprising new handheld gaming system.
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Links
- Playdate’s fun WebGL-backed website.
- The Playdate media site, with ARKit models for iPhone and iPad.
- Edge Magazine’s cover story on Playdate, written by Jen Simpkins and chock full of gorgeous photography.
- Cabel Sasser’s inspiring talk at XOXO 2013.
- Firewatch.
- Untitled Goose Game.
- Faux-retro ’90s website for Captain Marvel.
- Space Jam’s true retro website, still going.
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