263: ‘The Dumbest Thing Possible’ With Dan Frommer
The Talk Show With John Gruber
09/09/19
•127m
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Special guest Dan Frommer returns to the show for a preview of this week’s Apple event.
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Links:
- The New Consumer — Dan’s new subscription newsletter.
- “What to Do When SIM-Swapping Happens to You”.
- Gruber and Merlin: Obsession Times Voice at SXSW 2009.
- The Athletic — great subscription site for sports fans.
- Jon Ostrower’s The Air Current.
- The Points Guy.
- Ben Thompson’s Stratechery.
- Neil Cybart’s Above Avalon.
- The “iPhone Math” rumor.
This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.
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262: ‘Freakishly Snappy’ With Brent Simmons
August 31, 2019
•110m
Special guest Brent Simmons returns to the show to talk about NetNewsWire 5.0, the state of the Mac, and more.
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Links:
- NetNewsWire 5.0.
- Using Apple Cash to pay your Apple Card balance.
- Don West selling baseball cards on Home Shopping Network.
- Will Ferrell as Don West on SNL.
This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.
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264: ‘Apple Is Not a 4-Star Company’ With Joanna Stern
September 25, 2019
•144m
Very special guest Joanna Stern returns to the show. Topics include Apple’s event earlier this month, the iPhone 11 and 11 Pro, iOS 13, and how we go about writing (and shooting) our product reviews.
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Links:
- Joanna’s review of the iPhones 11.
- Joanna’s second review: “An iPhone 11 Review for Owners of Aging iPhones”.
- My reviews of the iPhones 11 and Apple Watch Series 5
- Steve Jobs on stage in 2010, angrily demanding the press turn off their mobile Wi-Fi hotspots.
- What it’s like to demo a game live on stage at an Apple event.
- “Appl Still Hasn’t Fixd Its MacBook Kyboad Problm” — Joanna’s incredible column on the MacBook butterfly keyboard saga.
- “I’ve fallen and I can’t get up!” — classic commercial for LifeCall.
This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.
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