293: ‘I’m More of a Porkins Guy’, With Anil Dash
The Talk Show With John Gruber
08/27/20
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Special guest Anil Dash joins the show. Topics include the 25th anniversary of Windows 95, and the parallels between the cyber era of computing and today’s App Store controversies.
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- Anil on Windows 95.
- Jason Snell with the Mac user’s (and MacUser’s) take on Windows 95.
- My take on Snell’s take.
- Microsoft’s Windows 95 “Start Me Up” commercial.
- Francisco Tolmasky’s observation on Apple’s control over iOS stifling innovation.
- Glitch.
- Boscov’s.
- How 728,000 “E.T.: The Extra Terrestrial” Atari 2600 cartridges wound up in a landfill.
- Vectrex, the vector-display home video game system I nearly pissed my pants to play.
- Classic Mac OS’s curiously-named built-in text editor TeachText and its successor, SimpleText.
- OS/2 Warp.
- OS/2 Frequently Launched Criticisms.
- Michael Sippey demoing TypePad for iPhone at WWDC 2008.
This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.
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August 20, 2020
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Rene Ritchie returns to the show. Topics include Phil Schiller advancing to Apple Fellow, Microsoft’s simmering spat with Apple over Xbox Game Pass and the App Store’s ban on game streaming services, and Epic’s sizzling spat with Apple over, well, the entire concept of iOS as we know it.
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Links:
- Beats 1 is now Apple Music 1 (and the Beats brand is probably not long for this world).
- Apple Newsroom: Phil Schiller advances to Apple Fellow.
- The Curious Editing of 'Artemis Fowl'.
- John August’s Arlo Finch series, which is unrelated to Artemis Fowl but very cool nonetheless.
- Rene on Apple’s decision not to allow Xbox game streaming on iOS.
- Epic goes to war with Apple over the App Store.
This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.
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294: ‘DOS Rot’, With John Moltz
August 31, 2020
•93m
John Moltz returns to the show. Poodles are great dogs. Windows stinks worse than ever. Everyone should watch Ted Lasso.
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Links:
- How to Solve the “Code 43” Nvidia GTX10xx or RTX20xx GPU Problem.
- Me on pricing the “Apple One” services bundle.
- “Ted Lasso” renewed for second season.
- Cabel Sasser’s tweet on kids and software pricing.
- WinToUSB — $30 utility for installing Windows on an external USB drive.
- Avery — the printer label company whose name I couldn’t think of.
This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.
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