319: ‘You Called Him Pixel Mature’, With John Moltz
The Talk Show With John Gruber
07/30/21
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Special guest: John Moltz. Special topics: Playdate preorders, MagSafe battery packs, iPad keyboard covers, Facebook and NSO Group, Safari 15 betas, and Loki.
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Links:
- Apple’s masterful press release that got them just the headlines they were hoping to get.
- Techmeme’s roundup of Big Press headlines regarding Apple’s settlement proposal for the class action lawsuit regarding the App Store in the U.S.
- Bloomberg got it right: “Apple Settles With App Developers Without Making Major Concessions”.
- Ryan Jones’s excellent Twitter thread that accurately depicts the actual nature of Apple’s settlement proposal.
- Jack Nicas’s column for the NYT: “Why Apple Won Its Legal Settlement With Developers”.
- MG on Apple’s press release: “Thank You, Apple! May We Have Another?”.
- And MG’s follow-up, “Apple Accentuates the Positive”.
- Apple’s earlier-on-Thursday announcement regarding the News Partner Program.
- Phil Schiller’s 2011 memo asking “Do we think our 70/30 split will last forever?”.
- Mark Gurman’s latest column, speculating on who might succeed Tim Cook as CEO.
- The Peter Principle — “a concept in management developed by Laurence J. Peter, which observes that people in a hierarchy tend to rise to their ‘maximum level of incompetence’”. (I blew it and said “Pareto Principle” on air, which is an entirely different thing, but also interesting.)
- Another post-show correction: there is one MLB team with a friendly bird mascot. (I mistakenly thought they had been relegated to AAA, and regret the error.)
- Randy Johnson hits a bird with a pitch during a 2001 preseason MLB game.
This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.
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318: ‘Holes in the Blast Door’, With Matthew Panzarino
July 22, 2021
•126m
Matthew Panzarino returns to the show. Topics include: Apple’s new MagSafe Battery Pack, the Amnesty-International-Led exposé of NSO Group’s state-sponsored phone hacking, Safari 15’s controversial new UI and Apple’s response, and a look back at year one of Apple silicon for Macs. Also: pizza.
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Links:
- Battery Packs:
- The Amnesty-International-led exposé of NSO Group’s Pegasus phone-hacking capabilities and abuse:
- Safari 15’s much-criticized new UIs and Apple’s seeming “we’re listening” reaction:
- Miscellaneous:
- Valve’s upcoming Steam Deck, a Switch-inspired handheld gaming PC
- Brian Heater on Steam Deck for TechCrunch
- Moft’s $29 MagSafe credit-card-sized foldable iPhone stand
- Ooni gas pizza ovens
- Una Pizza Napoletana — the heavenly formerly-in-San-Francisco pizza restaurant where every single pie was made by owner Anthony Mangieri
- Una Pizza is now in New Jersey and Mangieri now makes pepperoni pies that sound amazing
This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.
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320: ‘Paper Floor Mats’, With Christina Warren
August 23, 2021
•128m
Christina Warren returns to the show to discuss Apple’s controversial child safety initiatives, the tumultuous summer of Safari 15 beta UI designs, and a bit more on MagSafe battery packs.
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Links:
- Monotype Helvetica Now Variable.
- Quinn Nelson's skewering of Apple's MagSafe Battery Pack.
- Anker's superior $55 MagSafe-compatible battery pack.
- Yours truly on Apple's child safety initiatives.
This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.
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