
360: ‘Neither Fish Nor Fowl’, With Jason Snell
The Talk Show With John Gruber
10/25/22
•151m
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Jason Snell returns to the show to talk about the new 10th-gen iPad and M2 iPads Pro.
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Links:
- Jason’s review of the new iPads.
- Jason’s take on the iPad announcements: “The iPad’s Erratic Odyssey Continues”.
- Yours truly’s take on the announcements last week: “The iPad Lineup Is, Like, Growing Out Its Bangs or Something and Looks a Little Weird Right Now, but Apple TV Has Been Going to the Gym and Looks Great”.
- New $70 Logitech Crayon.
- Apple’s $9 USB-C to Apple Pencil Adapter.
- Apple’s growing array of iPad keyboards.
- Apple’s eMac — an iMac-like Mac with a CRT display for education that was introduced in 2002.
- Joe Rosensteel on the new Apple TV 4K hardware.
- Good explainer on Matter from The Verge.
- Steven Troughton-Smith’s ideas for improving Stage Manager on iPadOS.
This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.
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359: ‘Big Booger Came After You’, With Merlin Mann
October 12, 2022
•97m
Merlin Mann returns to the show to talk about AI image generation (along with a few asides).
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- Merlin’s Wisdom Project.
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- The Offer on Paramount+.
- Do By Friday — Merlin’s weekly challenge podcast with Alex Cox.
- Reconcilable Differences — Merlin’s podcast with John Siracusa.
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This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.
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361: ‘A Fit of Pique’, With Federico Viticci
October 31, 2022
•149m
Federico Viticci returns to the show to talk about iPads, Stage Manager, and Apple’s ill-considered foray into expanding ads in the App Store.
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Links:
- Tell us what you really think, Federico: “Stage Manager in iPadOS 16: At the Intersection of Bugs, Missing Features, and Flawed Design”.
- Chris Lawley on Stage Manager.
- Federico on the new iPads.
- Yours truly on the same new iPads.
- Federico on attending his first Apple media event in person, back in 2015.
This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.
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