384: ‘Pleading the Fifth’, With Michael Simmons
The Talk Show With John Gruber
08/31/23
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Flexibits co-founder Michael Simmons returns to the show to talk about his experience at Apple’s developer lab for Vision Pro, and his enthusiasm for the future of spatial computing.
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This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.
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383: ‘A Photocopy of a Fax’, With Jason Snell
August 29, 2023
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Jason Snell, come on down. You’re the next contestant on The Talk Show. Special topics: John Warnock and Adobe, Disney and Apple, the iMac’s 25th anniversary, and more.
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- John Warnock, RIP
- iPhone charging clickbait nonsense:
- Apple and Disney:
- iMac at 25:
- Jason writing at the Verge: “How the iMac Saved Apple”
- Me, linking to Jason’s piece
- Me, linking to Steven Levy’s 1998 Newsweek profile of Jobs and the original iMac
- Jason’s 20 Macs for 2020 podcast series. You’ll never guess which Mac (rightfully) topped the list.
- iPad as travel computer, or really just a computer:
- “Perfect Bid” — fun Netflix documentary on the guy who beat The Price Is Right
- Bike: Hog Bay Software’s excellent new(ish) Mac outliner
- “Headless Body in Topless Bar”, the greatest headline ever written
This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.
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385: ‘Who’s Heef?’, With Matthew Panzarino
September 28, 2023
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Matthew Panzarino returns to the show to talk about the new iPhones 15.
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- My thoughts on Apple’s event.
- My review of the iPhones 15 Pro.
- Matthew’s photo-centric review from Disneyland.
- My interview with Phil Schiller at WWDC 2015: “THE top camera company.”.
- Matthew’s interview with Niley Patel on Decoder, looking back at his 10 years at TechCrunch.
- Lisa Jackson on The Talk Show, back in April 2017.
This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.
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