
392: ‘Halos and Harps’, With Casey Liss
The Talk Show With John Gruber
12/31/23
•192m
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Links:
- TMDB: The Movie Database.
- IMDB.
- Callsheet:
- Apple: “Behind the scenes at Scary Fast: Apple’s keynote event shot on iPhone”.
- “Capture” button.
- Tyler Stalman:
- Deconstructing Apple’s “shot on iPhone” keynote.
- The Stalman Clamp, a hardware clamp for shooting vertical iPhone video.
- “Das Boot”, Wolfgang Petersen’s 1981 submarine masterpiece.
- Multi-plane cameras — pioneering method used in early Disney films to produce a sense of depth and parallax.
- Kotoba: “The Best iOS Dictionary App You’ve Never Heard Of”.
This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.
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391: ‘Error -37’, With John Siracusa
December 23, 2023
•163m
Special holiday guest: John Siracusa. Special holiday topics: the Apple/Masimo patent dispute over the blood oxygen sensors in Apple Watches, the ongoing Beeper Mini/iMessage saga, iOS 17.3’s upcoming Stolen Device Protection feature, Apple’s new Journal app. Also, an ode to big-ass tower desktops.
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Links:
- Derek Sivers: “Ideas are just a multiplier of execution”.
- Imran Chaudhri’s humble home page.
- The inventors of insulin sold the patent for $1 for the good of the world — yet insulin remains expensive in the U.S.
- Destiny’s BEAVER/FLATWORM/LEOPARD errors.
- Twelve South’s new ButterFly 2-in-1 MagSafe Charger.
- NZXT gaming PCs.
- Power Macintosh 9600/350.
- Apple’s new Journal app:
- Apple Newsroom announcement — gives a good overview.
- The current HIG chapter on progress indicators.
- Sebastian Ferrari on the use of “floating action buttons” in iOS, including the handful of spots prior to Journal where Apple has used them.
- Accidental Tech Podcast: A Siracusa podcast I always listen to.
- Reconcilable Differences: A Siracusa podcast I sometimes listen to.
- Robot or Not: A Siracusa podcast I’ve never listened to but probably should.
This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.
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393: ‘An Asterisk on the Bento Box’, With Marco Arment
January 25, 2024
•189m
Marco Arment returns to the show. Topics include the Apple-Masimo patent dispute over Apple Watch blood oxygen sensors, the new External Payment Links entitlement for the App Store, and more.
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Links:
- "Coming to Grips With Apple’s Seemingly Unshakable Sense of Entitlement to Its Commissions From Third-Party iOS Apps".
- "Like the Sixth Finger in an AI-Rendered Hand".
- "Apple’s Workaround for the ITC’s Import Ban on Apple Watch Series 9 and Ultra 2: Disabling the Blood-Oxygen Sensor in Software".
- "Masimo CEO on Apple Watch Blood-Oxygen Sensor: ‘I Really Feel Wholeheartedly That Consumers Are Better Off Without It’".
- "More on Apple’s Software Workaround for the Apple Watch Import Ban".
This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.
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