87: ‘Free Alcoholic Beverages’ With Ben Thompson
The Talk Show With John Gruber
07/11/14
•123m
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Topics include Samsung getting pinched from Apple on the high end and Xiaomi (at least in China) on the low end, Android and the importance of software differentiation, wearable devices, and more.
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86: ‘Diddling Your Feeds’ With Dave Wiskus
June 30, 2014
•147m
Topics include the new look and feel in OS X Yosemite (10.10), Google’s new “Material Design” look and feel for Android, smartwatches (including the new ones Google showed at I/O last week), and Dave’s new behind-the-scenes role at The Talk Show.
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- Tobias Frere-Jones on Helvetica Neue as the new system font in Yosemite.
- "Google Design" — Google shows and describes its new design language.
- The LG G and Samsung Gear Live watches, running Android Wear.
- The Moto 320, er, 360.
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88: ‘Cat Pictures’ With Marco Arment (Side 1)
July 19, 2014
•105m
Topics include the design and development of Marco’s new iOS podcast player, Overcast, custom UI fonts, the difficulty of low-level audio programming, and pricing strategy — with digressions on U.S. politics and other non-controversial subjects.
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