The Talk Show With John Gruber

331: ‘John Was the Problem’, With Merlin Mann

Dec 11, 2021
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1
Introduction
00:00 • 4min
2
Can a Web Browser Do That?
04:07 • 2min
3
Is It Good to Update Your Ios?
05:52 • 2min
4
The Watch Pocket Is Been Companion
07:28 • 3min
5
How to Change the Locks on Your Door
10:39 • 3min
6
Lenod
13:49 • 2min
7
You Know, They Parted Cableton. And They're Headquartered Right Here in Philadelphia.
16:07 • 2min
8
The a C L U Is a Bridge Too Far
17:44 • 2min
9
I Run in Screamingis Love What You're Doing?
19:21 • 2min
10
I Take the Garbage Out
20:56 • 2min
11
I Love the American Giant. They're Not a Sponsor.
22:36 • 2min
12
You Know, You Learn These Tricks in Life
24:42 • 2min
13
The Difference Between a Great Men's Suit and a Bad Man's Jacket?
26:40 • 2min
14
The Loaner Jacket, You Know, Is That a Size?
28:22 • 2min
15
Burns Bet Yar, Is That Burn?
30:38 • 3min
16
Can I Request a Favorite?
34:02 • 2min
17
What Makes It Really Hard Project for You?
35:55 • 2min
18
Is It Cobe Certified?
37:52 • 2min
19
Would You Have a Drink Special at Club Daring Fireo?
39:37 • 2min
20
I Love That Place, It's Just Amazing
41:41 • 2min
21
The House of Prime Rib Is the Best
43:19 • 2min
22
The Sneaker Rule
45:17 • 2min
23
You Can't Get Into Sing With Shorts, Right?
47:20 • 3min
24
You're Ok, I'm Now, I'm Coming Around
50:13 • 2min
25
The Sharper Image Catalogue, Is It Still Around?
52:23 • 3min
26
Is Ito Hungry to Talk About Sharper Image?
55:11 • 2min
27
Mac Weldon Sweat Pants
56:46 • 2min
28
The Slippers Are Insane
58:39 • 2min
29
Mac Weldon White Undershirts Are the Perfect Weight
01:00:12 • 2min
30
Jerry Lewis Gift Sets for the Holidays
01:01:51 • 3min
31
The Steve Jobs Sweaters, the Turtle Neck Sweaters?
01:04:40 • 2min
32
I Want to Go Back to the Stake House
01:06:38 • 2min
33
Typography - Isn't It a Coffee Table Book?
01:08:30 • 2min
34
Restaurantan General - I Would Never Think I Could Tell You Afterward
01:10:29 • 3min
35
A Stake House Must Be Able to Make a Great Martini
01:13:01 • 2min
36
You're Going to Love It, You've Got to Have It.
01:14:34 • 3min
37
The French Onion Soup
01:17:45 • 2min
38
A Knife Is a Trick
01:19:45 • 2min
39
I'm Sorry, Sir, Your Wife Wanted It More.
01:21:55 • 2min
40
Outback Steak - The Best Cut
01:23:29 • 2min
41
I'm a Little Depressed, I Bested, I Want a Re Match.
01:25:07 • 2min
42
What I Like About French Laundry?
01:26:51 • 2min
43
Don't Make Me Feel Bad About Crumb Scrapers
01:28:43 • 2min
44
You Can't Use Your Phone in a Bar
01:30:15 • 2min
45
I'm Ringing Place. Pickme Yop.
01:32:10 • 2min
46
I Like, Kid Gorgeos, Ir
01:33:48 • 3min
47
Lincton Jobs - Find the Right Candidates for Your Small Business
01:36:22 • 2min
48
Do You Want to Post Your Job for Free?
01:38:18 • 2min
49
Oglickebrick, You're Going to Go Too Long, Right?
01:40:28 • 2min
50
The Beetles Get Back - The Best Christmas Gift I Ever Got
01:42:08 • 2min
51
Peladise Is a Different Kind of Ice Than Any Other Ice
01:44:01 • 2min
52
Howell's New York Seltzer - The Fizzy Water
01:46:17 • 2min
53
Soda Streams
01:47:59 • 2min
54
The Get Back Documentary - I Saw One Bad Review
01:49:51 • 2min
55
Movie Review - Fellowship of the Rings
01:51:57 • 2min
56
I'd Rather Remember Grandma Like Not Wearing a Wig in a Box
01:53:50 • 2min
57
Is Tha, First?
01:55:50 • 4min
58
I'll Play Whatever You Want, if You Don't Want Me to Play, I'm Not Gonna Play at All.
01:59:34 • 3min
59
The Lord of the Rings
02:02:43 • 2min
60
Film Review - Is This Really a Movie?
02:04:41 • 3min
61
The Elephant in the Room, Om, a Hard Day's Night
02:07:54 • 3min
62
The Beetles Breaked Up Because of Yokoono
02:10:43 • 2min
63
The Story of the Disintegration of Get Back
02:12:28 • 2min
64
The Beetles - John and Paul's Band, Oimo, Ringo and George
02:14:05 • 2min
65
The Fisher That Started the Beetles Was Yoko
02:16:03 • 2min
66
I Love Ringo, I Love Stanch
02:17:37 • 2min
67
The Beetles Are Never in Balance
02:19:29 • 2min
68
I Don't Think the Beetles Had a Chance
02:21:10 • 2min
69
Yoko Wan in the 69 Movie
02:22:47 • 2min
70
The Story of Paul'se Hole Who Breaks Up the Beetles
02:25:02 • 4min
71
The Beetles Are a Heroine
02:29:08 • 3min
72
The Best of the Beetles, You Know?
02:32:12 • 2min
73
Debby, Amy, Are You There?
02:34:15 • 2min
74
I'm Going to Bring a Child.
02:36:30 • 2min
75
I Don't Know What the Cops Were Like, Did They Make Us Stop?
02:38:03 • 2min
76
The Beetle Breaking Up With This
02:39:43 • 2min
77
What Was Your Feeling When You Saw This Trailer?
02:41:35 • 2min
78
Ringo, He's a Sweetheart.
02:43:11 • 2min
79
What Ringo Brings to the Process of a Song?
02:44:53 • 2min
80
I'm a Jerry Picker. I'll Take Out the Trash
02:47:02 • 2min
81
Why Don't We Do It in the Road?
02:48:55 • 2min
82
I Love That Ringo Is Not Even the Best Drummer in the Beetles
02:50:46 • 2min
83
The Donna's Accent Isn't What I'm Used To.
02:52:29 • 2min
84
The Greatest Rock and Roll Quotes of All Time
02:54:39 • 2min
85
Ion Robsin Leaving You Go
02:56:27 • 2min
86
I'll Give Theo You in One Second. O, Oh My God, You're That Guy.
02:58:21 • 2min
87
I'm Sorry, a Jane Groover, It's So Nice to Talk to Y Toast the Bacon Toaster
03:00:06 • 2min
88
Can You Name One Favorite Beetle Song?
03:01:59 • 2min
89
I'm a Hay Jed, and I Love It.
03:04:03 • 2min
90
My Favorite Pair of Beetle Songs
03:06:06 • 4min