The Talk Show With John Gruber

Daring Fireball / John Gruber
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Aug 28, 2019 • 3h 5min

261: ‘Contact Heineken’ With Jim Dalrymple

Special guest Jim Dalrymple returns to the show. Topics include Apple Card and the latest rumors on Apple’s upcoming product announcements. Sponsored by: Squarespace: Make your next move. Use code talkshow for 10% off your first order. Fracture: Your photos printed in vivid color directly on glass. Get 10% off your first order. Casper: Casper is a sleep brand that makes expertly designed products to help you get your best rest, one night at a time. Links: Snap Kitchen Red Pepper Egg Bites. NetNewsWire 5. Mark Gurman on Apple’s fall products. 2005 iPod Nano that scratched easily. This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.
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Aug 10, 2019 • 2h 24min

260: ‘A Clear Eyed Look at Dishwashers’ With John Siracusa

Special guest John Siracusa finally returns to the show. Topics include the Siri voice recording fiasco, Siracusa’s epic Mac OS X reviews, and making good ice. Sponsored by: Away: Because this season, everyone wants to get Away. Eero: Use promo code thetalkshow at checkout to get free overnight shipping with your order. Squarespace: Make your next move. Use code talkshow for 10% off your first order. Links: “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” Holiday Spectacular, With Special Guests Guy English and John Siracusa. The Guardian: “Apple Contractors ‘Regularly Hear Confidential Details’ on Siri Recordings”. TechCrunch: “Apple Suspends Siri Response Grading in Response to Privacy Concerns”. The Verge: “Apple Stops Letting Contractors Listen to Siri Voice Recordings and Will Offer Opt-Out Later”. Amazon’s Alexa FAQ. Steve Jobs on privacy at the D8 conference in 2010. Apple is now cryptographically verifying battery replacements. Apple posts ASMR videos to YouTube. David Pogue column on software Easter eggs. John talks to Merlin Mann about buying a new refrigerator on their podcast, Reconcilable Differences. QuarkXPress Easter egg. James Thompson’s Easter egg talk. Tovolo King Cube ice cube tray. This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.
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Jul 31, 2019 • 1h 48min

259: ‘Start a Bakin’ Timer’ With Marco Arment

Special guest Marco Arment returns to the show. Topics include MacBook Pro rumors, breakfast cereal, Siri frustrations, and more. Sponsored by: Squarespace: Make your next move. Use code talkshow for 10% off your first order. Fracture: Photos printed in vivid color directly on glass. Get 10% off your first order. Linode: Instantly deploy and manage an SSD server in the Linode Cloud. Get a server running in seconds with your choice of Linux distro, resources, and choice of 10 node locations. Links: Jason Snell on the rumored 16-inch MacBook Pro. Mr. T breakfast cereal. Craig Mod: ‘Fast Software, the Best Software’. Rolls MS111 silence switch. Bloomberg report on Apple getting into subscription-based original podcasts. This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Marco Arment.
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Jul 29, 2019 • 2h 17min

258: ‘Pousse-Café’ With John Moltz

Special guest John Moltz returns to the show for a mid-summer Q&A episode, answering actual questions from actual listeners. Sponsored by: Jamf Now: Set up and protect your Apple devices at work, from anywhere. First 3 devices are free. Eero: Save $100 off the ‘Eero base unit and 2 beacons package’, and 1 year of Eero Plus. ExpressVPN: Rated #1 VPN service by TechRadar and comes with a 30-day money back guarantee. Links: Merlin Mann interviewing Jason Snell and yours truly from Macworld Expo 2007. This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.
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Jul 23, 2019 • 2h 7min

257: ‘A Beautiful Sandwich’ With Daniel Jalkut

Special guest Daniel Jalkut returns to the show. Topics include app notarization, nonconsensual technology (including Zoom, Dropbox, and Superhuman), and more. Sponsored by: Squarespace: Make your next move. Use code talkshow for 10% off your first order. Fracture: Photos printed in vivid color directly on glass. Get 10% off your first order. Linode: Instantly deploy and manage an SSD server in the Linode Cloud. Get a server running in seconds with your choice of Linux distro, resources, and choice of 10 node locations. Links: Yours truly: “Superhuman and Email Privacy”. Jalkut: “A Real Gatekeeper”. Core Intuition — Jalkut’s podcast with Manton Reese. MarsEdit. Black Ink. This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.
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Jul 1, 2019 • 1h 56min

256: ‘A Bit Too Thin’ With Ben Thompson

Special guest Ben Thompson returns to the show to talk about Jony Ive’s departure from Apple. Sponsored by: Squarespace: Make your next move. Use code talkshow for 10% off your first order. Casper: Casper is a sleep brand that makes expertly designed products to help you get your best rest, one night at a time. ExpressVPN: Rated #1 VPN service by TechRadar and comes with a 30-day money back guarantee. Links: Yours truly on Ive’s departure. Thompson’s take on Ive’s departure. This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.
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Jun 25, 2019 • 2h 47min

255: ‘Zap the PRAM’ With Jason Snell

Special guest Jason Snell returns to the show. Topics include everything announced at WWDC: SwiftUI, Catalyst, and all the new features in iOS, iPadOS, MacOS, WatchOS, and tvOS. Sponsored by: Away: Use promo code talkshow20 for $20 off a suitcase. Eero: Finally, Wi-Fi that works. Get $100 off a Wi-Fi system and a year of Eero Plus with code thetalkshow. Mack Weldon: High quality men’s essentials. Save 20 percent off your first order with promo code talkshow. Links: The Talk Show Live The Talk Show: Live From WWDC 2019 With Craig Federighi and Greg Joswiak “The Nerds Apple Listens To” SwiftUI and Catalyst Jason’s interview with Apple’s Wiley Hodges and Josh Shaffer regarding Catalyst and SwiftUI Jason in Macworld: “Apple executes its invisible transition strategy”. Ferrite developer thread on how porting via Catalyst won’t be all that easy or quick. Federighi on CNET, claiming Apple’s own Catalyst apps will improve. Spectre. This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.
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Jun 7, 2019 • 1h 47min

254: Live From WWDC 2019 With Craig Federighi and Greg Joswiak

Recorded in front of a live audience at The California Theater in San Jose on Tuesday, 4 June 2019, John Gruber is joined by Craig Federighi and Greg Joswiak to discuss the news from WWDC 2019: the new Mac Pro and Pro Display XDR, MacOS 10.15 Catalina, iOS 13, iPadOS, SwiftUI and Catalyst, and more. Sponsored by: MacStadium: Dedicated Mac hosting in world-class data centers. OmniFocus for the Web: Accomplish more every day. Slack: Hiring iOS developers who want to define the future of Slack for mobile. Links: Apple’s WWDC 2019 Keynote Crazy Apple Rumors, from 2002: “Mac OS 9 Resuscitated By Quick-Thinking Developers”. Audio editing by Caleb Sexton. Cover photo by John Siracusa.
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Jun 1, 2019 • 2h 21min

253: ‘An Italicized “Finally”’ With Rene Ritchie

Special guest Rene Ritchie returns to the show for a look at what we expect — and hope — to see from Apple at WWDC next week. Sponsors Hullo Pillow: Your favorite pillow, guaranteed. Linode: Instantly deploy and manage an SSD server in the Linode Cloud. Get a server running in seconds with your choice of Linux distro, resources, and choice of 10 node locations. LinkedIn: A new hire is made every ten seconds using LinkedIn. Save $50 off your first job listing with this link. Links The Macalope: “AirPods Are the Bane of All Existence”. On the Recyclability of AirPods “Understanding Bitcode for iOS Applications”. A few leaked iOS 13 screenshots. This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.
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May 30, 2019 • 2h 10min

252: ‘The Dustin Egress Problem’ With Cabel Sasser, Steven Frank, and Greg Maletic From Panic

Special guests Cabel Sasser, Steven Frank, and Greg Maletic join the show to talk about Playdate, Panic’s exciting and surprising new handheld gaming system. Sponsors Squarespace: Make your next move. Use code talkshow for 10% off your first order. ExpressVPN: Rated #1 VPN service by TechRadar and comes with a 30-day money back guarantee. Clear: Get through security even faster. Get your first 2 months free with code talkshow. Links Playdate’s fun WebGL-backed website. The Playdate media site, with ARKit models for iPhone and iPad. Edge Magazine’s cover story on Playdate, written by Jen Simpkins and chock full of gorgeous photography. Cabel Sasser’s inspiring talk at XOXO 2013. Firewatch. Untitled Goose Game. Faux-retro ’90s website for Captain Marvel. Space Jam’s true retro website, still going.

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