The Talk Show With John Gruber

Back in San Jose’s historic California Theatre for the first time since 2019, special guests John Ternus, Mike Rockwell, Craig Federighi, and Greg Joswiak join me to discuss the news and announcements from WWDC 2023. Presented by Kolide: The security tool for companies with Okta that need to manage their employees' devices. Links: Apple's WWDC 2023 Keynote. WWDC 2023 highlights. My first impressions of Vision Pro and VisionOS. Audio engineering: Caleb Sexton.

Guy English returns to the show to talk about the live show from WWDC, Mac Pros past and future, Marathon and Mac gaming, and Apple’s seemingly imminent XR headset. And definitely not to talk about Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. Sponsored by: Squarespace: Make your next move. Use code talkshow for 10% off your first order. Kolide: Cross-platform endpoint security solution for teams that value privacy and transparency. Rocket Money: Stop throwing your money away. Cancel unwanted subscriptions and manage your expenses the easy way. Links: The Talk Show Live From WWDC 2013, with special guests Guy English and Scott Simpson. (Audio only — no video back then.) Tickets for this year’s show at WWDC 2023. SectorC: A C compiler in 512 bytes. Wikipedia’s entry on the original Marathon. “How Bungie’s Marathon Connects to the Original Game”. Bungie’s teaser site for the new Marathon. Apple’s MS-DOS compatible 486 Macintosh from 1995. Harman Kardon SoundSticks. (In the show, we erroneously attribute them to Bose. We regret the error.) This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.

Neil Jhaveri, founder and lead developer of Mimestream, the terrific new native Mac email client for Gmail, joins the show to talk about email, Mac apps, and indie software development. Sponsored by: Trade Coffee: Let’s Coffee Better. Get a free bag of fresh coffee with any Trade subscription. Memberful: Monetize your passion with membership. Start your free trial today. Rocket Money: Stop throwing your money away. Cancel unwanted subscriptions and manage your expenses the easy way. Links: Mimestream. Mimestream FAQ. Mimestream: Why subscription licensing? Roadmap. Fastmail. JMAP. Superhuman — $30/month web app front-end to Gmail. Hey — 37signals’s email service and app. This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.

Special guest: Jason Snell. Topics: Headset, headseat, headset. And no baseball talk other than how games might look in VR. Also: Final Cut Pro and Logic Pro for iPad, and GM's dumb decision to drop CarPlay. Sponsored by: Squarespace: Make your next move. Use code talkshow for 10% off your first order. Kolide: Cross-platform endpoint security solution for teams that value privacy and transparency. Backblaze: Makes backing up and accessing your data astonishingly easy. Links: Will Carroll at Under the Knife, speculating on how Apple could revolutionize sports broadcasting in VR. Steve Jobs introducing the original iPhone. Jason on the new Final Cut Pro and Logic Pro apps for iPad. Me ranting about GM dropping CarPlay. Mac versions of Apple’s iWork apps lost features in 2013 for compatibility with iOS versions. ‘Ford CEO Jim Farley Seems Very Happy That GM Is Dropping CarPlay’. My wife’s photo from our seats at Celtics-Sixers game 6. This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.

John Moltz, ace reporter from The Daily Planet, returns to the show. Topics include Apple pushing ads through its own built-in apps, car shopping, and the burgeoning Twitter alternative Bluesky. Sponsored by: Squarespace: Make your next move. Use code talkshow for 10% off your first order. Kolide: The cross-platform endpoint security solution for teams that value privacy and transparency. Links: “This Week in Apple” — Moltz’s new weekly column at Six Colors. My piece on DF re: an unwanted and unnecessary promotion for Apple Arcade in the iOS Settings app. Chevy is cancelling the Bolt and really wants your data. gruber.com, home of the Gruber Motor Company and other fine subsidiaries of The Gruber Company. The saga behind “Superman II” and the Richard Donner cut. Bluesky: The waiting list for invitation codes. Bluesky: How to set a custom domain name as your Bluesky handle. NYT: “What Is Bluesky and Why Are People Clamoring to Join It?” This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.

Special guest Quinn Nelson joins the show to talk about Apple's rumored AR/VR headset, Apple silicon, and more. Sponsored by: Trade Coffee: Get a free bag of fresh coffee with any Trade subscription. Kolide: The cross-platform endpoint security solution for teams that value privacy and transparency. Backblaze: Backblaze makes backing up and accessing your data astonishingly easy. Links: Quinn's video on Apple silicon and the legacy of Gordon Moore. Quinn's video on VR headset and rumors regarding Apple's. This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.

Rene Ritchie returns to the show to discuss generative AI (and what Apple might soon do with it), iPhone passcodes and iCloud device security, HBO Max turning into just plain Max, and Make Something Wonderful — one more thing from Steve Jobs. Sponsored by: Squarespace: Make your next move. Use code talkshow for 10% off your first order. Kolide: Cross-platform endpoint security solution for teams that value privacy and transparency. Links: Joanna Stern and Nicole Nguyen’s “chapter 2” report on the problem of iPhone thieves obtaining your device passcode. “Make Something Wonderful”. Print editions for sale on eBay. Yours truly on Warner Bros. Discovery’s renamed “Max” streaming service. PushPopPress’s “Our Choice”. Daring Fireball: Push Pop Press Acquired by Facebook; Abandons Planned Publishing Platform. Facebook Paper. Dr. Seuss’s Star-Belly Sneetches. Rene’s YouTube channel. This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.

Daniel Jalkut returns to the show to talk about AI chat, new emoji, and Apple Music Classical. Sponsored by: Squarespace: Make your next move. Use code talkshow for 10% off your first order. Kolide: Kolide is a cross-platform endpoint security solution for teams that value privacy and transparency. Check out our manifesto: https://honest.security. Links: Regarding my oblique reference to Philadelphia’s water quality scare. WWDC 2023. Petey — AI chat on Apple Watch, and, soon, iOS. Bill Gates: “The Age of AI Has Begun”. Red Sweater Software. Core Intuition podcast. Bing AI’s thought process is formatted in Markdown. This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.

Jason Kottke returns to the show to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Kottke.org. Sponsored by: Trade Coffee: Get a free bag of fresh coffee with any Trade subscription. Memberful: Monetize your passion with membership. Start your free trial today. Kolide: The cross-platform endpoint security solution for teams that value privacy and transparency. Links: 0sil8. Kottke.org’s 10th anniversary, with a retrospective of site designs. Stellar: Jason’s introduction. Miriam Krule’s profile for The Atlantic. Archive.org’s archive of the home page. Jason’s farewell post, upon shutting it down in 2016. (“I’m not good at quitting things.”) The Suck.com origin story. Jason’s “Ask Me Anything” solicitation for questions. Neolithic weblogs: Jorn Barger’s Robot Wisdom. He coined the term “weblog” and hosted a good FAQ. Justin Hall’s Justin’s Links. Dave Winer’s Davenet, which started in 1994. Dean Allen: Cardigan Industries (“At the corner of art and commerce.”) Textism, perhaps the best written, best designed weblog ever. (“Make haste slowly.”) Dean’s bio, one of my favorite pieces of writing ever. Favrd. This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.

Marco Arment returns to the show to discuss some genuinely startling revelations regarding iPhone and Apple ID security; the new HomePod 2; and our favorite electric vehicle maker. Also: coffee. Sponsored by: Trade Coffee: Get a free bag of fresh coffee with any Trade subscription. Squarespace: Make your next move. Use code talkshow for 10% off your first order. Memberful: Monetize your passion with membership. Start your free trial today. Links: Joanna Stern and Nicole Nguyen for the WSJ: “A Basic iPhone Feature Helps Criminals Steal Your Entire Digital Life”. Yours truly, back in 2020, missing the obvious: “Can Thieves Crack 6-Digit iPhone Passcodes?”. Advanced Data Protection for iCloud — encrypts more stuff, but won’t protect you from someone with your iPhone and your passcode. Marco’s review of the HomePod 2 on ATP. Macworld: “This Photo of Lebron’s Record Should Be Apple’s Next ‘Shot on iPhone’ Ad”. Marco’s broken (and my own current) coffee grinder: the Baratza Virtuosa, which, alas, has been discontinued. Marco’s new coffee grinder: the Ode Brew Grinder Gen 2. Kanye West revealing that his iPhone passcode is “000000” on camera, while in the Oval Office talking nonsense with then-President Trump. This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.