The Talk Show With John Gruber

Christina Warren returns to the show to talk about the drama at Disney, tumult at Twitter, and how the hell to score Taylor Swift tickets. Sponsored by: Linode: Instantly deploy and manage an SSD server in the Linode Cloud. New accounts get a $100 credit. Memberful: Monetize your passion with membership. Start your free trial today. Hover: Find a domain name for your passion. Get 10% off your first purchase. Backblaze: Backblaze makes backing up and accessing your data astonishingly easy. Links: Christina Warren on Twitter, a website that still exists at this writing. Bob Iger returns to Disney as CEO. Yours truly: “Twitter Tumult”. Elon Musk asks engineers for weekly emails with code screenshots. Vice: “Twitter Employees on Visas Can’t Just Quit”. Disney books: Disney War, by James B. Stewart — “The dramatic inside story of the downfall of Michael Eisner—Disney Chairman and CEO—and the scandals that drove America’s best-known entertainment company to civil war.” Walt Disney, by Neal Gabler — “The definitive portrait of one of the most important cultural figures in American history.” Speaking of James B. Stewart, his recent epic story on AT&T’s Time Warner acquisition for The New York Times: “Was This $100 Billion Deal the Worst Merger Ever?”. Puck — excellent new subscription Hollywood/media/Silicon Valley news site. This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.

Special guest: Anil Dash. A little about last week’s U.S. midterm elections, and a lot about what’s going on at Twitter under Elon Musk. Sponsored by: Squarespace: Make your next move. Use code talkshow for 10% off your first order. Trade Coffee: Incredible coffee delivered fresh from the best roasters in the nation. Kolide: The cross-platform endpoint security solution for teams that value privacy and transparency. Links: “Twitter Tumult” — me, on what’s going on at Twitter. Twitter Is Going Great — A rundown of everything during Twitter’s saga under Elon Musk. Fedifinder — “Search Twitter names, bios, locations, URLs, and pinned Tweets for fediverse handles and URLs.” Nifty tool for anyone moving from Twitter to Mastodon or just trying Mastodon out. Fediverse of Madness — a collection of Glitch apps related to the fediverse. Glitch. The Obama Foundation Democracy Forum. Anil’s prescient Twitter prediction from back in April. Anil’s blog. Dahlia Lithwick, SCOTUS columnist extraordinaire. This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.

Federico Viticci returns to the show to talk about iPads, Stage Manager, and Apple’s ill-considered foray into expanding ads in the App Store. Sponsored by: 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. Hover: Find a domain name for your passion. Get 10% off your first purchase. Kolide: Cross-platform endpoint security solution for teams that value privacy and transparency. Check out our manifesto. Links: Tell us what you really think, Federico: “Stage Manager in iPadOS 16: At the Intersection of Bugs, Missing Features, and Flawed Design”. Chris Lawley on Stage Manager. Federico on the new iPads. Yours truly on the same new iPads. Federico on attending his first Apple media event in person, back in 2015. This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.

Jason Snell returns to the show to talk about the new 10th-gen iPad and M2 iPads Pro. Sponsored by: Linode: Instantly deploy and manage an SSD server in the Linode Cloud. New accounts get $100 credit. Trade Coffee: Incredible coffee delivered fresh from the best roasters in the nation. Indochino: Made for you. Promo code: thetalkshow. Backblaze: Backblaze makes backing up and accessing your data astonishingly easy. Links: Jason’s review of the new iPads. Jason’s take on the iPad announcements: “The iPad’s Erratic Odyssey Continues”. Yours truly’s take on the announcements last week: “The iPad Lineup Is, Like, Growing Out Its Bangs or Something and Looks a Little Weird Right Now, but Apple TV Has Been Going to the Gym and Looks Great”. New $70 Logitech Crayon. Apple’s $9 USB-C to Apple Pencil Adapter. Apple’s growing array of iPad keyboards. Apple’s eMac — an iMac-like Mac with a CRT display for education that was introduced in 2002. Joe Rosensteel on the new Apple TV 4K hardware. Good explainer on Matter from The Verge. Steven Troughton-Smith’s ideas for improving Stage Manager on iPadOS. This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.

Merlin Mann returns to the show to talk about AI image generation (along with a few asides). Sponsored by: Alex Weinstein: Handmade music for picture. Squarespace: Make your next move. Use code talkshow for 10% off your first order. Hello Fresh: America’s #1 meal kit. Memberful: Monetize your passion with membership. Start your free trial today. Links: Stable Diffusion. Diffusion Bee: easily install and run on a Mac. Midjourney. Merlin’s Wisdom Project. Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story on Netflix. The Offer on Paramount+. Do By Friday — Merlin’s weekly challenge podcast with Alex Cox. Reconcilable Differences — Merlin’s podcast with John Siracusa. Seki Edge Nail Clippers, made in Japan. This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.

Paul Kafasis returns to the show to talk about the iPhone 14 Pro, Apple Watch Ultra, AirPods Pro, and Rogue Amoeba's 20th anniversary. Sponsored by: Linode: Instantly deploy and manage an SSD server in the Linode Cloud. New accounts get a $100 credit. Retool: Build internal tools 10× faster. Indochino: Made for you. Use promo code thetalkshow for $50 any purchase of $399 or more. Squarespace: Make your next move. Use code talkshow for 10% off your first order. ShipStation: Shipping software for wherever you sell, however you ship. Promo code: thetalkshow. Links: Celebrate Rogue Amoeba’s 20th Anniversary. My link. The Design of Audio Hijack 4. My link. Rogue Amoeba: “Our Upgrade Philosophy”. Custom-engraved AirPods Pro cases show up with the engraving on-screen in iOS. Yours truly’s Apple Watch Ultra review. Remembering “SportsCenter’s Dick Trickle” This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.

Nilay Patel returns to the show to talk about Apple’s “Far Out” event, the iPhones 14, and The Verge’s redesign. Sponsored by: Squarespace: Make your next move. Use code talkshow for 10% off your first order. Hullo Pillow: Your favorite pillow, guaranteed. Trade Coffee: Incredible coffee delivered fresh from the best roasters in the nation. Backblaze: Backblaze makes backing up and accessing your data astonishingly easy. Links: Nilay's iPhone 14 Pro review for The Verge. Yours truly's iPhone 14 Pro review. Nilay: "Welcome to the New Verge". This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.

Special guest Rosemary Orchard joins the show to talk about her new book, Take Control of Shortcuts, and the state of automation on iOS and MacOS. Sponsored by: Squarespace: Make your next move. Use code talkshow for 10% off your first order. Indochino: Made for you. Promo code: thetalkshow for $50 off any purchase of $399 or more. Kolide: An endpoint security solution for teams that want to meet their compliance goals without sacrificing privacy. Links: Rosemary’s blog. Automators — Rosemary’s podcast cohosted with David Sparks. Nested Folders — Rosemary’s productivity podcast, cohosted with Scotty Jackson. iOS Today at TWiT. Author Danny Goodman, whose Complete HyperCard Handbook sold 650,000 copies in the late 1980s. “The Right Way to Pop Your AirPods Out of the Case” — yours truly YouTubing back in 2017. “Life finds a way” — Ian Malcom in Jurassic Park. Pushcut — “Triggers, notifications, and widgets for Shortcuts, Home, and online automation”. WidgetPack — “Create your own widgets with Shortcuts.” Matthew Cassenelli, Shortcuts expert and author. Chris Lawley’s YouTube productivity tips channel. This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.

Daniel Jalkut returns to the show. Topics include a serious discussion about CSAM detection at major cloud storage providers and messaging services. Also, a deep dive regarding the new iOS-UI-style rewrite of System Settings on the still-in-beta MacOS 13 Ventura, and thoughts on SwiftUI in general. Sponsored by: Linode: Instantly deploy and manage an SSD server in the Linode Cloud. New accounts get a $100 credit. Memberful: Monetize your passion with membership. Start your free trial today. RevenueCat: In-app subscriptions made easy. Links: Kashmir Hill's report for the NYT: "A Dad Took Photos of His Naked Toddler for the Doctor. Google Flagged Him as a Criminal." My take on the implications of that story. System Settings in MacOS 13 Ventura: Me, at DF: "The Fit and Finish of the All-New System Settings on MacOS 13 Ventura". Jalkut, at his Bitsplitting blog: "Disciplined Innovation". MarsEdit 5 will support Markdown syntax coloring. Finally. Red Sweater Software. Core Intuition, the podcast Jalkut cohosts with Manton Reece. This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.

Very special guest John Moltz returns to the show to talk about Center Stage, Stage Manager, and all the other stages. Sponsored by: Squarespace: Make your next move. Use code talkshow for 10% off your first order. Trade Coffee: Incredible coffee delivered fresh from the best roasters in the nation ShipStation: Shipping software for wherever you sell, however you ship. Links: Niki Tonsky on Twitter on MacOS 13 Settings. Craig Federighi on Stage Manager at this year's The Talk Show Live From WWDC. This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.