Special guest Dan Frommer returns to the show. Topics include David Letterman, iPhone docks, the space black steel Apple Watch, whatever happened to the Edition collection, San Francisco as the new system font for iOS and Mac OS X, and more. Sponsored by: Squarespace : Build it beautiful. Use code “jg” and save 10 percent. Fracture : Your pictures, printed directly on glass. Use code “daringfireball” and save 15 percent. Igloo : The intranet you’ll actually like. Sign up today and get started ab...
May 23, 2015•2 hr 18 min
Special guest David Sparks joins the show for the first time. Topics include “power users”, Markdown, Apple Watch, the new MacBook, iCloud Photo Syncing and the new Photos for Mac, WWDC, and wearing slippers as “work” shoes. Sponsored by: Last Bottle Wines : Get the new app for free. Enjoy curated fine wine daily. 30-75% off. The Best Caesar : Get the app for free. Learn the recipe. Enjoy it for a lifetime. Hover : The best way to buy and manage domain names. Use promo code: “missinglinks” for 1...
May 16, 2015•2 hr 33 min
Special guest and longtime friend Adam Lisagor returns to the show. I don’t know anyone who’s more excited about Apple Watch than Adam, except, maybe, my son. It’s easy to lose sight of the fact that Apple just released a brand-new thing, and they don’t do that very often. This episode, we just had fun. Some keen observations about the future of the platform, too. Sponsored by: Rails Tutorial by Michael Hartl : Learn web development With Rails. Save 15 percent with code “gruber”. Hullo : Your ne...
May 08, 2015•2 hr 12 min
John Moltz returns to the show. Topics include Gruber’s retina, Apple Watch backorders and the watch itself, news from Microsoft’s Build conference, how to introduce yourself to people you’ve publicly branded a “jackass”, and more. Sponsored by: Audible.com : Sign up today for a free audiobook of your choice and a 30-day membership trial. Automatic : Cool connected-car adapter (a.k.a. “dingus”). Save $20 with this link. Fracture : Your pictures, printed directly on glass. Use code “daringfirebal...
May 01, 2015•2 hr 33 min
Special guest Joanna Stern of The Wall Street Journal joins the show to talk about Apple Watch and the new MacBook (and her reviews thereof). Sponsored by: Fracture : Your pictures, printed directly on glass. Use code “daringfireball” and save 15 percent. Squarespace : A better web starts with your website. Use promo code “jg” for 10 percent off. Harry's : An exceptional shave for a fraction of the price. Use coupon code “talkshow” and save $5 on your first order. Backblaze : Unlimited, unthrott...
Apr 16, 2015•2 hr 34 min
Special guest Ben Thompson returns, with the intention of not talking about Apple Watch — and so of course we spend two hours talking about Apple Watch. Other topics include the launch of Jay Z’s streaming music service Tidal, audience ceilings faced by different types of dedicated TV devices, and Meerkat-vs.-Periscope and the nascent revolution of ubiquitous live-streaming video. We make some NCAA men’s basketball Final Four picks, too. Sponsored by: Dash : Create your own beautiful, fully-cust...
Apr 03, 2015•2 hr 34 min
Special guest Serenity Caldwell joins the show. Topics include last week’s “Spring Forward” Apple media event; the new Force Touch Trackpad for MacBooks, and the prospects for force touch in future iOS devices; and of course, Apple Watch. Sponsored by: Foremost Edition : Small-batch, American-made clothing line for men and women. Use the code “PROMOCODE” at checkout to receive 20 percent off. Fracture : Your pictures, printed directly on glass. Use code “daringfireball” and save 15 percent. Harr...
Mar 20, 2015•2 hr 20 min
Special guest Matthew Panzarino joins the show. After some brief chitchat on Meerkat and monocular vision, we get into the obvious topic this week: Apple’s “Spring Forward” media event in San Francisco. Sub-topics therein: ResearchKit; FaceTime and open standards; accessibility and Tim Cook’s refusal to measure the ROI of such things; Jeff Williams’s first on-stage appearance at an Apple keynote; Angela Ahrendts; the new single-port MacBook; San Francisco as the new keycap font on the MacBook ke...
Mar 13, 2015•2 hr 57 min
Special guest Paul Kafasis returns to the show. Topics include the new Pebble Time watch, the imminent arrival of Apple Watch, Paul’s clever new doorbell (and unfortunate refrigerator situation), a little bit of baseball, and why I can’t attend next week’s Apple event in San Francisco. Sponsored by: Warby Parker : Boutique-quality, classically crafted eyewear at a revolutionary price point. Casper : Great mattresses at low prices. Use code “thetalkshow” and save $50. Fracture : Your pictures, pr...
Mar 05, 2015•2 hr 22 min
Special guest John Moltz returns to the show. Topics include Apple Watch; rumors that Apple is working on a secret car project; our love of old Mac hardware; and a long discussion on Ian Parker’s extraordinary New Yorker profile of Jony Ive and his design team at Apple. Sponsored by: Automatic : Super cool connected-car adapter. Save 20 percent through this link. Squarespace : Start here. Go anywhere. Use coupon code “JG” and save 10 percent. Fracture : Your pictures, printed directly on glass. ...
Feb 24, 2015•1 hr 59 min
Merlin Mann returns to the show to talk about movies and shit. Sponsored by: Fracture : Your photos, printed directly on glass. Use coupon “daringfireball” to save 15 percent. Harry’s : Be the smartest man in the (bath)room. Use coupon code “talkshow” and save $5 on your first order. Foremost : Purveyor of small-batch, American-made clothing for men and women. Use coupon code "finally" for 20% off (and the same code works at Need , too). Links: The Carson Podcast . PBS Masters special on Johnny ...
Feb 13, 2015•2 hr 9 min
MG Siegler returns to the show, reporting from London. Topics include last week’s blockbuster earnings report from Apple, the increasingly imminent Apple Watch, phone display sizes, the impact of China on sales, rethinking the intended purpose and success of the iPhone 5C, speculation on Apple’s 2015 product roadmap, and whether Bluetooth is the future for mass market earbuds and headphones. Sponsored by: Oscar : A new kind of health insurance company. Fracture : Your pictures, printed directly ...
Feb 05, 2015•1 hr 54 min
Topics include Apple’s pseudo “sabbaticals” (employees who leave the company but then return after a year or two); Google’s cultural similarities to Microsoft; the ways that Apple (and iOS users) might miss Scott Forstall; accessibility as a high priority for Apple; Instagram’s success (and how they effectively ate Hipstamatic’s lunch); a debate on just how “simple” Twitter is; Box’s successful IPO, and Dropbox’s support for Yosemite’s official Finder integration for such services; MIT economist...
Jan 24, 2015•3 hr 11 min
Special guest Marco Arment returns to the show. Topics include microphones; Marco’s much-publicized article last week on Apple’s seemingly declining software quality; talking to the press and agreeing to interviews; Apple’s relatively tiny developer relations team (and how that pertains to the aforementioned segment on Apple’s perceived software quality); the purported new 12-inch MacBook Air and its dearth of peripheral ports; and more. Sponsored by: Fracture : Your photos, printed directly on ...
Jan 13, 2015•3 hr 5 min
A brief chat about the Star Wars movies, with special guests John Siracusa and Guy English. Update, Monday 5 January 2015 : Updated with a new Special Edition edit, including a new introduction, a new editing gag around the 2:20:00 mark, new poster art, and some subtle re-syncing of the audio tracks. No extra Banthas were added, and Siracusa still shoots first. Sponsored by: Casper : Premium mattresses at great prices. Fracture : Your photos, printed directly on glass. Use coupon “gruber” to sav...
Jan 01, 2015•3 hr 45 min
Special guest Jason Snell joins the show for a year-end extravaganza. Topics include Jason’s first three months writing (and podcasting) as an indie at his new Six Colors ; a look back at his 20-year career at MacUser and soon thereafter Macworld; tricky edge cases when booking sponsorships, and the whole situation with separating advertising sales from editorial integrity when you’re running a one-person publication; the Sony/North Korea hacking and The Interview , and iTunes’s slightly belated...
Dec 31, 2014•2 hr 17 min
Special guest Rene Ritchie returns to the show for a special Apple 2014 year-in-review episode. Just a few of the many topics covered: Apple’s Beats acquisition; WWDC 2014 in hindsight; an aside speculating on the alternate universe where Google acquired WebOS instead of Android; the similarities between the “projected UI” nature of AirPlay, CarPlay, and WatchKit; UI fonts (Helvetica Neue in Yosemite, Apple Sans, and the Watch’s San Francisco (a.k.a. “DINvetica”)); Apple’s growing ability to des...
Dec 27, 2014•2 hr 18 min
Special guest Dan Frommer joins the show to talk about prop bets in Vegas, more Star Wars , some follow-up on James Bond, what should Apple do with its mountains of cash?, speculation on why iPad sales growth has stagnated, and more. Also, some in-depth segments on Instagram and the concept of “institutional taste”. Sponsored by: Hullo : Your favorite pillow. Guaranteed. Harry's : Quality men’s shaving products. Use code “talkshow” and save $5. Squarespace : Start here. Go anywhere. Use code “jg...
Dec 17, 2014•1 hr 55 min
Special guest Dave Wiskus joins the show to talk about the new teaser trailer for Star Wars: The Force Awakens , and just-announced title and cast for the 24th EON Productions Bond movie, Spectre . Other topics include the untapped potential of podcasting and YouTubing, cutting babies in half, turtle copulation, and kangaroo genitalia. Sponsored by: lynda.com : Online video training and tutorials. Use this link for a 7-day free trial. Need : Refined retailer and lifestyle magazine for men. Squar...
Dec 06, 2014•2 hr 57 min
Special guest Christa Mrgan joins the show to talk about Yosemite UI design, Apple TV’s aesthetics (and its shitty IR remote control), Apple Watch speculation (including using it as an Apple TV remote), the Watch’s new San Francisco font, bling in icon design, and more. It’s a Thanksgiving week design-focused spectacular. Sponsored by: lynda.com : Online video training and tutorials. Use this link for a 7-day free trial. Hover : The world’s best domain registrar. Use coupon code “vodka” and save...
Nov 25, 2014•1 hr 30 min
Who else but very special guest John Moltz to ring in The Talk Show’s centurial episode. Topics include iPhone display sizes (and in particular, our mutual preference for the old 5S 4-inch size over the 4.7-inch iPhone 6); the new book Moltz co-wrote, The Visual Guide to Minecraft ; writing tools, including word processors and Markdown; shopping for gaming PCs as a Mac person; Microsoft Office going free on mobile platforms; Twitter’s stilted strategy statement; President Obama’s statement on Ne...
Nov 15, 2014•2 hr 27 min
Very special guest Merlin Mann returns to the show to talk about Comcast customer service, cable-cutting, Marlins Man (no relation) and his showboating-spectator predecessors, and the state of podcasting today. Also: daylight saving time and Roman numerals. Sponsored by: Need : A refined retailer and lifestyle magazine for men. Warby Parker : Stylish high-quality eyewear at revolutionary prices. Igloo : The intranet you’ll actually like. Squarespace 7 : Build your own website. Links: Xfinity’s a...
Nov 08, 2014•2 hr 39 min
Special guest John Siracusa returns to the show to discuss last week’s Apple event (introducing the iPad Air 2), and OS X Yosemite (and his review thereof). Sponsored by: Casper : Premium mattresses for a fraction of the price. Squarespace 7 : Everything you need to create an exceptional website. Backblaze : Unlimited, unthrottled online backup for Macs. Links: Siracusa’s Yosemite review . Meta post about his Yosemite review . ATP Application Enhancer . Quora thread on garbage collected systems ...
Oct 25, 2014•3 hr 5 min
Special guest Guy English returns to the show to talk about iOS 8 quality concerns, and whether Apple’s annual software cycle is stretching the company too thin. Then things devolve into a bitter argument over the merits of file name extensions. Sponsored by: Harry’s : High-quality men’s shaving products. Backblaze.com : Unlimited, unthrottled online backup for the Mac. uBar : A taskbar for the Mac. Save 50 percent with code “ GRUBEREDITION ”. Links: iOS 8 adoption rate lags behind iOS 7 and 6 “...
Oct 10, 2014•2 hr 45 min
Special guest Ben Thompson joins the show for an Apple Watch discussion: what it’ll cost, what it’ll do, how it will be sold, and more. Other topics include “Bend-gate”, Apple’s growing prowess in mobile chip design, and Derek Jeter. Sponsored by: uBar : A taskbar for the Mac. Save 50 percent with code “ STANDARDGRUBER ”. Need : A refined retailer and lifestyle magazine for men. Fracture : Your photos printed directly on glass. Save 20 percent with code “ GRUBER ”. Links: Apple Spotlight: A Brie...
Sep 28, 2014•2 hr 50 min
What else? The iPhones 6, iOS 8, and last week’s special event at the Flint Center in Cupertino. Sponsored by: Hover : The best way to buy and manage domain names. Promo code: “chowder”. Harry's : High-quality men's shaving products. lynda.com : Easy and affordable online learning. Drobo : Smart storage to protect what matters. Links: Rene's epic review of iOS 8 ....
Sep 20, 2014•1 hr 56 min
Special guest Jason Snell joins the show on the cusp of Apple’s September 9 event, where the company will purportedly introduce two new iPhones and a breakthrough wearable device. Topics include the purpose and advantages of a 5.5-inch iPhone, why only the 5.5-inch iPhone will (I think) get an @3x retina display, speculation on the nature and purpose of an Apple wearable/watch, the intrigue surrounding the event’s venue, and more. Sponsored by: Hover : The world’s best domain registrar. Fracture...
Sep 08, 2014•2 hr 26 min
Speculation on the purportedly-imminent new 4.7- and 5.5-inch iPhones, and the rise of adaptive user interface layout and design on iOS. @3x, here we come. Sponsored by: Squarespace : Build your own website. Casper : Premium mattresses at great prices. Hover : The best way to buy and manage domain names. Promo code: "chowder". Warby Parker : Stylish high-quality eyewear at revolutionary prices. Links: Craig mocking up the big displays ....
Aug 29, 2014•2 hr 24 min
Topics include Joanna’s recent review of over 20 laptops; the HTC One M8 for Windows Phone; why Windows Phone is still struggling to gain traction; the role of Microsoft Office in today’s world; and speculation on Apple’s upcoming iPhone event. Sponsored by: Squarespace : Build your own website. lynda.com : Easy and affordable online learning. Backblaze : Unlimited, unthrottled backup for $5/month. Warby Parker : Stylish high-quality eyewear at revolutionary prices. Links: Joanna’s epic laptop r...
Aug 22, 2014•1 hr 55 min
Topics include speculation — seriously, just speculation — on Apple’s purported upcoming wrist wearable thing, Apple’s fall event schedule, polarized sunglasses, market share in the post-PC era, and Beats’s integration into Apple (including a clever idea from Dan about the potential for a Beats Music channel on Apple TV). Sponsored by: Squarespace File Transporter Backblaze Links: Google is stealing Microsoft’s future corporate customers Which apps use the most cellular data?...
Aug 12, 2014•2 hr 17 min
