The Talk Show With John Gruber

Special guest Adam Lisagor returns to the show. Topics include the new Apple TV (why we both love it, despite several 1.0 flaws), 4K video, 3D movies, and Adam’s excellent new series “Computer Show”. Sponsored by: Automatic: The cool, clever connected-car dingus. Save $20 with this link. Backblaze: Unlimited, unthrottled online backup for Mac. 30-day free trial. Fracture: Your photos, printed directly on glass. Awesome gift idea. Use promo code “DARINGFIREBALL” and save 15 percent. Wealthfront: A low-cost, automated investment service that makes it easy to invest your money the right way. Links: The photo I sent to Adam at the start of the show. FireCore aTV Flash. Computer Show. The Computer Chronicles. Pako — the silly little car chase game I’m digging on Apple TV. Faces of Death. This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.

Special guest Guy English returns to the show for an in-depth discussion about the new Apple TV. Sponsored by: Hullo: Your favorite pillow, guaranteed. Casper: Obsessively engineered mattresses at shockingly fair prices. Save $50 with promo code “THETALKSHOW”. MailRoute: Hosted spam and virus protection for email. Use this link for 10 percent off for the life of your account. Harry’s: High-quality shaving products and the official partner of the Movember Foundation. Save $5 off your first order with promo code “TALKSHOW”. Links: Christina Warren’s review of the Apple TV for Mashable. Serenity Caldwell’s list of six ways the new Apple TV could be improved. Steel Series Wireless Gaming Controller — $50 gaming controller compatible with Apple TV. Scriptnotes — John August and Craig Mazin’s excellent podcast about screenwriting and things interesting to creative people. Manticore — Ambitious 3D space shooter for Apple TV. NetNewsWire Today for Apple TV. VentureBeat: “Storehouse’s Apple TV app turns your television into a slideshow screen”. This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.

Serenity Caldwell returns to the show. Topics include this week’s new iMacs; the new “Magic” mouse, trackpad, and keyboard; an overview of Apple Music and iCloud Photos; Facebook’s outrageous background battery usage on iOS; Elon Musk’s gibes on Apple getting into the car industry; and my take on the new Steve Jobs movie. Sponsored by: Harvest: A beautiful business tool for tracking time spent on client projects, from the web, desktop, or mobile. After your 30-day free trial, use promo code “THETALKSHOW” and save 50 percent on your first month. MailRoute: Hosted spam and virus protection for email. Use this link for 10 percent off for the entire lifetime of your account. Automatic: The cool, clever connected-car dingus. Save $20 with this link. Harry’s: High-quality razors and blades for a fraction of the price of the big razor brands. Save $5 on your first order with promo code “THETALKSHOW”. Links: The Incomparable Radio Theater — “a series of original radio plays that pay homage to the classic radio serials of the 20th century, along with nods to modern pop culture”. Really fun, and Serenity is one of the players. “Exploring Apple’s 3D Touch” — interesting look at Apple’s new pressure-sensitive touch APIs by R. Kevin Nelson. Apple's new @AppleMusicHelp Twitter account. Federico Viticci on Facebook's atrocious background behavior on iOS. Elon Musk on Apple getting into the car game. Elon Musk on nuking Mars. Zane Lowe on being unsure whether Apple Music needs Beats 1. A photo of my trusty, beloved old Logitech mouse.

Marco Arment joins the show for a brief chat on ad blockers, advertising in general, and the new iPhones 6S. Sponsored by: uBar and the Brawer Mirage A4: Use promo code “RETINAGRUBER” and save 50% on a great Mac taskbar utility or 40% on an elegant handmade automatic watch. Justworks: Payroll, benefits, compliance and HR — let Justworks handle these for your business. Save 10% for a year with code “TTS”. Fracture: Your pictures, printed directly on glass. Photo, frame, and mount, all in one. Save with code “DARINGFIREBALL”. Igloo: The intranet you’ll actually like. Links: Marco on pulling his content blocker, Peace, from the App Store. “Underscore” David Smith on the available free space of 16 GB iPhones in actual usage. The New York Times measures the real-world benefits of iOS ad-blocking on 50 top news sites. Hello Internet. Episode 56 of Jason Snell and Myke Hurley’s Upgrade, wherein they discuss just how much of a pain in the ass it is to upgrade to a new iPhone.

Rene Ritchie joins the show to discuss last week's blockbuster Apple Event and the products that were announced: Apple Watch updates, the iPad Pro (and Smart Keyboard, and Apple Pencil), the all-new Apple TV, and the iPhone 6S and 6S Plus. Also: iOS 9. Sponsored by: Hover: The best way to buy and manage domain names. Get 10% off your first purchase with promo code "CrappyOldPhone". Backblaze: Unlimited, unthrottled online backup for Mac. Risk-free no-credit-card-required trial. Igloo: The intranet you'll actually like. Try it for free. Casper: An obsessively engineered mattress at a shockingly fair price. Save $50 with promo code "thetalkshow". Links: Rene's comprehensive review of iOS 9 at iMore. The e-book version of Rene's iOS 9 and WatchOS 2.0 reviews. My thoughts and observations on last week's Apple event. Linda Dong on the differences between Apple Pencil and a Wacom Cintiq. Doug Litowitz: "Why Apple's Launch Event Was Creepy as Hell".

Special guest John Moltz is back. Topics include Google’s new logo, the Tacoma Tahomas, and our speculation regarding what to expect at this week’s Apple event in San Francisco. Sponsored by: Fracture: Your pictures, printed directly on glass. Photo, frame, and mount, all in one. Save with code “DARINGFIREBALL”. Automatic: Cool connected-car adapter (a.k.a. “dongle”). Save $20 with this link. Harry's: High-quality shaving products. Use the promo code “talkshow” to save $5 off your first purchase. Backblaze: Unlimited, unthrottled online backup for Macs. Links: The original logo for Apple Computer Co. Another great look at some obscure variations of the Apple logo we know and love. Jose Canseco getting hit on the head by a deep fly ball. Jose Canseco getting knocked out by Vai Sikahema in a charity boxing match. Moltz: “The Watch Face Wars”. Samsung’s new decent-looking Gear S2 watches. Unbox Therapy guy bend-tests a leaked iPhone 6S 7000-grade aluminum frame. The evolution of Google’s logo.

Special guest Ben Thompson returns to the show. Topics include: our top complaints about Apple Watch, Apple making a car, the New York Times's profile of Amazon's work culture, and more. Sponsored by: Harry's: High-quality shaving products. Use the promo code "talkshow" to save $5 off your first purchase. Casper: An obsessively engineered mattress at a shockingly fair price. Save $50 off any mattress with promo code "thetalkshow". Warby Parker: Boutique-quality, classically crafted eyewear at a revolutionary price point. Hover: The best way to buy and manage domain names. Save 10 percent off first purchase with code “ThreeStarPodcast”. Links: The NYT: "Inside Amazon: Wrestling Big Ideas in a Bruising Workplace". Julia Cheiffetz: "I Had a Baby and Cancer When I Worked at Amazon". Me, back 2010, writing for Macworld: "This Is How Apple Rolls".

Special guest Matthew Panzarino returns to the show. Topics include Twitter (their musical chairs game at CEO, the @MagicRecs feature, and whether their declining stock price makes them an acquisition target), the end of Google Plus, why the new Photos app for Mac is inadequate as a replacement for Lightroom for us, Apple's new San Jose real estate acquisition, Apple Car speculation, and Apple's spree of hiring writers from the Apple media. Sponsored by: Lynda.com: Learn at your own pace from expert-taught video tutorials. Free 10-day trial. Fracture: Your pictures, printed directly on glass. Photo, frame, and mount, all in one. Save with code “DARINGFIREBALL”. Automatic: Cool connected-car adapter (a.k.a. “dingus”). Save $20 with this link. MailRoute: Hosted spam and virus protection for email. Use this link for 10 percent off for the life of your account. Links: This American Life episode on the NUMMI automobile plant in Fremont California -- a joint venture between GM and Toyota that wound up in the hands of Tesla Motors. Gizmodo's jacktastic "obituary" for iTunes. Evan Williams on why "monthly active users" is a poor metric. Chris Sacca endorsing Jack Dorsey to return as Twitter CEO.. Hatching Twitter, Nick Bilton's book about Twitter. Funny-because-it's-true Dilbert cartoon about management consultants. Great Vanity Fair feature by Richard Lawson: "The VidCon Revolution Isn’t Coming. It’s Here." Apple's $138 million purchase of a 43-acre site in north San Jose. Eddy Cue and Jimmy Iovine talk to USA Today about Apple Music, which now has 11 million trial subscribers.

Special guest John Moltz returns to the show. Topics include bluetooth headphones, Apple Music and iCloud Photo Library, phone sizes (including speculation on the lineup of new iPhones in September), El Chapo’s social media intern, Apple’s stock price, Alex Gibney’s upcoming Steve Jobs documentary, and the new trailer for Spectre. Sponsored by: Casper: Just the right sink, just the right bounce. Save $50 on any Casper mattress. Hullo: Your favorite pillow. Guaranteed. Fracture: Your photos printed directly on pure glass. Use code “daringfireball” and save 15 percent off your first order. Igloo: The intranet you’ll actually like. Links: Mackie Onyx 1620i 16-channel Premium FireWire Recording Mixer. The somewhat less-complicated mixer I actually bought. Jason Snell’s “Bezos Chart” showing Apple Watch sales figures. The new trailer for Spectre. Reddit thread on Auric Goldfinger appearing as a sort of Easter egg in Casino Royale. Another Easter egg in Casino Royale: Daniel Craig using his Omega Seamaster as a knuckleduster in the climactic fight. Trailer for Alex Gibney’s Steve Jobs documentary, The Man in the Machine. El Chapo threatening Donald Trump on Twitter. Inside El Chapo’s purported escape tunnel.

Jason Snell returns to the show, with a lot to talk about: Pebble's new Pebble Time smartwatch, the "Safari is the New IE" argument, the state of web advertising (and its adverse effects on performance and privacy) and monetization, and more. Sponsored by: Harry’s: High quality razors and blades for a fraction of the price. Save $5 off first purchase with code “TALKSHOW”. Hover: The best way to buy and manage domain names. Save 10 percent off first purchase with code “ELEPHANTMARCO”. Fracture: Your photos printed directly on pure glass. Use code “daringfireball” and save 15 percent off your first order. Backblaze: Unlimited, unthrottled online backup for Macs. Links: Adam Lisagor guest-posting on Kottke.org back in 2007. And Jason Kottke’s introduction. Ben Thompson on how web advertising works today. It’s gross. Mary Meeker’s slide on mobile’s share of attention vs. advertising revenue in the U.S. in 2015. Jason on MLB’s experimental native Mac app for watching games. Jason: “Web Developers Are Grumpy About Safari”. Rene Ritchie: “Safari Isn’t the New IE: It’s the User-Centric Web”. My wife’s photo of me and Phil Schiller on stage last month. Spark — excellent new iOS email app from Readdle that Jason is using.