The Talk Show With John Gruber

Special guest Horace Dediu joins The Talk Show for the first time. Topics include the state of the maps industry, Apple’s functional organizational structure, what the WWDC keynote said about the state of the company today, and more. Sponsored by: Backblaze: Unlimited, unthrottled online backup for Macs. Fracture: Your photos printed directly on pure glass. Use code “daringfireball” and save 15 percent off your first order. Casper: An obsessively engineered mattress at a shockingly fair price. Save $50 on any order using code “thetalkshow”. Links: Hybrid Events Group, who handled the live streaming video for The Talk Show’s live episode two weeks ago. Horace’s analysis of the state of the maps market. New York Times feature on the curated nature of Apple Music’s streaming music. Horace’s transcript of Tim Cook’s poetic description of Apple’s doctrine, from a 2009 quarterly analyst call. Horace’s podcast: The Critical Path.

Guy English returns to the show, and we make a valiant but failed effort to cover all of the technical/developer news from last week’s WWDC. Among the topics we did hit: app thinning, Bitcode, WatchKit 2.0, CloudKit (and opening it up to web developers), Swift 2.0, Metal coming to the Mac, accessibility and low-level support for right-to-left languages, iOS 9’s new low-power mode, 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 “ELCAPITAN”. Igloo: The intranet you’ll actually like. Squarespace: Build it beautiful. Use code “GRUBER” for 10% off your first order. Links: Napkin: A great Mac imagine annotation app from Guy’s company, Aged & Distilled. Guy English on Twitter. “Inertial Lemon“‘s take on Bitcode, which Guy and I think is probably incorrect in several ways. Chris Lattner. Becoming Steve Jobs, the new biography by Brent Schlender and Rick Tetzeli. WWDC 2015 session videos, all of which are viewable without an ADC account. Video of last week’s live episode of The Talk Show, with special guest Phil Schiller.

Recorded in front of a live audience at Mezzanine in San Francisco, John Gruber is joined by Phil Schiller to discuss the news from WWDC: OS X 10.11 El Capitan, iOS 9, the new native app SDK for Apple Watch, Apple Music, and the 2004 American League Championship series. Sponsored by: MailChimp: Send better email. Fracture: Your pictures printed directly on glass. Save 15% with code "WWDC". Microsoft: Tools and services for any developer, any app, any OS. Really.

Prelude to WWDC 2015 episode, featuring special guest Mark Gurman. We cover anything and everything you’d want to know heading into WWDC. Sponsored by: Squarespace: Build it beautiful. Use code "GRUBER" and save 10 percent. Igloo: The intranet you'll actually like. MailRoute: Hosted spam and virus protection for email. Use this link for a 10 percent discount for the life of your account. Harvest: A beautiful business tool for tracking time spent on client projects. Use code "THETALKSHOW" at checkout and save 50% off your first month. Links: Gurman’s WWDC expectation roundup at 9to5Mac. That hack to use San Francisco as the system font on Yosemite. Eddy Cue at game 1 of the NBA Finals. Gurman’s 2014 feature on Apple PR. Techmeme’s “leaderboard”, and their FAQ explaining how it works. Ross Floate: ‘Your Next Project Needs a White-Hat Jerk’. Last year’s Slack flaw that let you see the team names from any company.

Special guest Rene Ritchie returns to the show. Topics includes Jony Ive’s promotion to Chief Design Officer and the implications for Apple; the differences in Apple’s internal design culture now that industrial and user interface design are under one roof; Google’s announcements at their I/O developer conference last week in San Francisco, including Google Photos; “machine learning”; Apple replacing the much-maligned discoveryd with good old mDNSResponder in the latest Yosemite developer beta; our thoughts on the space black Apple Watch with link bracelet; and more. Sponsored by: MailRoute: Hosted spam and virus protection for email. Use this link for a 10 percent discount for the life of your account. Harry's: An exceptional shave at a fraction of the price. Use code TALKSHOW for $5 off your first purchase. Warby Parker: Boutique-quality, classically crafted eyewear at a revolutionary price point. Fracture: Your pictures, printed directly on glass. Photo, frame, and mount, all in one. Save with code DARINGFIREBALL. Links: Stories on Greg Christie’s departure from Apple last year, from TechCrunch and 9to5Mac. “Skankphone” — the purposefully ugly prototype OS that was seen by most of the industrial design team for the original iPhone. Rene’s photographs of the actual shipping space black Apple Watch with link bracelet, which really does look black. Apple’s promotional photos for the space black Apple Watch from back in September 2014, when it was more like a medium-dark gray. News from Google I/O last week: Google Photos, Marques Brownlee on the top new features in Android M, and everything else in one handy list. Mark Gurman’s roundup of iOS 9 and OS X 10.11 rumors leading up to WWDC next week.

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 absolutely free of charge. Automatic: The cool, clever connected-car dingus. Save $20 with this link. Links: Letterman profiles in Rolling Stone and The New York Times. Apple’s new iPhone dock, and the third-party docks I use. Mark Bramhill’s excellent Welcome to Macintosh podcast. Marco Arment on the new one-port MacBook. Dan’s amazing iPhone stand. Philip Elmer-DeWitt on getting his Apple Watch review unit.

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 10 percent off. Fracture: Your pictures, printed directly on glass. Use code “daringfireball” and save 15 percent. Links: Photos for Mac Field Guide. Mac Power Users, David's podcast co-hosted with Katie Floyd. MacSparky, David’s weblog. David’s Markdown book. Sparks Law. Stephen Orth’s suggestions for Apple Watch. My Instagram photo of mattresses being removed from the Parker-Spruce Hotel. TripAdvisor reviews for the Parker-Spruce.

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 new favorite pillow. Guaranteed. Hover: The best way to buy and manage domain names. Use promo code: “comebackkid” for 10 percent off. Fracture: Your pictures, printed directly on glass. Use code “daringfireball” and save 15 percent. Links: Sandwich Video and their new domain name. The beloved Transformers watch of Adam’s youth. The GoBots. Adam’s dad on TV after returning from a humanitarian aid mission to Nepal.

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 “daringfireball” and save 15 percent. Casper: Premium mattresses at extraordinary prices. Save $50 through this link. Links: Sony makes $20 per iPhone 6 and Galaxy S6 from image sensors. Sony loses money on its own phone handsets. Ben Bajarin on Xiaomi slump in phone sales in China. (And Apple’s rise.) Microsoft’s impressive HoloLens demo at Build this week. Windows 10 to Run Recompiled Android and iOS Apps. VentureBeat and Recode both fall for iSuppli’s claim that Apple Watch Sport costs only $83 to manufacture. Tim Cook, earlier this week, on these speculative cost breakdowns: “I’ve never seen one that is anywhere close to being accurate.” Mike Rundle argues Apple Watch is too small. Dr. Drang visualizes declining iPad sales. Local Edition, bar in downtown Frisco. Very Nice Website. The Pentax K1000. Gorgeous.

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, unthrottled, uncomplicated backup for just $5/month. Links: Joanna’s Apple Watch review and video. Joanna’s review of the new MacBook. Apple’s battery life page for Apple Watch, which states that the 42 mm models get longer battery life. Browser.