The Talk Show

The Talk Show 78: Wow, is that a Pen?

Dan Benjamin & John Gruber — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:00:00 GMT

John Gruber and Dan Benjamin talk about the rumors of iPad 3, Windows 8 on ARM, LTE hardware, and Google Drive, about the Super Bowl ad Apple didn’t run, the Samsung stylus, and Path doing the wrong thing the wrong way.

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The Talk Show 77: Caviar and Champagne

Dan Benjamin & John Gruber — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 22:00:00 GMT

John Gruber and Dan Benjamin discuss the evolution of MacWorld|iWorld, the evolution and future of cameras and camera makers, the Y-Combinator startup caught red-handed, Final Cut Pro Updates, laptop bags, Super Bowl winners that make John sick, the inevitable Facebook IPO, search engines, and Apple factories.

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The Talk Show 76: The Stink of a Loser

Dan Benjamin & John Gruber — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 20:00:00 GMT

John and Dan discuss Thorsten Heins and the future of RIM, Verizon’s new numbers, the camera-less Singaporean iPhone, Zeldman’s accident, and the iPad 3 rumors.

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The Talk Show 75: A Mute Point

Dan Benjamin & John Gruber — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 19:00:00 GMT

John Gruber and Dan Benjamin discuss the iPhone ringer switch, the behavior of switches and buttons on smartphones, how many levels of volume you need, dedicated camera buttons, keyboards, Apple’s upcoming education event, and some of the most important follow up ever.

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The Talk Show 74: Don't Hide the Apple Monkeys

Dan Benjamin & John Gruber — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 20:45:00 GMT

John Gruber and Dan Benjamin talk about every single interesting thing at CES, employees and monkeys that Apple sends to the show, Steve Jobs’ education pre-announcement, more iOS multitasking, taking Samsung into Enderle territory, John’s predictions for 2012, Bond on Blu-ray, quantum leaping back to high school.

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The Talk Show 73: A Donkey's Got Nothing To Lose

Dan Benjamin & John Gruber — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 21:00:00 GMT

This week, John Gruber and Dan Benjamin discuss the TSA, Siracusa’s and The New York Times’ possessives, financial transaction processors, Apple Geniuses killing flies with flamethrowers, an Apple announcement in New York, coin-op games, and bring the episode to a shocking conclusion.

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The Talk Show 72: H.R. Fluffypuff

Dan Benjamin & John Gruber — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 21:45:00 GMT

This week, John Gruber and Dan Benjamin wonder about girl hobbits, updating HR FluffyPuff to Ice Cream Sandwich, transforming tablets, RIM and Baghdad Bob, all the Kindle Fires under Christmas Trees, John’s driving record, and John makes someone a millionaire with whiteout diamonds.

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The Talk Show 71: Hashcow

Dan Benjamin & John Gruber — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 19:00:00 GMT

This week, John Gruber and Dan Benjamin talk about John’s appearance On The Verge, the new Apple Store in Grand Central Station, John’s pro-fact bias, rooting for underdogs, laggy interfaces in Mac OS X and Android, new Twitter, the titles and bits of Bond films, and Louis CK’s indie content and success.

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The Talk Show 70: Pre-Lit

Dan Benjamin & John Gruber — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 19:00:00 GMT

John Gruber and Dan Benjamin talk about CarrierIQ, the Penny, Starbucks, Apple’s Grand Central Terminal Store, The Verge, Johnny Carson on David Letterman, the Apple TV rumors, and more.

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The Talk Show 69: Half Wacko

Dan Benjamin & John Gruber — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 18:00:00 GMT

John Gruber and Dan Benjamin discuss game consoles, Retina Displays coming to the the iPad 3 and future MacBooks, a 15-inch MacBook Air, Zuckerberg’s apology, the Carrier IQ scandal, the allure of free shipping, and the demise of Hypercard.

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The Talk Show 68: I Skip the Turkey

Dan Benjamin & John Gruber — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 19:00:00 GMT

John Gruber and Dan Benjamin talk about the evolution and failure to evolve of print media as it tried to move to the web, independent and corporate journalism, the beginnings of Daring Fireball, classifieds, good vs. bad sponsorships, Android’s lack of traction, the tablet industry, and Thanksgiving around the world.

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The Talk Show 67: Half-n-Half

Dan Benjamin & John Gruber — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 20:00:00 GMT

Dan Benjamin and John Gruber discuss the new AIM, MUJI gloves, the Kindle Fire, Steven Levy, the Macintosh llci, iTunes Match, the promised revamping of the Netflix iPad app, Siri and more.

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The Talk Show 66: Stuck Watching the Seahawks

Dan Benjamin & John Gruber — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 18:00:00 GMT

John Gruber and Dan Benjamin discuss iCloud, streaming movies, Adobe killing Flash for Mobile, the future of the television industry, satellite TV and the NFL, the new Apple Store App and making purchases, and the Steve Jobs biography.

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The Talk Show 65: Nerdy Stripper

Dan Benjamin & John Gruber — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 21:30:00 GMT

John Gruber and Dan Benjamin talk about the new Siri ads, compare iMacs and Mac Pros and discuss whether the Mac Pro is going away, christen the Most Serious Mac Gamer in the History of the World, Apple’s new In-Store pickup and changing Org Chart, Gmail, GoogleTV, the decline of Sony and HP, what printer John should buy, and iPhone 4S battery life.

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The Talk Show 64: They Had to Burn the Sheets

Dan Benjamin & John Gruber — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 20:00:00 GMT

John Gruber and Dan Benjamin talk about Richard Stallman, the Apple TV (and possible iTV), cable cards, cable television and network controls, iCloud, Dropbox, and plan for an upcoming episode about the Steve Jobs biography.

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The Talk Show 63: Skyping a Deuce

Dan Benjamin & John Gruber — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 17:00:00 GMT

John Gruber gets tech support from Dan Benjamin with AirDrop and the Finder’s sidebar before discussing Markdown, Siri, Apple’s earnings announcement, why John doesn’t carry business cards, the Roboto typeface, Dropbox, iOS Twitter integration, the Çingleton Symposium, Badger Face, the Galaxy Nexus, iPhone cases, and more.

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The Talk Show 62: El Presidente

Dan Benjamin & John Gruber — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 17:00:00 GMT

John Gruber and Dan Benjamin discuss iOS 5, the iPhone 4S, Siri, the new camera, RAM usage and battery life on the iOS platform, the conclusion of the 2011 baseball season, and hints about the next series of movie reviews. John also shares a recent dream, and grants permission to release the Bond segments as independent episodes.

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The Talk Show 61: Worst Sleeper Agent Ever

Dan Benjamin & John Gruber — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 17:00:00 GMT

John Gruber and Dan Benjamin talk about the newly announced Kindles and whether they are too many of them, the iPhone(s?) to be announced next week, talking to your phone, and the last #5byBond film: Quantum of Solace.

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The Talk Show 60: I Tip Profusely

Dan Benjamin & John Gruber — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 21:00:00 GMT

John Gruber and Dan Benjamin discuss the Netflix split, Apple’s upcoming iPhone 5 announcement, Tim Cook, Microsoft’s 30% take, HP’s webOS layoffs, Steven Speilberg’s regrets, the magic of Amazon Prime, and Casino Royale.

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The Talk Show 59: Siracusa Says It's True

Dan Benjamin & John Gruber — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 18:00:00 GMT

John Gruber and Dan Benjamin discuss John’s plan for Microsoft, Windows 8, Metro, touch on the desktop, keeping legacy environments around, Windows everywhere vs. iOS everywhere, and the death of Star Wars.

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The Talk Show 58: Detective Latchkey

Dan Benjamin & John Gruber — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 18:00:00 GMT

John Gruber and Dan Benjamin discuss the Lost iPhone 5, iPhone 5 hardware, the iPod Touch’s future, AT&T buying T-Mobile, Sprint getting the 5, HP splitting WebOS and burying it in a Brazil-like bureaucracy, Carol Bartz out as Yahoo! CEO, the Starz/Netflix Split, and Die Another Day.

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The Talk Show 57: The Banana Window

Dan Benjamin & John Gruber — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 21:00:00 GMT

On this special episode recorded while Dan was still on paternity leave, John is joined by guest host Merlin Mann. Merlin and John discuss Vegas, Disney, Pixar and more!

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The Talk Show 56: That Day Has Come

Dan Benjamin & John Gruber — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 23:00:00 GMT

John Gruber and Dan Benjamin (returning early from paternity leave) discuss Steve Jobs’ resignation, his succession, and Apple’s future.

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The Talk Show 55: More Babies

Dan Benjamin & John Gruber — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 21:00:00 GMT

With Dan out, Ryan Irelan fills in and talks to John about the Google purchase of Motorola Mobility, the HP TouchPad meltdown, getting traction in a competitive mobile market, what it all means for Amazon and Apple and, finally, why Dan should have more babies.

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The Talk Show 54: Shenanigans

Dan Benjamin & John Gruber — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 22:30:00 GMT

John Gruber and Dan Benjamin discuss the iPhone 5 launch date, Walmart, Amazon’g Web-based Kindle Cloud Reader, iPhonegate, Mark Cuban, the new Airport Extreme, Lion’s app-quitting behavior, the Apple IIGS, the New Apple, and The World Is Not Enough.

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The Talk Show 53: Anniversary

Dan Benjamin & John Gruber — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 21:30:00 GMT

John and Dan celebrate the anniversary of The Talk Show and the birthday of DOS by talking about iPhone prototype rumors, home buttons, TextMate, the shape of Macs, storage, and displays to come, and life after #5byBond.

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The Talk Show 52: Keep It Secret, Dude

Dan Benjamin & John Gruber — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 23:00:00 GMT

John Gruber and Dan Benjamin talk about Apple’s new stuff this week: new mini, new Air, new display, new OS, new scrolling, new launching, and along with special guests Faith and Jonas, talk about a new #5by5Bond: Tomorrow Never Dies.

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The Talk Show 51: iPhone Jr.

Dan Benjamin & John Gruber — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 22:00:00 GMT

John Gruber and Dan Benjamin discuss Vegas, Baccarat, the iPad HD/Pro, the next generation of the iPhone, Apple’s recent numbers, make predictions about what’s coming this week, and dive deeper into Goldeneye.

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The Talk Show 50: Buttering Both Sides

Dan Benjamin & John Gruber — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 21:30:00 GMT

John and Dan discuss the persistent rumors of fall iPhones and iPads, the awesome (but broken) glass on Dan’s phone, managing John’s email, Microsoft’s Android profits, Google+, 115054901319079500672, and the next film in #5byBond: Goldeneye.

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The Talk Show 49: We Gave Her a Nice Honeymoon

Dan Benjamin & John Gruber — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 18:00:00 GMT

Filmmaker and Timothy Dalton-lookalike Adam Lisagor joins the show to discuss Apple’s tumultuous introduction of Final Cut Pro X and License to Kill.

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The Talk Show 48: Hard Stop

Dan Benjamin & John Gruber — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 23:00:00 GMT

John Gruber and Dan Benjamin discuss Amazon Tablets, the next iPhone, the Nokia N9, Stanley Kubrick’s letter to projectionists, the FBI seizure of web servers, and the Dropbox security issue.

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The Talk Show 47: Nice Shirt, Handsome

Dan Benjamin & John Gruber — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 21:00:00 GMT

Dan and John discuss the latest post-WWDC Apple news, Project Spartan, Mobile Me’s transition to iCloud, The Living Daylights, and more.

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The Talk Show 46: I Float Above It

Dan Benjamin & John Gruber — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 01:00:00 GMT

John Gruber reports in from WWDC as he and Dan Benjamin discuss OS X Lion, iOS 5, Twitter integration, and perhaps the most significant announcement from Apple, iCloud.

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The Talk Show 45: Secret Horse-Doping Lab

Dan Benjamin & John Gruber — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 19:00:00 GMT

John Gruber and Dan Benjamin discuss Amazon’s music downloads, Bill Gates and Microsoft, Eric Schmidt, the ASUS Padfone, Logical Punctuation, Apple’s cash, their WWDC predictions, iOS Twitter integration, and a View to a Kill.

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The Talk Show 44: I Only Eat Apples

Dan Benjamin & John Gruber — Wed, 25 May 2011 19:00:00 GMT

Dan Benjamin and John Gruber discuss Mac Defender, the new Nook, fonts, and latest Apple and tech news.

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The Talk Show 43: Free Radicals

Dan Benjamin & John Gruber — Wed, 18 May 2011 11:00:00 GMT

John Gruber and Dan Benjamin ask whether Microsoft should have bought Sprint instead of Skype, talk about the value of a physical store, review the HP Veer, discuss the potential of WebOS and the next #5byBond, Never Say Never Again.

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The Talk Show 42: Palming the Egg

Dan Benjamin & John Gruber — Wed, 11 May 2011 20:00:00 GMT

John Gruber and Dan Benjamin discuss phone contracts, the iOS book and subscription market even though John isn’t interested in it, the Skype bungle, Google I/O announcements and some #5byBond “FU” before turning their attention to Octopussy.

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The Talk Show 41: Frigate

Dan Benjamin & John Gruber — Wed, 04 May 2011 19:00:00 GMT

John Gruber and Dan Benjamin have some followup from last week before they discuss curse words, the situation room, the thickness of the white iPhone, why John prefers doing audio shows, syncing via iCloud (maybe), and the next installment of #5byBond, For Your Eyes Only.

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The Talk Show 40: Gaucho

Dan Benjamin & John Gruber — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 22:30:00 GMT

Dan and John discuss the iPhone location tracking controversy and subsequent company response, arrival of the white iPhone 4, how Apple might spend their pile of cash, and the latest #5byBond installment, ‘Moonraker’.

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The Talk Show 39: Agent Backhair

Dan Benjamin & John Gruber — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 20:00:00 GMT

In a tour de force, Dan Benjamin and John Gruber are joined by Adam Lisagor to discuss Final Cut Pro X, a possibly foray by Apple into making televisions, the Samsung lawsuit, and, of course, #5byBond. Nobody does it better!

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The Talk Show 38: Ducks with Anger Problems

Dan Benjamin & John Gruber — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 14:30:00 GMT

John Gruber has some followup before he and Dan Benjamin discuss Final Cut Pro X, Looney Tunes, the schism between Apple and Google, the ad-supported Kindle, the death of the Flip, and the next installment of the #5byBond festival: The Man with the Golden Gun.

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The Talk Show 37: Man in a Tub

Dan Benjamin & John Gruber — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 22:00:00 GMT

Dan Benjamin talks with John Gruber, who is fascinated by Android versions, the app market and terrible advice about it, bored with creepy games, and convinced Amazon is the appstore wildcard because Google’s in it for the ads. Before discussing Live and Let Die and #5byBond they consider whether a normal person should switch from Windows to the Mac or to the iPad.

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The Talk Show 36: Attacked by a Duck

Dan Benjamin & John Gruber — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 23:00:00 GMT

Netflix has announced that the Bond films will soon be available streaming so John Gruber and Dan Benjamin aren’t doing #5byBond this week. Instead they talk over boats and ducks about the future of Amazon platforms, music licensing at Amazon and Apple, WWDCs past and future, and what to expect out of iPhone 5, iOS 5, and Lion.

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The Talk Show 35: I Wear My Jeans Real Tight

Dan Benjamin & John Gruber — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 20:00:00 GMT

John got a new computer and he’s making Dan guess what it is. This leads to discussion of setting up a new computer, how long to keep a screen, and laptop bags. They also discuss the twitter API change, the departure of Bertrand Serlet, the Benjamin Corollary, the Amazon Android appstore and the next installment of #5bybond: Diamonds are Forever.

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The Talk Show 34: A Very Puffy Shirt

Dan Benjamin & John Gruber — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 19:00:00 GMT

John and Dan discuss SXSW, Netflix, the future of television and media subscriptions, Twitter’s smackdown on new clients and the use of their API, and “On Her Majesty’s Secret Service.”

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The Talk Show 33: Extortion is my Business

Dan Benjamin & John Gruber — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 19:00:00 GMT

John Gruber and Dan Benjamin talk about the iPad 2, GarageBand and iMovie on the iPad 2, John’s favorite moment from Hypercritical, the Smart Cover, blackout rules and MLB apps, the fall iPad theory, the iPad 2’s “disadvantages,” sports on iOS Devices, and resume #5bybond with You Only Live Twice.

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The Talk Show 32: One-Handable

Dan Benjamin & John Gruber — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 22:00:00 GMT

John Gruber joins Dan Benjamin to discuss the iPad 2 event, the iPad 2 itself and how it got thinner, Apple’s new Smart Covers, the timing of an iPad update and iOS 5, lines and pre-orders, iPad button placement, aspect ratios, moving files between iPhones, iPads, and Macs, the 18 models, iOS 4.3, and reschedule #5bybond for next week.

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The Talk Show 31: You Can’t Beat a Computer

Dan Benjamin & John Gruber — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 22:00:00 GMT

After a week away, John Gruber is back with Dan Benjamin to discuss New Zealand, travel, Apple’s in-App subscription rules, App platforms and revenue supplanting publishing platforms and revenue, Apple’s pending product announcements, and how to do scrolling right on a smartphone.

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The Talk Show 30: Best Ever

Dan Benjamin & John Gruber — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 19:00:00 GMT

With John Gruber at Webstock in New Zealand this week, we dug into the annals of The Talk Show to find the best moments and brought them together into an hour-long, totally epic episode.

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The Talk Show 29: Spear in the Back

Dan Benjamin & John Gruber — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 20:00:00 GMT

John Gruber and Dan Benjamin discuss Dan’s switch to the Verizon iPhone, bars and reception, wifi hotspots and plans, the Superbowl and its ads, the Motorola Xoom, Nokia’s burning platform, competition reinforcing Apple as the top monkey in the tree, and Thunderball, the next installment of #5bybond.

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The Talk Show 28: Market Share

Dan Benjamin & John Gruber — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 00:00:00 GMT

John Gruber and Dan Benjamin talk about market share, The Daily, Apple’s in-app purchase rules, and more, while taking a break from Bond for one week.

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The Talk Show 27: Macworld Update

Dan Benjamin & John Gruber — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 22:00:00 GMT

John Gruber reports in from the field with a Macworld update. Dan and John also discuss the bizarre nature of the impending Verizon iPhone release.

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The Talk Show 26: The Worst Way to Get Cut in Half

Dan Benjamin & John Gruber — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 18:00:00 GMT

In a special pre-Macworld edition, John Gruber and Dan Benjamin discuss the TikTok band for the iPod nano, notes from yourself and time travel movies, Apple’s new joint-carrier iPhone commercial, Google’s executive split, the third installment of the #5bybond Film Festival, Goldfinger, and promise a mini-Macworld show.

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The Talk Show 25: Chess

Dan Benjamin & John Gruber — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 18:00:00 GMT

John Gruber and Dan Benjamin discuss AppleTV, TiVO, cable cards, Apple’s quarterly results, Claim Chowder for 2010 iPad sales, Apple’s secret investments and immaculate timing, growing the platform, and the second installment of the #5bybond Film Festival.

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The Talk Show 24: Decoy Vodka

Dan Benjamin & John Gruber — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 20:00:00 GMT

John Gruber and Dan Benjamin discuss the now-official Verizon iPhone, speculate regarding the still unofficial hotspot plan costs, whether John will switch to Verizon, the future of a unified iPhone, what a Verizon iPhone means for Verizon Android phones, and Google’s public statement that Chrome will drop h.264 in favor of WebM. They also kick off the 5by5 Bond Film Fest with a discussion of Dr. No.

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The Talk Show 23: Scrambled

Dan Benjamin & John Gruber — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 19:00:00 GMT

John Gruber and Dan Benjamin talk a little about the development of Daring Fireball, before discussing the impending Mac App Store, whether a micro-USB port is better than a 30-pin connector, the Amazon App Store for Android, downloading podcasts on mobile devices, the perpetual Verizon iPhone rumors, and uniformity versus consistency in Apple’s Human Interface Guidelines.

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The Talk Show 22: Bee Phobic

Dan Benjamin & John Gruber — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 19:57:00 GMT

John Gruber and Dan Benjamin discuss the death of Delicious, the Motorola tablet buzz, timing the Verizon iPhone, the latest in the long line of Microsoft pre-announcements, the sea of MacBooks that spells trouble for Microsoft and what could be done about it, the missing 17 minutes, and Net Neutrality.

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The Talk Show 21: Now I'm Upset

Dan Benjamin & John Gruber — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 19:39:00 GMT

John Gruber and Dan Benjamin discuss how to beat colds and daylight savings, excessive celebration, how the Phillies can be like Apple, Verizon iPhone sales estimates, the Nexus S and the inevitable “iPhoneification” of smartphones, slates and desktops, transitioning to an SSD, and consider the future of Chrome OS.

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The Talk Show 20: Galaxy Dingus

Dan Benjamin & John Gruber — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 19:02:00 GMT

John Gruber and Dan Benjamin come up with a plan to settle the spelling of The Festival of Lights, and discuss RIM’s horse in the tablet race, Google’s Chrome laptop, why exclusive apps are the new killer apps, how button order can be open, the definition of menu, the Verizon iPhone (of course), and [spoiler alert!] this time they save the sports talk for the end of the show.

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The Talk Show 19: Tin Ear

Dan Benjamin & John Gruber — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 20:43:00 GMT

John Gruber and Dan Benjamin briefly dissect the masculinity of smartphones before a tribute to Irvin Kershner leads to a runaway discussion of Star Wars, Indiana Jones, the best Bond, Star Trek and underwater cars.

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The Talk Show 18: That's Why Daddy Drinks

Dan Benjamin & John Gruber — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 19:39:00 GMT

John Gruber and Dan Benjamin discuss Twitter Apps, games with one button, the absurdity of Windows NT on floppy disks, iOS 4.2, the mystery TJ Maxx iPads, and John’s Christmas Predictions. Plus, John did his homework so they can also discuss the Galaxy Tab (finally!) and the experience of shopping for one.

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The Talk Show 17: Magic Flute

Dan Benjamin & John Gruber — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 19:11:00 GMT

John Gruber and Dan Benjamin discuss The Beatles, their best records, killer apps for Android, the RIM Playbook, the Jambox, dropping your pants for TSA, and more.

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The Talk Show 16: Everyone Should Get the Fly

Dan Benjamin & John Gruber — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 19:05:00 GMT

John Gruber and Dan Benjamin discuss user agent strings, Flash, the Verizon iPad, the MacBook Air, iPad updates, the Xserve, Apple’s iPhone schedule, proximity sensors, and the original Transformers.

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The Talk Show 15: It Needs a Joystick

Dan Benjamin & John Gruber — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 19:18:00 GMT

John Gruber and Dan Benjamin briefly recap the World Series, then move on to discuss Game Center, iOS 4.2, the iPad Home Button, the MacBook Air, installation thumbdrives vs. DVDs, SSD drives, the Galaxy Tab, the Kindle vs. iPad, hybrid Mac OS/iOS devices, Near Field Communication, and more.

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The Talk Show 14: Bubble Gum Apps

Dan Benjamin & John Gruber — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 22:55:00 GMT

Special guests Marco Arment and Craig Hockenberry join hosts John Gruber and Dan Benjamin to discuss Apple’s new App Store, Flash, and more.

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The Talk Show 13: Better than Wang

Dan Benjamin & John Gruber — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 19:00:00 GMT

John Gruber and Dan Benjamin discuss Apple’s Back to the Mac event, Tim Cook, the new iLife, FaceTime, Mac OS X Lion, and the new MacBook Air.

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The Talk Show 12: It's Weird

Dan Benjamin & John Gruber — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 18:32:00 GMT

John Gruber and Dan Benjamin discuss the Windows Phone 7 ads, the Verizon iPhone, Palm Pre 2, the MacBook Air and the Back to the Mac event, Kindle Singles, and Back to the Future.

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The Talk Show 11: Han Solo's Dog

Dan Benjamin & John Gruber — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 21:00:00 GMT

John Gruber and Dan Benjamin discuss Chewbacca, Windows Phone 7, Twitter’s new CEO, Glif, Android’s popularity, a new Palm phone, the Power Mac G3, and the MLB.

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The Talk Show 10: Supple

Dan Benjamin & John Gruber — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 16:30:00 GMT

John Gruber and Dan Benjamin discuss the new AppleTV based on their hands-on experience, Netflix on the AppleTV, the new Kindle, the Windows 7 phone, and more.

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The Talk Show 9: 7 Inches

Dan Benjamin & John Gruber — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 21:00:00 GMT

John Gruber and Dan Benjamin discuss the rumored 7-inch iPad, resolution independence, flash on mobile, a under-the-radar Apple TV feature, and more.

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The Talk Show 8: Cyberdog

Dan Benjamin & John Gruber — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 00:45:00 GMT

John Gruber, Dan Benjamin, and special guest Adam Lisagor discuss the new Twitter, Apple’s social music network Ping, Gamecenter, Cyberdog, iOS 4.2 on the iPad, Cracker Jack, and more.

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The Talk Show 7: This Feels Like the Future

Dan Benjamin & John Gruber — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 14:46:00 GMT

John Gruber and Dan Benjamin discuss Twitter clients for the iPhone, iPad, Android, and Mac platforms, the new iPod nano and Apple’s product lines, the newly-released iOS 4.1, Blade Runner, and of course, Goodfellas.

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The Talk Show 6: The Kids Are Gonna Love This

Dan Benjamin & John Gruber — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 22:05:00 GMT

John and Dan analyze the Apple Special Event, the new iPods, HDR photography, the Apple TV, iTunes 10, and more.

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The Talk Show 5: Tempest in a Teapot

Dan Benjamin & John Gruber — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 10:40:00 GMT

Dan and John discuss the new US currency mock-up, iOS unification, the Android update process, iPods, in-app purchases, and make predictions about the upcoming Apple announcement.

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The Talk Show 4: I Cried When They Froze Han Solo

Dan Benjamin & John Gruber — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 11:00:00 GMT

John Gruber and Dan Benjamin talk about the golden days of the arcade, Star Wars, the deleted “Return of the Jedi” opening scene, and address Apple TV (iTV?) rumors and the future of iOS.

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The Talk Show 3: Shakedown

Dan Benjamin & John Gruber — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 20:32:00 GMT

John Gruber and Dan Benjamin discuss the culture that drives both Android and iPhone, and details about the impending iPhone on Verizon.

Note: There is no video for this episode due to connectivity issues.

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UVa First-Year Student Computer Inventory: Year-to-Year Comparisons

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The Talk Show 2: Nefarious

Dan Benjamin & John Gruber — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 20:30:00 GMT

John Gruber and Dan Benjamin discuss the PDF iPhone jailbreak, iPhone vs. Android market share, Apple and AT&T’s relationship, Apple branding, RIM’s doom, and more.

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The Talk Show 1: I Burn My Trash

Dan Benjamin & John Gruber — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 22:45:00 GMT

In this double-sized “comeback” episode, John Gruber and Dan Benjamin discuss the new Macs, Mac Pros vs. iMacs, the Magic Trackpad, Antennagate, John’s trip to Apple, coffee, and more.

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