The Talk Show With John Gruber

I always look forward to a new episode. Jon is an interesting, thoughtful voice in the tech sphere. I only skip episodes in which Merlin Mann or Marco Arment are guests, both of whom are insufferably full of themselves.

Love DF. Have read it since its first year, absolutely love the brevity. Full of content. /// Not sure what happened that Gruber thinks his readers have hours of free time to listen to insufferable tech bros yammer on endlessly. I’ve already got Pivot for that ;-) Heck, even at 1.5x this show sounds slow. Needs a firmer script, a heck of a lot of editing, and probably some sort of gap detection to get it to a 20 minute gem. Because one thing is for sure, I’m very interested in the content, there’s just very little of it.

Looking over the reviews don’t shine a bright enough light on the wonderful content The Talk Show delivers. I think the joy can come from the hidden gems within a show that only a fully engaged audience gets to appreciate. For an ever-more overly stimulated population seeking instant gratification, sometimes it’s nice hearing about a guest or John’s preferences on the audible click of a mechanical keyboard and how much travel is right for them. A mental reset. There are the obvious times when John innocently wrong statement about how some software works or the way an Apple Store functions… but that’s what the internet / twitter is for: to declare your position as the truest truth of all truths. It’s quality entertainment at a price I can afford. For that, it comes highly recommended.

Insightful and thought through commentary on Apple and tech. Always glad to see a new episode land.