I've been a long time Talk Show listener, back when it first started several years ago. I'm also a huge John Gruber fan. I love your work on Daring Fireball, especially the care, thought, and insight you put into it. I really loved the rapport you had with Dan Benjamin as well. It just felt good to listen to you guys talk about Apple and other stuff. So I was very surprised and saddened when I found out you had suddenly stopped recording with him. It was definitely a disorienting experience. I felt sad listening to your first new show and didn't know what was going on. After reading around, I came to understand you needed to move on for business and other reasons, and I wish you well. I would have loved a clear and thoughtful end to your work with Dan on 5by5. Perhaps that can still happen somehow? Everyone has new opportunities that come up, which if followed, would mean potentially upsetting someone. That happened to me recently when I had to suddenly quit a good job to take on an even better one. My co-workers were sad to see me go, and my supervisor was a bit hassled, but in the end she came to accept my decision because it was clearly the best thing for me. If you had been open and up-front about your desire to move to a new network, people would have been sad and maybe frustrated. But in the end it would have been easier to accept because we knew you were moving on to better things. So anyway- good luck with your new show. I'm looking forward to where you'll take it, and I only give you three stars now so you don't get cocky. You have some room to grow. Have fun with that!
