149: ‘With Apologies to Hamilton’ With Glenn Fleishman

The Talk Show With John Gruber

Glenn Fleishman joins the show. The primary topic: Apple’s legal battle against the FBI regarding the iPhone and encryption. Other topics include Aaron Burr’s resurgence in popularity, the U.S. founding fathers’ use of cyphers and codes in their correspondance, next week’s Apple event, USB battery packs, and more.

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Links:

• Free chapters of Glenn Fleishman’s upcoming book, Take Control of Slack Basics.
• Graydon Carter: “Why Donald Trump Will Always Be a ‘Short-Fingered Vulgarian’”.
• Political action committee changes name from “Trump Has Tiny Hands PAC” to “Americans Against Insecure Billionaires with Tiny Hands”.
• Donald Trump back in October 2013: “As an addition, Apple must go to a larger screen now—asap! They’re losing their standing in the market!”.
• Wordnik.
• Low self-discharged (LSD) nickel–metal hydride batteries.
• Walt Mossberg’s review of the modular Eero home Wi-Fi system.

This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.