197: ‘Nancy Reagan Was Right’ With Glenn Fleishman

The Talk Show With John Gruber

Special guest Glenn Fleishman returns to the show. Topics include China forcing Apple to remove VPN apps from the Chinese App Store, Wi-Fi vs. LTE networking, the open workspaces in Apple Park, Glenn’s new letterpress project, the HomePod OS leak and iPhone D22, and more.

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Links:

• Hands On: The Original Digital — Glenn’s new book on type, printing, and punctuation.
  • Updates on Glenn’s progress.
  • Glenn’s piece for Meh on the long history of intentionally blank pages.
• Vic Gundotra is now a staunch iPhone proponent.
  • Great Moments in Vic Gundotra History.
  • Vic Gundotra tears into Apple for being “closed” at IO 2010 keynote.
  • Matt Drance on Gundotra and Google rewriting Android’s history.
  • One more dose of Vic Gundotra hypocrisy for good measure.
• Apple inadvertently leaks HomePod OS, spilling many beans.
• Apple Removes VPN apps from Chinese App Store.
• Apple Park is mostly open workspaces.
  • WSJ profile on Jony Ive and Apple Park.
  • Jason Snell on open workspaces.
  • Yours truly getting cute with footage from “Brazil”.
• XKCD: Wi-Fi vs. Cellular.
  • Glenn’s Wi-Fi mesh networking explainer for TechHive.
  • Wi-Fi Net News — Glenn’s old weblog dedicated to Wi-Fi news.
• Soulver — a terrific app for Mac and iOS that’s sort of a cross between a spreadsheet and calculator.
• Rebecca Slatkin on Twitter.
• Studio Neat Frameographer.

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