197: ‘Nancy Reagan Was Right’ With Glenn...

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.