John and Dan discuss Steve Jobs dressed as Willy Wonka, RIM and who really needs to wake up, mobile profits and design sense, the Pebble, and Ebert's greatest films list and a survey of great directors.

89: The Escalators Only Go One Way

Apr 25th, 2012 1h 11m

John Gruber and Dan Benjamin discuss the availability unavailability of WWDC tickets, analyst *estimates* and Apple's earnings, Google Drive, clicky keyboards, sitting and standing, and hoagies, subs, and grinders.

88: I'd Get A Super Yacht

Apr 18th, 2012 2h 2m

John and Dan discuss iOS text editors, Read It Later/Pocket going free, Pinboard, WWDC, The Android Lockdown, the future of Windows and Nokia, and the James Bond novels going Amazon.

87: Don't Geotag Your Junk

Apr 11th, 2012 1h 32m

John and Dan talk about the Flashback virus, Instagram, Facebook, privacy, the dominant platform, the General Lee, the 4-inch iPhone, and much more.

86: Well-Intentioned Scumbags

Apr 4th, 2012 2h 10m

John Gruber and Dan Benjamin discuss Instagram for Android, Papermill (Instapaper for Android), iPhone wifi utilization, the iPad hotspot, the Lumia 900, the Mac Pro's future, and Readability.

85: Pre-Amplified

Mar 28th, 2012 1h 26m

Jim Dalrymple is back with Dan Benjamin to talk about journalist responsibility in the wake of Warmgate, international 4G and things Apple didn't think of, patents and trademarks and how much care Apple gives them when naming products, guitars,

84: Daisey, Daisey, Give Me Your Answer, Do

Mar 20th, 2012 1h 40m

John Gruber and Dan Benjamin discuss how dinosaurs publish digital magazines, the speed and signal of LTE on the new iPad, and the Mike Daisey fiasco.

83: The King's Thumb

Mar 15th, 2012 1h 23m

John Gruber and Dan Benjamin discuss the pixels, speed, and battery of the new iPad and how they make it much more than a simple update, the iPad event, tradeoffs in iPad and iPhone design, and how to handle being spotted with a prototype in pu

82: Not Your Normal Beard

Mar 9th, 2012 1h 39m

John Gruber is on vacation so Dan Benjamin is joined by Jim Dalrymple of The Loop to discuss Apple rumors, 20 years of publishing and following Apple, the new iPad, iPhoto, the future of Apple, and much more.

81: Coffee and Trucker Pills

Feb 29th, 2012 1h 36m

John Gruber and Dan Benjamin talk about whether Michael Knight's keyboard could replace the Apple Extended Keyboard, the upcoming iPad event and potential software demos, the future of One More Thing, whether Siri and LTE will come to iPad 3, a

80: Nobody's Cutting Our Eyeballs

Feb 22nd, 2012 1h 42m

John and Dan discuss the Nightline Foxconn report, fake Pokemon apps, Google's HUD glasses, lasik, cookies and privacy, the iPad 3, the MLB, and Nielsen/Arbitron ratings in the modern day world.

79: 8:31 AM

Feb 17th, 2012 1h 27m

On this truly Big Week, John Gruber and Dan Benjamin are joined by John Siracusa to discuss Gruber's personal keynote, who Apple is competing with, the new features in Mountain Lion, the future of the Mac and iCloud, and being off the record.

78: Wow, is that a Pen?

Feb 9th, 2012 1h 19m

John Gruber and Dan Benjamin talk about the rumors of iPad 3, Windows 8 on ARM, LTE hardware, and Google Drive, about the Super Bowl ad Apple didn't run, the Samsung stylus, and Path doing the wrong thing the wrong way.

77: Caviar and Champagne

Feb 1st, 2012 1h 41m

John Gruber and Dan Benjamin discuss the evolution of MacWorld|iWorld, the evolution and future of cameras and camera makers, the Y-Combinator startup caught red-handed, Final Cut Pro Updates, laptop bags, Super Bowl winners that make John sick

76: The Stink of a Loser

Jan 24th, 2012 1h 32m

John and Dan discuss Thorsten Heins and the future of RIM, Verizon's new numbers, the camera-less Singaporean iPhone, Zeldman's accident, and the iPad 3 rumors.

75: A Mute Point

Jan 18th, 2012 1h 27m

John Gruber and Dan Benjamin discuss the iPhone ringer switch, the behavior of switches and buttons on smartphones, how many levels of volume you need, dedicated camera buttons, keyboards, Apple's upcoming education event, and some of the most

74: Don't Hide the Apple Monkeys

Jan 11th, 2012 1h 38m

John Gruber and Dan Benjamin talk about every single interesting thing at CES, employees and monkeys that Apple sends to the show, Steve Jobs' education pre-announcement, more iOS multitasking, taking Samsung into Enderle territory, John's pred

73: A Donkey's Got Nothing To Lose

Jan 4th, 2012 1h 32m

This week, John Gruber and Dan Benjamin discuss the TSA, Siracusa's and The New York Times' possessives, financial transaction processors, Apple Geniuses killing flies with flamethrowers, an Apple announcement in New York, coin-op games, and br

72: H.R. Fluffypuff

Dec 23rd, 2011 1h 29m

This week, John Gruber and Dan Benjamin wonder about girl hobbits, updating HR FluffyPuff to Ice Cream Sandwich, transforming tablets, RIM and Baghdad Bob, all the Kindle Fires under Christmas Trees, John's driving record, and John makes someon

71: Hashcow

Dec 14th, 2011 1h 41m

This week, John Gruber and Dan Benjamin talk about John's appearance On The Verge, the new Apple Store in Grand Central Station, John's pro-fact bias, rooting for underdogs, laggy interfaces in Mac OS X and Android, new Twitter, the titles and

70: Pre-Lit

Dec 7th, 2011 1h 34m

John Gruber and Dan Benjamin talk about CarrierIQ, the Penny, Starbucks, Apple's Grand Central Terminal Store, The Verge, Johnny Carson on David Letterman, the Apple TV rumors, and more.

69: Half Wacko

Nov 30th, 2011 1h 45m

John Gruber and Dan Benjamin discuss game consoles, Retina Displays coming to the the iPad 3 and future MacBooks, a 15-inch MacBook Air, Zuckerberg's apology, the Carrier IQ scandal, the allure of free shipping, and the demise of Hypercard.

68: I Skip the Turkey

Nov 23rd, 2011 1h 35m

John Gruber and Dan Benjamin talk about the evolution and failure to evolve of print media as it tried to move to the web, independent and corporate journalism, the beginnings of Daring Fireball, classifieds, good vs. bad sponsorships, Android'

67: Half-n-Half

Nov 16th, 2011 1h 30m

Dan Benjamin and John Gruber discuss the new AIM, MUJI gloves, the Kindle Fire, Steven Levy, the Macintosh llci, iTunes Match, the promised revamping of the Netflix iPad app, Siri and more.

66: Stuck Watching the Seahawks

Nov 9th, 2011 2h 3m

John Gruber and Dan Benjamin discuss iCloud, streaming movies, Adobe killing Flash for Mobile, the future of the television industry, satellite TV and the NFL, the new Apple Store App and making purchases, and the Steve Jobs biography.