The Talk Show With John Gruber

John Moltz returns to the show. We talk about the HomePod, the “cancellation” of iPhone X, Steve Jobs and the orange button, and Super Bowl 52. And a surprising amount of talk about dates.

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Links:

• Rian Johnson on The Talk Show five years ago.
• “I’m a fucking immigration lawyer.”
• “iPhone X is cancelled” nonsense.
• Tripp “Claim” Chowdhry’s greatest hits.
• Bethany Bongiorno’s story about Steve Jobs, the original iPhone, and an orange button.
• Nuzzel — a clever app that gives you news alerts based on links posted by the people you follow on Twitter.

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