The Talk Show With John Gruber

Special guest Marco Arment returns to the show. Topics include microphones; Marco’s much-publicized article last week on Apple’s seemingly declining software quality; talking to the press and agreeing to interviews; Apple’s relatively tiny developer relations team (and how that pertains to the aforementioned segment on Apple’s perceived software quality); the purported new 12-inch MacBook Air and its dearth of peripheral ports; and more.

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Links:

• Heil PR40 microphone.
• Shure SM7B microphone.
• Marco’s article: “Apple Has Lost the Functional High Ground”.
• My take on the “Functional High Ground” thing.
• Panic’s App Store woes.
• Mark Gurman’s purported scoop on the upcoming new MacBook Air.
• Jason Snell’s Macworld review of the original MacBook Air in 2008.