The Talk Show With John Gruber

Adam Lisagor returns to the show. Topics include the cinematic and presentation style of Apple’s WWDC keynote, some post-production details on The Talk Show’s WWDC episode, the tribulations of producing professional videos during COVID-19, and the new sounds of MacOS 11 Big Sur.

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Links:

• Big Sur alerts.
• Big Sur system sounds.
• Prank with a loud computer startup chime in a crowded library.
• Sandwich’s conceived/shot/produced in quarantine video for Slack — working from home to make a video about working from home.
• The Talk Show Remote From WWDC 2020.
• Apple’s video with Craig Federighi introducing the iPad Magic Keyboard back in March, a precursor to the WWDC video style.
• My eve-of-keynote guess that WWDC’s keynote would look like that Magic Keyboard intro video.
• Apple’s old iTunes “Rip Mix Burn” commercial set in an empty theater.
• Steve Jobs introducing the G4 Cube at Macworld New York in 2000.
• Adam’s delightfully thoughtful thread on face masks.
• John Oliver’s Last Week Tonight on coronavirus conspiracy theories.
• Mat Honan back in 2012 on how and why he got hacked.
• California King — the reboot of You Look Nice Today.

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