444: ‘You’re Going to Have the Niggles’, With Christina Warren
Christina Warren returns to the show to discuss Apple’s big month of product announcements — in particular, the iPhone 17e and MacBook Neo. And we pour one out for the Mac Pro.
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Links:
The iPhone 17e.
Thoughts and Observations on the MacBook Neo.
My review: The MacBook Neo.
Apple Discontinues the Mac Pro With No Plans to Bring It Back.
Yankees-Giants opens MLB season, on Netflix.
Nomad 65W Slim Power Adapter.
This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.
(BNS) The Golden Girls - With Christina Warren
Among other things, learn how Miami Vice inspired the Golden Girls, how the Golden Girls helped finance the making of the movie Reservoir Dogs, whether or not Betty White and Bea Arthur hated each other, where the Golden Girls house was, and the real ages of the actresses when they were playing Golden Girls.
Special guest, Christina Warren, @film_girl!
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406: ‘Hock TUAW’, With Christina Warren
Christina Warren (a.k.a. "Mary Brown") returns to the show. Topics include Apple's new iOS 18.1 and MacOS 15.1 betas (featuring Apple Intelligence), a little reminiscing about Gil Amelio and Steve Jobs, and the bizarre saga of TUAW, resurrected as a zombie AI slopsite.
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Links:
“On the Firing Line: My 500 Days at Apple” by Gil Amelio.
Steve Jobs introduces the Mac OS X Dock — and the purple “single window mode” button — at MWSF 2000.
Coverage of zombie TUAW and Christina's AI-generated alter ego:
Christina, announcing the scam on Threads, and on Mastodon, both of which resulted in interesting threads.
Karissa Bell at Engadget: "[Apple Blog TUAW Returns as an AI Content Farm](Apple blog TUAW returns as an AI content farm)".
Jason Koebler at 404 Media: “Hocked TUAW”.
The Verge: “Early Apple Tech Bloggers Are Shocked to Find Their Name and Work Have Been AI-Zombified”.
Ernie Smith, deducing that the new owner of TUAW is Haider Ali Khan, and that he also bought the ilounge.com domain name.
A very much NSFW tweet testing Apple Intelligence's familiarity with current slang.
MTV News shut down and the jerks at Paramount pulled the plug on their decades-long archive.
Brett Terpstra.
Ernie Smith, author of Tedium and creator of udm14.com, a single-serving site that shows you how to make Google's "web" view your default for search.
This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.
388: ‘What the Actual’, With Christina Warren
Christina Warren joins the show to talk about Apple’s “Scary Fast” event, introducing the new M3 MacBook Pros and 24-inch iMac.
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Apple’s “Scary Fast” keynote event video.
The Verge: "All the News From Apple’s ‘Scary Fast’ Mac Event".
Behind the scenes of the "Scary Fast" keynote film, shot on iPhone.
Stu Maschwitz: "Log Is the 'Pro' in iPhone 15 Pro".
Matthew Perry’s drunken night out with M. Night Shyamalan -- hilarious anecdote on The Graham Norton Show.
GitHub Universe 2023.
This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.
The beginning of the end of physical media (Friends)
On September 29th, Netflix shipped its final DVDs, marking the end of an era in physical media. So, we invited our friend Christina Warren (aka film_girl) from GitHub to pour out a drink with us and lament the end of this golden age of access to the films we all love.
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Show Notes:
Netflix Mails Its Final DVD to Customers, Marking the End of an Era - IGN
Netflix Prepares to Send Its Final Red Envelope - The New York Times
Netflix’s Qwikster Debacle | MIT Technology Review
The Ultimate Movie Platform - Kaleidescape
Matt Damon on Hot Ones
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Coming home to GitHub (Interview)
This week we’re joined by Christina Warren, Senior Developer Advocate at GitHub, and a true tech and pop culture connoisseur. From her days at Mashable covering the intersections of entertainment and technology, to Gizmodo, to Microsoft, and now her current role at GitHub we talk with Christina about her journey from journalist to developer, and the latest happenings coming out of GitHub Universe.
BTW, we’re planning to get Christina on Backstage in the new year to talk about Plex, MakeMKV, and all things that go into hosting your own media server. Drop a commment on this episode with a +1 if you want to see that happen.
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Featuring:
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Overtired
Rocket
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The Changelog #493: What even is a DevRel?
The Changelog #459: Coding in the cloud with Codespaces
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363: ‘Deliberately Churned’, With Christina Warren
Christina Warren returns to the show to talk about the drama at Disney, tumult at Twitter, and how the hell to score Taylor Swift tickets.
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Links:
Christina Warren on Twitter, a website that still exists at this writing.
Bob Iger returns to Disney as CEO.
Yours truly: “Twitter Tumult”.
Elon Musk asks engineers for weekly emails with code screenshots.
Vice: “Twitter Employees on Visas Can’t Just Quit”.
Disney books:
Disney War, by James B. Stewart — “The dramatic inside story of the downfall of Michael Eisner—Disney Chairman and CEO—and the scandals that drove America’s best-known entertainment company to civil war.”
Walt Disney, by Neal Gabler — “The definitive portrait of one of the most important cultural figures in American history.”
Speaking of James B. Stewart, his recent epic story on AT&T’s Time Warner acquisition for The New York Times: “Was This $100 Billion Deal the Worst Merger Ever?”.
Puck — excellent new subscription Hollywood/media/Silicon Valley news site.
This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.
320: ‘Paper Floor Mats’, With Christina Warren
Christina Warren returns to the show to discuss Apple’s controversial child safety initiatives, the tumultuous summer of Safari 15 beta UI designs, and a bit more on MagSafe battery packs.
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Quinn Nelson's skewering of Apple's MagSafe Battery Pack.
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Yours truly on Apple's child safety initiatives.
This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.
308: ‘Peak Hubris’, With Christina Warren
Christina Warren returns to the show to talk about Apple Car, Apple TV, Clubhouse, and Bloomberg hamfistedly revisiting “The Big Hack”.
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Daring Fireball posts on Bloomberg’s “Big Hack” update.
“Hard News: The Scandals at The New York Times and Their Meaning for American Media” by Seth Mnookin.
Zeynep Tucekci: “Critical Thinking Isn’t Just a Process” — interesting post about reading through the lines of authoritarian doublespeak.
Marc Newson’s Ikepod watches, ideas which carried through to Apple Watch.
Rocket — Christina’s podcast with Brianna Wu and Simone De Rochefort.
This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.
We’re All AV Experts Now with Christina Warren
About Christina Warren
Christina Warren is a Senior Cloud Advocate at Microsoft, where she helps shape the overall video and broader content strategy for Channel 9, Docs.Microsoft.com, and the greater CA team. In this role, she hosts shows on Channel 9, Microsoft’s video channel for developer content, creates technical content snd demos, speaks at events, and interviews people within the developer community. Prior to joining Microsoft, Christina spent a decade in digital media as an editor, senior reporter, and commentator, with a focus on technology, business, and, entertainment. As a journalist, she appeared as an expert or commentator on ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN, CNBC, Fox News, Fox Business, Bloomberg, the BBC, Marketplace Radio, The Today Show, Good Morning America, and many more outlets. She also co-hosts Rocket, a popular tech news podcast, which has the distinction of being one of the only tech podcasts with an all-female hosting team.
Links:
This Week on Channel 9
Rocket Podcast
Microsoft Build
Microsoft Developer YouTube
Screaming in the Cloud Episode 68
290: ‘The Least Worst’, With Christina Warren
Special guest Christina Warren joins the show. Topics include the App Store and antitrust, the general crumminess of video streaming service UIs, and historical examples of when Apple gets something wrong.
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Links:
Steven Levy on the G4 Cube’s 20th anniversary.
Me on the Cube and lessons learned.
Report commissioned by Apple comparing the App Store to other “digital marketplaces”.
Rolling Stone TV Critic Alan Sepinwall: “Who Loses Big in the Great Streaming Wars? The User”.
Jason Snell pointing out that even the playback UIs stink for a lot of streaming apps.
Jonathan Mann on Apple (Steve Jobs) deciding to use his “Antennagate Song” to open their emergency press conference.
From the DF Archive: “Antennagate Bottom Line”.
“The Innocence Files” — outstanding series on Netflix documenting the work of the Innocence Project, which works to free those convicted of crimes they didn’t commit.
Rocket — Weekly podcast hosted by Christina, Simone de Rochefort, and Brianna Wu.
Christina on Twitter.
This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.
Episode 68: The Rise of the Cloud-First Generation with Christina Warren
About Christina Warren
Christina Warren is a Senior Cloud Advocate at Microsoft, where she helps shape the overall strategy for Developer Relations in Azure. As an advocate, she hosts shows on Channel 9, Microsoft’s video channel for developer content, speaks and creates content at events, conducts on-camera technical interviews within the developer community, and liaisons with product teams across the company.
Prior to joining Microsoft, Christina spent a decade in digital media as an editor, senior reporter, and commentator, with a focus on technology, business, and, entertainment. As a journalist, she appeared as an expert or commentator on ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN, CNBC, Fox News, Fox Business, Bloomberg, the BBC, Marketplace Radio, The Today Show, Good Morning America, and many more outlets.
She also co-hosts Rocket, a popular tech news podcast, which has the distinction of being one of the only tech podcasts with an all-female hosting team.
Links Referenced
Twitter: @film_girl
http://christina.is/
Rocket on Relay FM
468: Mixing Macs and Microsoft with Christina Warren
Christina Warren, tech commentator, podcaster and Cloud Developer Advocate at Microsoft drops by to talk about using a Mac at work, the state of PowerPoint and how to get the most out of tech when traveling the world.
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Links and Show Notes:
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Mac Power Users #270: Workflows with Christina Warren - Relay FM
Office for Mac now shares a codebase with Windows, gets real-time collaboration | Ars Technica
Microsoft Azure Cloud Computing Platform & Services
Microsoft Developer - YouTube
How to clean the keyboard of your MacBook or MacBook Pro - Apple Support
Oldest Working iMac in the Forum? - Hardware - MPU Talk
A Review of the iPhone XR: I’ve Made a Huge Mistake – 512 Pixels
Huawei MateBook X Pro review: the best laptop right now - The Verge
Official Home of Microsoft Surface Computers & Devices – Microsoft Surface
Drafts 5 on the App Store
Teleprompter Premium on the App Store
Deckset for Mac: Presentations from Markdown in No Time
Exclusive: Tim Cook says lack of diversity in tech is 'our fault' - Mashable
Behind The Tech with Kevin Scott
Introducing GoodNotes 5 – GoodNotes Blog
Rocket - Relay FM
Overtired
Blue - Yeti
RØDE Microphones - Podcaster
PR 40 - Heil Sound
Scarlett 2i2 | Focusrite
AirFly | Twelve South
Wireless Noise-Canceling Headphones | WH-1000XM3 | Sony US
Visual Studio Code - Code Editing. Redefined
Setapp | The best apps for Mac in one suite
TablePlus | Modern, Native Tool for Database Management
TextSoap - Automate Your Text Cleanup
Expressions – the coolest app for regex | Apptorium
Bear - Notes for iPhone, iPad and Mac
Downie - YouTube Video Downloader for macOS
Christina Warren (@film_girl) | Twitter
Christina Warren (@film_girl) • Instagram
David Sparks (@macsparky) • Instagram
Stephen Hackett (@stephenmhackett) • Instagram
270: Workflows with Christina Warren
Special Guest Christina Warren joins David and Katie to talk about her work as an Apple journalist. We use the backdrop of the Apple Earnings Call to discuss her workflows as well as her thoughts on Apple Music.
Thanks to MPU listener Jigar Talati for help with the shownotes this week!
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Links and Show Notes:
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Christina Warren
ChristinaWarren.com
Christina Warren (@film_girl) | Twitter
Christina Warren on Mashable
Rocket - Relay FM
Overtired
Exclusive: Tim Cook says lack of diversity in tech is 'our fault'
iTunes - Podcasts - Apple Quarterly Earnings Call by Apple
AshleyMadison is so screwed. Here's why
TextMate — The Missing Editor for Mac OS X
TextExpander: Mac Typing Shortcut Utility Saves You Time TextExpander: Mac Typing Shortcut Utility Saves You Time
Drafts | Agile Tortoise
217: iOS Automation with Federico Viticci | Mac Power Users
Recorder Pro: Professional Voice Recording On-The-Go on the App Store on iTunes
Apple - Music
Music for everyone - Spotify
119: Promoretired
This week we're joined by friend of the show Christina Warren (@film_girl). Christina writes for Mashable and hosts Rocket and Overtired.
As a part of this podcast exchange program, John joined Rocket for this week's episode.
Pre-show:
Casey's new mug thanks to @_DavidSmith
Follow-Up:
Showbot woes
Heroku's pricing changes
Erin's MacBook Air
AppleCare+
Synology DS1813+
Apple Watch accuracy whilst running
Acquiring media
Sonarr
Plex
Popcorntime
Keeping up with the Kardashians
HBO Now versus HBO Go
Larry Sanders Show
Oz
The Wire
Sex and the City
The Sopranos
Big Love
Game of Thrones
Girls
Veep
Pebble Time versus the Apple Watch
Christina's Pebble Time review
Christina's Watch
Modern Buckle
Apple Watch native SDK
Marco's post on SDK questions
Casey's post on complications
Weather Line
Glances
Casey:
Settings
Battery
TripIt
Dark Sky
WWDC
Christina:
CityMapper
Battery
Heart Rate
Overcast
TripIt
Authy
Marco:
Settings
Now Playing
Overcast
Activity
Jony Ive's promotion
Stephen Fry
New Yorker profile of Jony Ive
Rene Ritchie's tweet
The Next Web on Alan Dye
9to5 Mac's take
Ben Thompson's take
Taylor Swift
InfoSec Taylor Swift
Fight Club 2
Chuck Palahniuk
Invisible Monsters
B.J. Novak
Dark Horse
Post-show culinary discussion:
Chili
Cincinnati chili (e.g. Skyline)
Amy's canned chili
Turkey bacon
Ranch dressing
Mac and cheese
Velveeta
On Analog(ue)
Kraft
Barenaked Ladies
Annie's
Nostalgia:
Marco: Steak 'n Shake Frisco Melt
Christina:
Red Lobster
Sonic Drive-In
Chick Fil A
Arby's
Dairy Queen
Casey
John's of Bleecker Street
Postmates
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38: June is the New Christmas
This week, the Europeans and Stephen are joined by Christina Warren to discuss Microsoft’s move in the mobile space and how it relates to iOS. Then, they talk about third-party Apple Watch bands and what Apple could do with Beats Audio.
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"#mykewasright" - Twitter Search
Accidental Tech Podcast: 115: Empathy for the Machine
Reddit - Watch users: have you used your nose to operate it when your hands are full?
245: Incomparable, Assemble! — The Incomparable (plus bonus material) — Overcast
This link jumps right to the nose-tapping moment.
Upgrade #35: Where The Fluoroelastomer Meets the Road - Relay FM
Apple Australia - iTunes Radio
Moving averages and the iPad - All this
Sport Watch unboxing - Business Insider
Stephen's Apple Watch unboxing - an album on Flickr
Christina Warren (@film_girl) | Twitter
Christina Warren's Articles on Mashable
Rocket - Relay FM
Microsoft will allow developers to bring Android, iOS apps to Windows 10 devices - Mashable
Rocket #16: Burnt Out from Microsoft - Relay FM
How developers really feel about Microsoft welcoming iOS and Android - Mashable
Quip
Overtired
Creating Bands for Apple Watch - Apple Developer
Band Design Guidelines for Apple Watch - Apple Developer
No, Apple doesn't want you to wear an Apple Watch charging band, and that's a good thing | iMore
Beats revamp still debuting at WWDC, global release late-June, iOS 9 details revealed | 9to5Mac
Apple pushing music labels to kill free Spotify streaming ahead of Beats relaunch | The Verge
Apple pushing music labels to kill free Spotify streaming ahead of Beats relaunch | The Verge
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