126: ‘Tommy Got Made’ With Guest Jason Snell
Hosted by
John Gruber
Jason Snell returns to the show, with a lot to talk about: Pebble's new Pebble Time smartwatch, the "Safari is the New IE" argument, the state of web advertising (and its adverse effects on performance and privacy) and monetization, and more.
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Links:
- Adam Lisagor guest-posting on Kottke.org back in 2007. And Jason Kottke’s introduction.
- Ben Thompson on how web advertising works today. It’s gross.
- Mary Meeker’s slide on mobile’s share of attention vs. advertising revenue in the U.S. in 2015.
- Jason on MLB’s experimental native Mac app for watching games.
- Jason: “Web Developers Are Grumpy About Safari”.
- Rene Ritchie: “Safari Isn’t the New IE: It’s the User-Centric Web”.
- My wife’s photo of me and Phil Schiller on stage last month.
- Spark — excellent new iOS email app from Readdle that Jason is using.