103: ‘Robotitize the Assembly’ With Guest Dan Frommer
Hosted by
John Gruber
Special guest Dan Frommer joins the show to talk about prop bets in Vegas, more Star Wars, some follow-up on James Bond, what should Apple do with its mountains of cash?, speculation on why iPad sales growth has stagnated, and more. Also, some in-depth segments on Instagram and the concept of “institutional taste”.
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Links:
- Great photo of Dan, recording the show at Quartz’s office.
- Dan’s article, “Ten Things We Learned About Apple in 2014”.
- The Cubs sign ex-Rays manager Joe Madden and pitcher Jon Lester.
- Superbowl 51 will go back to stupid Roman numerals.
- Eric Jackson’s piece for Forbes, “Apple’s $100 Billion Waste: Tim Cook’s Single Biggest Mistake As CEO”, wherein he argues Apple should buy Tesla, Twitter, and Pinterest.
- GT Advanced and their crazy approach to making deals.
- Instagram active user announcement.
- Ev Williams “doesn’t give a shit” about Instagram’s numbers.
- OK Go’s latest video. Seriously, watch this.
- Stephen Colbert on the new Sith lightsaber in The Force Awakens teaser.
