Location:
Austin, TX
Description:
The director’s commentary track for Daring Fireball. Long digressions on Apple, technology, design, movies, and more.
Language:
English
Episodes
418: ‘Putting a Stink on the Letter X’, With Craig Hockenberry
3/8/2025
Craig Hockenberry returns to the show. Topics include Apple’s new hardware this week — M3 iPad Airs, A16 regular iPads, M4 MacBook Airs, and the M4 Max and surprising M3 Ultra Mac Studios. And we go deep on The Iconfactory’s years-in-the-making new app, [Tapestry](https://usetapestry.com/) — a universal timeline for the Internet.
Duration:02:42:03
417: ‘Nothing Is Possible’, With Paul Kafasis
2/24/2025
Special guest: Paul Kafasis. Special topics: Siri/Super Bowl nonsense, “Gulf of Mexico/America” nonsense, the iPhone 16e gets announced, and a veritable Bond villain buys the rights to the James Bond movie franchise.
Duration:02:00:43
416: ‘A Professional Internet User’, With Vlad Prelovac
12/24/2024
Kagi founder and CEO Vlad Prelovac joins the show to talk about the business of web search, the thinking behind Kagi’s own amazing search engine, and their upstart WebKit-based browser Orion.
Duration:02:32:38
415: ‘A Good Duck Butt’, With Allen Pike
12/2/2024
Special guest Allen Pike joins the show to talk about the state of generative AI and how Apple Intelligence measures up (so far). Also: some speculation on Apple’s pending acquisition of the ever-difficult-to-pronounce Pixelmator.
Duration:02:32:52
414: ‘Annoying Friendliness’, With Joanna Stern
11/18/2024
Joanna Stern returns to the show to talk about our new best friends, AI chatbots, and I chime in with how the Voight-Kampff test got it all wrong.
Duration:01:54:06
413: ‘Holiday Party 2024’, With Merlin Mann
11/9/2024
This again. Jiminy. Well, once more, let's talk *around* another election, and try, by doing so, to maybe express something *about* it.
Duration:02:52:16
412: ‘His Most Pro Shirt’, With Dan Moren
10/31/2024
Dan Moren returns to the show to discuss this week’s introductions of the first M4 Macs: iMac, Mac Mini, and MacBook Pros.
Duration:01:41:42
411: ‘An Acoustic Nightmare’, With Tyler Stalman
10/7/2024
Tyler Stalman joins the show to discuss the iPhone 16 lineup’s cameras, and the state of iPhone photography.
Duration:01:53:03
410: ‘Shipping vs. Shipping’, With Jason Snell
9/30/2024
Jason Snell returns to the show to discuss Apple's September product announcements, and Meta's Orion prototype AR glasses.
Duration:02:12:58
409: ‘The Dynamic Paradox’, With Nilay Patel
9/26/2024
Nilay Patel returns to the show to consider the iPhones 16.
Duration:02:43:09
408: ‘Good Enough to Be Pesky’, With Taegan Goddard
8/31/2024
Special guest Taegan Goddard, longtime writer and founder of Political Wire, joins the show to talk about the past, present, and future of independent media.
Duration:01:40:45
407: ‘Pinkie Swear’, With Chance Miller
8/28/2024
Chance Miller, ace reporter (and editor-in-chief) for 9to5Mac, joins the show to talk about the latest changes to Apple's DMA compliance plans with iOS, expectations for the September Apple event, and more.
Duration:02:18:11
406: ‘Hock TUAW’, With Christina Warren
7/31/2024
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.
Duration:01:43:33
405: ‘Chutes and Ladders’, With Hunter Hillegas
7/28/2024
Special guest Hunter Hillegas, author of the excellent Vegas Mate app, joins the show to discuss euphemistic emoji, the CrowdStrike fiasco, and the closing of the iconic Mirage resort in Las Vegas.
Duration:01:56:17
404: ‘Curiously Short Episodes’, With John Moltz
6/30/2024
John Moltz returns to the show for a holiday-week look at the best of recent prestige streaming content, particularly Apple TV+. And, yes, a bit on the latest Apple/EU/DMA drama.
Duration:01:17:36
403: ‘150 Million Calculator Apps’, With Quinn Nelson
6/26/2024
Quinn Nelson, renowned host of [Snazzy Labs](https://www.youtube.com/@snazzy), returns to the show to recap the highlights of WWDC: Apple Intelligence, platform updates, and the latest salvos from the EC regarding Apple’s compliance with the DMA.
Duration:02:34:17
402: ‘Live From WWDC 2024’, With John Giannandrea, Craig Federighi, and Greg Joswiak
6/11/2024
Recorded in front of a live (and lively) audience at The California Theatre in San Jose Tuesday evening, special guests John Giannandrea, Craig Federighi, and Greg Joswiak join me to discuss Apple’s announcements at WWDC 2024.
Duration:02:03:45
401: ‘Chockdingus’, With Craig Hockenberry
5/31/2024
Craig Hockenberry returns to the show. Topics include the upcoming Daylight DC-1 monochrome “e-paper” tablet, more thoughts on the new iPad Pros, and what we expect/hope for from Apple at WWDC. Also: a one-button keyboard.
Duration:02:21:03
400: ‘Canadian Girlfriend Vibes’, With M.G. Siegler
5/24/2024
Special guest M.G. Siegler returns to the show to talk about the new iPad Pros, the iPadOS/MacOS functional gulf, the OpenAI/Scarlett Johansson controversy, and M.G.'s new blog Spyglass.
Duration:02:27:59
399: ‘I Decapitated the MacBook Air’, With Federico Viticci
4/29/2024
Federico Viticci returns to the show to discuss MacStories’s 15th anniversary, Apple’s upcoming “Let Loose” keynote for new iPad hardware, and more.
Duration:02:27:59
