Person

John Siracusa

42 mentions in 7 episodes

Podcaster who facilitated discussion of iPhone Duo developer tools timing and provided analysis of Apple's development release strategy.

Mentions

716: Take the Null

  • 23:47

    John corrects dimensional information about MacBook Pro thinness: 0.5mm for 14-inch, 0.8mm for 16-inch

  • 29:18

    John passionately discusses rounded screen corners on ProLED MacBook Pro and their negative impact

  • 33:14

    John criticizes the design decision to round screen corners for aesthetics over function

  • 1:59:23

    John's point about giving Federighi a bone otherwise he's going to bounce.

  • 2:15:08

    John explains the camera orientation problem is hardware-constrained with rectangular sensors.

715: Diner Lobster

  • 0:00

    Do we have a pre-show or do we want to just jump into the administrative?

  • 3:29

    Well done, John. Hey, Marco, I hear there's some rumors.

  • 50:14

    John starting the chronological product discussion with iPad Mini updates.

  • 1:03:50

    John taking the team through M6 iMac specifications and improvements.

  • 1:09:29

    John discussing the MacBook Pro with ProLED XDR display in detail.

  • 2:07:07

    John suggested skipping upgrades and waiting for the M8 generation

  • 2:24:53

    John insisted on spoiling Fineliner features despite spoiler warnings

714: Get the Bigger Pizza

  • 3:04

    John Syracuse designed the ATP Holiday Store merchandise theme around Apple not putting out better chips.

  • 29:31

    John explained Apple TV price history and looked up the 2015 price reduction from $99 to $69.

  • 41:48

    and Marco, please interrupt me if you have thoughts. Oh, I have lots of thoughts

  • 1:13:22

    I was, once I saw that it let me in, it was 30 seconds, maybe, before I was done

  • 1:14:02

    I kind of wanted it to be a different color, too, which maybe that's silly, but that's what I thought

  • 1:15:59

    I'm almost sure it was 801. And I don't know, I guess got lucky with the caches

  • 1:25:53

    John, do you want to give us a nickel tour about what you found interesting

  • 1:26:10

    Yeah, I have a meta topic after watching all these reviews

  • 2:08:48

    John recommends going to atp.fm.store and suggests checking out the app cold

  • 2:09:21

    John installed the app via test flight link and knew what it was immediately

  • 2:14:31

    John put a self-portrait drawing in Slack while testing on iPhone

713: I Have Medium Hopes

  • 6:21

    How would you describe that iMac, John? The one that was on a cantilever.

  • 1:00:27

    keep this in mind when you are considering this product

  • 1:31:55

    For the record, by the way, as per the Mac Rumors Buyer's Guide, 1,456 days since the last update.

  • 1:36:24

    I have extremely low hopes for the audio quality and fidelity of a four HomePod setup.

712: Mildly Technologically Traumatized

  • 37:24

    John, you have done the unthinkable and you've beaten me to it. John discusses FiOS CableCARD discontinuation.

711: Hot Dog on an Actuator

  • 8:51

    John, last episode, which as we sit here now is two days ago, but we already have some follow up.

  • 9:07

    Yeah, I was thinking about this. I was showing my daughter my new mouse pad.

  • 39:52

    As John said, there's been rumblings about Tesla potentially adding CarPlay

  • 48:31

    John's weird AirPods issues mentioned in follow-up

  • 1:27:07

    I put in I was trying to find pictures of this. It's always frustrating to me when I can't find any pictures of the exact car.

  • 1:28:07

    I was driving this car when it crossed 100K because I would drive this around you know as a teenager with my friends

  • 1:31:11

    I think the Volvo around 150 is the highest I've gone and then that wasn't my car and my 1992 Civic was around 120

710: That New Mouse Pad Feeling

  • 1:11:03

    All right. So back to follow-up. I don't know what that was. Back to follow-up now.

  • 1:14:20

    But Marco, convince me I'm wrong. Nope, I'm pretty much with you. You nailed it.

  • 1:19:42

    Oscar didn't ask me to answer this question. But the reason I put it in here is because you two are all angry about the way the whole Duo DevTool situation worked out.

  • 1:20:26

    However big that changes, is it just like, oh, make the screen a little bit taller? Or is it like it has two screens and it bends?

  • 1:21:58

    And if Apple cares about that, they have to give developers sufficient time.

  • 1:22:17

    And I will add, by the way, that the secrecy screws them here, too, because if you're not following the minutia of X code releases.

  • 1:37:29

    I would not call that working, by the way, for two side-by-side instances.