The Thing Is
Anywhere between 2 to 4 ex-Apple Store Geniuses shooting the breeze.
- Update frequency
- every 10 days
- Average duration
- 54 minutes
- Episodes
- 79
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2021
It’s All Great Until You Forget Your Pants
John and Mike talk Tetris, encryption, forgetting your Apple Watch, talking to Google and managing devices at school.
Are You Not Using Your Watch?
Stephen and Mike do a tight 30 with some game-talk catching up, and all new talk of 5G, cellular service on Apple Watch, iMessage, and governments breaking into the iPhones of terrorists.
Even if You Have the Mental Capacity, You Don’t Have the Resolution
John and Mike go on and on (and on) about games. Thrilling.
It’s a Lot Faster Than Me
Just Stephen and Mike (and Mike sounds like crap) talking Apple with a hint of Sonos and Tesla.
You Just Paint That as Everyone Else’s S**t
James “Boogie” Wallace joins Stephen, John, and Mike to discuss one, and only one thing: The Talk Show with John Gruber: ‘Maximally Thin,’ with Special Guest Casey Johnston. https://daringfireball.ne…
A Self-Solving Problem
The whole gang turns out to talk ticket prices, AirPods Pro,
John’s router: https://www.netgear.com/home/products/networking/wifi-routers/R8000P.aspx
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Steve’s vision: https://soundcloud.com/thenextw…
It Picks Up Boats Sometimes
A tight 44 minutes with Colin, Stephen, and Mike talking everything from earthquakes to exercise, AT&T to craigslist.
There’s Always a Place Between Two Holes That’d Be Perfect
Stevie and Mike. All in on new glass+steel rectangles.
What Do They Cost the Second Time?
Colin, John, and Mike go Stevie-level deep on Apple— Without Stevie!
Some Restaurant That Had a Woman’s Name in Little Rock
Four dudes, mostly Apple
Are You a Cop?
Siri, Heme, Hige, Dank Memes, Crotchety Old Men, and Rock'n'Roll shirt sizes.
Italian Snakes
John, Colin, Stevie and Mike talk about beer, Italian heritage, near beer, iOS security, Square Cash card, B keys, pepperoni, and more!
I'm Gonna Be Seen as the Worst Person in the Universe
Not much Apple talk this week, but the Democratic primary field gets thinned to just three lucky winners. Also Mexican/Tex-Mex food; Gatlinburg, Tennessee; and board games.
Relocated Items
Stevie, John and Mike talk about some guy named Russ and a bunch of Apple stuff.
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Your Equilibrium Doesn’t Know How to Orientate
The first ever episode of The Thing Is without Stevie, and it starts without Mike: Colin and John talk Rock’n’roll and Public enthusiasm; Mike joins to talk MacBooks, the environment, Space History, …
I’m Procreating Right Now
More China (really just griping about air travel), new MacBooks, Jony’s departure, Ghostbusters pinball, beta OSes, and Stevie’s unreceived new old camera.
Fighting the Fattest Cop
We hit some listener favorites like storage and the woes of corporate IT culture, Mike talks about getting to China with exceptionally bad audio and Colin makes a surprise appearance at the end.
Super Boner Jamz 9
Follow-up on Colin’s iMac situation, media formats, digging in deep(er) on iMac storage, Sam Elliot, the dark underbelly of the Jetsons and looong flights.
Girl, You Need to Flip That Switch
A long one, really deep on WWDC. No non-Apple talk here. Colin was sick and John was available.
Timid, Self-Driving *bleep*
Fusion Drives, Android Phones, China, Facial Hair, and lots of Bleeps