134: ‘Field Sobriety Test’ With Guy English
The Talk Show With John Gruber
John Gruber
3.6 • 3.6K Ratings
🗓️ 31 October 2015
⏱️ 149 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Yeah, we could get right into it. So how long and when did you, you've had the, you had the dev kit for Apple TV? |
| 0:05.6 | Yes. |
| 0:07.8 | And what's the story? I mean, I guess it doesn't matter. I'm curious. I did not get the dev kit. |
| 0:13.4 | I guess I should have signed up for it. I just assumed that I would get a review unit. |
| 0:18.9 | But they didn't, I didn't get one till yesterday. So we were recording here on Friday, October 30. |
| 0:24.6 | I got mine from Apple yesterday on the 29th. |
| 0:28.2 | And I don't think I touched one. Yeah, no, I haven't since the event last month. |
| 0:33.0 | Yeah, you got coming host bids on it because a lot of press outlets just signed up and got one. |
| 0:39.6 | Yeah. Well, is that what happened? But I think a lot of them did get review units too. |
| 0:44.2 | And I just, you know, it seems haphazard. It doesn't seem like there was any rhyme or reason to it. |
| 0:49.4 | Like who got one and who didn't? Like tech crunch didn't get it until yesterday either. |
| 0:54.0 | Oh, yeah. |
| 0:55.2 | Yeah. Oh, I don't think I don't know if René got one. |
| 0:59.6 | No, he didn't. |
| 1:00.6 | So anything did. Oh, really? |
| 1:03.0 | Well, she had access to one. I know that. |
| 1:05.2 | Ah, yeah, it's such a weird thing. Like it's meta. It's so inside baseball. |
| 1:10.4 | But I guess that's what the point of podcasts is. |
| 1:12.4 | Yeah. |
| 1:13.4 | Is that it was the least secretive device once it was unveiled. |
| 1:21.4 | You know, so there's it was unveiled on stage in September. |
| 1:24.4 | I think they did a pretty good job keeping it under wraps. |
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