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The Talk Show With John Gruber

344: ‘Devastation, Pessimism, and Rage’, With Glenn Fleishman

The Talk Show With John Gruber

John Gruber

Technology

3.63.6K Ratings

🗓️ 26 April 2022

⏱️ 101 minutes

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Summary

Glenn Fleishman returns to the show to talk about Elon Musk’s impending acquisition of Twitter, Apple’s credibility problem when arguing against being required to allow sideloading on iOS, and Glenn’s new (and much-needed) book, “Take Control of Untangling Connections”.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Breaking news. Now here's the danger of podcasting because we've got you know 24 hour ideal turnaround on a podcast and

0:10.7

This Elon Musk Twitter thing is is is like I just saw that that Apple signed

0:19.3

Idris Elba to do a do you see that or it's like a seven

0:24.1

It's gonna be like a seven episode series about a trans continental flight or transatlantic flight that gets hijacked

0:31.5

But it takes place in real time, you know, so like oh wow so so like I know that's not new

0:37.8

But it's still you know it's either still bus so I'm like alright, it's great, right?

0:40.3

But it's it's it's like the old 24 gimmick or I forgot I just linked to it

0:44.9

But there was a Johnny Depp movie in 1996 or something like that

0:48.5

There was there TV shows that did that too like spy shows or something where it was supposed to be unfolding

0:53.0

Practically in real time I think not 24 but like in the 60 anyway. Yeah, that's a great. It's a great idea

0:58.6

Because you know you get the attention hearing in the premise and then they have to just tell a really good story inside

1:04.2

That all right now I got to look it up. There was a hitchcock movie that that it took it even further

1:09.8

It was the premise was that oh

1:12.2

It was yeah rope exactly and so tell people what the the the gimmick with rope wasn't just that it was real time

1:20.2

But continuous shots, but they couldn't load you know

1:24.3

They didn't have enough film in the cans in those days so you'll notice throughout rope

1:27.8

There's people the camera pans across the jacket back and then back in so they shot every

1:35.9

lengthy scene it continue or continuously, right? So I think it's like five or

1:41.5

Seven someone's gonna correct us. Yeah separate shots, but all of them are continuous and they all pan across

1:47.6

You're like, oh, that's not that interesting of the someone's jacket back, but it's it's it and it's a thrilling

1:53.6

Terrifying gripping movie because it brings that immediacy of something like theater right to the screen

1:59.4

I thought it was it's amazing. Yeah, I there's one where it the camera pans across a lamp and it makes no sense at all

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