Episode 100 — The Anniversary Episode: iPhone and Exponent

Exponent

Ben Thompson / James Allworth

Technology

4.6 • 832 Ratings

🗓️ 13 January 2017

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

Ben and James celebrate two milestones: 10 years for the iPhone, and 100 episodes for Exponent. This is a good one: it in many respects summarizes the entire run of both Exponent and Stratechery. Presented by MailChimp Links Ben Thompson: The Ten Year Anniversary of the Apple TV — Stratechery Ben Thompson: What Clayton Christensen Got Wrong — Stratechery Ben Thompson: Beyond Disruption — Stratechery Ben Thompson: Shameless Samsung — Stratechery Ben Thompson: How Apple Creates Leverage, and the Future of Apple Pay — Stratechery Ben Thompson: From Products to Platforms — Stratechery Ben Thompson: Friction — Stratechery Ben Thompson: The … Continue reading Episode 100 — The Anniversary Episode: iPhone and Exponent

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0:00.0	Hi, Ben. James, how are you? I don't know if everybody listening had their mind blown as much as I did
0:06.7	just then. It actually made me nervous to do that. It's like we are at 100 episodes and we have never
0:12.9	deviated from the script and here we are deviating from the script and it actually made me nervous.
0:19.1	Well, you are, you know, you are a bit of a nervous Nelly.
0:22.0	Uh, guilty.
0:24.0	Do they say Nervous Nellie in Australia?
0:26.3	I think if you accuse someone of being a Nervous Nellie in Australia, people would
0:30.4	know exactly what you're talking about.
0:32.3	So yes, nervous Nellie is probably fair.
0:36.1	Very good.
0:36.6	We are, indeed, we are at 100 episodes of Exponent.
0:40.0	It has been, when we start, 2014, early 2014, with a couple breaks, including the summers, but we've made it.
0:47.7	So congratulations to us.
0:48.9	Congratulations to our listeners for putting up with us this long.
0:51.9	We appreciate it.
0:54.3	Yes, I would concur with that.
0:56.2	I'm amazed you put up with me for 100 episodes, to be perfectly honest.
1:00.7	Yeah, I'm amazed, too.
1:01.8	No, no, I'm pretty sure the patience goes in the opposite direction.
1:08.0	It's a two-way street, I think, my friend.
1:10.7	This 100th episode of Exponent is sponsored by MailChimp.
1:15.1	Mailchip, send better email, sell more stuff.
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