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A weekly talk show ruminating on exactly what is wrong in the world of Apple and related technologies and businesses. Nothing is so perfect that it can't be complained about. Hosted by Dan Benjamin & John Siracusa.
Hypercritical #46: Not Entirely Nefarious
December 16, 2011 at 3:00pm • Short URL • Wiki Entry
John Siracusa and Dan Benjamin revisit complaints about Siri’s apparent biases, reconsider the fake-book chrome in iBooks, explore an interesting new conception of an Apple TV set, and use John Gruber’s appearance on The Verge as a jumping off point for examining partisanship in technology writing. Plus a bonus epilogue about the evolution of Twitter.
This episode is sponsored by Harvest and MailChimp.
Notes Sponsored by HelpSpot.
- How I’d Build an Apple Television Set – Guy English
- Siri, Sexism, and Silicon Valley – The American Prospect
- Isaacson: Jobs biography could expand – Fortune
- The once and future e-book: on reading in the digital age – Ars Technica
- Is Innovation Valuable? – Asymco
- On The Verge, Episode 002: John Gruber
- Horseshit – Joshua Topolsky in The Verge Forums
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