420: ‘The Best Hatched Plan’, With Glenn Fleishman

The Talk Show With John Gruber

Special guest Glenn Fleishman returns to the show for episode 420 on 4/20, but everyone’s sober, I swear. Topics include Trump’s dumb tariffs and Glenn’s smart new edition of his book Six Centuries of Type & Printing.

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Transcripts: Unofficial but surprisingly good.

Links:

• Pre-order “Six Centuries of Type & Printing: New Edition”.
• My link to Glenn’s Kickstarter page.
• “.BLUE proposes to create an Internet space in which businesses, organizations and individuals can create an Internet identity tied to the color and the concept of blue.”.
• XKCD comic on open source dependencies.
• Pathmark’s “No Frills” Brand.

This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.