#05 – Hang Up Your Shingle
February 21, 2012
Synopsis: For our fifth episode we tackle Apple, Apple, and Sonic, mostly in that order. How much of the blame for Foxconn’s labor standards lies with Apple? Should we be scared about the impending iOS-ification™ of OS X? Find out the answers to these questions and more!
Duration: 1:12:41
Present: Dan, Michael, Adam, Shadoe, Chris
Episode Links
Mountain Goat
- Mountain Lion is not more like iOS
- Ben Brooks on where integration is happening
- John Gruber’s preview and comments
The Blame Game
- Apple blamed for Whitney Houston post-mortem price hike
- New York Times on Foxconn and costs of cheap labor
- Foxconn audits and the Fair Labor Association
- Paul Krugman defends cheap labor
Sonic!
- Extra Credits bit about Sonic
- Penny Arcade on the subject
- Yahtzee (NSFW) explains the bad about Sonic Generations
- Sonic & Knuckles with the backwards compatible cartridge