Summary: <p>Daniel is joined by John Siracusa, a software engineer by day who is better known to many as a podcaster and contributor to <a href="http://arstechnica.com/author/john-siracusa/">Ars Technica</a>.</p> <audio class="wp-audio-shortcode" id="audio-287-7" style="width: 100%;"><a href="http://bitsplitting.org/wp-content/podcasts/Episode4.mp3">http://bitsplitting.org/wp-content/podcasts/Episode4.mp3</a></audio> <p>John is well known among Mac aficionados for his <a href="http://arstechnica.com/apple/2012/07/os-x-10-8/">extensive reviews</a> of major Mac OS X upgrades. He co-hosted 100 episodes of <a href="http://5by5.tv/hypercritical/">Hypercritical</a> with <a href="http://5by5.tv/people/dan-benjamin">Dan Benjamin</a> on the <a href="http://5by5.tv">5by5</a> network. Most recently he’s teamed up with <a href="http://www.marco.org">Marco Arment</a> and <a href="http://tumblr.caseyliss.com">Casey Liss</a> to produce the <a href="http://atp.fm">Accidental Tech Podcast</a>. </p> <p>Additional links:</p> <ul> <li> <a href="https://twitter.com/siracusa">@siracusa</a> – John’s Twitter account.</li> <li> <a href="http://hypercritical.co/">Hypercritical</a> – John’s personal technology web site.</li> <li> <a href="http://5by5.tv/incomparable">The Incomparable</a> – Jason Snell’s roundtable podcast about geeky topics, frequently featuring John.</li> <li> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodore_VIC-20">VIC-20</a> – John’s first computer, the Commodore VIC-20.</li> <li> <a href="http://www.imore.com/debug-11-don-melton-and-safari">Don Melton Interview</a> – Debug podcast appearance by <a href="http://donmelton.com">Don Melton</a> of Safari fame.</li> <li> <a href="http://larryelmore.com/">Larry Elmore</a> – One of John’s childhood artistic heroes.</li> <li> <a href="http://www.keithparkinson.com/main.php">Keith Parkinson</a> – Another of John’s childhood artistic heroes.</li> <li> <a href="http://arstechnica.com/staff/2009/05/hypercritical/">Hypercritical</a> – John’s original blog post on Ars Technica, kicking off his appreciation of being “hypercritical.”</li> <li> <a href="http://www.bu.edu/">Boston University</a> – John’s alma mater.</li> <li> <a href="http://oreilly.com/">O’Reilly Books</a> – The source of John’s ravenous self-education on various computer-related subjects.</li> <li> <a href="http://www.perl.org/">The Perl Programming Language</a> – John’s favorite programming language.</li> <li> <a href="http://www.cartalk.com/">Car Talk</a> – The NPR radio show whose early web site was built by John.</li> <li> <a href="http://www.cpan.org/">CPAN</a> – The comprehensive perl archive network.</li> <li> <a href="http://www.jonathancoulton.com/">Jonathan Coulton</a> – One of John’s very favorite musicians.</li> <li> <a href="http://www.muleradio.net/unprofessional/9/">Jonathan Coulton Interview</a> – Interview with Jonathan Coulton on the Unprofessional podcast.</li> </ul> <p>Sponsored by <a href="http://helpspot.com/">HelpSpot</a>: Customer service is your best marketing. Make every ticket count with HelpSpot.</p>
