John Siracusa

Siracusa Says

A fun collection of things John Siracusa has said on podcasts

Just Say I Do It All

John bristles at the claim that he merely does most of the work on the ATP show notes.

Podcast: Accidental Tech Podcast
Episode: 696: It Seems Petty, But I Endorse It

Casey
I think we’ve said many times that John is far and away the person, even when he had a jobby job, far and away the person that puts the most effort into our internal show notes that we run the show off of. And you can tell that, it’s sometimes abundantly obvious that this is the case, because I’m going to talk now, starting now, about macOS 27, and you look at the time that it takes for this chapter or these chapters, and-

John
There’s just lots of images, first of all.

Casey
Mm-hmm, mm-hmm, mm-hmm.

John
And second of all, I still, I still bristle when you characterize me having, doing far and away most of the effort, blah blah blah. Just say I do it all.

Casey
([laughs])

John
Just, just say I… I know occasionally you’ll put in an item, I know occasionally Marco puts in an item, but honestly, just say I do it all.

Marco
Yeah, you… I mean-

Casey
I saw that-

Marco
Yeah, we both know that

Casey
… I saw that going a totally different direction. I saw you being like, “No, you know-

John
No, no

Casey
… Casey does this and Marco does that,“ meaning, like, broadly for the whole show. But ([laughs]) John, cheesy peasy.