Breadcrumbs

Breadcrumbs

By Elias Lanz & Sean LunsfordSociety & Culture
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Breadcrumbs episodes

  • 19: My Eyes Were Rolling So Hard

    Elias and Sean talk about the anti-technology/social media message in a couple of videos from a couple years ago and a much more recent article.

    Links and Show Notes

    • Transferring audio files from an SD card to an iOS device with FlashAir - Six Colors
    • Recording a podcast locally on iOS without a Mac - Six Colors
    • Look Up || Gary Turk - SPOKEN WORD - YouTube
    • Can We Auto-Correct Humanity? - YouTube
    • H.I. #12: Hamburgers in the Pipes -- Hello Internet -- Overcast
    • I Forgot My Phone - YouTube
    • Episode 739: Finding The Fake-News King : Planet Money : NPR
    • The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change - Kindle edition by Stephen R. Covey
    • Status Update | This American Life
    • Quit Social Media. Your Career May Depend on It. - The New York Times
    • Ironic headline juxtaposition
    • Breadcrumbs - @breadcrumbsfm Sean - @splunsford Elias - @muffinworks

      Jingles excerpted from "Halo-centric Hang/Halo improvisation" by Aaron Ximm. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States License.

      1 hr 6 min
    • 18: Muffins Are Awesome

      Elias and Sean discuss: some photography follow-up, a little bit of movies and Netflix, the iPhone 7 Plus camera features, Elias's downgrade to an iPhone 6, changes for both of them in task management, and the artist formerly known as EJ going public.

      Links and Show Notes

      • Basilica Cistern - Wikipedia
      • OmniFocus 2
      • 2Do
      • Todoist (App Store)
      • Trello (App Store)
      • Step 1 - An Introduction to Trello as Project and Time Management Tool - YouTube
      • Free Agents - Relay FM
      • Due
      • Launch Center Pro
      • Bullet Journal
      • Canvas 24: Workflow - Third Party Applications -- Overcast
      • Workflow: Powerful Automation Made Simple
      • Project Templates in 2Do with Workflow -- CGP Grey
      • Elias's home screen:

        Sean - @splunsford Elias - @muffinworks Breadcrumbs - @breadcrumbsfm

        1 hr 17 min
      • 17: On the Fancy Camera Train

        Recorded in August, EJ and Sean talk photography—their gear, their backstories, and what they enjoy about it.

        Links and Show Notes

        • Amazon.com : Olympus OM-D E-M10 Mirrorless Digital Camera (Black)- Body only
        • Amazon.com : Olympus OM-D E-M10 Mark II Mirrorless Digital Camera (Black) - Body only
        • The Olympus OM-D E-M10 -- Tools and Toys
        • Olympus OM-D E-M10 Quick Thoughts -- Liss is More
        • Micro Four Thirds system - Wikipedia
        • Mirrorless interchangeable-lens camera - Wikipedia
        • Amazon.com : Olympus 25mm f1.8 Interchangeable Lens (Black)
        • Amazon.com : Olympus M.ZUIKO Digital ED 45mm F1.8 (Black) Lens
        • Amazon.com : Olympus M.ZUIKO DIGITAL ED 75mm f1.8 (Black) Lens
        • Amazon.com : Nikon D90 12.3MP DX-Format CMOS Digital SLR Camera with 18-105 mm f/3.5-5.6G ED AF-S VR DX Nikkor Zoom Lens (OLD MODEL) : Camera & Photo
        • Amazon.com : Nikon AF FX NIKKOR 24mm f/2.8D Fixed Zoom Lens
        • Amazon.com : Nikon AF FX NIKKOR 50mm f/1.8D Lens
        • Amazon.com : Tamron AF 90mm f/2.8 Di SP AF/MF 1:1 Macro Lens for Nikon Digital SLR Cameras - International Version
        • Nikon SB-700 AF Speedlight Flash for Nikon Digital SLR Cameras
        • 35 mm equivalent focal length - Wikipedia
        • Shutterstock - Forum
        • Sean - @splunsford

          EJ - @muffinworks

          1 hr 13 min
        • 16: Graveyard of Social Media

          Sean and EJ follow up on Tesla, talk about Adobe's new "Photoshop for voice", and then dive into a discussion of Twitter and other social networks.

          Links and Show Notes

          • Elon Musk announces Tesla Autopilot 2.0 (2016.10.19) AUDIO - YouTube
          • Adobe demos "photoshop for audio," lets you edit speech as easily as text | Ars Technica
          • Nuzzel: News From Friends And Influencers
          • Tweetbot 4 for Twitter
          • Status Update | This American Life
          • What is reddit? - YouTube
          • Instagram Introduces New Stories Feature -- MacStories
          • What it's like to use Snapchat Spectacles | TechCrunch
          • Sean - @splunsford

            EJ - @muffinworks

            1 hr 13 min
          • 15: A Side Projects Kind of Guy

            Sean and EJ discuss: more about Úll, side projects—including some navel-gazing about the show—news related to their self-driving cars wager, VR, and an update on Sean's attempt to write a novel in a month.

            Links and Show Notes

            • Úll Radio
            • All Tesla Cars Being Produced Now Have Full Self-Driving Hardware | Tesla
            • Comma.ai cancels the Comma One following NHTSA letter | TechCrunch
            • Cortex 32: Dropping Acid -- Overcast
            • Black Mirror | Netflix
            • Sean - @splunsford

              EJ - @muffinworks

              50 min
            • 14: Face Spoiled in Person

              With EJ recording from Ireland, he and Sean discuss Úll, Apple's MacBook Pro event, doing work you enjoy, and more.

              Links and Show Notes

              • Úll 2016
              • MacBook Pro 13" Function Keys Late 2016 Teardown - iFixit
              • Microsoft Surface Studio
              • MacRumors Buyer's Guide
              • Upgrade 113: It's An Honour and a Privilege to Defeat You -- Upgrade -- Overcast (Jason and Dan did briefly touch on the fault being on both Intel and Apple, but it was Jason and Myke who I was remembering talking about Apple's bad gamble.)
              • Xiaomi is selling the concept phone of your wildest dreams - The Verge
              • H.I. #72: 64 Pairs of Underwear -- Hello Internet -- Overcast -- Listening through a £5 note
              • Sean - @splunsford

                EJ - @muffinworks

                1 hr 13 min
              • 13: How Not to Throw Toys at Other People

                Sean and EJ discuss education – some of their experiences, the merits of different methods, and whether people should have to learn things they'll never need again.

                Links and Show Notes

                • On the Short Life of the Sound Bites Podcast -- MuffinWorks
                • Úll 2016
                • Headspace: Guided Meditation and Mindfulness
                • Calm: Meditation techniques for stress reduction
                • National Novel Writing Month
                • Sal Khan: Let's use video to reinvent education | TED Talk | TED.com
                • Duolingo - Learn Languages for Free
                • Podcast Universe Map -- MuffinWorks
                • Efrat's homework
                • Sean - @splunsford

                  EJ - @muffinworks

                  2 hr 5 min
                • 12: A Bit of Oxygen Might Not Hurt

                  Sean and EJ talk about space – from their interest in past years to current and future events, particularly Elon Musk's plan to get a million people to Mars. Finally they discuss the merits and cost of space exploration.

                  Links and Show Notes

                  • Amazon.com: USB Type-C, Anker Premium 5-Port 60W USB Wall Charger PowerPort+ 5 USB-C with Power Delivery -- the charger in question
                  • Amazon.com: Anker 40W 5-Port USB/USB-C Wall Charger PowerPort 5 USB-C -- the older one
                  • Apple 29W USB-C Power Adapter - Apple
                  • USB-C to Lightning Cable (2 m) - Apple
                  • Scanbot 6 - PDF Document & QR-Code Scanner
                  • Documents 5 - File manager, PDF reader and browser
                  • PDF Expert - Edit, annotate and sign PDF documents
                  • EJ's Sound Bites (RSS)
                  • xkcd: Sandwich
                  • Liftoff #31: Imagine If This All Works - Relay FM - Stephen and Jason talk about Elon Musk's Mars announcement
                  • Making Humans a Multiplanetary Species - YouTube
                  • How (and Why) SpaceX Will Colonize Mars - Wait But Why
                  • Robot or Not? | SpaceX (Episode 79)
                  • X Prize Foundation - Wikipedia
                  • Fermi paradox - Wikipedia
                  • Sean - @splunsford

                    EJ - @muffinworks

                    1 hr 40 min
                  • 11: Negative Deceleration

                    EJ shares travel stories. Sean mostly wishes he traveled more.

                    Links and Show Notes

                    • Amazon.com: USB Type-C, Anker Premium 5-Port 60W USB Wall Charger PowerPort+ 5 USB-C with Power Delivery -- the charger in question
                    • Amazon.com: Anker 40W 5-Port USB/USB-C Wall Charger PowerPort 5 USB-C -- the older one
                    • The Calculus of Bad Driving - YouTube -- Part 1
                    • The Case for Hovercars - YouTube -- Part 2 (the one with negative deceleration)
                    • Úll 2016
                    • Milford Sound - Wikipedia
                    • Milfred Sound - Google Image Search
                    • Coromandel Peninsula - Wikipedia
                    • Couchsurfing
                    • The Speed of Life - YouTube
                    • The Most Important Checklist in My Life -- MuffinWorks
                    • Podcast Universe Map -- MuffinWorks
                    • Sean - @splunsford

                      EJ - @muffinworks

                      1 hr 41 min
                    • 10: Cases That Split in the Middle

                      EJ starts a new project, Sean gets his iPhone, and then they talk about bags and other gear they use for traveling.

                      Links and Show Notes

                      • Twenty20 - Wikipedia
                      • EJ's Sound Bites (RSS)
                      • Amazon.com: Zoom H4N PRO Digital Multitrack Recorder - 2016 Version
                      • Amazon.com: Toshiba 32GB FlashAir III Wireless SD Memory Card
                      • ATP on the Jet Black iPhone (Overcast link)
                      • The Maker's Bag -- TOM BIHN
                      • Halcyon Packing Cubes (Aeronaut 45) -- Cube Travel -- TOM BIHN
                      • Tom Bihn Maker's Bag - YouTube -- Fraser's video
                      • Amazon.com: Targus Ultralife Thin Canvas Slipcase
                      • Samsonite Lumo Spinner 55/20 1 frame
                      • Ortlieb Panniers - Cool Tool -- MuffinWorks
                      • Amazon.com: Bose QuietComfort 25 Acoustic Noise Cancelling Headphones
                      • Amazon.com: Bose QuietComfort 35 Wireless Headphones
                      • Hello Internet on Bose QuietComfort headphones (Overcast link)
                      • Multipurpose Headband - Cool Tool -- MuffinWorks
                      • Sleep Mask - Cool Tool -- MuffinWorks
                      • Go Pack, Revisited -- Liss is More
                      • Amazon.com: USB Type-C, Anker Premium 5-Port 60W USB Wall Charger PowerPort+ 5 USB-C
                      • Pod Pro for iPhone & Apple Watch (newer version)
                      • N26 - Banking by Design
                      • The Summit Account | Aspiration
                      • Sean - @splunsford EJ - @muffinworks

                        1 hr 44 min

                      About Breadcrumbs

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                      Elias and Sean grew up together overseas before studying engineering in Germany and the US respectively. Breadcrumbs is their weekly chat about things past, present, and future.