Comfort Zone

By Christopher Lawley, Matt Birchler, and Niléane

Comfort Zone is a podcast that pushes its hosts outside of their, well, comfort zone. Every week, each host will bring new technology they've tried to the show to discuss whether it worked and how it ... more

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How many episodes does Comfort Zone have?

The podcast currently has 86 episodes available.

Comfort Zone episodes:

February 06, 2025Switzerland is at the Top
Matt made an app and brings a very, very unbiased take on it, Chris has solved some of his tech paper cuts, and Niléane probably won yet another challenge by bringing a really rad Apple TV remote.
Weekly Topics

Quick Reviews on the App Store

Announcing Quick Reviews

AirPods Max charging dock

Other Things Discussed

Cheerwine

Chris's new USB-C cable

Old Salt Apple TV remote

New Salt Apple TV remote

Matt's TV

GameTrack

Linear

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Chris on YouTube

Matt on Birchtree

Niléane on Mastodon

Comfort Zone on Mastodon

Comfort Zone on Bluesky
...more
1h 12min
January 30, 2025I'm the Pepper Daddy Now
Matt is unable to defend himself as he's on the lam, Chris is exploring that Mac life, and Niléane has some snazzy new headphones. Then Chris edited with AI to pretty good effect and Niléane tried using an AI search engine to much less success.

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Weekly Topics

Samson SR850 headphones

SKÅDIS

Other Things Discussed

Matt was on AppStories

Samsung uses AI to invent…screen recording?

focussedOS

Dark Noise

Hyperkey

Raycast

Text Snipper

CleanShot X

Pixel Perfect

Final Cut Pro

Riverside

ChatGPT Search

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Chris on YouTube

Matt on Birchtree

Niléane on Mastodon

Comfort Zone on Mastodon

Comfort Zone on Bluesky
...more
1h 36min
January 23, 2025Put a Bumper Case on That Thing
Matt has an announcement to make (and a cool app to talk about), Chris brought a bag of goodies, and Niléane brought a fun challenge around using our mice in interesting ways.
Weekly Topics

Cursor

Kobo Clara BW

Cal Digit TS4 Dock

Tomtoc Shoulder Bag

James Brand Folsom Pocket Knife

Other Things Discussed

HelloQuitX

Filter subscribed languages from individual persons you follow

Federico is using Superhuman

Quick Reviews coming to iOS

Wii cursor

Wii cursor demo GIF 1

Wii cursor demo GIF 2

Logitech MX Master 3S

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Chris on YouTube

Matt on Birchtree

Niléane on Mastodon

Comfort Zone on Mastodon

Comfort Zone on Bluesky
...more
1h 29min
January 16, 2025The Opposite of Snow Leopard
In this very special episode, the gang makes their "Pro" and "Pro Max" predictions for tech in 2025 and oh my, does it get wild! Who's best clued into the tech coming this year? Who is just wish-casting their way to third place? We'll have to wait to find out.
Weekly Topics

Nothing, just 2025 predictions!

Other Things Discussed

MacStories left Meta platforms

Niléane's reporting from last year about Meta's moderation failings

DLC podcast

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Chris on YouTube

Matt on Birchtree

Niléane on Mastodon

Comfort Zone on Mastodon

Comfort Zone on Bluesky
...more
1h 26min
January 09, 2025OLED Dreams and Studio Display Realities
Niléane is out, so Chris and Matt are left to fend on their own. Chris steals like an artist and Matt defends a new purchase.
Weekly Topics

LG 32" UltraGear 4K OLED monitor

Other Things Discussed

Cortex Episode 162

HabitKit

Foodnoms

Matt's video on the LG monitor (retina discussion starts at the 3 minute mark)

What is retina?

Retina calculator

Pixels per degree calculator

Matt's dock setup 1

Matt's dock setup 2

Matt's dock setup 3

Matt's dock setup 4

MacWhisper

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Chris on YouTube

Matt on Birchtree

Niléane on Mastodon

Comfort Zone on Mastodon

Comfort Zone on Bluesky
...more
1h 32min
December 26, 2024The California Guy is Cold
Chris has his own Mount Rushmore of iPad apps, Matt is trying to get to terms with Discord, and the gang figures out if they're moving the group chat to WhatsApp.
Weekly Topics

Obsidian

Sequel

Overcast

Other Things Discussed

Music from the 2024 Paris Olympic Games

Obsidian Web Clipper

TV Forecast

Up Ahead

Remind Me Faster

Drafts theme directory

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Chris on YouTube

Matt on Birchtree

Niléane on Mastodon

Comfort Zone on Mastodon

Comfort Zone on Bluesky
...more
1h 14min
December 19, 2024I'm Not a Panda Person
Niléane has a new webcam, Chris is drowning in keyboards, and everyone installs some web-ass web apps.
Weekly Topics

Insta360 Link 2C

Keychron Q1 HE

Keychron K2 HE

Nada Panda 65

Other Things Discussed

BusyCal

Niláne's camera setup Photo 1

Niláne's camera setup Photo 2

The Continuity Camera and 'Unlock With Apple Watch' Conspiracy

Lemokey L4 keyboard

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Chris on YouTube

Matt on Birchtree

Niléane on Mastodon

Comfort Zone on Mastodon

Comfort Zone on Bluesky
...more
1h 11min
December 12, 2024Matt is a Mean Guy
Matt felt like bringing an intentionally controversial topic, Niléane refuses to admit she's created a sticky note-based task manager, and everyone gives the iPad some much needed love.
Weekly Topics

Raycast

CleanShot X

Final Cut Pro

Google Chrome

Stickies app

Audio balance feature

Other Things Discussed

MacStories Selects 2024

Delta skins commissioned by MacStories

Ice development is slowing down

Timery

Procreate

focusedOS

Ferrite

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Chris on YouTube

Matt on Birchtree

Niléane on Mastodon

Comfort Zone on Mastodon

Comfort Zone on Bluesky
...more
1h 19min
December 05, 2024I'm Knee-Deep in Turkey
Niléane has taken to the skies in Flight Simulator, Chris wants to talk about yet another Mac, and the gang all looks for the best open source app (or web app!) they can find.
Weekly Topics

Flight Simulator 2024

M4 Mac mini

Other Things Discussed

[Flight Simulator documentary](URL

Shadow PC Gaming

BetterTouchTool

Accents

CleanShot X

Klack

Ghost

Kodi

Ice

Raindrop.io

Readwise Reader

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Chris on YouTube

Matt on Birchtree

Niléane on Mastodon

Comfort Zone on Mastodon

Comfort Zone on Bluesky
...more
1h 18min
November 27, 2024This One Time at Bandcamp
The gang has so much to be thankful for, including you, dear listeners. ❤️

Oh yeah, and they find new ways to listen to music before being revealing their absolute favorite Apple app.
Weekly Topics

M4 iPad Pro

M2 MacBook Air

Libby

hoopla

Legion Go

Steam Deck

AirPods Max

Sony WH-1000XM5

Peloton Row

Other Things Discussed

Meross

Find a library near you

YouTube Music

Bandcamp

Nintendo Music

Spotify

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Chris on YouTube

Matt on Birchtree

Niléane on Mastodon

Comfort Zone on Mastodon

Comfort Zone on Bluesky
...more
1h 10min

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How many episodes does Comfort Zone have?

The podcast currently has 86 episodes available.

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