Back to Work

Episode 366: Five Sides of the Street


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This week, your hosts talk about using Windows, technology modalities, making sane decisions as a developer, reality TV, 20th anniversary of The Dude, Merlin's new fondness for Spotify, analyzing takes on the HomePod, options for high-quality in smart speakers, dealing with recurring financial (and psychological) eels, competitive heat in the smart home ecosystem, Canadians, and the name of Scotland Yard. They also answer a listener question about feeling overwhelmed by content options.

Links for this episode:

  • Amazon Alexa
    (Choose default music services)
  • STAMP - Move to Apple Music, Spotify or Google Music
    Stamp moves tracks and playlists across various services - Apple Music, Spotify, Google Music and others!
  • Amazon.com: AcuRite 01014M Weather Station with AcuRite Access for Remote Monitoring: Home & Kitchen
  • Under the Radar #120: Productivity by Inefficiency - Relay FM
    Adopting inefficient hacks to save developer time, since hardware is so fast that it's often a worthwhile tradeoff.
  • Under the Radar #70: The Hacks We Ship - Relay FM
    The difference between good and bad hacks, and some glorious hacks we've shipped in our apps.
  • GitHub Octoverse 2017 | Highlights from the last twelve months
  • GitHut - Programming Languages and GitHub
  • Sid the Science Kid, “Checking Out Charts” on Vimeo
  • Netflix
  • Credit union - Wikipedia
  • (1) The Difference between the United Kingdom, Great Britain and England Explained - YouTube
  • Great Scotland Yard - Wikipedia
  • Bored and Brilliant | WNYC
  • The Beatles discography - Wikipedia
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