Interface

Interface

By Ian FuchsTechnology
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Interface episodes

  • 32. The Prospect of Being Somebody's Burrito Guy
    Hey, guys! Super great to see you here again! #InterfacePodcast! We just wanted to tell you about all the great non-jobs available now! Thanks for checking the episode out! Link in bio for our favorite online retailer! Be sure to like, share, and subscribe! #VoiceByChase #OtherVoiceByIan #LogicProX #Podcast #Interface! * Russel Wilson 'loves' his Surface * Millennials and side gigs * Peyton Manning really enjoys Budweiser * Internet Social Pressure on Beauty Blogger * Amazon.com: keeping the lights on
    34 min
  • 31. Marketplace of Infinite First Dates
    Ian just bought a MacBook on eBay, and now the seller has disappeared with his money. Chase just sold his car to a guy he met on Craigslist, but not after some shady meet-ups. These tools have been around for years, and regardless of how questionable they may be at times, people love them or people hate them. If only there were a more centralized place that held us all accountable for buying and selling things - like a store, but on the internet. * Amazon Prime (30 Day Free Trial) * Sending money via Facebook Messenger * Square Cash * Dwolla
    33 min
  • 30. Here's Your Sandbox, Go Play In It
    When we were kids, our parents sent us outside to go play and use our imagination, get dirty, and cause mischief. Now, thanks to STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) focused "toys," kids can build robots, program them to pick up their room, and do it all while learning to program a game. This leaves the guys at an impasse - is imaginative creativity, or structured "follow-the-rules" play better? * Capselas * Code Monkey Planet * Child's Play Helps Brain Development * Lego <-> Duplo * Hackball * 12 Best Educational Tech Toys for Christmas * Lego Mindstorm * Competitive Lego-ing * Bloxels
    26 min
  • 29. Pizza Robots
    Alert: You slept for sixteen minutes and twenty-seven seconds less last night than your six-month average. Expert sleepers typically stay within one standard deviation (five minutes) of their average sleep time; consider going to bed eleven minutes earlier tonight to recover your average and maintain optimum cognition. This information will automatically be added to your personal report. For your safety, your car has also been notified and you have been limited to twelve minutes of driving above the speed limit for the duration of your commute. You have visitors tonight; your joint playlist has been tweaked towards low-BPM songs to encourage you to sleep at the recommended time. Good morning. * Opting out of breast cancer genetic testing * Wired on the quantified "us" * Apple ResearchKit-powered Parkinson's tracking * ResearchKit * Nicholas Felton and his Fantabulous Reports * Automatic * Flow state * Fuelly! * You know everything (about cholera), John Snow * Tufte on John Snow * Google Flu Trends had a G-oopsie * Behaviorial coding (not as dystopian as it sounds) * Quantified Self * Subtle, yet tangible
    42 min
  • 28. Sticks of Gum for Controllers
    You just got off work and get on the bus to head home. Instead of checking Twitter (again), you decide to do a little gaming. You pull out your portable console and the 2 bite-sized controllers, only to notice the person across from you is watching curiously. You offer up one of the controllers and play a round of Mario Kart. Turns out™, it's hard for both of you to see such a small screen, and that little thumb drive of a controller is pretty awkward to maneuver with 2 hands. It's the future of console gaming - and it's awkward at best. * Nintendo Switch Trailer * Is the Nintendo Switch Destined for Failure * Ars Technica Size Estimations * Nintendium * Nintendo Switch Controller Concepts * More Nintendo Switch Details * Daring Fireball on the Switch
    41 min
  • 27. 100% of Your Money On Sticker Packs
    First thing this morning, I bought $12,000 worth of "premium" stickers for email. The problem is, they've all degraded and now I can't tell what any of them are. Due to a glitch in the sticker implementation, only I see the degradation — everyone else can tell what they are. That's why Oma got a sticker of a drone holding an offensive sign and my wife got a picture of Chase. Even that would be okay, but the worst part is that I can't even make myself breakfast because I don't have any money left to renew my smarthome lightbulb subscription. * Thinkpiece on digital goods * Teach me how to iMessage/teach me teach me how to iMessage * What happened to Facebook gif(t)s? * The Hedonic Treadmill * Why people get obsessed with achievements * The guy who made millions of dollars on Steam hats and gun skins * Welcome to the world of tomorrow * Sh*t-pics * What's the wifi password? * ChoreWars * The future of football
    40 min
  • 26. I'm Such a Green Bubbler
    Chase was a smartphone skeptic, until he owned a smartphone. Then he was an Android lover, until he tried the iPhone. Now he's weighing his options and trying to choose the right device for his needs. What can the Android do that the iPhone can't? Where does the iPhone excel? Can his workflows be adjusted to work with a new platform, or is the cost of switching too high? * Moto X (2014) * iPhone 5 * Nexus 6 * Republic Wireless * Android Version History * Android's failing update cycle * Making the iPhone square again * Overcast for iOS * Pocket Cast * Chase's Android Homescreen * Blank icons for iOS * Fixing iCloud-to-Gmail calendar invites
    47 min
  • 25. The Original Gangsters of Minecraft
    Son, meet Pac-Man. Daughter, meet Pac-Man. Wife, let's Pac-Man. Pac-Man, prepare for doom. Dark Souls, hardcore, normcore, co-op. Play on your couch, don't play with your internet friends! Unless you play Minecraft, but then only play it next to each other. Don't look at their face, just focus on the controller. She's a Killer Queen / quiplashing, drawful / dynamite with Rocket League / guaranteed to kick your butt / UpDown. * Killer Queen indie arcade 5v5 game * Quiplash! But don't buy this one… * …buy this one instead * UpDown is a modern barcade * Four-player Pac-Man Battle Royale * Fix-it Felix Jr is a real game! * M-M-M U L T I B O W L * Andy (not Scott) Baio raised his son with vintage video games and now his son is good at video games * Minecraft playdates * Minecraft: education in disguise * Lego Universe shut down due to phallic constructions
    41 min
  • 24. A Trunk Full of Adapters
    One misty morning, you enter your garage. It's dark, light streaming between the cracks of the door (don't forget to call the door guy). You don't remember driving home last night but you must have; there's a car in here. Wiping the sleep from your eyes, you walk around to the driver's side door. Weird, your car is bigger than that. Something slithers by, leaving a trail behind it. You whirl around at the faint sound of clattering hooves. The motion detector triggers the light, and all is revealed. A Chevy Bolt, a sniffling snake, an ill ibex, a podcast. * 107 miles of range * The Model Hamburger Menu * Melt your Chromebook with USB-C! * ChargePoint, the EV middleman * Drive into your neighbor's garage and steal their electricity with the help of PlugShare * Chevy Bolt is best Bolt * The Ford Fusion dashboard allows you to be a tree murdered every morning on your communte * Faraday Vaporware * Electric Car Charging Levels
    34 min
  • 23. 100 Words a Minute on Glass
    Andrew is convinced that giving every student in a class a computer is a bad idea. Ian thinks it's the way of the future, and almost a necessity for the kids of 2016. Who is right? Who is wrong? Will these 2 ever agree on anything? Find out as we discuss the use of technology in the classroom, and ways technology and the internet can be used to truly improve the classroom experience. * Building an app for low-income Americans * The Flipped Classroom - Wikipedia * The Next Wave of Classroom Technology * Changing the Face of Education * Terminus - Learning the Terminal * Coursera * Lynda
    34 min

About Interface

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Technology is arguably one of the most prominent things in society. Interface is a podcast about the future of technology, and how it impacts our lives now, and in the future. Each week, hosts Chase…