We chat with Alex Sanfilippo, co-founder of PodMatch, about imbuing products with personality, building tech as an act of community care, and how culture is shaped by products that price-gouge creativity. In Falcon Mode, we revisit a previous listener submission with a new suggestion. <a href="http://podmatch.com">PodMatch.com</a><a href="https://www.thecommons.earth/">Commons</a> (sustainable budgeting app) We’d love to hear from you. Email us at <a href="mailto:heyactuallyuseful@gmail.com">heyactuallyuseful@gmail.com</a> or find us on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/actuallyusefulpod">Instagram</a> and <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@actuallyusefulpod">TikTok</a> (reluctantly).

We chat with Alex Sanfilippo, co-founder of PodMatch, about imbuing products with personality, building tech as an act of community care, and how culture is shaped by products that price-gouge creativity. In Falcon Mode, we revisit a previous listener submission with a new suggestion. PodMatch.com Commons (sustainable budgeting app) We’d love to hear from you. Email us at heyactuallyuseful@gmail.com or find us on Instagram and TikTok (reluctantly).

We chat with Alex Sanfilippo, co-founder of PodMatch, about imbuing products with personality, building tech as an act of community care, and how culture is shaped by products that price-gouge creativity. In Falcon Mode, we revisit a previous listener submission with a new suggestion. <a href="http://podmatch.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">PodMatch.com</a><a href="https://www.thecommons.earth/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Commons</a> (sustainable budgeting app) We’d love to hear from you. Email us at <a href="mailto:heyactuallyuseful@gmail.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">heyactuallyuseful@gmail.com</a> or find us on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/actuallyusefulpod" rel="noopener noreferrer">Instagram</a> and <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@actuallyusefulpod" rel="noopener noreferrer">TikTok</a> (reluctantly).

Make Your Industry Mad!

Why do so many once-beloved internet platforms end up toxic, predatory, and unusable? In an age where tech giants have monopolized our attention, privacy, and livelihoods, how can individuals claw back some agency? 

Every other Thursday, Actually Useful co-hosts Ariel and AJ talk with creators of radically useful consumer tech to explore what it takes to build and protect the loveliest parts of the internet. If you’re exhausted by parasitic products and feel trapped in an ecosystem of unethical, undelightful tech, this one’s for you.

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Why do so many once-beloved internet platforms end up toxic, predatory, and unusable? In an age where tech giants have monopolized our attention, privacy, and livelihoods, how can individuals claw back some agency? Every other Thursday, Actually Useful co-hosts Ariel and AJ talk with creators of radically useful consumer tech to explore what it takes to build and protect the loveliest parts of the internet. If you’re exhausted by parasitic products and feel trapped in an ecosystem of unethical, undelightful tech, this one’s for you.

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