Nerds On Draft

A few recording problems crept into this episode but Gabe and Jeff soldier on, drinking an excellent beer by Victory Brewing Company called "Deep Cocoa". At 8.8% ABV it was almost as if it was brewed to make everything ok.

In this episode, the hosts discuss their current iPhones, iOS9, the brand new iPhones 6S and 6S+ and how they use their devices these days. With their phones being such an integral part of their lives for so long, there's a lot to discuss as Apple's platform moves forward.

This was recorded right before the newest iPhone models were shipped.

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Gabe and Jeff are back with a whopper of a show where they discuss Jeff's brush with death, music and music services and Stickee Monkee (an incredible beer from Firestone Walker).

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Nerds on Draft is taking an unexpected break while Jeff recovers from a very serious bicycle accident and subsequent surgery. We'll be back in a few weeks when he's up to recording, even if he can't drink a brewski for a while.

Jeff's newfound appreciation for bikes has taken him interesting places this year. Recently an interesting place was the emergency room at a local hospital because he broke everything in an cycling accident last week.

This episode, recorded pre-crash, was a discussion about how goals affect us at all levels, from "What do I want to do this weekend?" to "Is owning a house such a good idea?". It is an adult topic that required an adult beer - Urthel Samaranth by De Leyerth Brouwerjien.

Between Jeff not being able to drink beer due to pain medication and both hosts having family vacations over the next few weeks, the podcast schedule might suffer a bit but stay tuned. There are a lot of good topics (and beers!) coming up.

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As Jeff and Gabe get older, topics like "time travel" come up more and more. This week, they discuss science fiction in general but focus specifically on time travel and related not-yet-invented technologies.

Conversation ranges from books they read ages ago that built their interest in the genre to what their favorite types of science fiction are, why Dune is awesome and why they both had some big issues with "The Martian".

To get them in the mood, the sip a Carnivale by Lost Abbey.

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Gabe and Jeff dig into another Texas beer, sample a lager (or is it a pilsener?) and then delve into the madness of managing projects.

Hold on to your Gantt charts for this one.

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Jeff and Gabe talk about how important it is to revisit your messes on a yearly basis. Is it a good idea to hang onto boxes of books in your attic for years and never open them? Do we really need to keep the tour postcard for R.E.M.'s Reckoning Tour from the early 80's?

This is a seriously weird look into the minds of the hosts, as evidenced in Gabe's show notes listed below (Jeff scribbled his into a Field Notes and are illegible).

The hosts somehow manage to do all of this talking while sipping a superb Belafonte by Night Shift Brewing.

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• Amazon

• More stuff means it's harder to find anything

• General purpose tools are good

• Not in your attic

• Do you treat it like it's worth money?

• Guess I didn't really need that stuff

• Expensive

• iPhones

• Rarely NEED them

• Get the media off of your Mac

• Krudd Kutter solidifier
  

• Did you use them?

• Dull shears

• Will you sharpen them?

• I only need 3-4 pair

• Dress

• Very hard to track

• Write INSIDE of bag

• Put it in the attic

• I'm a terrible person

Scanning is a key part of creating a paperless office. There's some start-up costs and time but once you get to the other side, you won't know how you got along with out it. That said, there are some good things to know before you jump in and some nice apps to help you once you've made the leap.

Gabe and Jeff talk about all things scanning -- how to get your documents into your computer, what you do with them once they are there, how to organize them so you can find them later and a lot more.

Along the way, they drink some fine brews sent from Greg Pierce, maker of Drafts for iOS — Deep Ellum IPA and Day Break by Martin House. It is no surprise the man has good taste in beer since his taste in apps is impeccable.

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• Fujitsu ScanSnap S1500M Instant PDF Sheet-Fed Scanner for the Macintosh

• OCR

• Basic text

• Dropbox

• Scan to text

• Nice image editing

• OCR Requires account

• Smart naming

• FTP

• Document recognition

• Most limited but sufficient

• Radar scans photo library

• Timeline view

• Multiple Vaults

• Easier markdown linking

• Rules based on file content (OCR)

• David Sparks' Field Guide "Paperless"

• http://macsparky.com/paperless/

• Scansnap

• Mac Power Users Devonthink episode
  

Gabe and Jeff ramble at length about how to entertain yourself and your loved ones while traveling. Although the day was too hot for an 18% stout, they soldiered on drinking a Tokyo* by Brewdog (which was excellent).

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• AirPlay support

• Issues with home movie playback for Gabe

• Movies

• Collections

• Papers Please

• Forbidden Isle

• Best device

• Desert Golfing

• Local storage

• Need a stupid adapter

Gabe and Jeff, both recovering from nuking their operating systems in acts of wanton Xcode installation, go into detail about how to get your gear back up and running.

Techniques for backing up your data and recovering it with all settings in tact can be a tall order and they found it was best discussed while drinking a Moon Gun. A mellow amber ale, Moon Gun is a collaboration between Maryland's DuClaw Brewing Company and Florida's Cigar City Brewing Company.

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