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- Episode 173: Sun Opulence
If the past three decades have proven anything, it’s that new software solves every problem This week: diving into to OmniFocus 3, getting things done, and fractured attention as a service, FAaaS for short. 🤯.
Links:
- MoviePass is now forcing former users to opt out of new plan or risk being charged - The Verge
- Buzz Andersen on Twitter: "Slaps the roof of an Away suitcase You can fit so many pairs of Allbirds in this baby!"
- Apple Watch Series 4 Fall Detection Tested By a Hollywood Stunt Double
- iPhone XS — Growth Spurt — Apple - YouTube
- Apple CEO Tim Cook: The VICE News Tonight Interview (HBO) - YouTube
- The Big Hack: How China Used a Tiny Chip to Infiltrate U.S. Companies - Bloomberg
- Amazon to Raise Minimum Wage to $15 for All U.S. Workers - The New York Times
- rat king on Twitter: "meanwhile mayors and governors across the country continue to prostrate themselves — and their tax policies — in front of the amazon altar in hopes that lord jeff will grace their city with HQ2"
- Bernie Sanders introduces ‘Stop BEZOS Act’ - The Washington Post
- Introducing Amazon 4-star
- Elon Musk Steps Down as Chairman in Deal With S.E.C. Over Tweet About Tesla - The New York Times
- Elon Musk on Twitter: "Just want to that the Shortseller Enrichment Commission is doing incredible work. And the name change is so on point!"
- The Trump administration is suing California to quash its new net neutrality law - The Washington Post
- Cortex #74: The Biggest Challenge of Being a Human - Relay FM
- CGP Grey on Instagram: “Newark Airport: harbinger of our attentional deficit future world.”
- Amazon.com: OROBAY Compatible with Apple Watch Band 42mm 44mm, Stainless Steel Milanese Loop with Magnetic Closure Replacement Band Compatible with Apple Watch Series 4 Series 3 Series 2 Series 1, Space Gray: Cell Phones & Accessories
- Rent movies from the iTunes Store - Apple Support
1 hr 49 min - Episode 172: Applesauce and Jeans
PITCH MEETING, Sand Hill Road, Palo Alto, CA: “we believe we’re strongly positioned to be the market leader for direct to consumer cute lil’ Apple Watch sleeping bags. We’ll give them quirky names like Jasper and Thimble, offer a home try-on, and we’ll be super passive aggressive to anyone that doesn’t sign up for our dumb newsletter and coupons.”
This week: talking microwaves, lox and schmear, some grade-A flip floppin’, and as a special bonus — an avocado toast recipe from a prolific Michelin-starred chef! 👨🏻🍳.
Links:
- Mott & Bow
- Amazon’s surprise hardware event: the 14 biggest announcements - The Verge
- Apple acquires Shazam, offering more ways to discover and enjoy music - Apple
- Waze navigation now works with CarPlay | 9to5Mac
- Dunkin' Donuts to change its name - Sun Sentinel
- April Underwood on Twitter: "Literally wut?… "
- Disney CEO Bob Iger: expect a ‘slowdown’ for the Star Wars franchise - The Verge
- No Sex Please, We’re Apple: iPhone Giant Seeks TV Success on Its Own Terms - WSJ
- Sirius Stock (SIRI) Plunges Most Since 2011 After Pandora Deal - Bloomberg
- Spotify to Allow Indie Artists to Upload Music Directly to Service, Bypassing Distributors | Billboard
- Audi’s new subscription service lets you swap vehicles twice a month - The Verge
- Special counsel Robert Mueller is now investigating his MacBook - The Verge
- Amazon.com: Marge Plus Compatible Apple Watch Band 42mm 44mm, Genuine Leather Replacement for iwatch Strap Compatible with Apple Watch Series 4 (44mm) Series 3 Series 2 Series 1 (42mm) Sport Edition, Black : Cell Phones & Accessories
- What's Good at Trader Joe's?: Trader Joe's Sweet Onion & Bacon Vinaigrette
2 hr 11 min - Episode 171: Hospital White
“imma let you finish but the lakers had one of the best sports dynasties of all time.” Not quite, but 1989 and 2014 share more in common than you might expect! This week: color temperature, Guy Fieri, an in-car navigation summer miracle, and iOS automation with our pal, British Siri. 🇬🇧.
Links:
- The Giants have finally won a game in September : baseball
- Fixing the NBA Playoffs
- Ranch Nation - The New York Times
- 22 Sauces?!? First Look and Full Review of Chicken Guy in Disney World! | the disney food blog
- Rocker Switch
- MOTOROKR - Motorola Rokr - Wikipedia
- Dan Moren on Twitter: "So, apparently even Apple can’t decide whether or not the “s” in iPhone XS is capitalized or not.… "
- Shake Shack Will Open Its First Bay Area Location in October - Eater SF
- Tesla Facing U.S. Criminal Probe Over Elon Musk Statements - Bloomberg
- OmniFocus 3 for Mac to Ship September 24 - The Omni Group
- Daring Fireball: The iPhones XS
- iOS 12: The MacStories Review – MacStories
- Google Maps beta adds iOS 12 CarPlay support, here’s what it looks like | 9to5Mac
- Overcast 5: Watch, Siri, search, and redesign! – Marco.org
- Siri Shortcuts Field Guide | MacSparky Field Guides
- Amazon Said to Plan Up to 3,000 Cashierless Stores by 2021 - Bloomberg
- ‘Better Call Saul’ Recap: Something Stupid – Rolling Stone
- The Good Place - NBC.com
- Watch The Handmaid's Tale Online at Hulu
2 hr 1 min - Episode 170: Edition Cubed
Like the Swallows back to Capistrano each year, as do the press to Cupertino every September. This week: Apple hits the clay with their new iPhone Tennis and Tennis Max, fall detection gets added to the Apple Watch just in time for PSL season, and Ryan does his best to argue a small uppercase “S” and a lowercase “s” are different things. 😑.
Links:
- Everything Apple announced during its ‘Gather round’ iPhone Xs/XR & Apple Watch event | 9to5Mac
- ᴺᴼᵀ Jony Ive on Twitter: "#iPhone #AppleEvent… "
- darth™ on Twitter: "already forgot which phone was which"
- 2018-2019 iPhone Lineup
- Kate Matthews on Twitter: "This year’s quick iPhone comparison sketch #AppleEvent… "
- Logitech - Meethue | Philips Lighting
- Everyday Deals on Clothes and Accessories for Women and Men | Banana Republic Factory
1 hr 38 min - Episode 169: A Window Into My Phone
Stumpgrades and cold brew, smart homes and scooters. This week: Ryan is tired of seeing those Uber ads while Carlos is watching Giants games just for that one Buster Posey commercial at Picco. 🛴.
Links:
- Uber puts CEO Dara Khosrowshahi in ads to save its reputation
- Watch for it: Uber spending up to $500M on new ad campaign
- Buster Posey on Twitter: "I’ll let this one slide since Bochy used to be a catcher. #LetsGoPlaces… "
- Buster Posey on Twitter: "Kruk and Kuip were like this the whole time. #LetsGoPlaces… "
- Cold Brew Coffee | New Orleans-Style Iced Coffee | Blue Bottle Coffee
- Sparkling Ice – Sparkling Ice® is a fruity, flavorful sparkling water—without all the sugar. If you want to put a little sparkle in your sip, look no further.
- SF awards permits to two scooter companies for limited pilot - by j_rodriguez - August 30, 2018 - The San Francisco Examiner
- ಠ_ಠ on Twitter: "the winners of SFMTA's Scooter permits: Skip and Scoot. the losers: Uber, Bird, Lime, Lyft. lesson: the "ask forgiveness, not permission" school of Uber operations isn't always going to work."
- Ford cancels Focus crossover model, cites Trump tariffs | TheHill
- Lyft Is Said to Hire Adviser to Prepare for Targeted 2019 IPO - Bloomberg
- Philips’ new Hue lights cover your entire home, inside and out - The Verge
- This boring switch might be the best Philips Hue gadget yet - CNET
- Bose challenges Sonos with new Alexa-powered smart speaker and soundbars - The Verge
- Exclusive: This is ‘iPhone XS’ — design, larger version, and gold colors confirmed | 9to5Mac
- Exclusive: Apple Watch Series 4 revealed — massive display, dense watch face, more | 9to5Mac
- ‘iPhone Xs Max’ likely name for 6.5-inch OLED flagship, sources say | 9to5Mac
- Jimmy McGill Has Been Saul Goodman for a While Now - The Ringer
- Amazon.com: Anker Soundcore 2 Portable Bluetooth Speaker with Superior Stereo Sound, Exclusive BassUp, 12-Watts, IPX5 Water-Resistant, 24-Hour Playtime, Perfect Wireless Speaker for Home, Outdoors, Travel: Electronics
- Tabula: Extract Tables from PDFs
- 1Keyboard - Type on your iPhone and iPad from your Mac
1 hr 55 min - Episode 168: Putting the Banana Back Together
Grammarians and mobile payments aficionados, rejoice! There’s a little something for everyone in this [v good] episode.
This week: teaching your pup fetch using your busted eeros, the problematic tweets of a perennially problematic CEO, Amazon’s pie hands, and a supremely awkward comparison of musical taste. 🎧.
Links:
- Staying Public | Tesla
- Apple Pay comes to 7-Eleven and CVS later in 2018
- Netflix, Amazon Video, and Xfinity are accidentally re-creating cable TV - The Verge
- Comcast is totally okay with you not having an Xfinity set-top box
- Amazon Is Planning Live TV Recorder, Challenging TiVo - Bloomberg
- Amazon Frank : Tivo
- Amazon in Running to Acquire Landmark Movie Chain - Bloomberg
- Apple to Expand IPhone X Design With New Colors, Big Screens - Bloomberg
- Nikon announces powerful Z7 and Z6 full-frame mirrorless cameras - The Verge
- Sonos | Wireless Speakers and Home Sound Systems
- August Smart Lock | Your Smart Home Starts at the Door.
1 hr 48 min - Episode 167: Sparkling Water Specialists
With Twitter and @jack struggling to make the hard choices about their platform, we play a round of everyone's favorite game: Incompetence, Ambivalence, or Willful Abdication of Responsibility!
This week: Pepsi ramps up adoption of Apple Pay, Tesla moves to integrate SodaStreams into the Model S, and Saul Goodman is installed as Uber's new CFO. Wait. I may have jumbled my notes. 🥤.
Links:
- Apple Pay now accepted at all US Costco warehouses, coming soon to gas stations | 9to5Mac
- Behind the wheel of a Tesla Model 3: It’s a giant iPhone — for better and worse - The Washington Post
- Elon Musk on Twitter: "Am considering taking Tesla private at $420. Funding secured."
- Update on Taking Tesla Private | Tesla
- Did Elon Musk Violate Securities Laws With Tweet About Taking Tesla Private? - The New York Times
- Elon Musk Details ‘Excruciating’ Personal Toll of Tesla Turmoil - The New York Times
- PepsiCo Breaks Out The Bubbly With $3.2 Billion Deal For SodaStream : NPR
- Opinion | Rules Won’t Save Twitter. Values Will. - The New York Times
- Inside Twitter’s Struggle Over What Gets Banned - The New York Times
- darth™ on Twitter: "and dont try to gaslight me about 'we are just always trying to do better' yeah join the fuckin club man"
- Apple Is Said to Plan Revamped Low-Cost Macs to Ignite Sales - Bloomberg
- Daring Fireball: Let’s Really Think About This ‘New Low-Cost Laptop to Succeed MacBook Air’ Thing
- ToothFairy on the Mac App Store
- Sculpt Ergonomic Desktop Keyboard & Mouse | Microsoft Accessories
- Large Print Sticker | Printable Keyboard Stickers | Layout Stickers | Language Stickers - 4keyboard.com
1 hr 43 min - Episode 166: The Happy Episode
After a month away for summer vacation, we’re back — and for one week and one week only, this is an all good news show. Join us to hear tales of marital bliss, calming Italian mountain roads, contactless transit payments, and the best canned cold brew you can find this side of The East Cut. 🥂.
Links:
- Sporty (@sporty_thedog) • Instagram photos and videos
- The East Cut on Instagram: “You were 750+ attendees at our last pop-up art show on Friday, June 22nd! Many thanks to @fnnch who co-produced the show and helped the CBD…”
- bran_the_man (@bran_the_man_golden) • Instagram photos and videos
- Best Pet Gear: Reviews by Wirecutter | A New York Times Company
- Better Call Saul Season, Episode and Cast Information - AMC
- Succession - Official Website for the HBO Series
1 hr 18 min - Episode 165: Between the Trunk and Frunk
And now the 2-2 pitch. A swing and a high drive to left. Runners back. It is out of here! A, uh, 107 meter home run for the Montreal Expos?
This week: Ryan bricks his electric car, the DOJ takes another swing at blocking the AT&T/Time Warner merger, and Apple drops a mid-cycle diss track for the MacBook Pro haters. It’s lit, fam. 🔥.
Links:
- Metric Baseball Outfield
- Vic Vela on Twitter: "Now you may think my dog did this. But I have Rider right here. She said it’s not her. I will say this: I don’t see any reason why it would be. I have great confidence in my intelligence people. But I will tell you that Rider was extremely strong and powerful in her denial today.… https://t.co/SWTNyIELQM"
- From the Start, Trump Has Muddied a Clear Message: Putin Interfered - The New York Times
- darth™ on Twitter: "MUFFIN IS NOT THE LEAST BIT SORRY https://t.co/RW6wXDZGGr"
- Adam Serwer 🍝 on Twitter: "… "
- Dan Ryckert on Twitter: "The fine folks at @tacobell sent Bianca and I a nice anniversary letter and gift card, so we're having a magical dinner tonight.… https://t.co/gdd93cD1sp"
- The Daily - Podcasts - The New York Times
- NYTimes Communications on Twitter: "The @nytimes debuts first-ever marketing campaign for “The Daily,” going live in three cities: Los Angeles, Portland, and Chicago https://t.co/2eqoNlMFN2… https://t.co/ozl5ZgNH34"
- Why yesterday’s AT&T and Time Warner merger appeal matters — and why it’s a long shot - The Verge
- Emmys 2018 Nominations: Netflix Broke HBO’s 17-Year Streak
- Dave Pell on Twitter: "Netflix got more Emmy noms that HBO for the first time — which proves that buying a thousand lottery tickets gives you a better shot than buying three."
- Elon Musk Apologizes To Diver In Cave Rescue For Words 'Spoken In Anger' : NPR
- Living with the new 15-inch MacBook Pro | TechCrunch
- Adobe to Launch Photoshop for iPad in Strategy Shift - Bloomberg
- Gardner Bender 3/8 in. Plastic UVB Kwik Clip, Black (6-Pack) Case of 6-GKK-1538UVB - The Home Depot
1 hr 22 min - Episode 164: There's No Autopilot On My Mac
Location, location, location. LeBron is leaving the dreary, post-RNC wasteland that is the city of Cleveland for the blue skies of Los Angeles, while the Apple Maps team works on charting out just how far it is from Cupertino to the Canadian province of Bublé-ton.
This week: taking your electric car down the California coast, Casper out-Caspers itself, and MoviePass looks for change in the theater seat cushions. ¡Dale! 😎.
Links:
- Haley Byrd on Twitter: "“I don’t think I’ve ever had a Kit Kat before,” my boyfriend remarks before doing THIS… "
- Kit Kat on Twitter: "Wondering how @EvanWilt_ popped the question to @byrdinator in a Kit Kat? From 3D printing to a lil Kit Kat magic, we were happy to give him a break and help with his proposal! Congrats again you two ❤️🍫💍… https://t.co/nr4mVaao3h"
- This Taco Bell wedding was anything but cheesy - TODAY.com
- Big Eyebrows Big Ambitions on Twitter: "Hey @pitbull is this ok… "
- Michael Bublé Stage Outfit – Works – National Music Centre
- Drake may be responsible for 5 percent of Toronto’s $8.8B tourism economy – VICE News
- Casper opens a storefront for $25 naps | TechCrunch
- How the Lakers landed LeBron in free agency - ESPN Video
- SB Nation on Twitter: ""so you're gonna want to avoid the 405, the 101, the 110, the 605 ..."… "
- German Washing Machine
- Model 3 | Tesla
- Sonos S-1
- Chipotle Will Test a Quesadilla, and a New Strategy - The New York Times
- ಠ_ಠ on Twitter: "ah the milkshake, a veritable touchstone of mexican cuisine… "
- Chipotle Plans to Close Up to 65 Stores—But It Will Add a Happy Hour Menu | Food & Wine
- MoviePass is running out of money and needs to raise $1.2 billion
- MoviePass is leading a revolution in movie-ticket prices — Quartz
- 10 years of the App Store: The design evolution of the earliest apps | 9to5Mac
- Exclusive: Apple to deploy 1Password to all 123,000 employees, acquisition talks underway – BGR
- Apple is rebuilding Maps from the ground up | TechCrunch
- Apple slices into Spotify’s lead in US music market | Financial Times
- John Backus on Twitter: "... wow. Ben Affleck perfectly predicting Spotify and Netflix in a random 2003 interview Almost exactly right about the unit economics of annual music subscriptions and the timing of online movie streaming. Solid point too on how shareware (Napster) is a necessary predecessor… https://t.co/pIKKssB8AB"
1 hr 42 min
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A thoughtful, unpretentious, mostly weekly conversation about the companies, ideas and products that are transforming our world. We look at what it is, why it matters and where it fits in the broader…
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