The Connected Age

There are some new contenders in the social audio space with their own unique twist. Wisdom focuses on experts and Entre is the businessman’s social audio app.

I was an original Apple fanboy back in the Apple // days. I fell away from the church when they became more interested in fashion and extremely high priced products. Now Apple has come back from the edge and is a more balanced company truly interested in improving people’s lives and making that more accessible. So I have returned to the Apple fold in a big way. What can I say, their stuff just works and it works really well.

These are “Dave’s Rules” for a great Podcast. Probably best if taken with a grain of salt. Some of the tips are based on my personal opinions.

The generation most connected to the Connected Age is the Social Generation, who were born into social media. What does this mean for their future? What will be the societal effects? These questions pondered in this episode.

Social media got you down because of all the negative energy and disinformation? Here are a few tips to clean up your social media experience and have a better experience.

There hasn’t been a real revolution in email since Gmail. I think Hey, from the guys that brought us Basecamp, is the next great thing.

On today’s show, I explore the new frontier of Social Audio. I look at Clubhouse, Greenroom Twitter Spaces and talk about what Facebook and LinkedIn my do. This is a first look into Social Audio, we will be returning to the topic to talk about how it impacts our society and other implications.

Google and Samsung team up to create a “new” WearOS that will be a combo of WearOS and Tizen. That along with possible a new Google watch, the infamous Pixel Watch may indicate Google is ready to be relevant in the wearable space.

I was a major Apple fanboy back in the day. My first computer was an Apple//e. But after Steve Jobs died, things changed and the famous Apple slogan "The Computer for the Rest of Us" started to ring hollow. I fell out of love with Apple. But now, recent developments in the wearable space, especially the news of non-invasive blood glucose monitoring on an Apple Watch has me re-evaluating my relationship with Apple.

As a diabetic, checking my blood sugar is a critical aspect of keeping myself healthy. Traditionally you have to prick your finger with a needle several times a day. This gets old real fast but fortunately, there is a new technology wherein you can attach a device to your body for 14 days at a time that will monitor your blood sugar levels continually. These readings are sent to your cellphone wirelessly. It's amazing tech that has changed my life.

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