The Connected Age

The Connected Age

By David JacobsBusinessTechnology
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The Connected Age episodes

  • Wearables

    For Android, watch choices include Google's WearOS and Tizen from Samsung. I started with a Fossil WearOS watch but ended up with a Samsung Galaxy Watch Active 2.



    In this podcast, I discuss the pros and cons of each OS and the watches I experienced.
    1 hr 7 min
  • Six Days to Oblivion?

    Six days until the election. What will become of us?



    Songs:



    Dead Milkmen: Big Words Make the Baby Jesus CryDead Milkmen: Comoditize Your Dissent




    53 min
  • Oh Canada

    We survived the Oregon fires. Q-anon is becoming a fully anti-Semitic group. I bought a new computer and monitors. Trump has injected so much self-centeredness into the culture, we will never get over the virus. Virus fatigue. Dems should pursue all the things never-Trumpers say not to do. Pack the court, ect. What will you do if Trump wins? We're probably out.



    Songs:



    Change for the Better - Maggies DreamFly - Maggies Dream




    1 hr 5 min
  • Trouble Every Day

    I cover the latest on the pandemic, the state of racial justice, and the Trump campaign.



    Songs:



    Trouble Every Day - Mothers of InventionDon't Fear the Reaper - Blue Oyster Cult Believe - Lenny Kravitz
    1 hr 9 min
  • Civil War

    The President of the United States has declared civil war on US citizens.



    Songs:



    Body Count - Civil War



    Dead Kennedys- Police Truck



    Circle Jerks - Question Authority
    44 min
  • Nobody’s Getting Out of Here Alive

    BLM on the backburner and turning BLM into a real political movement. Indiscriminate cancel culture. COVID-19 and sports. Schools opening or not.



    Songs:



    Donald Trump Can Lick My Nuts - RubberbrainDOA - Foo FightersDonald Trump Can Suck My Dick - Mojo NixonChild Your The Revolution - Angie Aparo




    1 hr 7 min
  • Hard Truths

    Oh, yeah, that virus is still around. It's getting worse because our leaders lie to us. The Karen Problem. Where did these crazy white ladies come from? Reforming policing isn't as easy as you think and messaging matters.



    Links:



    Quarantine Fatigue



    Cell Phone Cameras Record Police Brutality and Change the World



    Music:



    Ice-T and Body Count - No Lives MatterThe Police - It's Alright For YouThe Clash - Know Your Rights




    48 min
  • Mad Jew Podcast

    Welcome to the Mad Jew Podcast. A Podcast about what's going on. What's going on today...



    George Floyd was murdered in broad daylight. Racial justice protests rock the US. Meanwhile, everyone forgot there is still a pandemic on. Trump and the GOP are greedy bastards, hungry for power.
    54 min
  • Connected Age Podcast – Mid-Range Phones Are Cool

    Story One: Another article about Amazon treating their warehouse workers badly. I am an Amazon customer and I hate reading this stuff.



    Story Two: How the news took over reality. The Guardian looks at how the new news environment and social media effects democracy and our well being.



    Story Three: Mid-range phones are cool. OnePlus has owned this territory for years, but now Google is entering with the new Pixel 3a.
    28 min

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What are the societal, cultural and psychological impacts when we are so highly connected? We’ll take a look at social media, gadgets, the internet of things, and other products and technologies that…