September 14, 2022

This Week in Google 681: Drop, Cover, and Hold On

2 hours 53 minutes

Interview with Matt Mullenweg.

Stable Diffusion Finally Released To The Public.

Did you know in the beginning what you wanted to do with Automattic?

How do you feel about Twitter's Bluesky initiative?

How has Wordpress survived the blogging winter?

What excites you about how Wordpress is being used?

When did Tumblr come along and how does it contrast with WordPress?

What is the ongoing investment in scale of effort to keep Tumblr "nice"?

How does Tumblr make money?

What does it take to reinvigorate comments?

Is Tumblr in competition with other traditional social networks?

What are your interests outside of Automattic these days?

Introducing Sonic Sphere, the 9th Kugelauditorium.

Don't You Worry 'Bout A Thing - Jacob Collier.

LOGIC SESSION BREAKDOWN: "Moon River"

What do you think of Web3?

What frontiers are next for Matt Mullenweg?

Google's next Pixelbook Chromebook is canceled.

Twitter Shareholders Are Poised to Approve Elon Musk Takeover Deal.

TikTok's Secret To Explosive Growth? 'Billions And Billions Of Dollars' Says Snap CEO Evan Spiegel.

Photography on VERO.

Billionaire No More: Patagonia Founder Gives Away the Company.

News of Queen Elizabeth II's death broke on Twitter before the BBC.

Ocean Shipping Rates Have Plunged 60% This Year.

Google loses appeal over illegal Android app bundling, EU reduces fine to €4.1 billion.

Mr Beast bonkers in NJ.

Shake Shack and YouTube team up for new menu items.

Chipotle's New Menu Item Made Its Debut in a Metaverse Game.

Judge Allows McFlurry Machine Repair Lawsuit to Proceed.

Software fees to make up 10% of John Deere's revenues by 2030.

We Spoke With the Last Person Standing in the Floppy Disk Business.

Amy Klobuchar's Link Tax Bill Put On Hold Because She Doesn't Understand Her Own Bill And Ted Cruz Doesn't Understand The 1st Amendment.

Google Photos rolling out collage editor, Memories sharing, and more styles.

Google previews iOS 16 Lock Screen widgets for Gmail, Maps, and more.

Get more done and have fun with new Android features.

Here's everything new in Android 13 QPR1 Beta 1.

Pixel 6a September update rolling out with fingerprint sensor 'improvements'.

Google previews Android's new emoji ahead of December launch, releases animated collection.

Picks:

Ant - 2 earthquakes with magnitudes greater than 4.0 shake Santa Rosa.

Ant - Here's Why Craigslist Still Looks the Same After 25+ Years.

Jeff - $6 billion paid to the music industry in 12 months.

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Ant Pruitt

Guest: Matt Mullenweg

Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google.

Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit

Sponsors:

IRL Podcast

cachefly.com

...more

View all episodes

By TWiT

3.5

1515 ratings

September 14, 2022

This Week in Google 681: Drop, Cover, and Hold On

2 hours 53 minutes

Interview with Matt Mullenweg.

Stable Diffusion Finally Released To The Public.

Did you know in the beginning what you wanted to do with Automattic?

How do you feel about Twitter's Bluesky initiative?

How has Wordpress survived the blogging winter?

What excites you about how Wordpress is being used?

When did Tumblr come along and how does it contrast with WordPress?

What is the ongoing investment in scale of effort to keep Tumblr "nice"?

How does Tumblr make money?

What does it take to reinvigorate comments?

Is Tumblr in competition with other traditional social networks?

What are your interests outside of Automattic these days?

Introducing Sonic Sphere, the 9th Kugelauditorium.

Don't You Worry 'Bout A Thing - Jacob Collier.

LOGIC SESSION BREAKDOWN: "Moon River"

What do you think of Web3?

What frontiers are next for Matt Mullenweg?

Google's next Pixelbook Chromebook is canceled.

Twitter Shareholders Are Poised to Approve Elon Musk Takeover Deal.

TikTok's Secret To Explosive Growth? 'Billions And Billions Of Dollars' Says Snap CEO Evan Spiegel.

Photography on VERO.

Billionaire No More: Patagonia Founder Gives Away the Company.

News of Queen Elizabeth II's death broke on Twitter before the BBC.

Ocean Shipping Rates Have Plunged 60% This Year.

Google loses appeal over illegal Android app bundling, EU reduces fine to €4.1 billion.

Mr Beast bonkers in NJ.

Shake Shack and YouTube team up for new menu items.

Chipotle's New Menu Item Made Its Debut in a Metaverse Game.

Judge Allows McFlurry Machine Repair Lawsuit to Proceed.

Software fees to make up 10% of John Deere's revenues by 2030.

We Spoke With the Last Person Standing in the Floppy Disk Business.

Amy Klobuchar's Link Tax Bill Put On Hold Because She Doesn't Understand Her Own Bill And Ted Cruz Doesn't Understand The 1st Amendment.

Google Photos rolling out collage editor, Memories sharing, and more styles.

Google previews iOS 16 Lock Screen widgets for Gmail, Maps, and more.

Get more done and have fun with new Android features.

Here's everything new in Android 13 QPR1 Beta 1.

Pixel 6a September update rolling out with fingerprint sensor 'improvements'.

Google previews Android's new emoji ahead of December launch, releases animated collection.

Picks:

Ant - 2 earthquakes with magnitudes greater than 4.0 shake Santa Rosa.

Ant - Here's Why Craigslist Still Looks the Same After 25+ Years.

Jeff - $6 billion paid to the music industry in 12 months.

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Ant Pruitt

Guest: Matt Mullenweg

Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google.

Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit

Sponsors:

IRL Podcast

cachefly.com

...more

Share This Week in Google 681: Drop, Cover, and Hold On

Sign up to save your podcasts

This Week in Google 681: Drop, Cover, and Hold On

This Week in Google 681: Drop, Cover, and Hold On

More shows like Total Leo (Video)

This Week in Tech (Audio)

iOS Today (Audio)

This Week in Tech (Video)

Tech News Weekly (Video)

MacBreak Weekly (Video)

iOS Today (Video)

Home Theater Geeks (Video)

Security Now (Video)

Windows Weekly (Video)

This Week in Google (Video)

Hands-On Tech (Video)

TWiT News (Video)

All TWiT.tv Shows (Video)

The Daily

Hands-On Tech (Video)

TWiT Throwback (Video)

TWiT Events (Video)

Total Mikah (Video)

Hands-On Mac (Video)

Hands-On Windows (Video)

This Week in Space (Video)

Untitled Linux Show (Video)