Unhelpful Suggestions

Unhelpful Suggestions

By Mikah Sargent and Joe Rosensteel (Featuring Marko Savic)TechnologyTech News
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Unhelpful Suggestions episodes

  • Episode 27: It's Time to Greet Your Family on the Echo Show Tonight

    Mikah and Joe discuss their 🔥 takes on the newly announced Echo Show as well as the Alexa-enabled EcoBee 4.

    It's time to play Amazon Music

    It's time to light the Hue Lights
    It's time to greet your family on the Echo Show tonight
    It's time to order make up
    It's time to dress up right
    It's time to raise the curtain on the Echo Show tonight

    • Amazon Echo Show
    • Alexa Voice Calling FAQ
    • More than half of the Echos sold are Echo Dots | Bloomberg
    • EcoBee Announces Smart Light Switch With Built-In Alexa and Numerous Sensors | AFTVNews
      • 55 min
    • Episode 26: The People Outside Aren't Barking

      Mikah and Joe briefly discuss the latest Uber mess, the Alexa-enabled EcoBee, and Amazon app/service subscriptions.

      • Key Deer | Google Image Search
      • Uber’s C.E.O. Plays With Fire | The New York Times
      • On Uber’s ‘Identifying and Tagging’ of iPhones | Daring Fireball
      • HomeKit News | iMore
      • EcoBee 4 Smart Thermostat | iMore
      • Introducing Subscribe with Amazon: A Self-Service Marketplace for Subscription Providers | Amazon Developer Blogs
        • 46 min
      • Episode 25: Total Clips of the Heart

        Mikah and Joe revisit the Apple TV, with feedback from Marko "March" Savic. Conversation moves to Apple's Clips app.

        • Horrifying Snapchat Filter
        • Another Horrifying Snapchat Filter
        • The Only Two "Cool" Clips Filters
          • 1 hr 4 min
        • Episode 22: My Russian Breakfast Tea is From France

          Mikah and Joe discuss the ever-changing Uber situation. Mikah discusses the penetrative power of steam. 🚿

          • Russian Breakfast Tea | Mariage Frères
          • Mikah's diagram | Twitter
          • Reflecting on a Very, Very Strange Year at Uber | Susan J. Fowler
          • Uber’s SVP of engineering is out after he did not disclose he left Google in a dispute over a sexual harassment allegation
            • Recode
          • Uber CEO Travis Kalanick admits he ‘must fundamentally change as a leader and grow up’ | Recode
          • Female Engineer Sues Tesla, Describing a Culture of Pervasive Harassment | The Guardian
          • I am an Uber Survivor | Medium Amy Vertino (Joe incorrectly misread this in the episode as Vermentino)
            • 50 min
          • Episode 21: Planet of the Tapas

            Mikah and Joe talk about Apple's Eddy Cue interview with Peter Kafka at the Code Conference where they discussed 'Planet of the Apps' and Apple's TV and Music efforts.

            • Code Conference Interview With Eddy Cue | YouTube
            • Apple Shows Off Sneak Peek of Original Series 'Planet of the Apps' | The Hollywood Reporter
            • Apple Hires Amazon's Fire TV Head to Run Apple TV Business | Bloomberg
            • Apple Hires Amazon's Fire TV Head to Run Apple TV Business | Unauthoritative Pronouncements
              • 1 hr 2 min
            • Episode 20: Ride the Wave to the Future of Computing

              Mikah and Joe discuss the reactions of tech companies to the President's ban, then iPads, the exciting world of external monitors, and Apple TV storage limits.

              • Silicon Valley’s responses to Trump’s immigration executive orders, from strongest to weakest | The Verge
              • ACLU joins Silicon Valley startup accelerator Y Combinator | The Verge
              • Fasten your seatbelt, Peter Thiel, it’s going to be bumpy for Trump in Silicon Valley! | Recode (drag him, Kara)
              • The iPad Keeps Frowning | Six Colors
              • Apple Increases Cap for tvOS Apps | Unauthoritative Pronouncements
                • 1 hr 17 min

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              Mikah Sargent, and Joe Rosensteel discuss technology, and how it interacts with their lives. Featuring Marko Savic 🌈