September 20, 2016 at 3:15PM •
1 hour 26 minutes
TOPIC: Nobody's favorite thing.
This week, Dan and Merlin talk about update failures, magic, and attention.
Their ongoing dive into the fractured and frustrating world of the modern cord-cutter ecosystem continues.
It's ponderous.
September 13, 2016 at 4:45PM •
1 hour 40 minutes
TOPIC: Every week (and every time you think of it)
This week, Dan and Merlin start by talking about some of the great updates iOS 10—alongside the usual strident advice about backing up before you do anything. Merlin also shares the late-night debacle of trying to order a new iPhone.
There's some talk about weird 80s Budweiser commercials and then a deep dive on how (and whether) to setup and use the neato Plex DVR.
September 6, 2016 at 3:30PM •
1 hour 38 minutes
TOPIC: Find My Mac. Please.
With Apple's big iPhone event coming tomorrow, Dan and Merlin discuss what makes this particular day such a black box in Apple's history. This is likely to be the last day for some time when we will know SO very little about where Apple is heading.
Also, there's some discussion of which kinds of technology we're most resistant to and maybe why that is.
August 30, 2016 at 3:15PM •
1 hour 29 minutes
TOPIC: Frantic SM 10 Pieces
This week, Dan and Merlin talk about the problem with wraps, the problem with notebooks, and the problem with Amazon reviews.
August 23, 2016 at 3:45PM •
1 hour 18 minutes
TOPIC: Hey, try this.
This week, Dan and Merlin have a shortie, so they talk about stuff they're loving right now and make some recommendations on gadgets, music, movies, and more.
Also, the scientific link between chemtrails and morgellons can finally be revealed.
August 16, 2016 at 6:30PM •
1 hour 44 minutes
TOPIC: Kids don't need VCR Plus+.
This week, Dan and Merlin continue their series on updates.
The topic this week is all about media consumption—in particular, the massive changes to how they learn about, locate, obtain, schedule, and consume media over the past decade or so.
Sure, there's the usual old man talk about how How It Used To Be, but there's a heavy focus on how these changes are changing the way media is funded and produced. What's that media landscape gonna look like when a 5-year-old playing with an iPad becomes the producer of media in a very few years?
August 9, 2016 at 4:00PM •
1 hour 38 minutes
This week, Dan and Merlin open with an unintentionally deep dive on how Merlin has been tricking out his house with home automation stuff.
The main topic this week returns to the theme of updates; in this case, how ubiquitous devices have changed pretty much everything.
August 2, 2016 at 3:15PM •
1 hour 37 minutes
This week, Dan and Merlin continue their series on updates, talking about the evolution of electronic task management in their lives. Hint: simplify, simplify.
July 26, 2016 at 3:45PM •
1 hour 16 minutes
TOPIC: Orinoco Flow
This week, Dan and Merlin continue their series on updates, focusing on the difference between the days before and after ubiquitous wifi.
Also, lots of fun odds and sods on Scrivener and surviving summer with kids.
July 19, 2016 at 5:15PM •
1 hour 42 minutes
TOPIC: Way of the future.
This week, Dan and Merlin continue their discussion on updates to their systems and their productivity worlds. In particular: how have new technologies and critical masses of users led to wanting or needing fewer intermediary communications layers?
For years, email was more than just the lingua franca; it was that one internet communication protocol that every user could be counted upon to have and use.
But, today? Options, baby, options! Sometimes for worse, but, so often, for much better.
