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Episode 397: 🚨 Picco Pod

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 04 Mar 2026 21:00:00 -0800

The closest we’ll ever get to the heyday of FiveThirtyEight (the letters not the numbers), a low key emergency pod recorded over dinner after Apple’s big announcements (most notably, the MacBook Neo). Plus some quiet tip coordination. 💻.

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Episode 396: The San Francisco Treat

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Tue, 17 Feb 2026 22:00:00 -0800

You can either run a 10K across the most beautiful city in the country while eating pastries, or you can make a very sad ‘run for the border’. Seems like an easy choice.

This week: Apple experiences in the Big Apple, Olympic fever cases ticking up, and Dark Sky rises again. ⛈️.

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Episode 395: Recycle Bin Nachos

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Tue, 03 Feb 2026 22:00:00 -0800

Amazon Go as a concept may have been axed this week, but it gave way to the best SNL sketch ever so perhaps it was worth all the effort.

Also on the show: all eyes are on The Bay for the Puppy Bowl, Frasier themed Wi-Fi network names, and the great EV pullback. 🐾.

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Episode 394: Sternly Worded Letter

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Tue, 06 Jan 2026 22:00:00 -0800

Winston Churchill trying to cut the cord in 2026: “YouTube TV is worst vMPVD, except for all the others that have been tried.”

This week: our nation’s Semiquincentennial, EV road trippin’, and smart locks take over The Sphere.🔒.

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Episode 393: Let Vince Cook

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Tue, 09 Dec 2025 22:00:00 -0800

You know how on NPR’s “Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me”, you used to be able to win Carl Kasell recording your outgoing voicemail message? A modern day version of that except it’s Patrick Fabian. Make it happen, Eddy.

This week: Carlos gets uncharacteristically riled up about movie theaters, Ryan takes his Peloton to Geek Squad, and the Apple Cart gets upset.🎥.

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Episode 392: Lucy With the Football

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Tue, 18 Nov 2025 22:00:00 -0800

What major Hollywood event would you get by crossing a grouch with Cookie Monster? Oscar Noms.

That one’s for Reed. And Sal Saperstein.

This week: durable goods orders, George Stephanopoulos, and the Don Draper HBO Max meme comes full circle (this time in 4K). 📺.

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Episode 391: Max Contracts

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Tue, 04 Nov 2025 22:00:00 -0800

“You either retire an Angel or you live long enough to become the villain.” - Shohei Ohtani’s biographer, probably.

Nah, he rocks. But fr, the Dodgers suck and no amount of World Series rings can change that.

This week: Fixer Upper Marin, max contracts, and two middle aged dudes kinda sorta embrace AI. 💸.

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Episode 390: Podcast DVR

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 22 Oct 2025 22:00:00 -0700

In an effort to juice sales, Apple is rumored to be reworking its in-store Vision Pro demo to swap out Encounter Dinosaurs for Immersive LeBron.

This week: cookie dunking with Pauly H., first class luggage warranties at coach prices, and Ryan tries and fails to pick Ira Glass out of a police lineup.🎙️.

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Episode 389: French Fry Emissaries

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 08 Oct 2025 22:00:00 -0700

“You might not like it now but one day when you’re older, you’ll thank me for this.” Rivian’s CEO, probably.

This week: extreme couponing with premium travel cards, Roundball Rock’s return, and the nothingburger-est wearables update there ever was. 💦.

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Episode 388: Costco Pants

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 24 Sep 2025 22:00:00 -0700

While the San Francisco ‘doom loop’ was never real, we stan and co-sign the ‘boom loop’ comeback story. It’s the 2012 Giants but with Waymos humming in the background.

This week: peanut butter creme (not cream, per legal), pumpkin spice Apple hardware, and SCDP tries to win the Heinz light switch account. 🫘.

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SF Doom Spiral Tote

Episode 387: Adventure Network

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Tue, 09 Sep 2025 22:00:00 -0700

Get in loser, we’re driving down to the 280 to go watch an extended iPhone ad in Cupertino.

This week: Timmy C., the other Timmy C., and Carlos got an electric car. Zoom zoom. 🏎️.

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Episode 386: The Problem With Lounges

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Tue, 26 Aug 2025 22:00:00 -0700

Not trying to Matt Levine you here, but the modern American economy can be perfectly explained in two stories: Taylor Swift’s engagement and the new Reese’s Oreo.

This week: bangin’ sound on your next Alaska flight, the tragedy of Roomba, and televised sports. 🥌.

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Episode 385: You Say Hello First

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Tue, 15 Jul 2025 22:00:00 -0700

Wait wait, Eddy Cue prints out his calendar like they’re MapQuest directions in 1999? Are we getting this right?

This week: hypebeast coffee pop-ups, electric cars, and Wemo is Nomo.💡.

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Episode 384: Two Of My Favorite Brands

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Tue, 01 Jul 2025 22:15:00 -0700

Despite David Z.’s best efforts, we’re still solidly in a golden age of TV. Your favorite “famously sparkling” pod has fresh recs and picks just for you.

This week: Big Bird auditions for the “Die Another Day” remake, Etsy copyright infringement, and a ProPublica style exposé of the Target App. 🎯.

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Episode 383: Pretend We Invented It

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 18 Jun 2025 22:00:00 -0700

Bears hibernate for the winter, sometimes podcasts hibernate for the spring. What’d we miss?

This week: escape room Google Sheets, demo day for real this time, and a quick check in with everyone’s favorite increasingly problematically monopolistic fruit company. 🪚.

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Episode 382: Good Meme Bad Meme

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Tue, 04 Mar 2025 22:00:00 -0800

Every year we think we’ve hit ‘peak tenuously-linked brand integration’ and year after year we’re shown that no, there’s no lemon that a David Zaz-type won’t try to squeeze into a diamond.

This week: dank memes, TV for boomers, and asking Alexa+ to pour one out for Skype. 📺.

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Episode 381: The Story is Money

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 12 Feb 2025 22:00:00 -0800

At this point, we’re like eighteen months away from the Property Brothers having their own cereal. Honestly it’s been a slippery slope ever since Reese’s Puffs.

This week: TCL’s bush league OLED fear-mongering, Detroit style cookware, and the predictable end of the fast casual city challenge. 🌁.

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Episode 380: Sports Doom Loop

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Tue, 21 Jan 2025 22:00:00 -0800

This Sonos shakeup is the biggest corporate drama to hit the Santa Barbara area since the Silvergreens in Isla Vista closed.

This week: a change of Venu, entertainment centers frozen in time, and more intrigue in the fast casual running challenge world. 📺.

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Episode 379: New Year, Same Us

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Tue, 07 Jan 2025 22:00:00 -0800

Why aren’t business deals related to streaming services more like pro athlete deals?

Fubo, you’re heading to Disney. Venu? You’re cut. Elmo? You’re the new power forward for the Pelicans. Hope you like humid summers buddy.

This week: running for a [fast casual] cause, robot on robot crime, and EV showrooming. 🌯.

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Episode 378: Air Purifier Pants

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Tue, 10 Dec 2024 22:00:00 -0800

On the third day of Christmas my true love sent to me,
Three inflatable snowmen
Two sets of string lights
And a home improvement store finally rolling out support for contactless payments.

That’s right folks, it’s the 2024 Holiday Spectacular.

This week: Inside Bob Iger’s NBA, Italian smart lights, and the lump of coal that is Apple Intelligence (so far). 🪨.

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Episode 377: Racecar Rewinder

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Tue, 12 Nov 2024 22:00:00 -0800

“Dear Mr. Hanks,
As you know, our Client owns all intellectual property rights globally in and to the concept of “your body breaking down and becoming a slow healing, creaky pile of mush after the age of 28.” Your blatant alteration and repurposing of this concept in the media constitutes unauthorized use and dilution of our Client’s prior art.

We immediately demand you cease and desist all future activity related to conveying a specific date as to when aging really hits you like a ton of bricks. Or give us some of that Forest Gump money.”

This week: make it a Blockbuster night. 🏎️

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Episode 376: Tiny Lil’ Guy

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Tue, 29 Oct 2024 22:00:00 -0700

Kinda nice of Apple to spend the week before the election giving us all little bite size Mac updates as a distraction. Wait, new notification hold on.

From the NYT: “Here’s why the Mac mini power button is bad news for Harris amongst undecided voters.”

ffs.

This week: cracklin’ lattes, Excel productivity, and defunct startups. ☕

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Episode 375: Kid Context Switching

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Tue, 15 Oct 2024 22:00:00 -0700

How long until we have the Chipotle Burrito Assembly Line by Fisher Price® on every five year old’s Christmas list i mean really now.

This week: Bay Area childless dog man parenting corner, EV door handles as a troubling metaphor, and Ryan backslides into his dangerous case-free lifestyle. 🐣.

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Episode 374: Alexa Doesn’t Listen to Me Anymore

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Mon, 30 Sep 2024 22:00:00 -0700

The kids want media that’s quicker, more concise, and timely. That’s why we’re introducing the podcast equivalent of baseball’s pitch clock: “one quick thought”. Judging by the episode length, it’s a work in progress.

This week: spiced is the new spiked, freemium is the new spon-con, and brining some Barlow energy to Waterloo.💦.

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Episode 373: Diligent Adults

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Tue, 17 Sep 2024 22:00:00 -0700

Two great tastes that taste great together, or a sign of a nation on the decline? The proof is in the faux-crème filling.

This week: Steve Ballmer wants your face, Tim Cook wants your money, and Mela wants your recipes. 🏀.

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Episode 372: Is There Anything to Spoil?

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Tue, 03 Sep 2024 22:00:00 -0700

Half of this pod is now just stanning for future Cy Young award paw-cipiant Decoy Ohtani. The other host is uh, not a fan.

This week: everyone’s now all caught up on The Bear, Jim Farley personally cancels development of Ryan’s future car, and your perfunctory Apple event speculation. 🚗.

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Episode 371: Less Gravity

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Mon, 19 Aug 2024 22:00:00 -0700

While the official gold medal count for Team USA sits at 40, let’s make it 41 since Peacock stuck the landing.

This week: Double Stuf collabs, Diners Target Drive Ups and Dives, and the triumphant return of Still or Sparkling. 💦.

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Episode 370: Recreate the Bundle

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Tue, 06 Aug 2024 22:00:00 -0700

Behind every world class athlete is that friend who starts an Apple Watch workout during boozy brunch. Olympians each in their own right.

This week: Peacock-ing, spritzing, and legacy purchasing. 🦚

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Episode 369: Star Wars+

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Mon, 22 Jul 2024 22:00:00 -0700

We’re back from summer break. What’d we miss?

This week: made-up holidays, political realities, and knowing when to walk away. 🛤️.

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Episode 368: Rivian Flip Flopper

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Mon, 17 Jun 2024 22:00:00 -0700

“Siri, use Apple Intelligence to make this episode sound 30% more erudite.”

“Here’s what I found on the web for Eurovision...”

Worth a shot…

This week: chocolate flavored sandwich cookies with creme filing, spendy so-so automobiles, and sure — Apple’s take on AI. 🍪.

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Episode 367: Runny Guy

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Tue, 04 Jun 2024 22:00:00 -0700

Honestly at this point all the ‘will they won’t they’ between Adam Silver and his media partners has gone on about almost as long as Jim and Pam and we do not have the same attention span we did in 2008, b-ball guy.

This week: Rent-A-Hue®, more Sonos haterade, and a preview of Tim’s developer symposium.🍎.

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Episode 366: iPad Nice!

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Thu, 23 May 2024 22:00:00 -0700

The first restaurant in California to be fined over the new surcharge and fee ban? Surprisingly, it’s Ryan’s new Detroit Style Pizza Parlor and Play Place.

What even is a “Marin County smart lighting surcharge”?

This week: Barkley v. Zaz, Carlos’ continuing dedication to making big mistakes, and Sonos’ courageous app update. 🔈

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Episode 365: Adam Silver Shrinkflation

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Tue, 07 May 2024 22:00:00 -0700

Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: it’s our most powerful iPad ever, and we just can’t wait to see what you do with it.

This week: Adam Silver pulls an Equator, cookie cocktails, and 94123 it’s all about me. 🍪.

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Episode 364: Cold Elmo

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Tue, 23 Apr 2024 22:00:00 -0700

Do bad reviews kill good products? For the love of God please don’t test that hypothesis out on this show.

This week: the capitalist haunted house that is TurboTax, conical burrs, and proof one of your hosts is out of touch with the common philatelist. 📫.

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Episode 363: Clear as Mud

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Tue, 09 Apr 2024 22:00:00 -0700

Fun fact! More people decide to build a cabin off the grid after using Google Nest products than successfully get it working with the rest of their smart home.

This week: Amazon walks out on Just Walk Out, pouring one out for Logitech Harmony, and the doom loop narrative comes for EVs. 🚗

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Episode 362: Certain Kinds of Money

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Tue, 26 Mar 2024 22:00:00 -0700

Yeah, I mean it’s not too much of a stretch that automakers are selling your data and snitching on speeding to your insurer, but sending a report to Lin Manuel Miranda about how off key I sing “It’s Quiet Uptown” is a bridge too far.

This week: EV surprises, NAS surprises, with a dash of regulatory scrutiny surprises via one Merrick Garland. 🍎.

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Episode 361: Democracy Play Pack

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Tue, 05 Mar 2024 22:00:00 -0800

We know it’s been a while since Econ 201 but Jiminy Christmas are Hue bulbs the new Veblen good? What are these things made out of avocado toast? Come on.

This week: dust covered Vision Pros, NACS snaccs, and a peppering of Spring Apple news. 🥽.

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Episode 360: Ya’ll Have Guest Rooms?

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Tue, 20 Feb 2024 22:00:00 -0800

We didn’t get a ballot but that ain’t stopping us. A fruit company year in review.

This week: hi Barbie, football (the non-Messi one), and a bit more on VR. 🥽.

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Episode 359: Major League Football

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Tue, 06 Feb 2024 22:00:00 -0800

New ways to watch sports from ESPN, Fox, and Warner Brothers. All without a cable subscription. Sports from ESPN. FOX. Warner Brothers. Are you getting it? These are not three separate services. This is one device, and we’re calling it - Iger-ulu.

This week: plug in hybrids, old movies, and an update on the Chicago food scene. 🌭.

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Episode 358: Waymo Rider Score

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Tue, 23 Jan 2024 22:00:00 -0800

Chris Nolan gets roasted by Peloton instructors and Soulcycle stays mum on Wes Anderson making the same movie over and over again for three decades. Hmm.

This week: cursed airports, (smart) locks of love, and area Cinnabon manager snubbed for the umpteenth time by the Emmys. 📺.

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Episode 357: If IKEA Made a Car

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Tue, 09 Jan 2024 22:00:00 -0800

Did each engineer designing the Chevy Blazer EV’s infotainment software spend at least 10,000 hours on it before it went into production?

Okay, this is a very funny joke about Malcolm Gladwell, trust me.

This week: Taylor’s concert film, Ryan’s sports dilemma, and Tim’s headset. 🏀.

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Episode 356: Brand Activations

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Tue, 12 Dec 2023 22:00:00 -0800

“It’s only ridiculous if it doesn’t work.” - Tyler Florence, probably.

This week: the enduring legacy of a flat panel icon, Amazon Prime Video with Special Offers, and a look at peak Donkey Sauce Capitalism. 🫏

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Episode 355: Christmas Light Amortization Schedule 🎁

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Thu, 30 Nov 2023 22:00:00 -0800

iPod Socks? Again?

Worry not friends, it is finally time: our first annual holiday gift guide.

This week: Kiri the fire truck, unplugging for the holidays, and more tales from retail lock up. 🧦.

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Episode 354: They're Using the Metric System to Trick You

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 15 Nov 2023 22:00:00 -0800

We all thought Jack Nicholson looked silly wearing sunglasses courtside but with these retina searing courts who’s laughing now…

This week: New York bagels, the metric system, and the perils of computers on wheels. 🥯

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Episode 353: Kitchen Computer

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Mon, 30 Oct 2023 22:00:00 -0700

[leans in over flashlight] And they weren’t done yet. After murdering the Touch Bar, the perpetrators cackled manically as they introduced a Pro laptop with just eight gigabytes of RAM. In 2023!

[crowd shrieks]

This week: artificial coffee, ciders, and Apple’s ghoulish fall Mac event. 🎃.

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Episode 352: CarPlay Robin Hood

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Tue, 17 Oct 2023 22:00:00 -0700

We understand our programming schedule has been a little inconsistent, so we’re going to make it up to you with the “most affordable” episode ever. Find the hidden USB-C mention and you win a prize.

This week: East Bay CarPlay blues, when CPG products get the Mona Lisa treatment, and Ryan’s accidental haunted house. 👻.

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Episode 351: Sealed Crustless Sandwich

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Tue, 03 Oct 2023 22:00:00 -0700

You remember that scene in Rataouille where Anton Ego takes a bite and his entire life flashes before his eyes? That story, but it involves french fries and elderflower liquer.

This week: “croissaint inspired” and other freezer aisle abominations, the fruit company, and Zaz introduces Shaq Paq for Max. 🏀.

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Episode 350: Core Memory

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Tue, 29 Aug 2023 22:00:00 -0700

“Hi, yes — we don’t mean to be a bother, but this podcast is stale and we never got our second ad break.”

“Sir, this is a Wendy’s.”

This week: car phones, car charging standards, and even cars that drive themselves. 🚗.

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Episode 349: Mild Hybrid

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Tue, 15 Aug 2023 22:00:00 -0700

With AI and Machine Learning becoming more core to the iPhone experience, we’re probably one release away from App Store notifications based on your calendar, heart rate, and mood that suggest “redownload the Taco Bell app?” at your lowest life moments.

This week: boring cars, kids entertainment, and ringing the bell for a master of the small screen. 🛎️.

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Episode 348: A Sesame Street or a Frasier

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Tue, 01 Aug 2023 22:00:00 -0700

Ryan has returned from vacation with a head cold but a renewed appreciation for the iPad. Carlos didn’t go anywhere but did get Aloha-by-osmosis.

This week: Bill Simmons’ ads reads, Bobby Flay’s questionable judgment, and we all learn what a Pack-n-Play is. 👶🏻.

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Episode 347: On a Bench Outside Domino’s

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Tue, 11 Jul 2023 22:00:00 -0700

It turns out all it took to make Mark Zuckerberg look like the protagonist was alt-right Tony Stark buying Twitter. Who knew? And by that we mean: Happy Threads Day.

This week: chicken restaurants that aren’t Los Pollos Hermanos, pizza restaurants that only sometimes serve pizza, and EV makers collectively throw CCS under the battery powered bus.🪫.

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Episode 346: The Apple of Charcoal

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Tue, 06 Jun 2023 22:00:00 -0700

It’s like David vs. Goliath, except this time it’s Carlos picking a fight with a Marin County coffee roaster trying to pull a fast one on home baristas.

This week: the definitive take on Apple’s Vision Pro headset that will definitely be accurate six months and six years from now. Yes. 🥽.

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Episode 345: Love the Car, Hate the Man

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Tue, 23 May 2023 22:00:00 -0700

We promise this episode isn’t sponcon for the Chrysler Pacifica, but also, we’ve got unsold ad slots and its a tough media environment rn so hit us up auto industry we are for sale.

This week: air traffic patterns, EV charging in the real world, and the only thing french fries can’t make better. 🌯.

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Episode 344: Endor Andor

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Tue, 25 Apr 2023 22:00:00 -0700

Star Wars fans love a quality brunch, but what happens when there are too many cooks in the kitchen at Disney? In this analogy, Baby Yoda is an egg scramble?

This week: elephants in the desert, more on EV deliveries, and Taylor didn’t pull a Tom Brady. 🧣

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Episode 343: The New GOAT

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Tue, 04 Apr 2023 22:00:00 -0700

As it enters retirement, history will remember that the Satechi 108W USB-C travel charger walked so the Anker 747 GaN brick could run.

This week: cars, cars, cars. After a week behind the wheel, Carlos has many thoughts on the Model 3. 🚗

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Episode 342: Magnolia Land®

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Tue, 28 Mar 2023 22:00:00 -0700

Everything is bigger in Texas, which apparently applies to the number of food trucks, polo shirts, and those dang scooters.

This week: Fixer Upper cupcakes, DPReview closing up shop, and recapping our last session for a while with Han Solo LMFT. 🧁

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Episode 341: Nature’s Car Wash

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Tue, 14 Mar 2023 22:00:00 -0700

The Star Wars cinematic universe is in disarray under Iger, so says Ryan. How many more actors will have to hang up their taun-tauns and change careers to quippy, jaded therapists just to get a payday from Tim Apple?

This week: Animal Planet x Home Depot collabs, Michael Trout’s crib, and the continued messy world of midwestern cable sports rights. 🐟.

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Episode 340: Adult Candy Bars

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Tue, 07 Mar 2023 22:00:00 -0800

Well, I suppose “Charge your non-Tesla” was the third least ****-ish way to title the option so kudos, Elmo & Co.?

This week: our bi-monthly pizza chat, Amazon scales back the “Go” concept in SF and NY, and Stevie B. in a hard hat. 🍕.

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Episode 339: It Means No Worries

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Tue, 21 Feb 2023 22:00:00 -0800

Look, until Overcast adds a tip screen for when you finish each podcast episode, just use Venmo or Cash App: $ShedDaddy415 and $LightroomBarista.

This week: Martha Stewart’s sour grapes, magic beans, and Eddy Cue introduces Han Solo to Sigmund Freud. 🛋️.

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Episode 338: Burrito Season

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 15 Feb 2023 22:00:00 -0800

If Apple were a teenager, which SVP would be the one running to the mailbox to try to get the report card before their dad Tim saw it?

This week: right and wrong opinions on fast casual, dollar menu thoughts on streaming, and putting on our Judge’s Table hats for Apple in 2022. Which one of us is Gail in this analogy? 🔪.

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Episode 337: Calling an Audible

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 08 Feb 2023 22:00:00 -0800

If a Live Activity falls in the forest and there’s no one around to see it, does it make an appearance on a Dynamic Island? Okay not the best but also you get what we were going for…

This week: absurdist energy drinks, Apple sold a lot of things but not as many as people hoped, and more on squishy sports media economics. ⚾.

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Episode 336: Salty February

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 01 Feb 2023 22:00:00 -0800

While we personally don’t know a single person who has ever watched whatever this NCIS show is, the data shows a Cocomelon NCIS crossover would literally break the internet. Free idea, Bobs.

This week: E3, EVs, RSS, OTT, and Ryan reveals his age-ism against the greatest generation (of news aggregator websites). 👴🏻

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Episode 335: Zeitgeist-ey

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 25 Jan 2023 22:00:00 -0800

When sports were the only thing keeping people from cutting the cord and now that’s not enough, what do you do? No, really — what do you do? There’s a lot of money in it if you know the answer.

This week: crushing on Peter K., mulling over Apple’s upcoming foray into VR, and a visit to the LA Coliseum. 🏀

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Episode 334: Let Me First Not Answer Your Question

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 18 Jan 2023 22:00:00 -0800

Hey Siri, who first said “sooner or later, everything old is new again?” Asking for a frie-, uh, HomePod.

This week: new Macs, somebody finally told Elmo third-party Twitter clients were a thing, and Tesla cuts prices across the board. 🚗.

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Episode 333: Event Shed

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 11 Jan 2023 22:00:00 -0800

When you have so much money you have to make your Sonoma estate look like Apple Park, the Wall Street Journal is there. Or rather, Carlos teaches Ryan the art of the hate read. This is a good one.

This week: cycling directions, EV sell through, and a hypothetical touch screen MacBook Pro. Boop. 👆🏻

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Episode 332: Don Draper Hat

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 04 Jan 2023 22:00:00 -0800

I mean, if we’re talking about a secondary character taking over the entire show with extremely mixed results — is there even a difference between Elon and Elmo? @ ryan, not me.

This week: a trip to the Social Security office, a Matter explainer, and more choice is good thing. 🚗

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Episode 331: Bag of Wemos

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 14 Dec 2022 22:00:00 -0800

You don’t come at Taylor with that weak af Christmas album and expect to come out on top, Bublé.

This week: forgotten pre-orders, a more considered take on the villain of our streaming future, and Ryan’s sweet solution for smart home woes. 💸.

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Episode 330: Young Person's Game

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 30 Nov 2022 22:00:00 -0800

You know that pet project you spend 10 years on and it never really gets any better? That, but it’s a listening device in millions of homes that cost tens of billions in R&D that sometimes turns off your lights when you ask.

This week: mood lighting, holiday lighting, and the Ford F-150 Lightning. 🛻.

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Episode 329: Man vs. Sous Vide

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 09 Nov 2022 22:00:00 -0800

We’re happy to report that we’ve been offered our own show on Peacock. Follow us as we upgrade one of the Painted Ladies with the latest in smart home connectivity and gadgetry. Uh, you’ll understand why it’s rated TV-MA for language pretty quickly.

This week: proper puck prep, network naming nuances, and assorted ancillary alliteration. 🏡.

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Episode 328: Non-First Party

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 02 Nov 2022 22:00:00 -0700

Fivey Fox told us the best predictor of partisan lean during a midterm election cycle is average spend at Dunkin’ Donuts divided by number of Casper mattresses discarded per year in a particular district.

This week: anti-social shared photo libraries, sports media rights, and a reluctant look at Tesla bro’s purchase of twitter dot com. 🐦.

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Episode 327: Timflation

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 26 Oct 2022 22:00:00 -0700

Yeah yeah, sure the Matter standard is finalized but when will someone come out with a smarter ‘hide-a-key’ rock? Is that what Thread is about?

This week: Gonger’s food truck, Carlos’ haunted iPhone, and Taylor’s new album. 🕛.

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Episode 326: It's Spooky Season

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 19 Oct 2022 22:00:00 -0700

The defining quality of strong character is being willing to change your mind when presented with new information — about mesh WiFi. Nothing else though, stick to your priors politicians.

This week: golden sandwich ratios, watchOS 9 can’t catch a vibe, and Apple’s non-event fall event.🍎

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Episode 325: Sidekick Computer

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 05 Oct 2022 22:00:00 -0700

What would you do-ooo-ooooh — to avoid a deposition after you reneged on a binding agreement to buy a social media company?

(read in the tune of the Klondike bar jingle)

This week: tapbacks, bridge trolls, and midnight fingerprints. 🥅

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Episode 324: Jefferson Old Fashion

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 28 Sep 2022 22:00:00 -0700

They say the shortest, saddest story ever comprised in a single sentence is “For sale: baby shoes, never worn.” One of your cohosts reminds us that that is untrue. “No tip.”

This week: Clipper ships, AirBuds, and Disney considers a hard Brexit. ⛴️.

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Episode 323: Bourbon or Whiskey Whatever

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 21 Sep 2022 22:00:00 -0700

Turns out if you run enough independent bookstores out of business, you eventually amass enough money and marketshare to force people that are just trying to buy trash bags to watch a mediocre football game. Who knew?

This week: software updates, Ryan has a new phone, and Carlos has a stroke of genius if only he had a time machine. 🥃.

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Episode 322: Ultra High End

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 07 Sep 2022 22:00:00 -0700

Why did elementary school classrooms all have those yard sticks that you never ended up using? Well, turns out educators were playing the long game to help you understand this week’s episode.

It’s Apple event time, kids. Buckle up. 🍎.

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Episode 321: Control Room Dog

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Tue, 30 Aug 2022 22:00:00 -0700

In economics, a mouse price spiral occurs when consumers get so desensitized to a media conglomerate raising fees that they no longer cry at the end of Pixar movies.

This week: David Zaslav channels his inner Jojo and has a demo day with the HBO Max streaming catalog while Carlos can’t stop watching his new slightly less dumb Roomba. 📺.

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Episode 320: Smoking with Kim

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 17 Aug 2022 22:00:00 -0700

Well that was certainly a long one week. What’d we miss?

This week: one last attorney client meeting with Jimmy and Kim, a tiny new listener joins the fold, and a summer vibes check in. ⛱️.

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Episode 319: A Decade of Excellence

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 22 Jun 2022 22:00:00 -0700

New Mac desktop who dis? Seriously though, it’s tough to tell through this potato of a webcam.

This week: moving day, sports deals, and the universal truth that everything that proclaims to be smart is actually dumb.

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Episode 318: Beats Fit Pro of Pizza

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 08 Jun 2022 22:00:00 -0700

Maybe the 13" MacBook Pro with Touch Bar is like that weird blood orange flavor of San Pellegrino. I mean, someone has to be buying it otherwise they wouldn’t keep making it?

This week: bottle service, volcano bread, and generally accepted Kabletown accounting practices.💰.

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Episode 317: The Only Way Out Is Through

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 01 Jun 2022 22:00:00 -0700

Smart home technology is a lot like government: the more mature it gets, the less well it works. Susan Collins is Zigbee in this analogy I guess?

This week: the final mention of CableCARDs on the show, last minute WWDC thoughts, and a quick look at Disney+'s new wookie mini-series. 🐭.

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Episode 316: Backyard Pod

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 25 May 2022 22:00:00 -0700

Podcasting alfresco — when in Rome, as they say. Or rather, when it's still 88° at 9 o'clock at night.

This week: Clifford Main, cliffhangers, and cliffs notes on the Better Call Saul mid-season finale.

Many spoilers, don't say we didn't warn you. 🤐

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Episode 315: Kindle Constitution

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 11 May 2022 22:00:00 -0700

"Hey Sonos, can Giancarlo Esposito come to my house and troubleshoot these eeros?"

This week: clearing the docket, speed reading out of necessity, and the day the music died. 📚.

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Episode 314: Binge Drop

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 04 May 2022 22:00:00 -0700

First we were joking, but we are seeking investors for IronAdvisor's seed round. This is getting ridiculous.

This week: 1:1 previews, Jim's travel coffee setup, and Sally Draper's oddly accurate assessment of the Manhattan. ☕

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Episode 313: Hipster Cable

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 20 Apr 2022 22:00:00 -0700

Who cuts the cordcutters? Sounds like the perfect premise for an Apple TV+ show.

This week: technical difficulties, do-overs, and catching up with our legal counsel in New Mexico. ⚖️.

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Episode 312: #RealMagic

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 13 Apr 2022 22:00:00 -0700

Mimosa flavored Oreos. You can have that one for free, Nabisco.

This week: rotisserie chicken Sabermetrics, bad French accents, and Ryan tastes the Orion nebula. 🥤.

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Episode 311: Put It On the Calendar

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 06 Apr 2022 22:00:00 -0700

WWDC will remain virtual this year but in an effort to build community, Apple will be sending everyone that's ever opened up Xcode a boxed lunch and a bag of Popchips.

This week: red pandas, pizza phoning, and Marshawn's new smart home play. 💡

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Episode 310: Windows 7 Was My Idea

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 23 Mar 2022 22:00:00 -0700

4K monitors are a lot like grocery store bagels. I mean sure — technically it's food, but do you really want to edit video on one for 10 hours a day?

Wait, maybe this analogy doesn't really work...

This week: bipartisanship, parenting tips, and a trip to Whole Foods. 🐣

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Episode 309: Very Precedented

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 16 Mar 2022 22:00:00 -0700

Turns out the key to making pineapple on pizza tolerable is to make the pizza a square. Who knew? Detroit knew.

This week: apartment hunting on Sesame Street, recycled John Mulaney bits, and a couple of creative professionals talk extensively about the new Mac Studio. 🍎.

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Episode 308: Bespoke Romaine Lettuce

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 23 Feb 2022 22:00:00 -0800

Hypothesis: more people can locate Bolivia on an unlabeled map than can tell Bobby Flay and Tyler Florence apart.

This week: unlit cigars, unwatched Olympic games, and unverified Apple rumors. 🥇.

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Episode 307: Is Pepsi Okay?

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Tue, 15 Feb 2022 22:00:00 -0800

For a limited time, check under the lid of select gallons of Magnolia Home paint for your chance to win a free year of Discovery+!

This week: cafeteria food, Mac rumblings, and good news coming out of New Mexico. 🌵

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Episode 306: Mad About 8K

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 09 Feb 2022 22:00:00 -0800

“So Tim, it says you’re getting an A in Macs but in Services, the teacher wrote “is greedy and anticompetitive, at risk of being held back.“

This week: morning CEO habits, twenty seven percent, and Ryan demands to see figure skating in no less than IMAX resolution. 🔭 .

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Episode 305: The Food Pyramid Is Cancelled

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 02 Feb 2022 22:00:00 -0800

The 5. The Safeway. The Batman. Sure, why not?

This week: coin flips, fast casual Nashville tendies, and a reverse mortgage for your Google Calendar. 📆

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Episode 304: Lucy With the Football

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 26 Jan 2022 22:00:00 -0800

Kate Chopin’s novel The Awakening, but this time Edna is a gingerbread mug cookie.*

This week: dark patterns in the snack aisle, the exposure triangle of cocktails, and taste testing the Animal Crossing game cartridge. 📷.

If literally anyone gets this reference without Googling, I will eat my library card.

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Episode 303: The One That’s Not EA

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 19 Jan 2022 22:00:00 -0800

Some folks are worried that 1Password, our north-of-the-border password manager friends, just raised a huge round and might be abandoning their everyday users. We disagree. Their history of sustainable growth and most notably, having rebuffed a hostile takeover bid Bublé/Drake Partners in 2017, speaks volumes.

This week: gin and juice, sick Beats, and Microsoft’s M&A bet on Call Of Duty 3.11 for Workgroups being the cornerstone of its subscription gaming ambitions. 🍸.

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Episode 302: Hamper Free Throw Percentage

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 12 Jan 2022 22:00:00 -0800

With this week’s news that The New York Times intends to acquire The Athletic in an all cash deal, the sports site has rapidly begun to beef up their laundromat beat coverage. Turns out Scott P. in Brooklyn is shooting 98% from the line and can’t stop won’t stop.**

This week: East Bay pretzels, Elon goes to the DMV, and The Lakers land a brand partnership with Donkey Diesel. 🐐.

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Episode 301: Coffee Bros

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 05 Jan 2022 22:00:00 -0800

Clearly, George Clooney’s best role was that time in Ocean’s Fifteen when he robs the Bellagio by turning all the chips into worthless NFTs of tequila bottles. Wait, no that’s not fiction. All NFTs are BS. Like pogs, but digital.

This week: Keanu left his heart in San Fran, celebrity booze, and Amazon breaching the trust of the local area network. 💻.

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Episode 300: The Matricies

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Tue, 21 Dec 2021 22:00:00 -0800

They say good things come in threes — what about three hundreds?

This week: Chipotlanes at the Silos, Peloton Wrapped, and a brief look back with a nod to the future. 💯💯💯.

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Episode 299: Buzz Lightyear's LEGO Adventure

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 08 Dec 2021 22:00:00 -0800

With IKEA dipping more than a toe these days into the smart home world, how long until the meatballs get HomeKit compatibility?

This week: unfettered rodent capitalism, hard-coded subs, and clickbait push notifications. 🏰.

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Episode 298: Chocolate Minefield

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 01 Dec 2021 22:00:00 -0800

In the surprise collaboration nobody saw coming, Nintendo and Peloton are teaming up to bring MarioKart 64 to the Bike+. Rumble pack sold separately.

This week: egg whites, pineapple coffee, and the friction tape for your AirBuds. 🎧.

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Episode 297: Lower Frequencies Can Swim

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 17 Nov 2021 22:00:00 -0800

You can spend $700M to call it the Crypto.com Arena, but to true Los Angeles sports fans, it’ll always be known as the Dunder Mifflin Center.

This week: Comcast house calls, Red re-release merch, and Big Mac headphones. 🍔.

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Episode 296: Shaq Prime

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 10 Nov 2021 22:00:00 -0800

Due to unforeseen supply chain issues, this week’s show doesn’t come with quality show notes. Apparently creativity is heavily reliant on “legacy nodes”. Who knew?

This week: free throws, college housing, and getting back on that bike. 🏀.

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Episode 295: Throw It In a Vitamix

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 03 Nov 2021 22:00:00 -0700

“Success comes from knowing that you did your best to become the best that you are capable of becoming.” — Mitt Romney, as quoted by Wayne Gretsky

This week: beach tacos, water parks, and first impressions of the new MaxBook Pro. 🚰.

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Episode 294: Water on the TiVo

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 27 Oct 2021 22:00:00 -0700

Scheduling note: next week's 49ers game will be exclusive to Discovery+ subscribers who are wearing 3D glasses while petting a cat.

This week: AirBud socks, rainy Sundays, and initial impressions of the latest Watchmen release. ⌚.

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Episode 293: Fan Service

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 20 Oct 2021 22:00:00 -0700

Turns out John Ternus was never a big fan of The Rolling Stones, but he took a shot at rewriting the lyrics to one of their hit songs.

“You can’t always get what you want...
But if you try sometimes, well, you might find...
You get a pro laptop that doesn’t compromise on performance and has a feature set and design that matches the needs of its end users for the first time in six years.”
A little wordy but we like this version way better.

This week: measuring cups, spicy tweets, and oh hey — a new laptop. 💻.

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Episode 292: Subsidizing ESPN

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 13 Oct 2021 22:00:00 -0700

We shaved off some extra battery, chamfered some edges to give you a lean episode this week. ⚾.

Perhaps that will give you extra time to watch baseball.
Or you could spend it reviewing your customer sat numbers.
Seems like as a good a time as any to make some french fries!
Even if you don’t have fresh garlic, pretend you’re at the ballpark.
You just need to save some for your old pal Buster.

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Episode 291: Pet Owner Official Promise

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 06 Oct 2021 22:00:00 -0700

When the MLB inevitably shoe-horns corporate sponsors on the uniforms, we think Picco should get first dibs for the Giants. The A's get Homeroom. None of this Rakuten and Bumble nonsense.

This week: playoff bandwagoning, vanity stock picking, and paternity leave guest hosting. 🎙️

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Episode 290: The Rita Drinks

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 29 Sep 2021 22:00:00 -0700

You know how they say never meet your heroes? That, but sparkling water.

This week: it’s new iPhone week, smartening up the ghost lights, and Amazon throws more Echo spaghetti at the wall. 🍝.

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Episode 289: Ground Level Wine Fridge

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 22 Sep 2021 22:00:00 -0700

We got a sneak peek at the season finale of Ted Lasso and we can’t believe that Keeley sues Apple over their 30% cut of Bantr subscriptions. I mean, it’s super meta but we’re here for it.

This week: KenTacoHuts, California blues, and the third time’s the charm. 🥤.

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Episode 288: Starlight Express

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 15 Sep 2021 22:00:00 -0700

While this podcast is free, please review our revised Terms and Conditions of Membership that now include a termination fee of up to $600 should you choose to unsubscribe.

This week: steering the Apple cart, real life Screen Time limits, and a drone's eye view of the fall iPhone event. 👀.

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Episode 287: Southbound Side

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 08 Sep 2021 22:15:00 -0700

In our independent testing, we found that the best product for most trillion dollar companies abusing their market position is an agile regulatory environment with the support of the judiciary.

Why you should trust us: we have a podcast on the Internet.
Flaws but not deal breakers: boomers don’t always understand technology.

This week: an Apple Watch sleeps with the fishes, movers and cocktail shakers, and Oakland’s likely future as a sports desert. ⚾.

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Episode 286: SG&A

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 25 Aug 2021 22:00:00 -0700

Pfizer, just call Nate Silver and license the name TopShot® from the NBA. If we want to solve vaccine hesitancy, offer a Pumpkin Spice version for the coasts and a BBQ one for the southwest.

This week: direct democracy do-overs, summer beta season, and leveraging organic brand synergies across apps to deliver greater value to ride-sharing Americans. 🚘.

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Episode 285: Bootleg Roku

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 18 Aug 2021 22:00:00 -0700

Welcome to California Adventure. Yes, it'll be $300 to breathe clean air, $17 for the mouse themed cocktail, $8 to cross that bridge and see Woody.

Wait, who said anything about Disneyland?

This week: feet fingers, live sports on TV, and Ryan got a Peloton. 🚴

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Episode 284: Tough Pill to Swallow

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 11 Aug 2021 22:00:00 -0700

If skateboarding is considered an Olympic sport now, surely they can carve out a category for sparkling water adjacent podcasters to juice the ratings. Call us, NBC.

This week: pigs in a blanket as American as apple pie, suing Disney because direct-to-streaming feels like a lie, and Apple sets up their website for people who want to click “buy”. 💸.

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Episode 283: Spit Bucket

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 28 Jul 2021 22:00:00 -0700

We’re probably about six months away from holding a Mac OS 9 style funeral for TiVo but it’s not quite time. Stay tuned.

This week: putting the “tube” in YouTube, Olympic fever nears pandemic designation, and we use our TI-83 to find the mathematical limit to the boozy seltzer craze. 📺.

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Episode 282: Nintendo Switch (Taylor's Version)

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 21 Jul 2021 22:00:00 -0700

Have the Democrats considered revising the infrastructure bill to more of a loot crate model for states? Oh nice, this one has light rail funding! All Mississippi got was a Fortnite skin and 2 miles of protected bike lanes...

This week: cocktail multipliers, fry inflation, and the Guy Fieri moneyback guarantee. 🥞.

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Episode 281: Sidehanded Compliment

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 14 Jul 2021 22:00:00 -0700

Ready or not, we’re bringing our unique talents to the world of sparkling wine. Introducing a craft California champagne that shines brilliantly in a Philips Hue lit kitchen and pairs with any Trader Joe’s based charcuterie spread.

This week: #teamwetzel or #teamauntannies, EV patriotism, and PVOD Wakandavisionalorian. 🚛.

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Episode 280: Be More Specific

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 23 Jun 2021 22:00:00 -0700

Summer is here. Temperatures are rising and California’s power grid will be strained. We humbly present the following solution to prevent rolling blackouts: one free Popeye’s chicken sandwich for every 10KwH of peak energy usage saved.
Your move, Texas.

This week: Apple’s new lose-lose regulatory reality, home audio portmanteaus, and Optimus Prime’s plan to run for governor in 2024. 🤖.

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Episode 279: Whatever His Name Is

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 16 Jun 2021 22:00:00 -0700

To truly hear a podcast, you have to listen with your eyes closed. If you can, get it on vinyl. It's even better. Much like jazz, it's not the hot takes you hear, it's the ones you don't.

This week: on the lookout for the newest Pokemon CHAdeMO, shacking up at a Supercharger, and KPMG wins the bid for AFC Richmond's kit sponsorship. ⚽️.

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Episode 278: Marketing Gymnastics

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 09 Jun 2021 22:00:00 -0700

We looked and can’t find the intersection of Liberal Arts and Technology anywhere. Someone said it was by the corner of Happy and Healthy, but there’s just a Walgreens here. Is this is an Apple Maps thing? It’s not in Daly City is it?

This week: Dora needs a map for this mountain of entertainment, the laziest word in the English language, and one of us took good notes during this week’s Apple Services keynote. 💸.

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Episode 277: Trash Can Nachos

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 02 Jun 2021 22:00:00 -0700

Vis a vis our plans to open the kimono ahead of our Q2 all hands, the ask here is that the biz. dev. team get their heads in the game if we truly want to be a 10X kind of organization. @channel

This week: Trader Joe’s acknowledges The Cider House Rules, Amazon Studios hopes to Die Another Day, and Apple didn’t spend all that money on Office Space for you folks to sit at home watching Ted Lasso during the Webex. 📎 .

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Episode 276: RingCentral Concrete Bowl

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 26 May 2021 22:00:00 -0700

Off again this week, but we left you a double shot on the counter.

In this mini: pro sports and Las Vegas angling to be Nevada’s Oakland. 🏀.

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Oakland City Council strikes back at MLB, A's after relocation talks floated

Episode 275: Fun Size

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 19 May 2021 22:00:00 -0700

We’re off this week, but we’ve got a cappuccino-sized episode for you anyhow.

In this mini: Carlos finds new ways to make sleep as complicated as humanly possible and Ryan has surprisingly strong feelings about candy nomenclature. 🍬.

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Episode 274: Excelified 1040

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 12 May 2021 22:00:00 -0700

Tax day is approaching and while you should have filed months ago, we got your back in case you’re just barely trying to log into TurboTax. Stay on the right side of Uncle Sam by keeping the following in mind:

1) You cannot claim your Roomba as a dependent.
2) Having watched Ted Lasso means you legally have to change your declared occupation to “football hooligan”.
3) If you bought a Tesla with Bitcoin in the 2020 tax year, go straight to jail, do not collect $200.

This week: boozy cold brew, two new Spinny flavors by way of Still or Sparkling®, and we wonder what was the Matter with CHIP? 🥔.

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Episode 273: Lemon Pledge Drops

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 05 May 2021 22:00:00 -0700

The Pepsi challenge, but make it Bubly.

This week: Hamilton comes to Cupertino, putting iPad OS on a PIP, and a stroll down the freezer aisle at TJ's. 🍨.

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Episode 272: Light and Optimistic

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 21 Apr 2021 22:00:00 -0700

You know, a phone company with the defacto podcast directory is a little like the mule with a spinning wheel. No one knows how he got it, and danged if he knows how to use it!

This week: Taylor Swift B-sides, ZIP disks, and a newly jacked Tim Apple continues flirting with antitrust regulators.

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Episode 271: We’re On a First Name Basis

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 14 Apr 2021 22:00:00 -0700

Just once, I want Michael Barbaro to break character and start The Daily with “Act One: a Texas high school’s challenge to reopen in the era of the coronavirus. From WBEZ in Chicago, it’s This American Newspaper.” He’ll never do it, but with second dose fever dreams looming, anything is on the table.

This week: bad Scooters, remotes get a little less universal, and half-hearted predictions around the forthcoming hum-drum spring Apple event. 🎵.

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Episode 270: Mechanical Keyboard Poser

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 07 Apr 2021 22:00:00 -0700

Now congregants, if you would please turn to Exodus 31:18, we will read of Phil Schiller’s arduous journey to Mount Sinai where he received the App Store rules — rules that persist to this very day!

This week: keyboards that go clickety clack, Tim’s relationship with the truth is sort of whack, and a new Sonos speaker small enough to take to the track. ⌨️.

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Episode 269: Three Sheds Are the Answer

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 31 Mar 2021 22:00:00 -0700

“Mr. Owl, how many bites does it take to get to the shame center of In-N-Out Animal Style fries?” Let’s find out. One... Two... Two bites…¹ oh no was that american cheese?

This week: tax shelters, email notifications, and a meatless alternative to Sunday Night Football. 🏈.

¹ If you don’t get this reference, ask your nearest boomer.

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Episode 268: Al Fresco

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 17 Mar 2021 22:00:00 -0700

We’re almost done writing our screenplay: “The Curse of the iPod Hi-Fi”. It’s a working title, but we think it’d be a great fit for TV+. Any listeners know someone who can get us a meeting with Tim or Eddy?

This week: new threads, slow streets, and Larry Page watches you sleep. 💤 .

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Episode 267: Amish Sodastream

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 10 Mar 2021 22:00:00 -0800

Seems kind of unprofessional for a veterinarian to write “a bit chonky” under weight on a dog’s chart, tbh.

This week: Britishisms, millennial chip marketing, and yet another entrant into the very un-socially distanced streaming wars. 🐶.

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Episode 266: Potato Chip Finish

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 03 Mar 2021 22:00:00 -0800

We’ll get Blue Barn to stop calling sandwiches “sandos” if British folks agree to stop calling vaccinations “jabs”. Deal, Boris?

This week: food and beverage reviews, vine voices, and the lead barrister of AFC Richmond finally gets the recognition he deserves. ⚽️.

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Episode 265: 25% of Everything

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 24 Feb 2021 22:00:00 -0800

This new generation with their dabbing and Tiktok will never understand what it was like in the 1990s. There was no Spotify. We had to walk uphill, in the snow, both ways to Fry’s to get a spindle of CD-Rs for our sick Sugar Ray mixes.

This week: chicken sandwiches, mass transit, and a more jacked era of the Gerber baby. 🍼.

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Episode 264: The Bad Property Brother

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 17 Feb 2021 22:00:00 -0800

Up is down. Black is white. Congress is effective. Carlos had embraced the multi-pad lifestyle?

This week: barnstorming the HGTV vault, swiping on niche dating apps, and supercruising in the new Mach-EUV. 🚗.

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Episode 263: Volt Bolt

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 03 Feb 2021 22:00:00 -0800

Sure an Apple Car might sound fine on paper, but how is your average driver supposed to flip it over to plug in the Lightning cable for charging?

This week: living más, steering the climate climate policy agenda, and going over the top in Waco. 🏡.

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Episode 262: Edge Brownie

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 27 Jan 2021 22:00:00 -0800

Short squeezes over quiet sneezes all day every day.

This week: cable sports, ultra wideband figs, and the case for why Apple might give in and make the computer people actually want. 💻.

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Episode 261: Bubly Drops

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 20 Jan 2021 22:00:00 -0800

New administration who dis?

This week: crimes against coffee and eggs, sparkling water bitters, and Apple's plan to restore dignity and decorum to the Mac. 🇺🇸.

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Episode 260: Full of Analogies

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 13 Jan 2021 22:00:00 -0800

Well, we certainly won't make the mistake of mixing up Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio again after this week.

This week: deplatforming, flight simulating, and America's favorite new game: bourbon or old timey candy? 🥃.

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Episode 259: Sonos Tauntaun

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 16 Dec 2020 22:00:00 -0800

Excerpt from the Disney earnings call: “You get a Star Wars spin-off! And you get a Star Wars spin-off! Everyone gets a Star Wars spin-off!”

This week: Miami’s Gavin Newsom, NBA bubble coffee shops, and Tim Cook presses the thumbs down button on his TiVo remote.

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Episode 258: This Chair Is Headphones

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 09 Dec 2020 22:00:00 -0800

Just in time for your long holiday car rides to distant family get-togethers, we have a special Max-sized episode for ya'll. Wait, there's a global pandemic going on? And you should all stay the h*ck home? Oh...

This week: Fieri chat, home audio talk, and the big deal that is WarnerMedia's 2021 streaming strategy. This is a good one. 🎥.

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Episode 257: Buy Nice or Buy Twice

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 02 Dec 2020 22:00:00 -0800

How’s the weather in Yountville this time of year?

This week: washing dishes is as easy as 1-2-3, picking an espresso machine for all of you but mostly me, and home audio upgrades for boomier Bublé around the Christmas tree. 🎄.

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Episode 256: Stereo Pairs

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 18 Nov 2020 22:00:00 -0800

Capitalism is a fickle beast. Sure it’s why a health emergency can bankrupt a family, but sometimes Apple will only charge you 6x what something should cost instead of 12. So there’s that.

This week: beefy camera bumps, mid-Atlantic coffee chain merch, and your hosts’ surprisingly diametrically opposed takes on Apple’s new app store commission scheme. Email tcook@apple.com to let us know who is right. 🍎.

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Episode 255: Onward and Sideways

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 11 Nov 2020 22:00:00 -0800

It’s time to settle the age old question of the what the correct viewing order is for newcomers to the Star Wars films.
The definitive answer is: Episode 4, Episode 5, The Lion King because Han Solo played Mufasa, the Clone Wars, the one with BB-8 bein’ all cute, and then maybe the one where Buzz Lightyear had a cameo in it.

This week: corporate money in elections, more on Apple TV+’s Theodore Lasso, and an exciting, much overdue product discontinuation. 🇺🇸 .

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Episode 254: Candy Exurbs

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 04 Nov 2020 22:00:00 -0800

Quiet week. Certainly there was nothing anyone should have remembered in November. Wait, why is everyone wearing a sticker...

This week: seven year old Carlos' pragmatic approach to Halloween, Still or Sparkling with Ted Lasso, and Price is Right rules on wool runner crab t-shirts. 🦀 .

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Episode 253: Irish Siri

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 28 Oct 2020 22:00:00 -0700

Sometimes on a Sunday in between chores, it’s important to lie down on the couch for a minute to see how the Instagram Corgis are doing. It’s not scandalous, it’s called self care. #normalizesiestas.

This week: fancy camera-ing, recycling day market research, and a Disneyland for Tesla drivers except it’s in the Nevada desert to help them test their sketchy af autopilot software. 🚗.

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Episode 252: Requires a Shimmy

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 21 Oct 2020 22:00:00 -0700

Variety has off-the-record sources that are totally not us reporting that Oprah and Tom Hanks are in a bidding war to buy the rights to the show for upwards of $220 million. The ball is in your court, Spotify.

This week: direct democracy, accidental Kalanick, and Quibi we hardly knew ye.

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Episode 251: A BevMo Crossed with the DMV

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 14 Oct 2020 22:00:00 -0700

You have a new memory! "Existential dread for American democracy through the years."

Would you like to continue receiving those notifications? "No, thanks."

This week: yurt living in rural Idaho, buying wine at a MittMo in Utah, and a speed run through the October Apple event. 🍎.

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Episode 250: Sloth Blitzer

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Thu, 01 Oct 2020 22:00:00 -0700

The NBA already has a history of theme nights to try to diversify viewership: your throwback nights, your Noches Éne-Bé-A. But why not try to make politicians feel special too?

Picture it. The Miami Marco Rubios. The New York DeBlasios. And our personal fave, the Golden State Newsoms.

This week: debates, services bundles, and one YouTuber's origin story. ☕️.

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Episode 249: Minimum Viable Hamburger

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 23 Sep 2020 22:00:00 -0700

How to properly eat an ice cream sandwich:

Step 1: grab a steak knife and fork
Step 2: unwrap your preferred sugar sandwich
Step 3: slice into bite-sized triangles
Step 4: lather, rinse, repeat

This week: enhanced self-cash grab, regional food slang, and a preview of Solo Loop: An Apple Watch Story. Beep boop. 🌌.

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Episode 248: Casual Pumpkin Spice Enthusiast

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 16 Sep 2020 22:00:00 -0700

In another major bust for US Customs and Border Protection, agents at SFO seized an app labeled "Instagram" that appears to just be an unconvincing counterfeit of TikTok and Snapchat.

This week: Little Free Libraries, fruit company news, and the grossest corporate food brand crossover to date (and yes we're aware of that KFC Cheeto sandwich). 🏔.

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Episode 247: The Swedish DMV

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 09 Sep 2020 22:00:00 -0700

Retail may be dying, but that's not stopping IKEA from opening up urban concept store downtown. Perhaps that's why Herb Caen always lovingly referred to San Francisco as Jokkmokk-by-the-Bay.

This week: an update on Epic Games' $257,000,000 free ride, Consumer Reports gives Tesla FSD the business, and Peloton doubles down on its pandemic prospects. 🏃‍♀️.

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Episode 246: The Easter Bunny Also Isn't Real

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 02 Sep 2020 22:00:00 -0700

Look, it's like Sam Hinkie always said: trust the app review process. Or was that Eddy Cue? Guess we'll never know — there's no possible way of looking it up.

This week: Hue light seances, mixologist plumbers, and a double dose of Still or Sparkling (with a PSL cameo). 🎃.

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Episode 245: Stretching the Milk

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 26 Aug 2020 22:00:00 -0700

The NFL is planning to come back this fall with 20% of usual stadium capacity. Risky and dumb? Sure. But the real loser here is Bill Belichick. Cheating is probably way trickier and easier to catch in a socially distanced arena.

This week: air purifiers, Roomba goes back to school and smartens up, and mulling over Phil Schiller’s scorched earth App Store IAP legacy. 🧨 .

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Episode 244: Getting Gig-E With It

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 19 Aug 2020 22:00:00 -0700

Gen Z is doomed for several reasons. Recessions, the pandemic, the 116th Congress. The biggest, however, is that they never developed the work ethic shaped by blowing on NES cartridges and reinstalling Windows 98 every three months.

This week: symmetrical bandwidth, weather patterns, and the fruit company that kept looking a regulation horse in the mouth. 🐴.

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Episode 243: 3% of Everything

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 05 Aug 2020 22:00:00 -0700

With movie theaters on ice for the next 12 to 96 months, top-tier first run movie releases at home will become more common.

Word is the next Apple TV may have a FasTrak Flex strapped to it to identify how many viewers to charge you for. Eddy Cue will be making houses calls to check if you're being truthful. No fudging.

This week: fitted sheets, silo design critiques, and the last of the Intel Macs. 🖥.

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Episode 242: Fearless Roomba

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 29 Jul 2020 22:00:00 -0700

Sure, the Seattle Kraken brand identity is pretty great, but it feels like it's for a different time. What's a more honest mythological thing to name a hockey team in 2020?

May we humbly suggest the King County Sisyphus-es? Oh no. Looks like the rock is rolling back down the hill again...

This week: brisket and ribs, self-emptying Roombas, and the makings of the longest shortest baseball season. ⚾️.

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Episode 241: Dodger Dogs

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 22 Jul 2020 22:00:00 -0700

Alaska summers mean it's light out for more than 19 hours a day, an 80/20 split. How'd the bears in Katmai swing a better deal with the sun than developers have with Tim Apple?

This week: a new season of Cereal, the bubble bounces forward, and premium pods in lean listening times. 🎧.

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Episode 240: Emoji Period

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 15 Jul 2020 22:00:00 -0700

Like Strunk and White said a hundred years ago: two exclamation points is kind, just one is super passive aggressive. Also, Cc-ing the recipient's boss to light a fire is a so two thousand and late.

This week: pandemic sports chat, purportedly popular movies, and the 🦚 has landed at 30 Rock. 📺 .

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Episode 239: Please Doubt My Ability

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 08 Jul 2020 22:00:00 -0700

We’ve been wondering. Just how does a “bastard, orphan, son of a whore and a Scotsman, eventually grow up to be a hero and a scholar”?

Someone should do a deep dive on the subject, write a book about it, and then have it adapted into a musical.

This week: mouse swears, Zoom room critiques, and an unprecedented live-to-tape taste test. 🍍.

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Episode 238: Breville Cornballer

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 01 Jul 2020 22:00:00 -0700

A modest proposal: turn all soon-to-be defunct Microsoft Stores into socially distanced, open-air Spindrift® tasting rooms. Or perhaps when enclosed spaces are permissible again, an accounting pop-up to help you understand why your nine different skinny bundles total more than your car payment.

This week: softball interviews, frothing teasers, and conservation considerations when charging for chargers. 📱.

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Episode 237: Three Twins Ciderhouse

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 24 Jun 2020 22:00:00 -0700

EXT. MCENRY CONVENTION CENTER, SAN JOSE, JUNE 2020.

(tumbleweeds). Wait, where is everybody?

This week: Costa Rican pineapples, Coronatalk®, and a very brief discussion of this week’s WWDC keynote. 🍍 .

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Episode 236: Which One Has Groot?

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 17 Jun 2020 22:00:00 -0700

With credible rumors mounting that Apple is indeed switching to ARM processors for its Mac line, the only question is how they will incorporate a leg into the final design to justify the price. 🥁 .

This week: grinding up some follow up, getting our WWDC predictions locked in before the Scottish teens, and some wholesome Friday fun courtesy of HBO To Go. 📺 .

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Episode 235: Gray Davis Recall

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 10 Jun 2020 22:00:00 -0700

For maximum freshness, this episode should be stored in a cool, dry place.

This week: playing ball for prorated peanuts, planning with The Wirecutter for when the wire is cut, and mulling over Twitter and Facebook’s differing approaches to moderating elected officials. 🐦 .

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Episode 234: Knob Feel

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 03 Jun 2020 22:00:00 -0700

Having identified a weakness in having the majority of its sales being driven by its iconic 20% off coupons, Bed Bath & Beyond is seeking to diversify its total revenue with, drumroll please, services. No joke here. Tune in to find out the very creative name. Give it a few more quarters and BBBY be making its own TV shows too.

This week: HBO Max spreads its feathers, the NBA saved enough pennies for a Disney vacation, and a surprise white whale appears. 🐋 .

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Episode 233: Shed Skyscraper

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 27 May 2020 22:00:00 -0700

Shots, shots, shots, shots! Espresso shots, that is. Thanks for the reminder, Lil’ Jon. Very prescient of our current work from home situation. Yeeeeeeaahhhhh, etc.

This week: Korean baseball, Ryan’s new Ziggurat desk, and considering whether HBO Max’s marketing already needs to “Pivot!” ¹. 🛋

¹ This is the only Friends quote I know, tbh.

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Episode 232: But You Invented Basic Economy

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 20 May 2020 22:00:00 -0700

We’re going to level with you: it’s week nine of sheltering in place and we’ve gotten to the point where we’re just taking quizzes off the HGTV homepage. Email complaints to tcook@apple.com.

This week: more Coronatalk®, United airline’s clean skies initiative, and the lose-lose-lose world of food delivery.

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Episode 231: Ive’s Razor

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 13 May 2020 22:00:00 -0700

I mean, I know there’s ballooning deficit and everything, but you’d think Congress could appropriate a few bucks for the pro plan of Zoom.

This week: face masks, pandemic politics, and the unlikely food world mensch and his iconic frosted tips in the era of coronavirus. 🌶.

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Episode 230: Disney Curbside

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 06 May 2020 22:00:00 -0700

The stark reality of 2020 is that many business models will have extreme difficulty adapting to a post-COVID reality. It is with this in mind that we humbly propose all movie theaters be converted into mini Disneylands for no more than 10 visitors at any one time. Keep six feet away from Daffy. Tickets are $1,399. No upgrades, Points Guy.

This week: magic keyboards, dogvertising, and adding some caffeine to Still or Sparkling®. ☕️.

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Episode 229: I Take No Responsibility At All

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 29 Apr 2020 22:00:00 -0700

Where Bada meets Bing meets oh no they’re really just going to package and sell the streaming service equivalent of that one kitchen drawer filled with random stuff that made it through three moves over two decades okay i see you at&t i mean you paid for it so you do you i guess.

This week: getting frunky, betting the spread on the over under, and Ryan hops in the metaphorical Camaro for some quarantine Trip-D. 🔥.

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Episode 228: California Follow Through

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 22 Apr 2020 22:00:00 -0700

For over 200 episodes, we've been here for you. Through thick and thin, boom and bust, dark mode and light. And though these may be unprecedented times, we want you to know that we're committed to navigating these insufferable Magic Keyboard reviews — together.

This week: sit stand sleep desks, runner particulate clouds, and thawing a pint in honor of Three Twins. 🍨.

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Episode 227: Califoregton

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 15 Apr 2020 22:00:00 -0700

We’re all learning a lot during this pandemic. About ourselves, about government, about humanity. But also we’ve also learned something we already kind of knew: ain’t nobody buying Bubly®.

This week: paper product supply chains, the Pepsi Universe, and an extremely specific reference for people who remember where North Hall Room 1110 is.

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Episode 226: It’s More Than Double

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 08 Apr 2020 22:00:00 -0700

Sure, Top Chef gets the class-leading sparkling water sponsors like San Pellegrino, but where does that leave Bubly? Even the people at Last Chance Kitchen asked them to “pack their bubbles and go”.

This week: cronchifying some potatoes, trying to remember how to spell Kracizynski, and watching as Sterling Cooper helps decade old startup Zoom navigate a PR crisis. 🥃.

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Episode 225: Full Self-Pessimism

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 01 Apr 2020 22:00:00 -0700

In uncertain times, it's helpful to remember this ancient proverb: sometimes to keep moving forward, you have to stop at every green light.

This week: the iPad gets some pointers from its brother Mac, Disney also finds time has no meaning, and pod listening habits in the shelter-in-place era. 🦠 .

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Episode 224: Someone Moved Into Your House

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 18 Mar 2020 22:00:00 -0700

Um. Anything eventful happen while we were gone?

This week: sleep is canceled, sports are canceled, outside is canceled. Bull market conditions for existential dread, tho. 📈.

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Episode 223: Back to Sea

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 05 Feb 2020 22:00:00 -0800

It’s a shame Herman Melville isn’t still around to finish writing his magnum opus, Moby Dick 2: Watts in the Box. Or put another way: a multi-year journey through the world of travel chargers reaches its climax.

This week: sleep shirts, subscription software, and Xzibit heard you like smart home hubs so he added a hub to your hub to control you bridges. 🤯.

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Episode 222: What to Expect When You're Expecting a Second Hue Bridge

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Tue, 28 Jan 2020 22:00:00 -0800

Okay. Open Overcast. Tap play.

"This episode will begin after a brief message from Tom Steyer..."

Wait what the?

This week: car dealership slogans, a Peacock gets its feathers, and we mark 10 years of the iPad not being very good. 😬.

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Episode 221: Mail It To Yourself

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 22 Jan 2020 22:00:00 -0800

Rumor has it that Amazon is considering a reboot of "Field of Dreams" but this time it stars Pete Buttigieg getting lost in a cornfield on his way to the next wine cave fundraiser.

This week: encryption quid pro quo, paper towel math redux, and a special impeachment edition of Still or Sparkling. 💦.

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Episode 220: No One Man Is a Kitchen Island

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 15 Jan 2020 22:00:00 -0800

Our podcast makes one guarantee: fall asleep to it for up to 100 nights and if you don’t love it, we’ll refund you your time. Really. Just draft a signed affidavit saying you didn’t laugh once and mail it to the Treasury Department, care of Steven Mnuchin. Terms and conditions apply, see our S-1 for details.

This week: going to the mattresses, USB-C whale watching, and Ryan makes a troubling admission. ⌨️.

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Episode 219: The Safeway

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 08 Jan 2020 22:00:00 -0800

In 1992, then President George H.W. Bush was forced to admit he didn’t know how much a gallon of milk cost, painting him as out of touch with the general electorate. In light of a recent smart home catastrophe, we want the 2020 candidates to answer two questions:

1) How much is a 4-pack of AAA store brand batteries?
2) How many Hue lights is too many Hue lights?

This week: Carlos has a head cold, Ryan almost has his kitchen back, and LeBron thinks you need to Calm down. 🧘‍♀️.

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Episode 218: I Sound Like Mitt Romney

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 18 Dec 2019 22:00:00 -0800

OH in Mill Valley: “This week is bananas. B-A-N-A-N-A-S. This week is — wait did someone say affordable housing? Not on my watch. Get the Range Rover, Jeeves.”

On this episode: transit trends, a circuitous burger conversation, and Carlos may or may not know what espresso is.

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Episode 217: Christmas in December

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 11 Dec 2019 22:00:00 -0800

Okay, follow me here: it’s an alarm clock that orders a case of coconut La Croix every time you hit the snooze button. Boom: insomnia solved. Get Shark Tank on the phone.

This week: ABC Family’s 25 Days of Christmas — but make it app updates, first class startup scandals at coach prices, and mulling over the new Mac Pro. ✈️.

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Episode 216: Taylor Swift with Country Vibes

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 04 Dec 2019 22:00:00 -0800

When everything is bad, sometimes — if you wish hard enough, a hero appears. That hero is: Baby Yoda.

This week: Ryan joins Team Fancy Camera®, Carlos kicks the tires on a Model 3, and the scourge that is Bublé station creep. 🇨🇦.

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Episode 215: Upper Middle Class Phrase

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 13 Nov 2019 22:00:00 -0800

We take a couple of weeks off for some R&R and demo days and all of a sudden two new streaming services launch. Cord-cutters beware: the holiday season is nigh and it appears we have the power to double your entertainment budget at the drop of a mic.

This week: Carlos discovers his true calling as a Trader Joe’s influencer and spills the beans about store mascots, Ryan outs himself as an unrepentant 12:30AM email sender, and an iconic coffee sugar bomb pairing is back. ☕️.

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Episode 214: The Car Episode

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 23 Oct 2019 22:00:00 -0700

We've accidentally pivoted to being Car Talk for people in the 25-34 demo.

This week: the King James Version of the NBA controversy, Disney going hard in the paint, and feeding the customer sat machine. 🏀.

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Episode 213: Thank You for the Shame

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 09 Oct 2019 22:00:00 -0700

Worlds are colliding. Joanna Gaines just installed Still or Sparkling® taps at her new coffee shop and we couldn't be happier. There's a 10% royalty attached to that branding though and we only accept payment in Chalk Paint.

This week: backup shaming, infrastructure talk, and for the first time ever, we circle back, literally, to something from last week's parking lot.

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Episode 212: The Lady Friend Knows a Parking Lot

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Thu, 03 Oct 2019 22:00:00 -0700

When Bryce Harper was traded to the Phillies by the Washington Walgreens, fans in America’s capital did not find it quite so Nice!. #expiredjokes

This week: taking a number at the IKEA DMV, browsing the aisles at Target, and pondering the looming regulation of a 4,000 pound pack of batteries on wheels. 🚗.

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Episode 211: Mean Streets of Larkspur

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 25 Sep 2019 22:00:00 -0700

Quick! Download this episode before TiVo gets the bright idea to sell pre-roll ad inventory against podcasts too!

This week: what we talk about when we talk about always on displays, long exposure risotto, and Carlos hates on an Ed Sheeran collab before getting all the facts. smdh. 🍔.

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Episode 210: Cheez-It Throw Pillow

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 18 Sep 2019 22:00:00 -0700

When the robots come for our jobs, what they’ll remember was if you were mean to those autonomous Bolt EVs in San Francisco rush-hour traffic and if you helped a Roomba off a cliff. Choose wisely.

This week: shucking hard drive oysters ordered from Amazon at 3AM, waking up early is the new staying up late, and seasonal food gimmicks for millennials. 🧀.

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Episode 209: Iced Coffee Sugar Bomb

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Thu, 12 Sep 2019 22:00:00 -0700

Due to the passage of California AB-11, which puts a mandatory waiting period on issuing hot takes, this week’s show was recorded a day late for compliance purposes. Please enjoy these cogent, room temperature takes.

This week: mixed recycling, the villains of the Trader Joe’s line, and a new way to make cold brew. 🎃.

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Episode 208: Surge Pricing on Listerine

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 04 Sep 2019 22:00:00 -0700

Look. We'll make you a deal. Become a founding member of our show before Flag Day and we'll give you three years for the price of one. That's only... wait — what's zero divided by 36?

This week: problematic TV of the '90s and early aughts, ice baseballs, and fresh margs in a pickle jar. 🥒.

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Episode 207: Intel Mojo

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 28 Aug 2019 22:00:00 -0700

With the Chase Center opening up in just over a month, we, as biz dev and synergy experts, have an incredible opportunity to help a deserving brand acquire the naming rights for what was formerly known as Oracle Arena. Leading candidates include: the Allbirds Center, Blue Bottle Stadium, and our personal favorite, the Uber Cactusdome®.

This week: smart appliance Jenga, annual passholder culture, and we do the math on the Taylor Swift economy, feat. Shawn Mendes. 🎤.

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Episode 206: Chalupa Cravings Box

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 21 Aug 2019 22:00:00 -0700

“Teddy told me that in Greek, “nostalgia” literally means, “the pain from an old wound”. It’s a twinge in your heart, far more powerful than memory alone. This device isn’t a spaceship. It’s a time machine. It goes backwards, forwards. It takes us to a place where we ache to go again. It’s not called the Wheel. It’s called a Fancy Camera®.” - Carlos G.

Or maybe Don Draper said it. We have no way of possibly looking it up.

This week: road trips, making memories, and a primer on how to clean and care for your iPod Hi-Fi. 🛁.

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Episode 205: Money as a Service

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 14 Aug 2019 22:00:00 -0700

When you really think about it, isn’t life just one big espresso machine that won’t fit under your kitchen cabinets?

This week: dog influencers, sweatpant shoes, and Ryan would like to take a moment to talk about video games. 👾.

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Episode 204: Norwegian Cold Brew

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 07 Aug 2019 22:00:00 -0700

Rumor has it Tim Cook was first choice to be the voice of Simba in the new Lion King remake but talks fell apart when he insisted on changing the lyrics of the iconic song to “I Just Can’t Wait to be King [of Undifferentiated Consumer Financial Products]“. We can see why Disney passed.

This week: clicking around in the document, ripping up the flooring, and the answer to what $21 gets you in 2019. 💵.

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Episode 203: Waiver Wire

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 24 Jul 2019 22:00:00 -0700

How many different kinds of smart light switches does one need to install in their home before you need to stage an intervention? Asking for a co-host.

This week: headphones, trade deadlines, and we play a game of Faker Upper. 🏡.

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Episode 202: Supercharger Lifestyle

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 17 Jul 2019 22:00:00 -0700

Yes Tim, we'll go exclusive to Apple Podcasts Plus. Our terms are that we are to be paid entirely in iPod Socks and we want a handwritten apology for the butterfly keyboard.

This week: an exciting new BlackBerry, iPad workflow hypotheticals, and Disney gives the fever dream treatment to your childhood favorites. 🦁.

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Episode 201: LeBron Pods

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 10 Jul 2019 22:00:00 -0700

Phil Schiller courageously once said the future is wireless. Cord cutters talk a big game. Then explain the abomination that is the Panasonic NI-WL600 cordless iron. We'll wait.

This week: ethical design, coding classes for mere muggles, and that lonely area behind the Genius Grove. 🌳.

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Episode 200: No Tip

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 26 Jun 2019 22:00:00 -0700

Where do you see yourself in five years?

Plus: the question we’ve been building towards for 200 episodes. Does Tim Cook tip restaurant servers in iCloud storage? An investigation. 🕵🏻‍♀️

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Episode 199: Okay and Goodbye

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 19 Jun 2019 22:00:00 -0700

The Failing New York Times drops the ball yet again. Instead of asking Democratic candidates what their favorite Spindrift cocktail is, we’re left with a bunch of old dudes saying their wife and Abraham Lincoln are their heroes.

This week: how to carry a laptop, Internet suitcases, more Apple Store chicanery, and Google’s renewed cloud gaming ambitions. 🎮.

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Episode 198: Direct to Consumer Row

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 05 Jun 2019 22:00:00 -0700

“To a pro customer with demanding compute needs, everything looks like a cheese grater.” - Mark Twain

This week: WWDC 2019, three finger gestures, and the Mac Pro unveiling that explains why Apple acquired the maker of those Heely wheel shoes kids love. 👟.

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Episode 197: WeWoof

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 29 May 2019 22:00:00 -0700

It’s hard to be excited and blindly optimistic about anything these days. But then came along the world’s greatest startup idea.

This week: airline status, dimmer switches, and throwing LeBron and the Lakers under the Buss. 🚌.

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Episode 196: Sliding All Over The Place

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 22 May 2019 22:00:00 -0700

To better align ourselves with the way millennials consume their TV, we’ve decided that on a go forward basis we will no longer release episodes weekly. Instead, we’ll bank them and do 12 episode releases — Netflix style. It’ll be called a PodDrop®.

This week: having a healthy relationship with pop culture, tax rebates, and cronchy keyboards. 🥔.

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Episode 195: That’s What The Bend Is For

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 15 May 2019 22:00:00 -0700

Two old people discuss DSL and Bob Costas. Also, other things.

This week: Roomba curling, security screws, things that fell off a truck, and Google’s long-standing branding struggle with Nest. 🐦.

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Episode 194: EVDUZIT

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 01 May 2019 22:00:00 -0700

With Comcast reporting data usage up 28% YoY for its residential customers, we ask whether or not the FCC is capable of ensuring an Internet robust enough to handle Ariana, Taylor, and Queen Bey.

This week: accidental minimalism, minor league mascots, clip sharing in Overcast, and Chuck the Condor starts a Bumble profile. #swiperight

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Episode 193: Seattle Primes

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 24 Apr 2019 22:00:00 -0700

Okay, fine. That was an exciting hockey game. #gocanucksgo

This week: Democratic primary challenger dog collars, Tesla's investor day, and summer beauty recommendations from your trusted hosts/lifestyle influencers. 💇🏻‍♂️.

PS: Carlos will buy the first listener that finds a charger that meets his travel needs a Spindrift subscription. 💦.

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Episode 192: Spindrift Radio Hour

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 17 Apr 2019 22:00:00 -0700

Income $200K+?
Know every character on The Wire?

Get $1MM in cupcake insurance from $38/mo.

This week: ballpark as a service, 5G litigation, foldable phones, and Gene! stirs up conversation about a different kind of TV. 📺.

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Episode 191: Fancy Winnie the Pooh

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Thu, 11 Apr 2019 22:00:00 -0700

I could have misheard it , but I'm pretty sure Ryan just challenged the CEO of Audi/VW to a fight. He's registering the vanity plate DONTATME right now.

This week: bringing the Disney magic to OTT, the Magic leaves the Lakers front office, and the profitability shell game that is the Uber's S-1.

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Episode 190: Clipboard People

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 03 Apr 2019 22:00:00 -0700

Do you have a minute? We’re collecting signatures for the Orchard Fund. We’re a coalition of activists and thought-leaders dedicated to helping CEOs in the greater Santa Clara area gain the courage to make the pivot from hardware to a services based future, for the sake of our children and our children’s children.

This week: the pink mustache heads to the NASDAQ, Spindrift making Kirkland-sized moves, and AirPower’s quiet cancellation that is either a nothing-burger or harbinger of the end of Apple. A real Schrödinger’s wireless charger, if you will. 🐈.

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Episode 189: Plus, No Space

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 27 Mar 2019 22:00:00 -0700

There are a thousand no’s for every yes, they say. Well, we’d sure love to see the list of 999 things that lost out to “partner with Goldman Sachs for a credit card that gives customers 3% back on products that have 40% margins and subscriptions they take a 50% cut from”.

This week: paper towel roll size hierarchies, Notes.app apologies, and an Oasis appears in the Amazon. Oh, and we briefly touch on the Apple services event. 🤢.

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Episode 188: Invited to Buy a Car

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 20 Mar 2019 22:00:00 -0700

We've made this episode about 10% bigger and given it a new name to juice this quarter's cash flows. Shipping late 2026.

This week: the Swedes lobby for fair play in Apple's walled garden, Google gets its head in the game, and an exclusive no-holds-barred interview with Eddy Cue. 🎬.

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Episode 187: Johnny Hollywood

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 13 Mar 2019 22:00:00 -0700

If you want a Model 3, you better purchase one before Tesla pivots again and decides to convert half of their stores into Pinkberry franchises. Everything is amateur hour all the time now … except in energy bar PR — they came to play and brought the receipts.

This week: cities v. cashless stores, Elon Musk v. himself, and Ryan v. the command line. 🤦🏻‍♂️.

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Episode 186: IronAdvisor®

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 06 Mar 2019 22:00:00 -0800

Unveiling a breakthrough new concept in thoughtfully appointed hotels and no Ja Rule is not welcome to invest.

This week: deciphering the Fearless Flyer, pondering how Orange County became California’s Texas, and digging up the lede Tesla buried under a bunch of last gen Superchargers. 🚗.

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Episode 185: My Human Will Be Back Soon

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 27 Feb 2019 22:00:00 -0800

Little known fact: nutritional facts are listed in descending order by weight. If Tim has his way, Apple’s quarterly earnings reports will have ‘Services’ as the top ingredient.

This week: both the SEC and Carlos have beef with Tesla, Jeffrey B. abandons his plan to get a brownstone HQ2 in Long Island, and what likely will be an immediately out of date discussion of Bryce Harper-gate. ⚾️.

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Episode 184: Sharks Can't Swim Backwards

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 13 Feb 2019 22:00:00 -0800

With Amazon’s surprise acquisition of eero, podcasters everywhere expressed nervousness about the day Bezos Co. buys Squarespace and there is no one left to buy podcast ads. Not us though. We’re sustained by a generous grant from the John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.

This week: window cleaning robots, rumblings from the Genius Grove, and Tim Cook holds the editor of the Orange County Register upside down until all the quarters fall out. 🗞.

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Episode 183: Certificate Revoked

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 30 Jan 2019 22:00:00 -0800

“Psst. Hey kid. Yeah, you. Let’s make a deal. I’ll give you $20 a month and you give me root level access to all your web traffic, online shopping history, contacts, location data, personal connections, photographs, videos, life events...”

This week: Carlos gets a robot, Apple celebrates National Privacy Day, Facebook pulls a Facebook, and Spindrift comes out of nowhere to top our Still or Sparkling® power rankings. 🍋.

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Episode 182: Don’t Reduce My Fractions

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 23 Jan 2019 22:00:00 -0800

Loyal listeners, get your bingo cards ready because I think we might clear the board with this one. This week: EVs, mobile payments, streaming video, sparkling water, and a Canadian musician gets a PepsiCo payday. 💸.

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Episode 181: 20% Judginess Rebate

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 09 Jan 2019 22:00:00 -0800

If there’s two things we know about hockey, it’s that you never leave your goaltender alone when Sorenson is on the move and you definitely should have launched your streaming video project five years ago when it would have actually mattered.* 🥅.

Your hosts disagree about that last one a little bit.

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Episode 180: Foot Off the Gas

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 02 Jan 2019 22:00:00 -0800

Tim wrote a letter. 📉.

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Episode 179: Adult Furniture Store

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 19 Dec 2018 22:00:00 -0800

Big news. We're brokering a partnership between Uber Eats and August Home to bring you mimosas from the kitchen straight to your couch via an app. Tech workers in the Mission will love it.

In this holiday spectacular, we say good riddance to Paul Ryan, add a warm glow to your Mac's screen, and look for the bright spots in 2018. Items 1 and 3 may be related.🗽.

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Episode 178: Rounding Up to 4 Stars

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Tue, 11 Dec 2018 22:00:00 -0800

Okay, follow me here. Pre-made Christmas lights for your roof that spell out “stay in your lane”. Get our lawyers on the phone — it’s going to be big.

This week: cable companies, gutter robots, and Carlos does some mythbusting by explaining the profound unexceptionalism of 2018 Apple. You can’t have your cake and eat it too, and then sell the leftovers at 40% margins while pretending it’s $300 off, Tim. 💰.

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Episode 177: Fork the Ecosystem

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 28 Nov 2018 22:00:00 -0800

With the holidays upon us, it’s so important we not forget the reason for the season: Gritty, the Philadelphia Flyers mascot. This week: an even-handed evaluation of how unmistakably doomed Apple is, Google Home Hub and the voice assistant market, and Away’s new $700M suitcase. 🥅.

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Episode 176: Magnolia HQ2

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 14 Nov 2018 22:00:00 -0800

Life comes with some hard truths. For instance: your time on earth is limited, iPads will likely always be poor productivity devices, and the most difficult of all: JoJo probably isn’t writing her own tweets. We’re sorry.

This week: 538's projections on the Lakers taking the Senate in 2020, Disney+, M&M minis, and Ryan sneakily embraces the multipad lifestyle. 🥀.

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Episode 175: The Transamerica Period

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 07 Nov 2018 22:00:00 -0800

"It's been said that iPads are the worst form of computing, except for all those other forms that have been tried." - Winston Chruchill, working at an Apple Store, probably.

This week: crawl spaces, elections, and Internet shoes for thirty somethings. 👟.

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Episode 174: London BART

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 24 Oct 2018 22:00:00 -0700

Apologies for the two week absence but Carlos really wanted a fresh croissant. This week: travel business, baguette spotting, electric car pricing shenanigans, and Ryan goes about kid-proofing his light switches. 💡.

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Episode 173: Sun Opulence

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Thu, 04 Oct 2018 22:00:00 -0700

If the past three decades have proven anything, it’s that new software solves every problem This week: diving into to OmniFocus 3, getting things done, and fractured attention as a service, FAaaS for short. 🤯.

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Episode 172: Applesauce and Jeans

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 26 Sep 2018 22:00:00 -0700

PITCH MEETING, Sand Hill Road, Palo Alto, CA: “we believe we’re strongly positioned to be the market leader for direct to consumer cute lil’ Apple Watch sleeping bags. We’ll give them quirky names like Jasper and Thimble, offer a home try-on, and we’ll be super passive aggressive to anyone that doesn’t sign up for our dumb newsletter and coupons.”

This week: talking microwaves, lox and schmear, some grade-A flip floppin’, and as a special bonus — an avocado toast recipe from a prolific Michelin-starred chef! 👨🏻‍🍳.

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Episode 171: Hospital White

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 19 Sep 2018 22:00:00 -0700

“imma let you finish but the lakers had one of the best sports dynasties of all time.” Not quite, but 1989 and 2014 share more in common than you might expect! This week: color temperature, Guy Fieri, an in-car navigation summer miracle, and iOS automation with our pal, British Siri. 🇬🇧.

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Episode 170: Edition Cubed

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 12 Sep 2018 22:00:00 -0700

Like the Swallows back to Capistrano each year, as do the press to Cupertino every September. This week: Apple hits the clay with their new iPhone Tennis and Tennis Max, fall detection gets added to the Apple Watch just in time for PSL season, and Ryan does his best to argue a small uppercase “S” and a lowercase “s” are different things. 😑.

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Episode 169: A Window Into My Phone

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 05 Sep 2018 22:00:00 -0700

Stumpgrades and cold brew, smart homes and scooters. This week: Ryan is tired of seeing those Uber ads while Carlos is watching Giants games just for that one Buster Posey commercial at Picco. 🛴.

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Episode 168: Putting the Banana Back Together

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 29 Aug 2018 22:00:00 -0700

Grammarians and mobile payments aficionados, rejoice! There’s a little something for everyone in this [v good] episode.

This week: teaching your pup fetch using your busted eeros, the problematic tweets of a perennially problematic CEO, Amazon’s pie hands, and a supremely awkward comparison of musical taste. 🎧.

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Episode 167: Sparkling Water Specialists

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 22 Aug 2018 22:00:00 -0700

With Twitter and @jack struggling to make the hard choices about their platform, we play a round of everyone's favorite game: Incompetence, Ambivalence, or Willful Abdication of Responsibility!

This week: Pepsi ramps up adoption of Apple Pay, Tesla moves to integrate SodaStreams into the Model S, and Saul Goodman is installed as Uber's new CFO. Wait. I may have jumbled my notes. 🥤.

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Episode 166: The Happy Episode

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 15 Aug 2018 22:00:00 -0700

After a month away for summer vacation, we’re back — and for one week and one week only, this is an all good news show. Join us to hear tales of marital bliss, calming Italian mountain roads, contactless transit payments, and the best canned cold brew you can find this side of The East Cut. 🥂.

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Episode 165: Between the Trunk and Frunk

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 18 Jul 2018 22:00:00 -0700

And now the 2-2 pitch. A swing and a high drive to left. Runners back. It is out of here! A, uh, 107 meter home run for the Montreal Expos?

This week: Ryan bricks his electric car, the DOJ takes another swing at blocking the AT&T/Time Warner merger, and Apple drops a mid-cycle diss track for the MacBook Pro haters. It’s lit, fam. 🔥.

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Episode 164: There's No Autopilot On My Mac

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 11 Jul 2018 22:00:00 -0700

Location, location, location. LeBron is leaving the dreary, post-RNC wasteland that is the city of Cleveland for the blue skies of Los Angeles, while the Apple Maps team works on charting out just how far it is from Cupertino to the Canadian province of Bublé-ton.

This week: taking your electric car down the California coast, Casper out-Caspers itself, and MoviePass looks for change in the theater seat cushions. ¡Dale! 😎.

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Episode 163: A Bridge to Nowhere

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 27 Jun 2018 22:00:00 -0700

If a bipartisan coalition of legislators installed some Hue lights and a Nest in the Capitol building, would that be enough to make it a ‘Smart House’ … of Representatives? Ha. It’s funny because compromise is dead and we’re all so screwed.

This week: eight of nine Supreme Court justices make it through busy season, Carlos gets peer pressured into connecting his front door to the Internet, and Ryan says “I do” to Elon Musk. 🚗.

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Episode 162: High End of the Low Tier

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 20 Jun 2018 22:00:00 -0700

Legend has it, the original WALL-E screenplay was actually about the development of the next generation Mac Pro but was scrapped when it didn’t test well with the pro workflows team. This week, we go to the movies and stack rank all the Pixar films.

Also: AMC pulls a MoviePass, ESPN’s AM radio aesthetic, and the donkey that couldn’t find its way out of the barn because it was too busy yelling at Maggie Haberman. 📽.

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Episode 161: Big MUNI

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 13 Jun 2018 22:00:00 -0700

Steal a pod on the road, steal a Doritos Locos Taco. This week: public/private pizza pothole partnerships, the return of Still or Sparkling, and a tale of two Amazon retail concepts.

Re: last week's absence. We were trying out App Limits and locked ourselves out of Skype. Whoops. 🤷‍♂️.

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Episode 160: Hors d’oeuvre Singles

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 30 May 2018 22:00:00 -0700

Ryan has low expectations for WWDC, Carlos has low expectations of Disney, and Larry Bird has low expectations of scooter regulatory compliance. This week: Basketball Twitter®, grilled cheese, and assigning a special counsel to french fries. 🏀.

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Episode 159: Hot Desking

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 23 May 2018 22:00:00 -0700

Elon Musk has voiced concerns about the way Tesla has been covered in the media recently, questioning the legitimacy of the media’s ethics and connection with the truth. Here’s some of that inconvenient reporting from the past year.

Consumer Reports reports “big flaws” in the Model 3
Tesla fires factory workers suspected of unionization activities
Musk promises free frozen yogurt as remedy to unionization concerns
Tesla continues to burn cash at alarming rate and miss ambitious Model 3 deadlines
Tesla to “scrub off the barnacles” with mass firings of contractors
Tesla overpromises on self-driving tech with “auto-pilot” feature
Tesla considered adding eye tracking and steering-wheel sensors, opts not to
Tesla booted from crash investigation by NTSB for not following roles, protocol
Tesla PR to family of auto-pilot crash driver: “the reason that other families are not on TV is because their loved ones are still alive.”

We’re living in a post-facts world where the rich try to define what’s true. Maybe blindly cheering on the bro who launched his sports car into space might not have been the best idea.

This week: novelty entrees from 1990s family restaurants, slacking off, and Ryan considers converting his spare bedroom into a WeWork style ad-hoc collaboration space. 🤝.

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Episode 158: Thoughts on Pool Cleaning

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 16 May 2018 22:00:00 -0700

When the algae blooms, sometimes you just have to do the show standing up. This week: counting the rings on your suitcase, IKEA’s new butterfly switch meatballs, and recovering sunken treasure in the San Francisco Bay. 🛴.

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Episode 157: Backhanded Compliment

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 09 May 2018 22:00:00 -0700

A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, a brand marketing and IP licensing deal was forged between a direct-to-consumer luggage startup and mouse themed mega-corporation. The UPS driver was their only hope. This week: speculation on when LeBron will get tired of all the winning, grabbing a mimosa at the multiplex, and we pour one out for the late Ford Fiesta. 🚗.

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Episode 156: French Fry Treatise

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Thu, 03 May 2018 22:00:00 -0700

More cardboard boxes, more weekends spent in a crawl space — that's the power of Home Depot. This week: Pocket Casts gets acquired for an undisclosed number of tote bags, some well placed little birdies, and the ketchup Rorschach test for food. 🏡.

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Episode 155: Chicken Ranch Spring Break

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Tue, 17 Apr 2018 22:00:00 -0700

We wanted you to hear this straight from us before someone goes and leaks it to Bloomberg News. Okay. Ready? Opening up this wall would really brighten up your ranch style home!

This week: Bird gets its wings clipped by the city, GOAT iPhone Power Rankings presented by FanDuel, and we try our hand at being eccentric billionaires — minus the billions. 💸.

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Episode 154: Fixer Upper Math

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 11 Apr 2018 22:00:00 -0700

The American dream is alive and well — turns out it was just hiding in Waco, Texas.

This week: Congress asks if Facebook is the worst house on the best block, Uber bets on e-bikes adding some curb appeal, and Apple's professional product line as the ultimate metaphorical fixer upper. 👷🏻‍♀️.

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Episode 153: Full Name Treatment

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 04 Apr 2018 22:00:00 -0700

Hi, Listener. We have your large Silken Splendor and a pound of fair trade media industry news to take home.

Plus: Apple's rumored move away from Intel processors for the Mac, Buster Posey's new restaurant, and Backstage®️ presented by American Express. Made with love by Carlos and Ryan. 🤗.

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Episode 152: Pause for Yawns

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Tue, 27 Mar 2018 22:00:00 -0700

If, even as an adult, one truly never stops learning — where’s your 200GB? This week: new developments on Uber’s autonomous vehicle struggles, Facebook’s oddly consistent position on user privacy, and Carlos takes Ryan to task for irresponsibly overstating the scope and importance of Apple’s education event. Heckin’ churlish. ⚖️.

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Episode 151: Don't Ever Read the Comments

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 21 Mar 2018 22:00:00 -0700

That’s a real nice democracy you have there. Would be a shame if something were to happen to it.

This week: Facebook has its psychographs full with a privacy controversy that just might stick, Uber’s autonomous driving project is involved in its first fatal crash, and Apple heads to the Windy City. 🌬.

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Episode 150: Hogglepog House

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 14 Mar 2018 22:00:00 -0700

Elon Musk thinks he can get to Mars by 2019 but can’t even get a supercharger installed at King’s Cross station for muggles to charge their Model 3s. This week: midterm elections, sad hamburgers, an update on wearables, and much ado about iPhone X. 🔌.

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Episode 149: You Can't Podcast in Daylight

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 07 Mar 2018 20:00:00 -0800

In light of the recent boom of big money moving into spoken audio, we are proud to announce we have become the official podcast partner of the Washington Wizards. This week: airport wine, the health of the Mac, and an investigation into Italy’s most prized export. 🇮🇹.

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Episode 148: Fishing on eBay

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 28 Feb 2018 22:00:00 -0800

The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world there was money to be made in streaming music. This week: Ryan and Carlos have a difference of opinion about Spotify’s IPO filing, Amazon really wants you to buy those other six waffle makers you were looking at, and proven tips for becoming an eBay power seller. 🏷.

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Episode 147: We All Have Strong Opinions About the Notch

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 21 Feb 2018 22:00:00 -0800

"Your honor. If the State of California and City of San Francisco didn't want us Uber drivers to use bike lanes as UberX waiting areas, you shouldn't have painted them the same color as a cactus. That's entrapment."

This week: spending money to make money, hobby horses, and one of your hosts forgets the teachers edition for his digital life. 📙.

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Episode 146: iMessage Match

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Tue, 13 Feb 2018 22:00:00 -0800

Struggling to break our Olympic fever, the conversation gets weird early and often; this is one of the good ones. This week: Mikey B. and the NYT failing all the way to the bank, 4K uphill skiing, Omni’s roadmap for 2018, and PepsiCo’s sparkling water ambitions run afoul of M. Bublé. 💦 .

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Episode 145: 30 Minutes to Mars

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 07 Feb 2018 22:00:00 -0800

"Waiting is the hardest part." - Tom Petty, as quoted by Elon Musk.

This week: space junk, Model 3 delays, fancy cameras, and Netflix pulls a Beyoncé. 🤫 .

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Episode 144: My Esteemed Colleague Nancy

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 31 Jan 2018 22:00:00 -0800

Much like the upcoming Amazon/JPM/Berkshire Hathaway health care experiment, we too are “free from profit-making incentives and constraints”. This week: production cut rumors for iPhone X, sizing up Apple’s 2017, and starting out 2018 centered by meditating with Jeff. 🛎.

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Episode 143: Fried Chicken and Champagne

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 24 Jan 2018 22:00:00 -0800

If a HomePod debuts in a forest and nobody is around to give Siri a request it can’t answer, does it really exist?

This week: Amazon’s line-less concept store Amazon Go opens to record lines, Ryan hits the slopes and one of us gets hoodwinked by the Coca-Cola corporation. ⛷.

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Episode 142: Taxes and Follow Up

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 17 Jan 2018 22:00:00 -0800

Grab your shovel and put on your best suit, it’s time to market the hell out of this corproate tax giveaway.

This week: Coke is thirsting after those adventurous millennial consumers while Walmart and Apple go fishing for a pat on the back from Fox & Friends’ biggest fan. 🍊 .

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Episode 141: Gene!Coin

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 10 Jan 2018 22:00:00 -0800

This week's episode is a rerun. It's all new content, sure, but it feels like watching Hamilton for a seventh time — rewarding except you already know the lyrics by heart.

On the docket: economic nationalism, unpopular policy positions, and our sincerest apologies to Bowser and Princess Peach.

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Episode 140: AmazonBasics Advil

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 03 Jan 2018 22:00:00 -0800

New year, new us! This week, we talk squad goals for 2018 and our new year's resolutions (spoiler: rosé all day! 😊 ). Plus: our bestie Jeff had an a-maz-ing holiday season while Tim and fam took it slow over the Xmas break.

Also, Gene!

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Episode 139: The Taylor Swift of Disney

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 20 Dec 2017 22:00:00 -0800

Like sands through the hourglass, so are the days of a garbage fire of a year. This week, we look back on 2017 and search for the gems in a sea of fake news and unsold Snapchat glasses. Plus: Disney’s mousetrap caught a Fox while net neutrality gets the golden scissors treatment. 🦊 .

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Episode 138: Putting the Chewbacca Back in Christmas

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 13 Dec 2017 22:00:00 -0800

For any number of reasons, sometimes in life you just have to retire certain things. E.g.,: Kobe Bryant’s jersey numbers or a beloved pair of sneakers. We think the New York Times might want to look into that. #theupshot

This week: some wishes come true, some go unanswered, and sometimes you just want to watch Netflix without big data being judgmental af. 🔬 .

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Episode 137: OLED Lobbyists

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 06 Dec 2017 22:00:00 -0800

We regret to inform listeners that due to a lack of reciprocity in our business relationship with Amazon, we will no longer be offering our Chef’s Specials for purchase using Dash buttons or through Amazon Fresh. In progress Prime Air drone deliveries will be rerouted to the nearest Amazon Locker.

On this week’s program: pushers, dreamers, acquirers and toll collectors. 💸 .

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Episode 136: What's on Your Wall, Sir?

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 29 Nov 2017 22:00:00 -0800

How exactly does one make a wreath out of cactus? Asking on behalf of an ethically troubled ride sharing company. This week: Bublé, flip flops, revenue matching, and iPads — again. 🎁 .

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Episode 135: Sock Full of Nickels

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Tue, 14 Nov 2017 22:00:00 -0800

Just when we thought we were Out of the Woods, streaming Taylor Swift’s new album Reputation may be just a figment of our Wildest Dreams. For you see, it seems there’s still some Bad Blood, a story we know All Too Well. Look what you made her do, meager streaming royalties…

This week: Star War, portrait mode fatigue, cautionary tales, and Derek Jeter is definitely getting lots of work done. ⚾️ .

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Episode 134: Papers Across My Desk

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 08 Nov 2017 22:00:00 -0800

Once Mueller wraps up his Russia Inquiry, perhaps he can look into cilantro’s meddling in the burrito emoji. This week: one of us has an iPhone X, TiVo has a new interface, the Astros have a championship, and nobody should have a Whopperito. And that’s 280 characters on the dot. 🎯 .

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Episode 133: Finding Time for Screens

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 25 Oct 2017 22:00:00 -0700

Under the equal-time rule of the Honesty in Podcast Programming Online Act of 2017 (HIPPO), we are bound by law to spend 20 minutes talking about playing Jeopardy with Alexa and Alex Trebek on the Echo. Sorry, not sorry.

Plus: we take a sneak peek at Tim Cook’s remake of the acclaimed 1997 thriller “The Game”. 🎲 .

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Episode 132: Kabletown’s SEAL Team Six

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 18 Oct 2017 22:00:00 -0700

Everyone is pouring billions into the original streaming content land rush of 2017 and nobody is happy. Little do these execs know they could pick up the rights to Supermarket Sweep for the price of a Kindle Oasis; heck, Jeff just bought 400 grocery stores, do we even have to connect the dots?

This week: Apple’s MacBook Pro chickens are coming home to roost, Disney’s consumer friendly video play, the nuclear waste dump that is Twitter, and sometimes Ryan calls the Comcast CableCARD support line just to say “hi”. 👋 .

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Episode 131: What the Sears

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Tue, 10 Oct 2017 22:00:00 -0700

Some days you feel like a Dallas Star, others you might as well be on teeth collection duty for the Redmond VLOOKUPs. This week, we’re a little out of sorts, but only because we spent all our time trying to think of one current living hockey player who isn’t Wayne Gretzky. Can’t do it. Cannot be done.

Plus: a step-by-step guide on how to Live Mas®, Canada asks #WTS, and putting up a permanent away message on AOL Instant Messenger. 🏒 .

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Episode 130: An IKEA Family Deal

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Tue, 03 Oct 2017 22:00:00 -0700

The more things change, the more they stay the same. This week, we dive deeper into the new Echos, look at iPhone X and its probable effect on total iPhone sales, and re-litigate the merits of an actual Apple TV.

Plus: we learn that the start of Ryan’s fiscal year is dictated by when IKEA has its free meatball weekend. 🇸🇪 .

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Episode 129: Busy Season

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 27 Sep 2017 22:00:00 -0700

Episode tasting notes: hints of apple and cactus, bitter at points but with a smooth finish. This week: two very uninformed people talk about wine, the moral leadership of Coach Pop, and Amazon’s quartet of new Echos. Also, Ryan is apparently quite pupset about his Series 3 something-or-other. ⌚️.

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Episode 128: Genius Grove

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 20 Sep 2017 22:00:00 -0700

If you accidentally create a branded podcast for a local restaurant group, how would one go about parlaying that into some type of ‘free food for life’ situation? Asking for a friend.

This week, we talk Blue Barn, emergency pods, early Apple Watch reviews, and searching for purpose in The Notch®. Plus: Ryan’s laptop gives up the ghost and he gives fancy cameras one more try. 📷 .

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Episode 127: Bag of Worms

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 13 Sep 2017 22:00:00 -0700

Christmas in Cupertino is here and we hope you took your change jar to the CoinStar at the Safeway because Tim Cook ain’t f***ing around with these new price points. This week, we cut through all the queso and fake news and review Apple’s September media event, the iPhone 8 and X, and look ahead to 2020.

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Episode 126: The Ryan Doctrine

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 06 Sep 2017 22:00:00 -0700

Garlic fries and chicken tenders, Jeff Bezos as Seattle’s true 12th man, and a crash course in the time honored tradition of cheating in New England sports. Plus: two very different opinions on Apple’s upcoming iPhone pricing strategy and a preview of next week’s fall press event. 🥊 .

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Episode 125: Amazon Sprinkles

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 30 Aug 2017 22:00:00 -0700

Disconnecting and staying connected, entertainment economics, and fair-trade Echo Dots. Plus: Amazon does Apple a solid and slashes the price of avocados so millenials can afford the upcoming iPhone. Don’t worry Gen Y, homeownership is just a couple of skipped brunches away. 🍳 .

Programming note: short episode this week because, um, NAFTA.

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Episode 124: The 30 Rock of Pizza

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 16 Aug 2017 22:00:00 -0700

Americans have always been innovators, pioneers and visionaries. We invented the light bulb, the television, the iPhone and most notably — the Domino's DXP. This week: bad ice cream, pizza chain reinvention, subscription fatigue and we catch utopian Olympic fever.

It's okay. You can like LA while also knowing the universal truth that the Dodgers suck. ⚾️ .

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Episode 123: Munster of the East

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 09 Aug 2017 22:00:00 -0700

Sleepless nights, 4K vindication, and extremely expensive iPhones. This week, intrepid firmware sleuths spoil Apple Christmas and Ryan posits that Apple’s doubling down on secrecy may be a fool’s errand at scale. Plus: Bob Iger cancels his corporate Netflix account. 🐭 .

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Episode 122: Insert Your New Co-Host

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 26 Jul 2017 22:00:00 -0700

Planes, trains and automobiles. This week: timely travel recommendations, Apple’s forthcoming “big beautiful plants”, Netflix as a relentless original content machine and scenes from the continuing decline of our democracy.

Priority boarding of this episode available for all Pocket Cast Platinum Medallion Members and above. ✈️ .

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Episode 121: What's the Thing About the Sleeping Bag?

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 19 Jul 2017 22:00:00 -0700

Amazon moved markets but all anyone can talk about is Swole Bezos: Mr. 206.

This week: meal kits, self-drowning robots, a Star War, and our quarterly productivity intervention. We also mark the 1/8th milestone for the Trump presidency. Pardons, MAGAnomics and well done steaks for everybody. ⛳️ .

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Episode 120: Thoughts on K-Cups

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 12 Jul 2017 22:00:00 -0700

The date was July 12th, 1998. A young Sammy Sosa was nipping at the heels of one Mark McGwire in the most talked about race in all of professional sports: which major league slugger could collect the most free AOL dialup hours. This week: Prime Day, single payer shipping, Nice! store brands, and continued debate over the looming iPhone Pro pricing mistake. 💰 .

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Episode 119: A Terry Gross Way

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 05 Jul 2017 22:00:00 -0700

An ethical quandary for the digital age, some cold water for pie-in-the-sky near-term transportation disruption, and 10 years of iPhone. Plus: Ryan lives on the edge with public betas and visits to a sketchy taco joint in the Nevada desert. 😓 .

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Episode 118: Citrus Forward

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 28 Jun 2017 22:00:00 -0700

With the Giants on pace for their first 100 loss season in 30 years: a little inside baseball inside AT&T Park and a run around the follow-up bases. Plus: #fakenews and magazine covers with the golfer-in-chief, the realities of Apple’s doubling down on secrecy, and Tesla’s new breakthrough recipe delivery service.

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Episode 117: Free as in Shipping

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 21 Jun 2017 22:00:00 -0700

Jeff Bezos spent $13.4B on groceries, Travis Kalanick was forced to resign from the company he founded, and Carlos got a new laptop. Looks like we all had a big week. Plus: a recap of the 3rd season finale of "Better Call Saul", a tour of Georgia’s most temporarily famous congressional district, and nostalgia for the Biden memes of yore.

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Episode 116: Cactus Time

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 14 Jun 2017 22:00:00 -0700

K.D. seems like the kind of guy that would wait the extra four minutes for a Lyft instead of an Uber, right? Speaking of which: the Holder/Uber report is out, the Finals are over, and Donald Trump is absolutely not under investigation.

Plus: coming down from an exciting win of the Golden State Warriors of Oakland over the Cleveland Lebrons, Ryan goes inside baseball and explains the money behind a winning NBA team. 🐦 .

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Episode 115: Tiny Waffles

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 07 Jun 2017 22:00:00 -0700

We’re back from Rome with spices and an iPad software overhaul the likes of which has never been seen this side of the Atlantic. This week: we cover the jam-packed, Kirkland Signature sized WWDC 2017 keynote. 🌭 .

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Episode 114: Reincorporate in Jokkmokk

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 31 May 2017 22:00:00 -0700

Clinton at the Code Conference.
Our preview of the NBA Finals.
Vexing times in streaming music.
Following the money with Uber.
Existing car makers vs. Tesla.
Final predictions for WWDC ’17.
Elitism is not a four letter word.

Trust us, a small group of people know exactly what we mean.

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Episode 113: Only Google

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 24 May 2017 22:00:00 -0700

Carlos makes the case that Apple has made a huge mistake with its Mac strategy. The Trump press team doesn’t understand the question and certainly won’t respond to it while Sundar Pichai wonders if these cut-offs effectively hide Google Photos’ thunder. Plus: Uber’s pricing algorithms learn there’s always [more] money in the banana stand. 🍌.

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Episode 112: Horizontal Integration

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Tue, 16 May 2017 22:00:00 -0700

Fake it ‘til you make it seems to be the motto of 2017, but when guessing where North Korea is on a map, perhaps don’t choose Australia. This week: Target gets into bed with Casper, a jog through the WWDC rumor mill, and Ryan realizes he may be over-leveraged on his podcasts subscriptions.

Where’s Bernanke? 👀.

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Episode 111: Rome of the West

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Tue, 09 May 2017 22:00:00 -0700

This week, Amazon has something they’d like to Echo Show you, Peet’s probably kind of regrets teaming up with Juicero, and another hyperlocal discussion of Bay Area restaurants. Plus: Apple’s connected home stumbles and a double dose of Better Call Saul.

PS: you might want to mute your Amazon Echo. 🙉.

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Episode 110: iPod Hi-Fi 2.0

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 03 May 2017 22:00:00 -0700

With the Giants having a decidedly ‘ruff’ start to the season, we instead turn our attention to those wonderful Buster Posey Toyota ads, Apple’s Q2 results, ESPN’s changing fortune, and an FCC that seems to have forgotten whom it works for. Plus: an unexpected trip to Guy Fieri’s American Kitchen & Bar.

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Episode 109: Peak Cactus

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 26 Apr 2017 22:00:00 -0700

Carlos recounts the saddest way to spend Earth Day and Ryan ponders sending Michael Barbaro of The Failing New York Times an edible arrangement. Plus: Better Call Saul is getting really good, the worrisome world of “free” online services, and Internet juicers. 🍓.

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Episode 108: More Orangey Than Peachy

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 19 Apr 2017 22:00:00 -0700

Uber selectively opens the kimono, we parking lot some questions about Tesla’s questionable valuation and take a 30,000 feet look at the smartphone landscape ahead of the iPhone’s 10th anniversary. Plus: we round up some best practices from Jimmy McGill with the return of Better Call Saul.

Wait, who just joined? 💼.

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Episode 107: Full of Walls

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Thu, 13 Apr 2017 22:00:00 -0700

Can a Swedish meatball conglomerate make Internet lightbulbs go mainstream? Will Amazon release its next original series exclusively through an Alexa skill voiced by James Lipton? Will United overbook this podcast episode? You asked, we answered. ✈️.

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Episode 106: The Pope Spot

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 05 Apr 2017 22:00:00 -0700

Like a rich tomato soup on a foggy evening, this episode feels like home — which is to say, follow up.

Plus: Carlos has a run in with Usher, Apple calls a mulligan on the trash can Mac Pro, and SF gets put on notice for its big city ego.

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Episode 105: Let's Just Agree You're Wrong

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 22 Mar 2017 22:00:00 -0700

As a nation we have never been more divided, well except maybe during that whole civil war thing. Look no further than today’s Apple — three year old Macs, peppermint iPhones, multi-iPad lifestyles, and people who insist on leaving no thumb safety slots on their homescreen. Can and will Phil Schiller answer the call to “Make Macs Great Again”? 🇺🇸.

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Episode 104: Ikea Based Existence

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 08 Mar 2017 22:00:00 -0800

Blue Barn. Internet light bulbs. Giants baseball.

Lather. Rinse. Repeat. 🛁.

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Episode 103: Fleet of Corgis

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 01 Mar 2017 22:00:00 -0800

This week is all about fast food and cacti, wherein we pick apart The Ringer's 'Top 50 Fast Food Items in America' and look at Uber's cavalcade of PR crises over its questionable corporate culture. Astute listeners have had the inside track on the sketchy Uber beat for years though, 🌵. Plus: iPhone 8, Nintendo Switch, Xbox Game Pass and a sponsor break sponsor break. 💰.

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Episode 102: Where Do I Put the Dock?

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 22 Feb 2017 22:00:00 -0800

Growing up means accepting many hard truths: that life is finite, that right doesn't always conquer wrong, and that IKEA is for meatballs and not your marquee home furnishings. This week, those unsettling realizations plus: immersive business 3-in-1s from HP, WWDC moves back to San Jose, Tim Cook says "let's meet at Apple [Park]", smart home shower thoughts, and Ryan's gigantic phone has an unfortunate run-in with the sidewalk.

PS: @darth is back and Carly still won't help with his printer. 🖨.

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Episode 101: Mr. Musk

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 08 Feb 2017 22:00:00 -0800

It's been another exhausting week. First the FTC fines Vizio $2.2M for tattling to advertisers that you just watched thirty eight episodes of the West Wing in a row while crying under a blanket. Then Travis Kalanick gets thrown under the uberX for participating in Trump's economic council while Elon Musk rides away scot-free in his self-driving Model X. And now the leader of the free world is tweeting about waiting around for Easy D? Save us, Martin Sheen — you’re our only hope.

Those stories plus: IoT privacy concerns, ARM Macs, and our quarterly Apple Watch check-in.

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Episode 100: Sports and Old Age

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 01 Feb 2017 22:00:00 -0800

Episode 💯. When we started out two and a half years ago, we famously said: "...we choose to record this mostly weekly program and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard." Suffice it to say, mission accomplished.

This week, we get around to some long overdue introductions and take a look back at what stuck and what didn't. Wait… which one are you again? 🤔.

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Episode 99: The Los Angeles Chargers of San Diego

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 18 Jan 2017 22:00:00 -0800

Due to San Francisco voters failing to support construction of our new podcast studio with taxpayer money, we are saddened to say we have no choice but to relocate to Los Angeles. We're still working on how to adapt the PSL scam for podcasting — stay tuned.

This week: COnteMplaTinG ThE trUmP inAUgural, A TImely FlAShBAck to 2008 COURteSy OF goOGLe PhOtOs, applE's 2016, aNd ryaN TrIeS tO wATCH 4k. If that was hard to read, just pretend it’s all uppercase. Your bank already does.

Links

Facebook Support Password Response

Google Photos

Los Angeles fans boo Chargers’ logo at Lakers-Clippers game - Fox Sports

The Bill Simmons Podcast - Ep. 161: NFL Divisional-Round Lines With Cousin Sal and Joe Buck - SoundCloud

4K on Xbox One S - Xbox Support

Can I stream Netflix in Ultra HD? - Netflix Help Center

Apple in 2016: The Six Colors report card

Everything We Know About Nintendo Switch - Kotaku

The Economist Espresso

Ally Bank

Episode 98: Not Qualified to be a Futurist

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 11 Jan 2017 22:00:00 -0800

As the state of our political discourse continues its descent to new and previously unfathomable lows, riding on a golden escalator, we look back to a simpler time ten years ago before the smartphone was made great.

This week, your hosts talk a decade of iPhone and share their memories of it's introduction at Macworld 2007. Plus: Alexa everywhere, recanting picks of the week, and Carlos wins the medal for wrongest prediction ever.

Пристегните ремни, это будет долгие четыре года. 🇷🇺.

Links

How a Sensational, Unverified Dossier Became a Crisis for Donald Trump - NY Times

NBC didn’t stream the Golden Globes because NBC didn’t have the rights to stream the Golden Globes - Recode

[HD] Steve Jobs - iPhone Introduction in 2007 (Complete) - YouTube

Ford vehicles will soon have Amazon Alexa on board - Engadget

Dell’s 8K monitor is a sublime $4,999 luxury for the pros - The Verge

The Dell 27 Ultrathin monitor really lives up to its name - Engadget

Harmony experience with Amazon Alexa - Harmony Support

Just Press Record

Episode 97: T Word Circles

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 04 Jan 2017 22:00:00 -0800

New year, same us. We go back to basics this week as we struggle to find common ground over Apple's tumultuous 2016 and who their products are actually for. Those arguments plus: an expanded ‘Picks of the Year’ for 2016, curating the proper pup to human follow ratio on Instagram, social networks for cars, and more tales from middle age. 🍾.

Show Notes

Fuelly - Track and Compare your MPG

wilson.goldenretriever - Instagram

How Apple Alienated Mac Loyalists - Bloomberg

Apple’s 2016 in review - Chuqui.com

Consumer Reports Fails to Earn MacBook Pro Credibility - iMore

Omnifocus

Mophie Power Capsule

Withings Wi-Fi Scale

Photive 60 Watt 6 Port USB Desktop Rapid Charger - Amazon.com

Episode 96: Losing a PR Battle to the DMV

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 21 Dec 2016 22:00:00 -0800

In the thrilling final episode of 2016, Ryan attempts to recreate in his apartment the 1999 Disney Channel Original Movie 'Smart House'. Plus, we welcome the future in the form of Amazon's cashier-less utopian retail concept store, red-light runnin' driverless Volvo Ubers, and a CarPlay integration that works 82% of the time. 🚨.

Show Notes

Meet Hue - Philips Hue

Logitech Harmony Elite

Amazon Echo

Canary

Amazon Go

Uber cancels self-driving car trial in San Francisco after state forces it off road - The Guardian

The Hazards of Going on Autopilot - Daring Fireball

Moral Machine - MIT

Fitbit Buys Software Assets From Smartwatch Startup Pebble - Bloomberg

Super Mario Run - iOS App Store

Cookie Monster - Wikipedia

Henge Dock - Vertical Docking Station for MacBook Pro with Retina Display

“This is Fine Plus Dog - Kickstarter

Episode 95: Jony Ive’s Scrapbook

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 30 Nov 2016 22:00:00 -0800

In light of president-elect Trump's intent to pull out of NAFTA, Carlos takes the first steps in ending his cold war with Canada's second most famous singer/songwriter/hockey player, Michael Bublé. Life is too short, and as a wise man once said — it's a new dawn, it's a new day, it's a new liiiiife. _oh god please let us make it to 2020.

Plus, eero and a smart apartment updates from Ryan, DirecTV Now, Designed by Apple in California, and much more. 🌳.

Show Notes

Sir Jony Ive reflects on the nature of objects, the fragility of ideas, and 20 years of Apple design - Wallpaper

Apple Abandons Development of Wireless Routers - Bloomberg

DirecTV Now: everything you want to know - The Verge

Hackers Hold SFMTA's Computer Network Hostage For $73k Ransom - Hoodline

Eero Home WiFi System

Forest for iOS

weratedogs on Instagram

Episode 94: Basket of Corgis

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 09 Nov 2016 22:00:00 -0800

After a bitter and prolonged presidential contest, Ryan and Carlos reflect on the results of Tuesday’s election, America in 2016, and try to understand how we got here.

Alas, being the patriots we are — resolute in not succumbing to complete disillusionment and despondency, we manage to pick up the pieces enough to complain a bunch about Apple TV, a product so flawed only Paul Ryan won't unendorse it. 🇺🇸.

Links and Images

Bill Simmons' Show 'Any Given Wednesday' Canceled: Latest Comments, Reaction - Bleacher Report

What A Difference 2 Percentage Points Makes - FiveThirtyEight

A few quick thoughts about Thursday’s Mac event in Cupertino - Six Colors

Apple's October TV Surprise - Joe Steel

Episode 93: Typing on a Wet Banana

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 26 Oct 2016 22:00:00 -0700

In this week's look at the law of large numbers, we turn not to Apple's growth trajectory but instead, a California absentee ballot with enough propositions to fill Levi's Stadium. Plus: the Microsoft's Surface Studio, aging Macs, moving, autonomous car EULAs and more. 🚙📑.

Links and Images

Microsoft Surface Studio - Microsoft

Apple plans to launch new Macs at an October 27 event - Recode

Services now worth more to Apple than each of iPad and (for now) Mac - 9To5Mac

Blame the Internet of Things for today's web blackout - Engadget

Samsung UN55KU7000FXZA - Best Buy

Logitech's new Alexa skill lets you turn your TV on with your voice - The Verge

Apple claims most of its chargers sold on Amazon were fakes - Consumer Affairs

Autopilot - Tesla

Backblaze B2

Mini Metro

Fantastical calendar app gains updated iOS 10-style widgets, watchOS 3 enhancements, more - 9To5Mac

Episode 92: Locker Room Talk

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Thu, 13 Oct 2016 22:00:00 -0700

What a historic week for all the wrong reasons. Had you asked us last Wednesday about the hypothesis that enough awful, disgraceful and troubling news stemming from a presidential race in a first world country could slow the passage of time — we probably would have said no. Turns out...

Oh. And the Giants are out of the postseason. And Ryan switched to a 7 Plus. Shut it down, 🇺🇸.

Links and Images

Casper

Comcast's 1TB data caps start to roll out nationwide - Engadget

Mossberg: Why does Siri seem so dumb? - The Verge

Installation/Setup/Configuration: Out-of-Home Streaming - TiVo

Episode 91: Putting Nonsense Things on Burgers

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 05 Oct 2016 22:00:00 -0700

"And you know what they call a Clubber with Cheese in Paris?"
"They don't call it a Clubber with Cheese?"
"No. They call it Royale with Cheese."
"Royale with Cheese? What'd they call a Buffalo Bleu?"
"Buffalo Bleu's a Buffalo Bleu, but they call it Le Buffalo Bleu."

After a long late summer hiatus, we're back and as always, the conversation inevitably comes back to Blue Barn. Carlos makes the case against putting an egg anywhere near a burger bun while Ryan argues for the simplicity of a Double Double. Plus: Giants postseason baseball, Ryan's trip to Europe, driving on the wrong side of the road, and an iPad Pro check-in. 🇫🇷.

Links and Images

Blue Barn Menu

Umami Burger Menu

The Habit Menu

Super Duper (not the backup utility)

AT&T International Roaming

Google Pixel

Episode 90: Actively Not Connecting it to the Internet

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 14 Sep 2016 22:00:00 -0700

September is a time of great change: new Apple software releases, unsettling general election polling data, the color of the leaves in places that aren't California, you know — change. This episode, we give our early impressions of iOS 10 and watchOS 3, while Carlos pours one out for his old plasma and laments the sorry state of modern LCD televisions. Plus: picks of the week, Uber's autonomous car pilot program, Internet mattresses, and Ryan outgrows video games. 🎮.

Links and Images

iOS 10: The MacStories Review

Some iPhone 7 and Apple Watch Series 2 notes - Six Colors

The iPhones 7 - Daring Fireball

Everything new in iOS 10: New ways to communicate in Messages, Lock Screen Widgets, redesigned Music, Siri apps and much more - 9to5Mac

Samsung UN49KU7000 49-Inch 4K Ultra HD Smart LED TV (2016 Model) - Amazon

Ford Smart Mobility acquires Chariot to boost its smart city transit plans - TechCrunch

What It Feels Like to Ride in a Self-Driving Uber - NY Times

Withings Body Cardio

Jawbone UP3

The Giant Race

Episode 89: He Never Has the Same Driver Twice

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 07 Sep 2016 22:00:00 -0700

This is 7. Actually, this is episode 89. In a courageous move, we run through Tuesday's iPhone 7 and Apple Watch Series 2 event. Please note that the high-gloss finish of this podcast is achieved through a precision nine-step recording process. Its content is equally enjoyable as other episodes, however, its high shine may cause fine micro-abrasions on your phone speakers after listening. If you are concerned about this, we suggest you use one of the many headphones available that will not fit an iPhone 7 lightning port. 🎧.

Links and Images

Apple Special Event - Apple.com

Apple made a 107-second video recapping everything from the big iPhone event - Business Insider

The 7 biggest announcements from Apple’s iPhone 7 event - BGR

The 11 most important things from Apple's iPhone 7 event - The Verge

iPhone 7 - Apple.com

Apple Watch Series 2 - Apple.com

Episode 88: Hey Ms. Echo

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 17 Aug 2016 22:00:00 -0700

As is often the case, art takes time – or at least that's our excuse for this episode being three weeks delayed. This week features a preview of the upcoming Apple event and the rumors surrounding it, chip credit cards, a check-in on Amazon Echo and much more. Plus: picks of the week and a few anti-picks of the week. 💩.

Links and Images

Review: Razer Mechanical Keyboard Case for 12.9″ iPad Pro – a great typing experience with a few compromises - 9to5Mac

Banking on the new chase.com is even easier - Yahoo! Finance

Chip Card Nightmares? Help Is on the Way - WSJ

No Man's Sky Review - Giant Bomb

Logitech’s new Pop Home Switch simplifies smart home control - TechCrunch

Bose SoundSport wireless headphones - Bose

1Keyboard

Episode 87: Paragon of Fitness

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 03 Aug 2016 22:00:00 -0700

For your listening pleasure, we've eliminated all GMOs, salt, and added sugar from our usual episode recipe and have instead replaced it with a refreshing mimosa — no refills. This week, we talk marathons, nutrition and how long it takes to forget the scary things Katie Couric warned you about in 'Fed Up'. Plus: 1Password embracing subscription pricing, Eddy Cue's sock-less meeting dress code, and question of whether or not anybody cares that Instagram borrowed a third of Snapchat’s core app. 👻

Links and Images

Fed Up

Philz Menu

Blue Barn Menu

Peet’s Warm Breakfast

Super Duper Burgers

The San Francisco Marathon

Introducing our new 1Password subscription service — AgileBits Blog

Apple’s Hard-Charging Tactics Hurt TV Expansion - WSJ

Apple's Q3 in charts and commentary - Six Colors

Introducing Instagram Stories - Instagram Blog

Revisionist History

Pin/Kings

Pocket Casts

Your co-host and his sister after The San Francisco Marathon

Episode 86: Skinny Bundle of Politics

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 20 Jul 2016 22:00:00 -0700

We take a break from watching America devolve into madness, apologies, we mean America being made great again, to talk about matters of greater frivolity. This week we check in on Eddy Cue who never wanted to offer you jerks a dumb skinny bundle anyway, Tesla's master plan to upend the cactus industry, and Ryan on week one with the Amazon Echo. Plus: Hunter Pence is not Mike Pence and @darth being the real MVP.

Links and Images

RECAP: A Round-Up Of Can't-Miss Stories From The RNC - NPR

darth™

Amazon Echo

Here’s what Apple really meant to say today about its plans to sell web video - Recode

The Rise of The Pitch, the Decline of the Pitch — 500ish Words

Nintendo Announces The Mini-NES, Will Play 30 Classic Games - Kotaku

Master Plan, Part Deux - Tesla Blog

42mm Black Woven Nylon - Apple

Rocket for macOS

Oddly Satisfying - Reddit

Episode 85: Ikea Inflation

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 13 Jul 2016 22:00:00 -0700

This week's show encourages listeners traveling two or fewer floors take the stairs. It's not so bad and it'll give them a chance to think about the out of control price inflation of IKEA furniture, what to make of the forthcoming iPhone 6S-S, the differences between two-step and two-factor authentication and a heck of a lot more. And hey, you might even catch a Jigglychu or Pikamander in the stairwell. Plus: Ryan gives in to the inevitability of connected lightbulbs. 💡.

Links and Images

JOKKMOKK - Ikea

Apple’s new Lightning EarPods for iPhone 7 purportedly shown in new photos - 9to5Mac

Frequently asked questions about two-step verification for Apple ID - Apple Support

FiveThirtyEight Elections Podcast

How To Play Pokémon Go - Kotaku

Tesla says its self-driving feature was not at fault in deadly crash - Recode

Amazon just had its biggest sales day ever - CNBC

Philips Hue Lights

Headspace

Super Stickman Golf 3 - iOS App Store

Episode 84: Gentlemen’s Wirecutter

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 29 Jun 2016 22:00:00 -0700

Little known fact: we were going to call this show Any Given Wednesday but decided to go in a different direction at the last moment. Anyhow, I estimate it will take you about forty minutes to listen to the episode, an hour tops — I swear. Today, we're all over the place and everywhere at once. We discuss giving better time estimates, how not to jinx your favorite sports team, concerns and hopes for VR, gettin' swole with Xbox Fitness, cactus news, and much much more. ⌚️.

Links and Images

Changes to Evernote’s Pricing Plans - Evernote Blog

Any Given Wednesday with Bill Simmons

Apple Discontinues Thunderbolt Display - MacRumors

Amazon will start subsidizing Android phones with ‘special offer' ads on the lock screens - The Verge

eero WiFi System

Oculus reverses course, dumps its VR headset-checking DRM - Arts Technica

Xbox Fitness Sunset Announcement - Microsoft Studios

PlayStation Vue

Uber is using its drivers' phones to keep riders honest and everyone safer - Recode

'Upfront' Uber pricing replaces estimates with guarantees - Engadget

Wink Relay Touchscreen Controller

Streaks. The to-do list that helps you form good habits. For iPhone.

Bose SoundSport Wireless Headphones, Black - Amazon.com

Episode 83: HBO Words

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 22 Jun 2016 22:00:00 -0700

It would appear that everyone in the Bay Area is in a perpetual state of auditioning for their very own reality television show. As such, your hosts survey the field of pizza phoners, calamitously loud typists, and skeevy middle fingerers. But it's not all bad news for Northern California – the Giants are second best in the major leagues, though Ryan laments that the regular season has too many games and too few power plays on ice. All this plus: Google acquires Webpass for its Fiber operations, 1Password at 10 years, rumors of the upcoming iPhone ditching the headphone jack, watching television at 1.6x, and once again, dogs on IG.

Links and Images

Cavaliers slog through doubt and come out the other side with a title - ESPN

Google Fiber is buying high-speed internet provider Webpass to expand its reach in cities - Recode

Make work simple with new Dropbox productivity tools - Dropbox Blog

Apple Unlikely to Make Big Changes for Next iPhone - WSJ

Taking the headphone jack off phones is user-hostile and stupid - The Verge

Headphone Jacks Are the New Floppy Drives - Daring Fireball

Long-Term Goals, Short-Term Annoyances - Daring Fireball

1Password 10th Birthday Cake

Episode 82: Springy Dessert

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 15 Jun 2016 22:00:00 -0700

Annual vacations to Italy, frequent rafting trips, an adorable dog, improbably photogenic friends. One would think the meticulously selected members of the Apple Stock Photography family have it all. But who are they — really? We investigate.

And what's the deal with this guy on Amazon that sleeps with full cup of coffee on his mattress in the middle of the workday? We tackle these difficult questions this week plus: updates on WWDC 2016, E3, the NBA finals, our picks of the week, and your hosts vehemently disagree on whether Chopped is a good television program.

Links and Images

PLEMO Sleep Mask, Ultra-Soft Silky Contoured Eye Mask, Breathe-Easy Eye Shade for Bedtime & Travel - Amazon

Apple Events - WWDC Keynote June 2016 - Apple

WWDC 2016: Four platforms, quick reactions - Six Colors

iOS 10 - Preview - Apple

Alton Brown - Wikipedia

Chopped - Food Network

Microsoft announces the Xbox One S, its smallest Xbox yet - The Verge

The Pros And Cons Of Microsoft's Big Xbox-PC Gamble - Kotaku

Live from WWDC 2016, with Phil Schiller and Craig Federighi - The Talk Show

Bose QuietComfort 35 Wireless Headphones, Black - Amazon

Cesium Music Player

Trader Joe's Ghost Pepper Potato Chips - What’s Good at Trader Joe’s?

Stock photography at its best (or worst)

Episode 81: Back Up Plan

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 08 Jun 2016 22:00:00 -0700

Good evening and welcome to the show. Would you like still or sparkling water with your podcast this evening?

As with most things in life, it's never that simple. This week, we pour out a can of La Croix passionfruit water for the short-lived Keurig KOLD, discuss under what circumstances you should complain at an establishment or send something back at a restaurent (spoiler: never), and why we may or may not be feeling 'the Bern'. Plus: subscription app pricing in the run-up to WWDC, predictions for Monday’s keynote, podcasts as a medium, Bill Simmons on HBO, and Internet mattresses. 🛏.

Links and Images

Chariot

Keurig pulls the plug on its pod-based soda maker - Engadget

La Croix Flavors

The Best Foam Mattresses You Can Buy Online - The Sweet Home

Why are podcasts still so hard to make? — Medium

The future of Apple’s App Store is subscriptions - The Verge

The New App Store: Subscription Pricing, Faster Approvals, and Search Ads - Daring Fireball

Search Ads - Apple’s Developer Site

What's New in Subscriptions - Apple’s Developer Site

App Store Subscription Uncertainty - Daring Fireball

Google is offering app developers the same revenue-sharing terms Apple just announced — with one big advantage - Recode

Latest hint at ‘macOS’ rebranding of OS X appears in new App Store guidelines - 9To5Mac

Bill Simmons Breaks Free: His "F—ing Shitty" ESPN Exit, Who Courted Him and Details of His HBO Show - The Hollywood Reporter

Now TiVo Bolt owners can stream TV anywhere - Engadget

Microsoft isn't adding a TV DVR feature to the Xbox One anymore - The Verge

Sources: Smaller Xbox One Coming This Year, More Powerful Xbox One In 2017 [UPDATE] - Kotaku

PackIt Freezable Lunch Bag with Zip Closure, Black - Amazon

Episode 80: Unannounced Delay

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Thu, 02 Jun 2016 22:00:00 -0700

$10 artisanal toast? Okay. $15 sustainably farmed arugula and caper salad? Fine. A French themed hypo-allergenic bakery for dogs in the Marina? Shut it down, everybody. Carlos encounters a review of said dog bakery ghostwritten by a proud "dog mom" from the perspective of her "furbaby" Tater Tot and loses his mind; Ryan adds context and perspective. Plus: puppuccinos, DayQuil, face computers, unconfirmed delays of unconfirmed products, the new Union Square Apple Store, ‘second date ice cream’, and a hyperlocal conversation about Bay Area food you'll probably fast forward over. 🍦.

Links and Images

Le Marcel Bakery For Dogs - Yelp

Smitten Ice Cream

The Giant Race

Who was that crazed Warriors fan photographed celebrating with Curry? - SFGate

Apple’s New SF Store Showcases Jony Ive’s Design Vision - Wired

Apple not unveiling new or updated external display at WWDC, announcements will focus on software - 9To5Mac

Bloomberg just hired 22-year-old Apple scoop machine Mark Gurman - Recode

WWDC 2016: Everything We Know - MacRumors

iOS 10: Rumored iPhone & iPad features in the cards for WWDC 2016 - 9To5Mac

Leaked photos point to a second OLED screen on Apple’s next-gen MacBook Pro - BGR

Dell's 43-inch 4K multi-client monitor is amazing - The Verge

NYT VR

The Ringer

Puppuccino

Lenovo Touchpad Function Keys

Episode 79: Dog Parenting

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 18 May 2016 22:00:00 -0700

Carlos makes the case that while yes, millennials are most certainly the worst, they came of age during the best possible period of technological change. Ryan advocates for running with open hands and an open heart, armband optional. Plus: corgis in mailboxes, gBoard, Google I/O, the Giant Race, and we co-opt a segment from a far more popular podcast. 💯

Links and Images:

Griffin Technologies iTrip FM Transmitter for the iPod Mini

Apple Pay Rival MCX Faces Delays and Layoffs - Fortune

Meet Gboard: Search, GIFs, emojis & more. Right from your keyboard - Google Official Blog

Google I/O roundup - 9To5Mac

Fitbit acquires “wearable payment assets” from startup Coin - Arstechnica

UK shows off prototype of digital iPhone driving license using Apple’s Wallet app - 9To5Mac

Amazon will start selling its own private-label groceries, diapers, and more - Arstechnica

Apple invests $1B in Didi Chuxing, China’s largest ride-hailing app - TechCrunch

UPS now lets you track packages for real — on an actual map - The Verge

Logitech Wireless Touch Keyboard K400 Plus with Built-In Touchpad for Internet-Connected TVs - Amazon

Marketplace

Winking corgi in a mailbox

Episode 78: Star Directory

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 11 May 2016 22:00:00 -0700

Instagram redesigned their app and everyone lost their minds, but the Internet mob is missing the forest through the trees. What they really should be asking themselves is: which pups are the best Instagram pups? Should I follow more dogs than people? Am I a bad person if my Explore tab isn't mostly dogs? Listen for the answer to these questions plus: the tyranny of alkaline watch batteries in 2016, Apple Watch follow-up, that NYT podcast article, Google Chirp and the Nexus Q that never had a chance to orb. 🔮

Links and Images:

Kimmie Wimmie on Instragram

Google’s answer to Amazon's Echo is code-named ‘Chirp’ and is landing soon - Recode

Apple, Set to Move to Its Spaceship, Should Try More Moonshots - NY Times

Podcasts Surge, but Producers Fear Apple Isn’t Listening

Apple’s actual role in podcasting: be careful what you wish for - Marco.org

Nutri Ninja Pro Deluxe BL451 - Amazon.com

Vanilla Bean Ice Cream Sandwich - Three Twins Ice Cream

Berkeley Bowl West - Yelp

Nexus Q

Episode 77: 1Pricing

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 04 May 2016 22:00:00 -0700

As part of a surprising management coup this week, In-N-Out hired away Super Duper's VP of deliciousness in the midst of the all important Bay Area Burger finals. Super Duper, the no. 1 seed remains confident this will not negatively affect their garlic fry game. Also: a year with Apple Watch, the knock-off watch band market, an update on backup strategy, and our picks of the week. 🍔

Links and Images:

Luke Walton signs contract to become the Lakers' new head coach

Synology DiskStation DS1815+

Apple Support Communities: Apple Watch notifications not dismissing from phone

Rovi Buys TiVo for $1.1 Billion

Why Nintendo chose 'Animal Crossing' over 'Mario' for mobile

Tesla “hell-bent on being the world’s best manufacturer” after $283 million loss

Apple Watch Band, MoKo Soft Silicone Replacement Sport Band

Apple Watch Band 42mm, BRG Leather Loop with Adjustable Magnetic Closure

Nike and iPod Nano

Episode 76: Piloting the Phone

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 27 Apr 2016 22:00:00 -0700

Two grossly unqualified urban dwellers discuss the future of autonomous and semi-autonomous transportation systems. Yes folks, it's time for the self-driving car episode. Also, other things.

Episode 75: A Surprising Number of Kindles

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Tue, 19 Apr 2016 22:00:00 -0700

Sure, cold pizza may have all the calories and only a fraction of the taste, but our listeners needn't worry — this week's episode is fresh out of the oven. Grab a mimosa and let's talk new Kindles, Prime-by-the-month, with a side of Model X claim chowder. Plus, opening up the time capsule that is our Amazon.com purchase history.

Episode 74: Buster Posey’s Good Friend

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Tue, 12 Apr 2016 22:00:00 -0700

Stepping up to the plate, batting eighth for the Los Angeles Lakers of Anaheim, Kobe 'The Akron Hammer' Bryant.

This episode, get a rundown on an historic week of professional basketball, follow up on baseball walk-up anthems, and a much deserved condemnation of the 2016 Prius. Also: 3D touch, landscape calendars, subscription software and the dying art of building a PC.

Episode 73: Reserved Thumb Space

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 06 Apr 2016 22:00:00 -0700

Ryan’s got a feeling … that tonight’s gonna be a good podcast … that tonight’s gonna be a good good podcast. Also this week: our long college basketball nightmare is over, staying loyal to a team vs. players, IKEA meatballs in VR, and it is revealed that Carlos is a backup fraud. Plus, picks of the week; l’chaim.

Episode 72: Jumbo Photography

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 30 Mar 2016 22:00:00 -0700

Alexa, write a brief summary of this episode." Ok. It will take you about 32 minutes to get to work via US-101. smdh. Also this week in a super-sized episode: everything Apple, the FBI was like 'lol jk nvm', Oculus, and the return of baseball.

Episode 71: Funny Money

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 16 Mar 2016 22:00:00 -0700

Wayne Gretzksy never waited two whole days for UPS to deliver a hockey puck and neither should you. This week, get expert bagel rankings and ice cream pint picks with a generous side order of Apple rumors. Also discussed: the new A4, Amazon's expanded Echo line, Sony trying its hand at VR, and more.

Episode 70: White Whale

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Tue, 01 Mar 2016 22:00:00 -0800

Carlos helps Ryan with a refresher in the American classics and offers estate planning advice in advance of his marathon. Plus updates on the week in Apple, Mac encryption, scary Google robots and which backpack goes best with a three piece suit.

Also, a big thanks to Jacquelyn for the awesome new cover art.

Episode 69: Collecting My Dignity

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 24 Feb 2016 22:00:00 -0800

Your resident futurists discuss whether VR will ever go mainstream or if Alexa is a more interesting future that’s already here . Also covered: Apple holding its position against the US government, Siri in OS X 10.12, Google Fiber, and that time Carlos tried to buy a video game.

Episode 68: Time Flies When You’re Getting Things Done

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 17 Feb 2016 22:00:00 -0800

After answer some of Carlos’s spots questions, your hosts discuss the utility of a standalone camera, Omnifocus, Momentum, being happy with what you have, virtual reality, Bill Simmons’s new website, and the FBI’s lawsuit against Apple. They also provide a recap of the season premiere of “Better Call Saul” and their picks of the week (Techmeme’s historical headlines and Firewatch).

Episode 67: Being an Adult is Hard

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Tue, 09 Feb 2016 22:00:00 -0800

After (just a little bit) of political talk, Ryan and Carlos discuss Tim Cook’s Super Bowl photo, iPhone 7 camera rumors, being a morning person, the future of the iPad, talking to AI in public, the Amazon Echo, Draft Kings, Super Bowl commercials, Gene Munster’s Apple VR prediction, and how Apple should lead iOS feature adoption. Picks of the week: Momentum and Evernote

Episode 66: Podcast Deficit

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 03 Feb 2016 22:00:00 -0800

This week, topics include natural scrolling in OS X, SF hosting the Super Bowl, whether Twitter is too complicated or too simple, more on Apple’s earnings, Zags’s acquisition of Mophie, memories of the NES, managing podcasts, EA revealing next ten console sale numbers, Apple Watch fitness tracking, the case against Control Center, the future of IOS, the MacBook One, Bill Simmons outing Google’s podcast plans, and the repetition of podcast ads. Picks of the week: Google Shopping Express and the Withings WS-50 Smart Body Analyzer.

Episode 65: Disrespectfully Disagree

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 27 Jan 2016 22:00:00 -0800

The day is finally here: Ryan bought Omnifocus. On this week’s show, Ryan and Carlos discuss their use of the app and how it helps keep them organized. Other topics include software pricing, note taking apps, whether too much choice is a bad thing, Apple’s rumored March event, Apple’s latest earnings release, a la carte TV pricing, bluetooth, apps that are both the best and the worst, and EA leaving the E3 show floor. Picks of the week: the new FiveThirtyEight Elections podcast and YouTube Red.

Episode 64: Never Obsolete

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 20 Jan 2016 22:00:00 -0800

If you’ve been looking for lengthly discussions on IMAX, wearing an Apple Watch upside down, and iPhone home screens, this this week’s episode is for you. Other topics include the Mighty Ducks, technology’s role in movies, Ryan disabling the notification badge on Mail in iOS, PC requirements for VR, iOS upgrade schedules, and picks of the week (Weather Underground and @dog_rates).

Episode 63: HBO Later

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 13 Jan 2016 22:00:00 -0800

After an extensive conversation about which pocket they keep their phone in, Ryan and Carlos discuss how to capture random ideas, Microsoft Groove, Twitter mulling the expansion of tweets to 10K characters, more about rumors the iPhone 7 not having a headphone jack, 1Password updates, Jason Snell’s Apple Report Card, motivations of people who want to replace their tradition computer with an iPad, the Fitbit Blaze, reports about Apple looking to buy Time Warner, and their picks of the week (Bose SoundLink Around-Ear II and Launcher).

Episode 62: Jokes that Nobody Will Get

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 06 Jan 2016 22:00:00 -0800

In their first show of the new year, Ryan and Carlos discuss Ryan’s broken Cinema Display, Ikea furniture, the San Francisco rental market, the return of darth on Twitter, pre-orders of the Oculus Rift, multi-purpose arenas, audiobooks, Comcast, Ford adding Apple CarPlay and Android Auto to SYNC 3, Yellow Cab filing for bankruptcy, Uber’s “God View” settlement with the NY Attorney General, DraftKings and FanDuel, AT&T doing away with two-year phone pricing, and the EFF’s comments on T-Mobile’s Bing On Program. They then end the show with an early check-in on their New Years Resolutions.

Episode 61: When Do I Scan My Wrist?

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 30 Dec 2015 22:00:00 -0800

Ryan and Carlos close out 2015 with brief discussions about the Lakers, Warriors, and Samsung Pay. They then recap the year and look ahead to 2016 by discussing their favorite purchases, most regretted purchase, biggest technology disappointment, favorite tech story, worst tech trend, favorite movie, most promising product/idea of 2016, favorite app (iOS and Mac), favorite service, favorite new podcast, and their best personal discovery.

Episode 60: Fit and Finish

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 09 Dec 2015 22:00:00 -0800

In their second annual special (and sporadic) holiday edition of Technically Correct, Ryan and Carlos discuss the Warriors, Apple’s “Smart” Battery Case, thinness vs. battery life, the Apple Watch (wearing it upside down, the fitness app, and whether it should be an annualized product), 4 inch iPhone rumors, Apple’s increasing complicated product line, the iOS Remote app on the new Apple TV, TiVO Quickmode, Ford retroactively adding Siri Eyes Free to older versions of Ford SYNC, reducing your Comcast bill, Spotify reportedly testing subscription-only tracks, an update on Carlos’s QC25s, RSA hardware tokens, Dropbox shutting down its Mailbox and Carousel apps, football, and being healthier.

Episode 59: Standalone Holiday

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 02 Dec 2015 22:00:00 -0800

Fresh off of their Thanksgiving break, Ryan and Carlos discuss Legos, what they’re watching on TV, Kobe retiring, the Golden State Warriors, wireless headphones, TiVo, in-market MLB streaming, Comcast’s streaming TV service, Adele and streaming music, rumors about Apple removing the headphone jack from the iPhone, replacing a laptop with an iPad, App Store economics, and Apple Music vs. Spotify.

Episode 58: I am the Problem

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Tue, 17 Nov 2015 22:00:00 -0800

As the holiday season gets into full swing, Ryan and Carlos discuss Star Wars promotional tie-ins, late night retail shopping, Coffee-mate, the adverse effect of video game DLC, Aldo’s Adventure, IPTV pricing, more on the new Apple TV, early adopters expecting things to ship broken, technology lasting too long, encryption, expired Mac App Store security certificates, their favorite parts of the holidays, Starbucks food, remembering people’s names, and subvocalization.

Episode 57: It’s For Somebody, Maybe

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 11 Nov 2015 22:00:00 -0800

Before discussing Carlos’s first Star Wars experience, your hosts talk about Naturebox, falling asleep to podcasts, Amazon Prime Now, organizing photos in Adobe Lightroom, the lack of GPS receivers in DSLRs, iOS Reminders vs. OmniFocus, voice over LTE, the Keurig Kold, their distain of hand air driers, the lack of chip-and-pin adoption, selling things online, an update on Carlos’s 5K iMac, the difficulty with using emoji in iOS, and the iPad Pro

Episode 56: Smugly Satisfied

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 04 Nov 2015 22:00:00 -0800

Introducing Technically Correct’s new vertical: medication. After discussing their love of Claritin and generic vs. name brand drugs, Ryan and Carlos get back to the show’s roots and discuss Apple TV first impressions, the setup process for Apple products, watchOS 2, Carlos’s uneven iPhone backlight, 3D Touch, Phone View, Twitter’s new “Like” icon, ESPN shutting down Grantland, plasma vs. LED HDTVs, the LG 55EF9500, and the Tesla Model 3. Oh, and Ryan also tries to convince Carlos to watch Star Wars.

Episode 55: Yeah, I’m That Guy

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 28 Oct 2015 22:00:00 -0700

In an extra exciting edition of Technically Correct, Carlos discusses his first week with his new 5K iMac. Other topics include Advil (yes, really), reducing the length of the NBA season, the new Apple TV pre-order process, awful Airbnb ads, in-place vs. clean installs of operating systems, keyboard and mouse preferences, the lack of availability of two factor authentication, Office 365, Apple’s Q4 earnings, declining iPad sales, and Google introducing podcasts to Android.

Episode 54: Sorry to Interrupt Myself

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 21 Oct 2015 22:00:00 -0700

On this week’s show, Ryan and Carlos discuss Carlos’s decision to purchase a 5K 27” iMac, Intel processor naming conventions, more about the TiVo Bolt, Sorkin’s new Steve Jobs movie, Tim Cook’s appearance at WSJDLive, Overcast’s new pricing structure, home automatic, layoffs at ESPN, Back to the Future Day, and Amazon Prime video offline viewing.

Episode 53: Dogless Frauds

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 14 Oct 2015 22:00:00 -0700

Picking up from the previous show, Carlos talks about his recent experience with playing Midtown Madness 2, his love of Palm, and how well old hardware and software holdup. Other topics include the MLB postseason, Ryan killing his Mac Mini, Overcast 2, the Microsoft Surface Book, new iMacs and Mac accessories, Amazon’s decision to not carry the Apple TV, the TiVo Bolt setup experience, and Corgicon.

Episode 52: Math Mountain

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 30 Sep 2015 22:00:00 -0700

After reminiscing about some of their favorite old games, Ryan and Carlos discuss in app purchases and DLC, the iPhone 6s (purchasing experience, setup process, and initial impressions), watchOS 2, the TiVo Bolt, Microsoft Office pricing for the iPad Pro, Apple Music, and Dropbox IPO rumors.

Episode 51: It’s Like Filling the Bathtub to Wash Your Hands

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Tue, 22 Sep 2015 22:00:00 -0700

In another extra long episode of Technically Correct, Ryan and Carlos discuss text editors on the Mac, initial iPhone 6s reviews, the iPhone Upgrade Program, whether the iPhone and iCloud is a trap, watchOS 2 first impressions, Carlos’s switch to the steel Apple Watch, Ryan’s iPhone Mini 4, new features in iOS 9, and nuances in the debate over content blockers.

Episode 50: Inception Oreos

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 16 Sep 2015 22:00:00 -0700

Ryan and Carlos are back after a three week hiatus with an extra long episode of Technically Correct. Topics include Campbell’s Soup K Cups, Ryan’s recent trip to Europe, the rise of daily fantasy football, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Apple’s fall event, the iPhone 6s pre-order experience, and first impressions of iOS 9.

Episode 49: Becoming More Worldly

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 19 Aug 2015 22:00:00 -0700

Before taking a three week break, Ryan and Carlos bring you an extended episode of Technically Correct. Topics include the east coast bias in baseball coverage, AT&T’s international roaming plans, Carlos’s new desk setup, improvements in modern day graphics card drivers, Jet.com, the magic of Dropbox, Ryan’s Windows 10 installation experience, Steam Big Picture, Windows 10’s low bandwidth mode and Wi-Fi Sense, standalone sound cards, the NY Time’s profile of Amazon’s office culture, Slack, and the importance of being on time. They then close out the show by speculating on Apple’s upcoming fall event.

Episode 48: I Do Plenty of That, Sir

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Thu, 13 Aug 2015 22:00:00 -0700

On this week’s show, Ryan and Carlos get right to it and discuss Google’s restructuring into Alphabet, self driving cars, Apple’s recent stock market woes, the death of Instacast and alternatives to replace it, pricing of applications on iOS and OS X, ad blocking, and their picks of the week.

Episode 47: I Came With an Agenda

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 05 Aug 2015 22:00:00 -0700

In a rapid fire edition of Technically Correct, Ryan and Carlos cover their largest variety of topics yet, including tech purchases they regret, iCloud for Windows, Newegg, the Amazon store card, whether or not to buy a standalone camera, a variety of Apple Watch items (using it in water, wearing it upside down, fitness tracking, and why it should have originally shipped with watchOS 2), the importance of Hunter Pence to the Giants, the latest Apple TV speculation, reasons for Netflix selling their content on physical media, Amazon shipping times, auto-play video ads, the Tesla Model X, Taylor Swift in concert, and Apple Car/BMW rumors.

Episode 46: I Have to Map Out This Curve

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 29 Jul 2015 22:00:00 -0700

Brush up on your microeconomics, because this week Ryan and Carlos discuss marginal utility (of fancy dinners). Other topics includes follow-up from last week’s discussion on new payment standards, iPhone battery life, Ryan’s iPhone backup problem, updating system apps separately from OS updates, whether 4K is the successor to 1080P, the impermanence of media, and Windows 10. Your hosts also provide their picks of the week and latest podcast recommendations.

Episode 45: Transbay Latency

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 22 Jul 2015 22:00:00 -0700

Ryan and Carlos get philosophical and start this week’s show by talking about their aspirational goals. They then discuss Bill Simmons joining HBO, social media influence on SportsCenter, new 4” iPhone speculation, the future of the iPhone lineup, Apple’s and Microsoft’s latest financial results, smartphone sales vs. traditional computer sales, continued impressions of Apple Music, problematic Apple reviews, using Touch ID to secure individuals apps, and their picks of the week (Alphabear and Veep).

Episode 44: Please Bring Your Wrist Closer to the Scanner

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 15 Jul 2015 22:00:00 -0700

On this week’s show, topics include Amazon’s anticlimactic Prime Day, Ryan’s experience with the iOS 9 pubic beta on iPad, the usefulness of public betas, being self-conscious when using Apple Pay, the transition to chip-and-pin credit cards, new iPods, Xfinity Stream, and the decline of iTunes. Ryan and Carlos also provide their picks of the week (Momentum for Chrome and Sodastream).

Episode 43: Along for the Ride

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 22:00:00 -0700

After (unsuccessfully) trying to justify buying Retina iMacs, Ryan and Carlos discuss Ryan’s first week with his new car, the appeal of “new,” Amazon Prime day, Apple’s new third party accessory packaging standards, and the pros and cons of the iPhone 6 Plus. They also provide more thoughts on Apple Music and check-ins on their MacBook Pros and Carlos’s iPad Air 2.

Episode 42: I Have Standards

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 01 Jul 2015 22:00:00 -0700

In a show dedicated to first impressions and hot takes (as Carlos would say), this week’s episode covers Apple Music, Carlos’s review of the Pizza Hut Hot Dog Bites Pizza, and Ryan’s new car. Other topics include Instagram, the iPhone turning 8 years old, and whether it makes sense to buy a standalone camera anymore.

Episode 41: I’ll Wait for it to Come Out on DVD

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 24 Jun 2015 22:00:00 -0700

Now that Taylor Swift has saved Apple Music, what else should she fix in the Apple ecosystem? Ryan and Carlos discuss that and more, including the continuing decline of optical media, the future of movie theaters and new release movies, how big a role technology should play in a car buying decision, Windows 10 upgrade eligibility, iPad Pro and stylus rumors, improvement in the iOS upgrade process, and Fracture.

Episode 40: I’m the Best Podcaster in the World

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 17 Jun 2015 22:00:00 -0700

It’s simple. After discussing LeBron James’s self-aggrandizing press conference and the Warriors winning the NBA title, Ryan and Carlos discuss Apple Music, using Reminders in iOS, various E3 topics (the Xbox One Elite Controller and backwards compatibility, Microsoft’s and Sony’s press conferences, how much graphical improvements matter in games, the Oculus Rift, and Hololens), the challenge with archiving and sharing podcasts, Ryan’s new car plans, and Samsung’s 6>6 marketing campaign.

Episode 39: Extravagant Cuffs and Salsa Dancing

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 10 Jun 2015 22:00:00 -0700

Where else on the internet can you go for a discussion of Pizza Hut’s Hot Dog Bites Crust Pizza and a comprehensive recap of WWDC? Tune in for this and more on the latest episode of Technically Correct.

Episode 38: Grading on a Curve

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 03 Jun 2015 22:00:00 -0700

With WWDC less than a week away, Ryan and Carlos discuss the latest rumors. Other topics include their iOS 9 wish list, Apple Watch (defending positive reviews, the utility of third party apps, and the compelling nature of the activity tracker), SYNC 3 on the 2016 Ford Escape, whether the quality of digital music makes a difference, and how to get started with Omnifocus.

Episode 37: Come for the Sports, Stay for the Tech

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Thu, 21 May 2015 22:00:00 -0700

This week’s show is big there isn’t any room for a witty summary. Topics include big egos in professional sports, kids at the podium after games, WWDC speculation, customization on iOS vs. Android, iPad software and hardware rumors, the demise of Gene Munster’s Apple TV, Marco Arment’s review of the new Macbook, Apple prioritizing thinness over functionality, iMessages on OS X, digital crown behavior on Apple Watch, updates to the 15” Macbook Pro and 5K iMac, picks and tips of the week, and the last episode of Mad Men.

Episode 36: Wavy Lay’s

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 13 May 2015 22:00:00 -0700

After talking about their favorite regional sports advertisers, ice cream flavors, and chip varieties, Ryan and Carlos discuss Bill Simmons leaving ESPN, Uber driver compensation, their impressions of Apple Watch after a week of use, and the rumored relaunch of Beats.

Episode 35: Dog Pictures on the Wrist

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 06 May 2015 22:00:00 -0700

Two words. Apple Watch. Ryan and Carlos both have theirs in this week’s episode, and there’s lots to talk about.

Episode 34: The Edition of Podcasts

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 29 Apr 2015 22:00:00 -0700

In another dramatic plot twist, Carlos reveals to Ryan that he pre-ordered and received an Apple Watch. Other topics include how much they would pay to have dinner with Steve Ballmer, Coin, UberEATs, and favorite food items from Trader Joes.

Episode 33: Pour out a Mimosa

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 22 Apr 2015 22:00:00 -0700

You may not be able to judge a book by its cover, but Carlos argues that you can judge people based on the apps in their OS X dock. Other topics on this week’s show include an update on Carlos’s and Ryan’s new Retina MacBook Pros, the aesthetics of Windows apps vs. Mac apps, John Siracusa retiring from writing OS X reviews, various Apple Watch news, faster Comcast (er, Xfinity) internet speeds, the NBA playoffs, Project Fi, why Google is good for Apple, and the last season of “Mad Men.”

Episode 32: Typing on a Microwave

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 15 Apr 2015 22:00:00 -0700

In a dramatic plot twist, Ryan and Carlos discuss their first impressions of the New MacBook and how those led to their decision to instead purchase Retina Macbook Pros. They also cover the state of Apple’s laptop lineup, Apple Watch pre-orders and try-on experience, WWDC Apple TV speculation, the return of Guitar Hero, and the end of season one of “Better Call Saul.”

Episode 31: Quirky Button

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 01 Apr 2015 22:00:00 -0700

Following another discussion about songs and ad reads in podcasts, Ryan and Carlos discuss the new ESPN.com, Amazon Dash, Tesla’s “range anxiety” update, Apple Watched pre-orders and try-on appointments, more Apple TV rumors, and the two most recent episodes of “Better Call Saul.”

Episode 30: Immaterial Jersey

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 18 Mar 2015 22:00:00 -0700

After some sports talk, Ryan and Carlos further discuss the new MacBook and Apple Watch, the ideal Mac setup, Nintendo making mobile games, sending money to friends online, whether unbundling TV services is really cheaper than existing cable packages, and then close the show with a couple of app recommendations.

Episode 29: Minimalist Mood

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 11 Mar 2015 22:00:00 -0700

“Spring Forward” with this week’s episode of Technically Correct. After discussing the results of Carlos’s iPad only experiment, Ryan and Carlos spend the rest of the show discussing Apple’s spring event, including the Apple TV price reduction, the new MacBook, and Apple Watch. They then close out with a recap of “Better Call Saul.”

Episode 28: The Business Dinner Context

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 04 Mar 2015 22:00:00 -0800

Despite less than optimal recording conditions, Ryan and Carlos bring you another edition of Technically Correct. On this week’s show, they discuss Carlos’s ongoing iPad experiment, the upcoming Apple event, Apple Watch pricing, bands, and communication methods, the Samsung Galaxy S6, the relevance of Mobile World Congress, the FCC’s reclassification of broadband, Lenovo’s installation of Superfish, thinness vs. battery life, Carlos’s impressions of the Bose Soundlink On-Ear Bluetooth headphones, and the first few episodes of “Better Call Saul.”

Episode 27: The Digital Equivalent of Water

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 18 Feb 2015 22:00:00 -0800

Ryan and Carlos get a bit meta and start this week’s episode by discussing ad reads in podcasts. They then cover the continuing sorry state of in-car technology, Apple Car rumors, The New Yorker’s profile of Jonathan Ive, more Apple Watch speculation, the playlists on Spotify vs. Rdio, Twitter apps on the iPad, ESPN’s iPhone 8 app update, using Nuzzel as a replacement for RSS, the first episode of “Better Call Saul,” and Jon Stewart leaving “The Daily Show.”

Episode 26: Cactus of Society

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Tue, 10 Feb 2015 22:00:00 -0800

On this week’s very special episode of Technically Correct, Ryan and Carlos spend the first half of the show discussing the popularity of the NBA, consumers’ rejection of coffee DRM, Photos for OS X, iOS 9 rumors, and Carlos’s disappointment with Apple’s current product lineup. They then spend the second half on an in-depth conversation about Uber, including its impact on society, economic viability, labor practices, and regulatory challenges.

Episode 25: Stage Right Shark

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 04 Feb 2015 22:00:00 -0800

After recapping the Super Bowl, Ryan and Carlos discuss Nintendo’s YouTube Partner Program, the convergence of mobile and desktop operating systems, Apple stylus rumors, the stagnant state of Apple TV, more Apple Watch expectations, Outlook on iOS, AOL closing TUAW, and Radioshack filing for bankruptcy.

Episode 24: Based On Nothing At All

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 28 Jan 2015 22:00:00 -0800

Earnings! Earnings! Read all about it! On this week’s episode, Ryan and Carlos discuss Apple’s, Samsung’s, and Microsoft’s earnings releases, the closure of Joystiq, how to pronounce “GIF,” Apple Watch expectations, market share vs. profit share, Uber’s claim that it reduces occurrences of drunk driving, whether the current economics of ridesharing are sustainable, 1Password v5.2 for iOS, and Taylor Swift attempting to trademark “This Sick Beat.”

Episode 23: Windows All The Way Down

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 21 Jan 2015 22:00:00 -0800

In another jam packed episode of Technically Correct, Ryan and Carlos cover “Deflategate”, the sorry state of CarPlay, why consumers generally don’t like enterprise focused software, the challenge with managing photos on a smartphone, Overcast and Monument Valley sales, the Xbox One “not permanent” price drop, Carlos replacing his iPad Mini with an iPad Air 2, the limitations of mobile operating systems, and Microsoft’s Windows 10 event.

Episode 22: The Hamburger Button

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 14 Jan 2015 22:00:00 -0800

New year, old tradition. Ryan and Carlos start off this week’s episode with some sports talk, including the state of the NBA at the halfway mark, professional American leagues expanding overseas, and the NFL coming back to Los Angeles. They then discuss why big trade shows are becoming irrelevant, the reliability of Airplay, decoupling iOS releases from iPhone hardware, wi-fi trouble in Yosemite, Ryan’s quest to find bluetooth headphones for his commute, Apple Watch battery life concerns, Nike releasing their “Back to the Future” self-lacing shoes, new Rock Band DLC, and third party apps on SYNC 3.

Episode 21: I See Many iPads

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 07 Jan 2015 22:00:00 -0800

How many days into the year is it still ok to say “Happy New Year”? Ryan and Carlos discuss that and much more on Technically Correct’s first episode of 2015. Topics include Ryan’s nightmare NFL playoff scenario, 12” Macbook Air rumors, whether or not Apple’s product line is too complicated, the diminishing quality of Apples software, the irrelevance of CES, and the problem with controlling mobile apps in the car. Ryan and Carlos then break down their best and worst app, game, hardware, trend, news story, television show, movie, and experience of 2014.

Episode 20: Coffee Hacker

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Sun, 21 Dec 2014 22:00:00 -0800

In a very special (and somewhat sporadic) holiday edition of Technically Correct, Ryan and Carlos talk about their Christmas tree and decorations preferences, Carlos purchasing an iPad Mini, troubles with Instant Hotspot, Ryan’s positive Apple support experience, the iPhone as a primary camera, the Lakers’ continuing mediocrity, the 2015 prospects for the Giants, Stephen Colbert’s transition to The Late Show, coffee DRM, Rdio vs. Spotify, the suggestive nature of some Christmas music, BMW connected apps, SYNC 3, Amazon next hour delivery, and the Sony Pictures computer hack.

Episode 19: Refute the Blandness

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Mon, 24 Nov 2014 22:00:00 -0800

Coming off of a short week, this episode of Technically Correct covers Carlos’s dislike of holiday music, Christmas creep, Ryan replacing his Kindle and iPad Air with an iPad Mini, Serial, video games being released in a broken state, SteamOS, Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, some positive Uber news (for once), and Pablo Sandoval leaving the Giants.

Episode 18: The Moral Reckoning of a Shady Company

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 22:00:00 -0800

Ryan and Carlos stay (mostly) on technology topics this week with discussions about the outrage over Monument Valley expansion pricing, the relative value of apps, iOS 8 instability, Uber’s continuing growing pains, the madness of top level domains, the NBA’s tanking problem, and initial impressions of WatchKit.

Episode 17: Mobile Boss

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 12 Nov 2014 22:00:00 -0800

Continuing the trend of starting the show off with some sports talk, Ryan and Carlos discuss life in the post-baseball world and the Lakers’ dismal start to the season. They do also talk about some technology news (that is what the show is about, after all) with conversations about Ryan’s broken Kindle Voyage, Nintendo creating games for mobile devices, the Xbox One price cut, Office going free on iOS, the future of Microsoft, the feasibility of a convertible laptop, Carlos’s continuing struggles with Apple Pay, the new Google Maps iOS app, deregistering iMessage, and the fallout of Taylor Swift pulling her music off Spotify.

Episode 16: Securitized

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 05 Nov 2014 22:00:00 -0800

It’s an even year, so you know what that means - your San Francisco Giants are World Series Champions. Ryan and Carlos reflect on the Giants’ postseason run, and then bid farewell to the MLB season by discussing the start of the NBA season, Carlos’s first week with the iPhone 6, Apple Pay (yes, again), Nike Fuelband support (or lack thereof), CurrentC, Taylor Swift pulling her music off of Spotify, and the latest in negative Uber news.

Episode 15: E-mail Didn’t Always Talk (Part 2)

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 29 Oct 2014 22:00:00 -0700

In the finale of their second two part epic episode, Ryan and Carlos discuss of whether or not the iPhone 6’s bigger screen is an improvement, Ryan’s first impressions of the Kindle Voyage, Google Inbox, Fantastical’s iOS 8 update, Newsify, Instacast 5, the Giants’ World Series matchup against the Royals, and Bose’s relationship with Apple and the NFL. Carlos also finally admits Ryan is right about something.

Episode 14: E-mail Didn't Always Talk (Part 1)

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 22 Oct 2014 22:00:00 -0700

In part one of another epic two part episode, Ryan and Carlos discuss their iPhone “Do Not Disturb” schedules (that’s what you tune in for, right?), the iPad product lineup, the new retina iMac, and their first impressions of OS X Yosemite, Continuity, Handoff, and Apple Pay.

Episode 13: Eating Dictionaries for Breakfast

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 15 Oct 2014 22:00:00 -0700

After reminiscing about the early days of Wi-Fi, Ryan and Carlos talk about HBO’s upcoming standalone service, the implications of debundling TV from traditional cable packages, Google Shopping Express, Apple’s awkward naming conventions, last minute iPad and retina iMac event speculation, the end of Macworld Expo, and the Giants being one game away from the World Series.

Episode 12: That Sounds Like a Made Up Name

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 08 Oct 2014 22:00:00 -0700

Sports news, get your sports news here! Ryan and Carlos again enter the wide world of sports to talk about the Giants postseason run, leaving baseball games early, this year’s awful television coverage of the MLB postseason, and the NBA’s new TV agreement. They also discuss Apple’s upcoming iPad event, iOS 8’s adoption rate, and whether iOS is becoming fragmented.

Episode 11: The Bulge is Very Small

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 01 Oct 2014 22:00:00 -0700

Not even a cold can slow down Technically Correct. In this week’s show, Carlos and (a nasal-y) Ryan discuss the MLB playoffs, the lack of app support for the iPhone 6 display, Ello, the PowerBeats 2, speculation about Apple Watch pricing, upgradability, and being a standalone device, the latest in the world of Uber stories, Windows 10, the iOttie Easy One Touch 2, and DirecTV’s renewed NFL deal.

Episode 10: Emoji Connoisseur

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 24 Sep 2014 22:00:00 -0700

After spending a couple of weeks in the safe haven of Apple news, Ryan and Carlos branch out a bit in this week’s episode. They discuss ESPN’s suspension of Bill Simmons, the NFL’s future as America’s most popular sport, the Blackberry Passport, problems with The Verge’s product reviews, Beats’ rumored integration into iTunes, Rdio vs. Spotify, the Pebble’s new firmware, and UPS’s new 3D printing service. Despite their best efforts, they also do get back into some Apple news with Ryan’s first week with the iPhone 6, third party keyboards in iOS 8, and Tim Cook’s interview with Charlie Rose.

Episode 9: The Devil is in the Details

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 17 Sep 2014 22:00:00 -0700

Apple’s fall event may have been a week ago, but news related to the event is just getting started. In a jam packed episode, Ryan and Carlos discuss NFC only being available for Apple Pay, Apple Watch battery life and pricing, iPhone 6 wi-fi calling and VOLTE support (or lack thereof) on US carriers, the U2 album fiasco, and iOS 8 first impressions. They also chat about the problem with Samsung’s new ads, Microsoft’s $2.5B acquisition of Mojang, Windows 9’s new desktop UI, and the Kindle Voyage.

Episode 8: 40,000 of Those Are Subway

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 10 Sep 2014 22:00:00 -0700

Like Apple at this week’s event, Ryan and Carlos skip the pleasantries and jump straight into things, spending the entire show discussing the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, iOS 8, Apple Pay, and Apple Watch.

Episode 7: We’re Going to Help Some People

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 03 Sep 2014 22:00:00 -0700

Another week, another show. On this edition of Technically Correct, Ryan and Carlos discuss rumored “iWatch” release dates, NFC and mobile payments on the iPhone 6, 1Password’s free iOS 8 update, new Samsung Galaxy products, the iCloud photo data breach, security vs. privacy, how to manage secure passwords, and the “New” Nintendo 3DS.

Episode 6: A Whole Lot of Bezel

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 27 Aug 2014 22:00:00 -0700

In this week’s episode of Technically Correct, Ryan and Carlos start with extended conversations about Uber (stop us if you’ve heard that before) and Apple’s upcoming product event. They also discuss Dropbox’s upgraded pro accounts, Amazon Fire Phone sales, Comcast On Demand, and Twitter’s alteration of user timelines.

Episode 5: We'll Edit This Out in Post (Part 2)

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 20 Aug 2014 22:00:00 -0700

In the finale of Technically Correct’s epic two part show, Ryan and Carlos talk about Microsoft’s tablet and smartphone strategy, the 10 year anniversary of podcasting, Overcast, PS4 and Xbox One sales, in-app purchases in games, Threes, and using Splashtop to remotely access a Mac. Oh, and sports.

Episode 4: We'll Edit This Out in Post (Part 1)

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 13 Aug 2014 22:00:00 -0700

In part one of an epic two-part episode of Technically Correct, Ryan and Carlos discuss WebPass, the current and future state of Netflix, the importance of live sports for cable TV, Uber’s (allegedly) shady business tactics, and Steve Ballmer buying the Clippers.

Episode 3: Insert it Upside Down

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 06 Aug 2014 22:00:00 -0700

After discussing Carlos’s Jeopardy strategy and Ryan’s love of Sugar Ray (you know, like every good podcast should start), the third episode of Technically Correct covers Apple’s new CDN, Comcast’s faster speeds, iPhone 6 speculation, Microsoft’s new 5th Ave. retail store, the state of in-car technology, Uber’s new carpool service, the “I want it now economy,” and the future of Twitter.

Episode 2: The George Clooney of Uber

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 30 Jul 2014 22:00:00 -0700

After a successful first episode, Technically Correct keeps the ball rolling (as Carlos would say) with a discussion of the Oculus Rift, EA’s subscription service on the Xbox One, the future of Nintendo, 1Password on iOS 8, passenger ratings on Uber, using your phone as a digital wallet, the economics of making a mobile app, and problems with the iOS App Store.

Episode 1: Ace in the Sleeve

ryan.fretwell@gmail.com (Ryan Fretwell and Carlos Gomez) — Wed, 23 Jul 2014 22:00:00 -0700

Ryan, Carlos, and the train which runs near Carlos’s apartment introduce the show and discuss media on the XBOX and PS4, Amazon Instant Video, the nightmare of cancelling Comcast, Microsoft’s misguided vision of Windows, declining iPad sales, Carlo’s new mirrorless camera, the Apple/IBM partnership, and Overcast.