You Chose Poorly

Sawyer tells a story about recommending a service that recently shut down, and this brings Mikey to the topic at hand: photos. What do you do with them? How do you trust they'll still be there if you want to see them later? How much money do you have to throw at this problem? And can there just be one place where they live (tldr: no). Mikey's photo life: Flash Drives iMore: Photo Stream iCloud Photo Library Google Photos Email iMore: Airdrop Sawyer's photo life: Google Photos Sawyer Paul on Flickr Onedrive Show Notes: What an odd burn. Storehouse Back to Work Episode 280 International Object 86: People on Flickr Using Flickr for Flickr Why Did John Gruber's Talk Show Leave 5By5?

Is trying to get everyone on board with new workflows always a mistake? Do you just drive yourself nuts knowing the future is right there, just out of reach, while everyone else around you is fine just faxing stuff? Sawyer and Mikey begin to unpack an issue that plagues early adopters and automation enthusiasts. Show notes and homework for next week: The Age of the Workflow Designer The leaked New York Times innovation report is one of the key documents of this media age How do you know the difference between wisdom and being stuck in your ways? - Quora Myth #2: All pages should be accessible in 3 clicks Mac Power Users #287: Automation and More with Brett Terpstra

Mikey and Sawyer talk WWDC 2016, and in the process wrestle with spending personal time watching corporate keynotes. Is it a waste of time for a regular consumer? What is it about nerdy drama that keeps us coming back? And is it about the products, the people, or the (once again) weird feeling of unearned superiority from knowing stuff faster than other people? Show Notes: Apple Keynote - WWDC 2016 Bloomberg Terminal iPhone 6 event PlayStation 4 Announcement Microsoft Kinect World Premiere Time Lapse on Vimeo Google I/O 2016 - Keynote Samsung Galaxy S5 - Keynote The best of Steve Ballmer Clippers Owner Steve Ballmer Dunks Off Trampoline Microsoft Surface Pro 3 - Launch Event Tesla Unveils Model 3 iPad 2 keynote, Apple iPad 2 Keynote, Special Event, March 2011 - YouTube List of Nintendo Direct presentations The Drudgery of Apple’s “Epic” Updates — The Ringer

Sawyer's apartment didn't burn down, but most of his messaging apps might as well have. This week, he and Mikey dive deeper into the strange cesspool of the psychology of messaging services.

Sawyer has ten messaging apps. Mikey has nine. Most everyone with a smartphone has at least five. How is this the new normal? Also, Mikey has a new phone, and Sawyer's apartment is burning. What Sawyer is currently using: iMessage/SMS Facebook Messenger WhatsApp Google Hangouts Slack Miitomo Skype Twitter Instagram Tumblr What Mikey is currently using: Line Viber WhatsApp Facebook Messenger Twitter Instagram iMessage/SMS Slack Show notes: Never mind, I’ll find someone like you Wiki: Instant Messaging Wiki: Comparison of instant messaging clients What's the Deal with All These Messaging Apps? Screw Texting. It’s Time to Pick a Universal Messaging App Trillian & Adium Franz Snowball: all your chat apps in one place on Android Popularity of messaging apps continues to skyrocket The State of Messaging Apps, in 5 Charts The end of apps is here. Long live chat bots XKCD: Standards

What happens when you fall in love with a failing music service? What do you tell the people who signed up due to your evangelism? What happens when the boat sinks? Mikey Llorin and Sawyer Paul discuss Rdio, the dead and loved online music service. Show notes: Soundiiz - move playlists between online music services Yeah, um, Apple Music is way too complicated. I’m sticking with Rdio Rdio's shutdown begins November 23rd with a transition to ad-supported listening A Eulogy for Rdio A Love Letter to Rdio Five things Spotify should steal from Rdio Why Rdio died Burying Rdio, the Music App for Annoying Men Pebble Watches Apple Music on Google Play

Sawyer Paul explains how his interest in offbeat and weird technology began with being the only kid he knew with a TurboGrafx-16. Mikey Llorin makes a revelatory statement about the narcissism of going against the grain. Note: We mention Contra a few times but we both totally meant R-Type. TurboGrafx-16: A Beginner's Guide Stalled Engine: The TurboGrafx-16 turns 25 Hyper Dyne Side Arms Five Reasons to Import a PC Engine The TurboGrafx 16 and the Best Games Which Defined That Lost Console

Mikey Llorin and Sawyer Paul discuss Apple's quarterly results, Sawyer's iPhone 6, Apple Music, iTunes Match, Zune Pass, and whether or not it is a poor choice to put all your stuff into iCloud. Daring Fireball: Apple and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Drop in iPhone Sales Picking apart Apple's Q2 2016 numbers Zune software Zune retirement FAQ Groove Web Player Xbox Music Onedrive Music Folder Apple Music's Wasted Potential Here’s How Messed Up Apple Music Metadata Is Apple WWDC 11 Keynote- iCloud- Contacts, Mail, Calanders, Apps, Books, Backups "It Just Works"

Sawyer and Mikey break open the beautiful and troubled little pebble that effectively killed Palm. Also discussed: Palm Pilots, Apple lifting features from the Prē, and if there's anything to learn from Palm's demise. Links and Show Notes: Mikey processes his feelings about the iPad Pro The Verge's new blog, Circuit Breaker Sony Clie Handspring VisorPhone Hypercritical 86: Naked robotic core I've Discovered The Best Smartphone Of All Time, And It's From 2011 Engadget's Palm Pre Review Palm Pre preview on Daring Fireball WebOS Nation Palm Pre review Pre to postmortem: the inside story of the death of Palm and webOS Palm Pixi Palm Pre Plus Palm Pre 2 My Phone Can Read My Mind Palm.com still says "coming soon

iPad. It's almost impossible to pick the "right" one, even if they're all pretty great. Links and Show Notes: The “right” iPads: iPad 2 iPad mini 2 (2012) — Still available! iPad Air 2 (2014) The "wrong" ones that Mikey owned: iPad “The New” (3rd Gen) iPad — Hurry up the Cakes: You had me at retina iPad Air 1 Mikey's current iPad: iPad Pro 12.9” Sawyer's iPad: iPad 2 (Early 2011 - Late 2012) PC World: No Second Coming: Apple’s iPad Just a Big iPod Touch WWDC 2015 Steve Jobs reads the iPad Daring Fireball: The iPad Pencil by 53 Cortex with CGP Grey and Myke Hurley — CGP Grey buys an iPad Pro (Overcast Timestamp Link) Microsoft's Courier 'digital journal’ Mikey's tweet about how the Apple pencil ruined his day Serenity Caldwell's Apple Pencil-drawn Apple Pencil Review Serenity Caldwell's baby Pro Scrivener As of March 22, 2016, the iPad Air 2 remains Wirecutter's "Best tablet"

Mikey and Sawyer discuss a small handful of iPods, what they meant in their lives, why certain models were chosen over others, and what the iPod meant in the 2000s before ubiquitous internet music streaming. Links Daring Fireball: The iPod Juggernaut iPod Photo iPod video Basic iPod earbuds Steve Jobs says it again: no video iPod Powermac g3 How lithium batteries work iPod touch Apple Music Event 2007: The iPod Touch Introduction Another iPod touch deficiency: No volume buttons iPod Nano 3rd Generation iTunes Store launches in Phillipines June 27, 2012 Timesline of File Sharing iPod shuffle 3rd Generation Unboxing a Stanless Steel iPod Shuffle 3rd Gen Steve Jobs reveals the 4th Generation iPod Shuffle