355: Let's Kill Quibi!
The era of peak streaming services, Apple's blindspots, our work device setups, and the iPhone tips that surprise and delight people.
Episodes
Clockwise
Clockwise is a rapid-fire discussion of current technology issues hosted by Dan Moren and Mikah Sargent and featuring two special guests each week. Four people, four topics--and because we're always watching the clock, no episode is longer than 30 minutes. Hosted by Dan Moren and Mikah Sargent.
Episodes
354: I Needed to Flee Reality
How staying home has impacted our use of social media, the tech we've ordered since the start of the pandemic, the subscription service we'd recommend to others, and low-tech solutions to high tech problems.
353: Shortcut Concierge
Our strategy for adopting Apple software betas, the future of gaming on Apple silicon, when we'll buy an Apple silicon Mac, and what we'd like to automate for social good.
352: Garbage: Folder. Problems: Kettle.
How iOS 14's App Library will change our app organization habits, our thoughts on Mac Catalyst in the age of ARM Macs, how we feel about the macOS redesign, and WWDC's new format.
351: Sacrificing an Apple Pencil to the Fire
Pie-in-the-sky WWDC predictions, Apple's latest App Store kerfuffle, streaming video games online, and the future of AR in light of Bose's withdrawal from the market.
350: A Hunk of Inert Matter
Whether we'd trade up for a new Mac, what we'd track using our iPhones, our excitements and concerns over the Mac ARM transition, and how we're handling tragedy and normaly on social media.
349: That Was Chef's Kiss for Me
Our use of voice assistants on our phones, mass deleting content from social media, the tech we use to wake up, and companies responding to current events.
348: Save Me From My Shame
Tech that helps us sleep, our thoughts on HBO Max, how we'd fix social media if we were in charge, and our plans (or lack thereof) to visit reopening Apple stores.
347: The Low Tech Way is The Easiest Way
Apple may not be including headphones with the next iPhone, the restaurants and other places we want to visit when the quarantine is over, our latest online gaming experiences, and how we watch movies with friends over the Internet.
346: Beyoncé in Space!
What's something you're itching to learn? What would be the topic(s) of your own virtual conference? What's your essential quarantine tech? Which star would you send to space? Lory Gil and Zac Hall are here to answer these questions and more!
345: Bluetooth Kiss
Pandemic tech changes we'd like, privacy concerns over contact tracing, the best (and worst) phishing attempts, and Twitter chastises language.
344: Surrounded by Chocolate and Distractions
What's the last video or piece of media that impacted you? What if everyone unmuted their mics in video meetings? What's your typical work setup these days? What tech is getting you through the week? Megan Morrone and James Thomson are here to answer these questions and more!
343: Allow Me to Interpret Gibberish
The tech our current world situation has made us appreciate (or realize we don't need), what age is too young for tech, voice assistant misfires, and our favorite virtual backgrounds on video chat.
342: I, Too, Am Concerned About My Isolation Beard
How do we organize our smartphone home screens? What are some ways companies are pivoting in the wake of COVID-19? How have our tech purchasing habits been impacted by COVID-19? Have the "shelter in place" orders affected our tech use? Kathy Campbell and Jeremy Burge join Dan Moren and Mikah Sargent to answer these questions!
341: The Fiddliest of Fiddly Fiddlers
Our remote tech troubleshooting tips, the most and least fiddly tech, how the open web benefited our learning, and whether Quibi is genius or madness.
340: How Often Do I Have to Wash My Hair?
Can Fitbit's new wearable take on the Apple Watch? How do you balance privacy, security, and reaching out to family during COVID-19? Can you use an iPad as your primary device? Should macOS support touch interaction? Answers to all these questions can be found within!
339: Hide and Don't Go Seek
How we deal with old tech and data, what we do to entertain ourselves (and friends) via Zoom and Skype, our health tracking habits, and the weirdest COVID-19 related emails we've gotten from companies.
338: Am I Allowed to Say Whisk(e)y?
How technology has helped us with social distancing, how we're coping with media anxiety, our tips for working — and living — from home, and COVID-19's effect on future infrastructure.
337: Blue Bubble Betterment
The rumored iOS 14 features we're most anticipating, what we'd like to see on the next Apple Watch, our digital (and analogue) journaling habits, and how we handle calendaring, notes, and to-dos.
336: The Best Kind of Answer: Yes & No
Whether we've used app-connected scooters and bikes, how podcasts have changed our music-listening habits, how the coronavirus is impacting tech events, tradeshows, and this year's phone updates.
335: Some Sort of Dongleage
The debate over standardizing smartphone charging ports, how we feel about HomeKit Secure Video, whether we want an autonomous car, and what kind of Instagram users we are.
334: I Like That We Live in the Future
Apps and services we use to communicate, complaints about Google's mobile productivity suite, our antivirus practices, and mobile games we've kept around for awhile.
333: Throwing the Spaghetti at the Consumer
Samsung's latest flip phone, security tips for elections and ordinary people, high refresh rate phones, and the challenge online learning brings to traditional universities.
332: One Hip Lies
The best and worst of Apple in the year gone by, Google's divisive Super Bowl ad, how we'd fix Apple News+, and what the iPad is still missing.
331: Ambulatory Meat Sack
Our app preferences on macOS and iOS, if we're TikTok'in', our sleep-tracking habits (or lack thereof), and the last tech tip we shared that blew someone's mind.
330: I Call That the Airplane Squirrel
Digital wellbeing apps and features, movies and TV shows we thought would accurately predict the future, our encryption habits, and our "analog" hobbies. Plus, our first jobs!
329: Forgetting as a Service
Our best security practices, the services we'd still like to see from tech companies, thoughts on Twitter's experimental reply system, and the last apps we fell in love with.
328: Kicking off 2020 for the Second Time
The coolest or weirdest things we've seen from CES, podcasts we want made into books, whether we're still downloading new mobile apps, and our experiences with guided meditation and Apple's Breathe app.
327: Chiming in the New Year
The tech we: * want to see in 2020 * felt made the most difference in our life in 2019 * gifted this holiday season * did or did not use in 2000 that we do or do not use today
326: Why We Find Solace In Love
Our tech stocking stuffers, why the Mac's community exists, Apple's satellite interests, and a port-less—but modular?—iPhone.