505: That Satisfying Click
Our current device-charging setups, how we manage our windows, our weather apps of choice, and the travel items that have saved our bacon.
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
504: I Have No Business Being This Glamorous
Whether we'd be comfortable in a driverless taxi, our thoughts on the U.S. Surgeon General's advisory regarding kids and social media, using Final Cut Pro and Logic Pro on the iPad, and the last time technology blew us away.
503: I Still Think He's a Mutant
Apple's new accessibility features, buttons vs. touchscreens, a free ad-supported television set, and whether we're contributors or lurkers on social media.
502: Cirque-du-Soleil-Style Verbal Gymnastics
Completing precision tasks on iPad with Final Cut Pro and Logic Pro, our thoughts on AI in retail (in light of the Wendy's news), Google joining the foldable phone market, and predictions for Apple's WWDC and the mention of artificial intelligence.
501: The Atomic Energy of Personal Location Security
Apple and Google collaborate on a standard for device trackers, our thoughts on Bluesky, Google implements passkeys, and whether we're hopeful or fearful of AI.
500: The Windows Vista of the Future
On this, our 500th episode, we start by complaining about the apps we begrudgingly use regularly. Then we predict the future of phones, reveal our history with dual-booting PCs, and share what it would take to get us to buy a mixed-reality headset.
499: Weeping Quietly Into My Headset
Our watchOS 10 wish list, the apps we want on our Apple headsets, HomePods listening, and our dream vacations and the tech we'd bring.
498: Divisive About Devices
Collecting and removing mobile apps, how we begin and end every smartphone session, our new computer migration process, and how we balance our digital and physical lives.
497: Mounting My Phone Like an Uber Driver
Our thoughts on GM abandoning CarPlay and Android Auto, our most relaxing phone activities, how we control our TVs, and what we've used AI for.
496: I Just Wanna Know What Outer Space Tastes Like
The apps we use for taking notes, the iOS 16.4 features (and emoji) we're excited about, our thoughts on Apple Pay Later and installment payments, and what we hope — and expect — to hear about at Apple's WWDC.
495: That's Never Stopped Me
The generative AI we've found the most compelling, our thoughts on Spatial Audio and surround sound systems, whether we think the game console is dying out, and our social media habits in the wake of the relaunch of Gowalla.
494: Beware the Pies of March
How we display and enjoy our digital photographs, celebrating Digital Cleanup Day by revealing the messiest areas of our digital lives, software we don't like but have to use, and our thoughts on replacing aging tech.
493: A Game of Hot and Cold With My Ears
Whether we use spatial audio, the oldest tech in our setups, our smart TV situations, and what our Twitter experience is currently like.
492: Hacked or Tracked or Cracked
How we decide which companies get our data, how we manage our personal music collections, our thoughts on iPhone and Apple ID security, and the last time we felt like a clueless technophobe.
491: A Doggy Jukebox
How we listen to digital music, would we pay for increased account security, keeping our devices clean, and Apple's pricey upgrade costs.
490: Smoothie Dan
How we'd add AI technology to our tasks, our non-starter factors for buying an electric car, the device screen sizes we think Apple should consider, and how we're using climate data to automate our smart homes.
489: It Will Automatically Punch You
Our experiences with modern day Internet search, what we're doing with AI tools, actors and AI voice generation, and our favorite Black technologists.
488: The Instagram of Shoes
Our thoughts on an app aiming to be “the TikTok for text,” whether we're bothered by AI-generated content when it's accurate and useful, Apple's rumored foldable iPad, and our home speaker setups.
487: A Trebillionty Menu Bar Apps
Whether we spec up our Macs, our philosophy on menu bars, what we use for pointing devices, and our screen sizes of choice.
486: Stop Trying To Take My Job, Robots
Whether we're using AirTags and other item-tracking tech, how we have (or haven't) used ChatGPT for work, our thoughts on a touchscreen Mac, and the discontinued tech we'd like to see revived.
485: Comfortable in My Overkill
Our overpowered tech devices, the return of personal blogging, the last time we took our tech in, and the Apple services we subscribe to.
484: Help, I Can't Dock!
The frustrating tech we own, our tech-related goal or theme for the new year, the tech we'd buy if money were no object, and our thoughts on and usage of Apple's MagSafe technology and the upcoming Qi2 standard.
483: The Schadenfreude Side of the Table
The legacy of 2022 in tech, the tech gifts we're buying ourselves, the best third-party app replacements, and Apple products we'd like to see but they'll never make.
482: Channeling Their Miffedness
Whether TikTok's algorithm explanations will ruin the magic. How we collect and share our holiday gift ideas. The weather app(s) we're using in light of the end of Dark Sky. The coolest gifts we've bought for ourselves this holiday season.
481: A Series of Shortcuts
Whether we'd install a third-party app store on our phones, our most anticipated Matter devices, the tasks we'd pawn off onto an AI chatbot, and our non-holiday holiday traditions.
480: Science and I Disagree
How we've used or could use OpenAI's ChatGPT, the silliest and/or most time-consuming automations we've created, our thoughts on Apple's new App Store price points, and our plans to own an Apple Car.
479: Beyoncé Beyoncé Beyoncé Beyoncé Beyoncé Beyoncé
Annual streaming music retrospectives, our favorite thing about niche software, whether child us would be blown away by today's tech, and our pitches for social media networks.
478: Atop My Turkey Tree
Finding a Twitter replacement (or leaving it all behind), our Read-it-Later services of choice, the tech we're most thankful for, and the apps we're most thankful for.
477: That's Probably a Funny Joke
How we positively integrate tech in our kids' lives, whether we display vintage tech, sharing streaming service logins, and do standalone cameras still trump smartphones?
476: I Cheated With Two Questions
Our thoughts on all-in-one work platforms in regard to Zoom One, the mapping app(s) we use, our predictions for the future of social media, and our tech-buying habits when faced with supply-constraint delays.