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  • 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.

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  • 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: What Mikey is currently using: Show notes:

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  • What happens when you fall in love with a failing music servi.ce? 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:

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • 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:

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  • iPad. It’s almost impossible to pick the “right” one, even if they’re all pretty great. Links and Show Notes: The “right” iPads: The “wrong” ones that Mikey owned: Mikey’s current iPad: iPad Pro 12.9” Sawyer’s iPad: iPad 2 (Early 2011 – Late 2012) As of March 22, 2016, the iPad Air 2 remains Wirecutter’s “Best tablet“

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  • 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

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  • Mike Montiero: But while someone can certainly make the case that an AK-47, or any other kind of gun or rifle is designed, nothing whose primary purpose is to take away life can be said to be designed well. And that attempting to separate an object from its function in order to appreciate it for purely aesthetic reasons,…

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  • My six favourite episodes of 99% Invisible

    Consider this a starter pack. Episode 93: Revolving Doors The story goes like this: Theophilus Van Kannel hated chivalry.  There was nothing he despised  more than trying to walk in or out of a building, and locking horns with other men in a game of “oh you first, I insist.” But most of all, Theophilus Van Kannel hated…

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