Hello and welcome to Connected episode 253. It's made possible this week by our sponsors, ExpressVPN, and Bombus. My name is Stephen Hackett. I am back and to restore order to whatever happened last

week. And it's an odd episode. So Mike, you get to say hello first. Oh, hello. Hi. I'm glad to be

back. I'm glad you're feeling better. Glad you're sounding better. I realized that last week I

introduced myself first.

Just because you have the episode number wrong.

It's episode 254.

So Federico, you get to go second, but really first.

The first shall be last, as it is said.

I like how you said you're bringing back order,

and you've actually brought chaos upon the show.

This is extremely chaotic for an introduction coming from you.

I quit.

I feel confused. I feel confused and perplexed, Stephen Boy, you've done here.

You should maybe go back to vacation or something.

I mean, I won't argue with going back on vacation, but we're here, so we should probably just keep doing the show.

Can we just move forward, do you think?

Okay.

I guess.

Over the weekend, I was at the Max. Dot Conference.

John Voorhees, we should give a special shout to who not only picked me up from the airport

in Chicago and took me to the airport to leave several days later, then picked me up again

when my flight was canceled, let me spend a night in his house with his family, and they took

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