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🗓️ 4 July 2023
⏱️ 34 minutes
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0:00.0 | Hey, it's Kim Commando today, your daily podcast to keep you up to date with all things digital |
0:07.0 | and beyond. And I'd love to have you be a part of our podcast. You can make an appointment to speak |
0:12.3 | with me. Just head over to commando.com. And on the top right, there's a button that says email, |
0:16.7 | Kim, fill that out. And that's it. I always like to kick things off with something that's really interesting, and it actually |
0:22.2 | happened twice over the last month. |
0:24.7 | Tourists outside of Kona, they drove their car right into the harbor after following |
0:29.6 | Google Maps. |
0:30.3 | Like, what's going on with that? |
0:32.0 | Well, a local Hawaiian, he had a good laugh about it all, and he decided, hey, this sounds |
0:37.3 | like a great money-making opportunity. |
0:39.8 | So Lewis de Alba made some T-shirts. |
0:42.1 | I survived the Honakawa Harbor Ramp shirts, and he put the GPS coordinates on them just for good measure. |
0:47.9 | And he says they're selling fast, faster than would you believe Taylor Swift tickets. |
0:52.6 | All right, maybe not that fast. |
0:55.3 | He started out with about 15 shirts, and now he says, it's just blown up. Five people reached out about the t-shirts |
1:00.1 | in about an hour. Yeah, I don't know what they're exactly blowing up five people in an hour. But |
1:04.6 | anyway, good for him. Absolutely. Hey, speaking of GPS systems, I always thought that it was a missed opportunity because instead of just saying, hey, you have reached your destination, what we really should have had on our GPS system saying, whoop, there it is. Wouldn't that be so funny? Hey, listen, are you ready to up your tech IQ because our first-timeer listeners, we're so thrilled to have you. |
1:28.6 | And for you're a loyal listener, welcome back. |
1:30.9 | Because after all, I'm Kim Commando, America's beloved digital goddess here with you once again. |
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