Episode 465: That 20-Minute Sting
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4.7 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 18 February 2020
⏱️ 86 minutes
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Summary
DISCUSSED: Merlin isn't quite awake yet and has some audio struggles in the midst of a new project; Dan is bringing back The Podcast Method; committing something to media can still be very special; podcasts are cool, and you should make one; praise for Temple Grandin, a Jason Snell video, and a big upgrade over the stock Home app for iOS; solid syncing has raised a lot of boats; updates on the iOS text editor landscape; and, finally, thoughts on the future of sustainable iOS app development.
Links for this episode:
- Podcast Method
- Audient iD4
Merlin's guitar interface.
- The world needs all kinds of minds | Temple Grandin - YouTube
Autism activist Temple Grandin talks about how her mind works -- sharing her ability to "think in pictures," which helps her solve problems that neurotypical brains might miss. She makes the case that the world needs people on the autism spectrum: visual thinkers, pattern thinkers, verbal thinkers, and all kinds of smart geeky kids.
- RØDE Microphones - PodMic
- Video: Editing Podcasts with Ferrite and Apple Pencil - Six Colors
- Home+ 4 Released with Refreshed Design and iOS 13 Features - MacStories
- Home+ 4
Home+ 4 is the only full featured HomeKit app on the App Store which supports all HomeKit automation features. You can control all your HomeKit accessories from different manufacturers in one app and create your very own smart home.
- Mouseless
- WMNF | Community Conscious Radio
- Vintage Ross Solid State Stereo Cassette Deck Tape Player Recorder Model 6350 for sale online | eBay
- The Very Best of Jiminy Glick - YouTube
- Don’t Kiss Your Pet Hedgehogs, C.D.C. Warns - The New York Times
- 5by5 | Podcast Method
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, hey, Merlin how are you doing? This is a lovely morning. I'm doing great. And how are you? |
| 0:07.0 | How is it? How is it on your block? Are you playing stick ball? |
| 0:13.0 | I remember stick ball real skinny kid. I always steal in the stick ball. |
| 0:21.0 | Everybody hate it stick ball. Hi, I'm doing a one-man show here on Broadway. |
| 0:27.0 | I'm probably with two bees. Okay, hey, how are you? I'm all right. |
| 0:32.0 | It's usually not, almost always not interesting to talk about audio problems, but |
| 0:36.0 | except today, in which it's going to be fascinating to talk about. |
| 0:41.0 | We've got a, as Dan says in England, a fly in the ointment. |
| 0:45.0 | Oh, yes. We got a spanner in the works. |
| 0:48.0 | But I think we can, we can bring it in and it will be wheels down in about one hour. |
| 0:55.0 | I want to thank you for flying with Dan and me. Hey. |
| 0:59.0 | So the only reason that is to be invagally interesting is I don't, I'm not ready to go |
| 1:05.0 | super into it right now. I think I mentioned this a little bit, but I've done some new projects. |
| 1:09.0 | I'm doing some new fun things and one of them is I'm going to try and get back into doing music things. |
| 1:13.0 | Oh, excellent. So that is how I think screwed up my tech stack regarding audio. |
| 1:23.0 | So where are you now? |
| 1:25.0 | With the project? With the audio. |
| 1:29.0 | With the audio. |
| 1:30.0 | You know, with the audio, I mean, would you feel comfortable with where things are right now? |
| 1:34.0 | Is they stand or are you with me as brothers? |
| 1:36.0 | Yeah. That's what I meant. |
| 1:38.0 | I'm forged in war, you and me. |
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