Companies that sponsor podcasts - you know how much you love it when users of your product pay for a year in advance so you have one transaction instead of twelve? Do the same for the podcasts you support - sign up for a couple months. Half a year even! Save paperwork! :)
Since it’s the last day before school begins, today I’ll be using the excellent ScoreKeeper iOS app to track how many times each of my kids interrupts me throughout the day.
If you’d like to place your bets, I’ve got 3 kids. 😂
As weird as it is to think about when you’re in the midst of it, one day you’ll change your kid’s diaper or fold up their toddler clothes for the last time and you might not even realize it.
Currently reading: George Lucas by Brian Jay Jones 📚
Finished reading: Sea of Tranquility by Emily St John Mandel 📚 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Where on earth did Snapchat get the idea to add a dual camera photo at the same time? I just can’t BeReal it’s happening!?! (Also pour one out for the OG of this, Frontback.)
It’s all quiet across the lake tonight except for the boat blasting something about “slappa dat ass”, and the group arguing about Moe handing out money to distract from what’s really going on. #momentofzen
Editing podcasts takes twice as long when your kids are watching “2,230 things you missed during She-Hulk” videos from @NewRockstars. 😂
Nodding along to Matt’s podcast guide for 2022. I may swap out a few apps for different brands, but otherwise it’s great how easy it is to podcast in 2022.
It seems fitting that on a client’s podcast episode called “Learning from Our Mistakes”, I would make a mistake while exporting and have to re-do it. 😂
A couple times we’ve had a person in their 20s-ish come to our door saying “I’m not here to sell you anything or whatever, just wondering if you have a bottle of water because it’s hot out.” And my scam sniffer radar goes off big time - am I a jerk or is this a sales thing?
Finished reading: Fight Night by Miriam Toews 📚 I had a tough time staying interested in it, but the ending was a beautiful payoff to the story.
Would you rather have your kids mindlessly flipping through YouTube / Reels / Tiktoks, or playing Monopoly non-stop?
It’s don’t buy an iPhone season right now. Remind your friends and family to hold off until the next stuff is announced, and the previously new stuff will be discounted. (Though amazing deals occasionally pop up.)
Is there anything more pleasing to the ears than a gas powered lawn trimmer? I’m just glad I’m not recording anything today. 🙉
I really hope this rumor of Apple throwing ads into Apple Maps stays a rumor. It feels gross that they’d do it for the cash, but it might be something they have to do in exchange for access to mapping or business API data? I dunno.
Another upvote for this 20 Thousand Hertz episode on the sound design of Ted Lasso during the pandemic. So good for fans of the show and/or sound nerds.