» “Want to do a podcast? Don’t be intimidated”
Jason Snell has some podcasting advice:
If you’re just starting out, don’t allow yourself to be intimidated by all this audio talk. If you have something to say, say it.
I don’t deny that I’ve heard some pretty awful sounding podcasts in my day. Audio quality does matter. I’d just argue that beyond a certain point, it only matters to audio snobs.
When I was the first guest on the new version of The Talk Show, my audio wasn’t horrible, but it could have been better. Someone left a one-star iTunes comment that read something like “It’s hard to take this new version of the show seriously when the guest can’t afford a decent microphone.” (It was actually a fine microphone that I just had it on the wrong setting, but thanks for implying that only people who can afford high-end audio equipment have voices that matter.)
Try to sound good. Be open to constructive criticism and suggestions. But don’t bust your ass trying to please jerks.
» The Rebound #11: All My Ports are Closed
Finally we talk about cars. I mean… phew, right? We also look at some truly terrible advice for Apple and TVs in hotel rooms.
» The Rebound #10: I Did It All for the Nokia
Lex, Dan and I talk about the Nokia N1, Uber, that iPhone knockoff and other lousy stuff.
» Turning This Car Around #41: Some Families are Farting Families
The dads talk gender. And presents. And comic books. And movies. And farting.
» Twitter app data collecting
Twitter:
To help build a more personal Twitter experience for you, we are collecting and occasionally updating the list of apps installed on your mobile device so we can deliver tailored content that you might be interested in.
Sure, why don’t I just send you my last colonoscopy video, too? Would that help you monetize your platform? The platform you forgot to monetize and are now actively trying to ruin by monetizing it?
Supposedly you can turn this off but you have to do it by account and right now I don’t see the option anywhere in the app.
(via David Chartier)
» Apple must save my snake oil business
I’m not going to link to the TechCrunch piece by the antivirus software maker who — surprise — thinks Apple desperately needs to open up iOS so he can get a free payday (seriously, Techcrunch?). You can read John Gruber or Rene Ritchie’s reactions instead. My favorite, though, is Rich Mogull’s:
I will admit that [desktop] AV is slightly more effective than that Airborne stuff.
Boom.
» Kingdom Rush Origins
The third installment of perhaps my favorite iOS game is as great as ever and more gender-neutral than previous iterations. Available in iPad and iPhone flavors.
Welp,
» Turning This Car Around #40: LARPing the Manger
We talk Christmas and Chanukah on this week’s episode of the dadliest dadcast in the land.
» Home for the holidays
Writing for the News Tribune, Rolf Boone covers the decision by The Mac Store, a Pacific Northwest Apple reseller, to close on Thanksgiving despite the threat of being fined by the mall it’s located in.
[The Mac Store’s president and chief executive Kevin] Anderson said he wishes shoppers would think more about the people who have to work on that day rather than simply the money they’re going to save.
“How many people aren’t with their families that day?” Anderson said.
Good for Anderson. The company that owns the mall has relented. It seems ridiculous to me that the whole point of the holiday gets subverted by the idea of lower prices for the subsequent holiday.
The Mac Mall is an interesting story. They were the place to go for Macs in this are long before Apple opened its own retail stores. They closed their Tacoma store in the late 1990s as Apple struggled but have since opened a few new stores in mid-range malls where Apple doesn’t have a presence. I’ve always had a pretty good experience with them, going back to the early 1990s.