Category: Podcasts

There’s a lot of chatter today about the end of Serial, the podcast from This American Life that has followed the story of Adnan Syed, who is in prison after being found guilty for the murder of his ex-girlfriend Hae Min Lee.

SPOILERS BELOW. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.

Today’s episode didn’t end the way some people wanted. Adnan is still in prison, and the world is still unsure of his guilt.

Serial ends with lots of open questions; there’s no clear next step, no immediate benefit to Adnan for taking part in the story. Serial may have unpacked his case — his very life — but it didn’t put things back together in a way that has much closure for the audience.

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This week, on Connected:

This week, the boys talk about photo management, iOS workflows and smart watches. Shocking, right?

Joking aside, Dropbox is getting serious about things, Workflow is an amazing app and my Pebble is going back from whence it came.

This episode was sponsored by:

• lynda.com: An easy and affordable way to help individuals and organizations learn. Free 10-day trial.
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This week on Connected:

This week, Federico, Myke and what’s left of Stephen discuss some Evernote follow-up, recent App Store drama and what’s going on with Twitter clients.

It was made possible by:

• iStat Menus 5, by Bjango: An advanced system monitor for your Mac’s menubar. Get 25% off with code CONNECTED.
• Harry’s: An exceptional shave at a fraction of the price. Use code CONNECTEDHOLIDAY for $5 off your first purchase.
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This week, on Connected:

Stephen, Myke and Federico discuss accents, social networks, web browsers and the Today widget fiasco. Myke has a headache again.

Do not miss the accompanying B-Side, in which we accidentally recreated the award-winning After Dark 457.

Thanks to these awesome companies for making it happen:

• lynda.com: An easy and affordable way to help individuals and organizations learn. Free 10-day trial.
• Hover: Simplified Domain Management. Use code ‘PEBBLEFOREVER’ for 10% off your first purchase.
• Iconic: A Photographic Tribute to Apple Innovation

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Simple Beep is a new podcast that does deep dives on historical Apple topics. So far, Ed and Brian have tackled the startup chime and interface customization.

If you like some of my old Apple stuff, check out this show.

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There’s been a lot of talk over the last few days about podcasting and podcasting equipment.

Production and gear costs are — to a degree — a chicken-and-egg problem in podcasting. Blogging has a very low barrier to entry; podcasting’s is higher.

However, if you want to be taken seriously, it does matter — to a degree — how you sound. I don’t think Casey’s argument of “Use whatever you can, even your earbuds, if you have to. The point is what you’re saying, not how it sounds” is a good one.

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This week, we are back to discuss Federico’s use of a remote Mac mini for weird tasks and my new Pebble before debating Twitter’s new App Graph.

This episode was made possible by:

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This week, on Connected:

Myke escaped. Federico and Stephen talk about Twitter and WatchKit, then debate productivity for a while before realizing the irony of it.

This episode was made possible by:

• lynda.com: An easy and affordable way to help individuals and organizations learn. Free 10-day trial.
• Hover: Simplified Domain Management. Use code ‘FOLLOWUP’ for 10% off your first purchase.
• TextExpander Touch for iOS, from Smile

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On episode 12 of our podcast, Federico told people to use Netscape Navigator to view the show notes.

A listener named Malik came through, sharing some screenshots of Relay.fm in the ancient browser.

This week, I got an email from a listener named Simon, who has looked at our site in several old browsers:

Update: Dr. Drang has taken this to its logical conclusion:

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Update 2: Simon’s back and has taken us further back again:

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Ingrid Lunden at TechCrunch:

Spotify’s upcoming integration with Uber — getting announced formally today — is not the only development the music streaming service has planned to grow its business. The company has plans for a podcasting service as well as an as-yet undetermined feature that is currently set up under the name “Magic.”

iTunes adding podcast support was the Big Bang for medium, and if Spotify is about to follow suit, it could be just as big of a deal.

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This week, on Connected:

This week, Stephen explains Net Neutrality to the Europeans, Myke explains YouTube Music and why Evernote Context doesn’t bother him before Federico explains how bit rot in the App Store makes him sad.

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I missed recording yesterday, but episode 12 of Connected is a good one:

This week Federico and Myke talk a little about photo storage solutions, before discussing the widgets in their Today Views, what’s on Federico’s iPad home screen and his impressions of the iPad Air 2.

It was made possible by these awesome companies:

• lynda.com: An easy and affordable way to help individuals and organizations learn. Free 7-day trial.
• Clubhouse: making it easy for anyone to create and manage communities on iOS, Android, and the web.
• Hover: Simplified Domain Management. Use code ‘SPECIALBUSINESS’ for 10% off your first purchase.

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