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Desktop 17 – Glad She Wrote Her Name Down

Rob & Mike Attrell — Sat, 25 Aug 2018 00:00:00 +0000

Mike and Rob finally have the discussion they’ve been waiting over a year to have, about spoilers in media. Our duo take a little time to talk about how they each feel about spoilers, their pros and cons, and finally their thoughts on the 2016 film Arrival.

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Desktop 16 – A Camelbak Full of Soylent

Rob & Mike Attrell — Sun, 03 Jun 2018 00:00:00 +0000

Rob makes his triumphant return to podcasting post-newborn, from a hotel in Montreal. Our hosts discuss professional IFTTT use, the ongoing trials and tribulations of using Facebook and Twitter as news/communication tools in the modern world, and a few tech accessory purchases.

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Desktop 15 – You Could Be On 4chan (with special guests Press Start To Join)

Rob & Mike Attrell — Sun, 06 May 2018 00:00:00 +0000

Alan and Josh of Press Start To Join take part in a discussion with Mike about all things gaming. From humble beginnings huddled around CRT television sets playing NES to cruising around town spinning PokéStops on the latest flagship phone, gaming has been a part of their lives in so many ways and has changed over the years in just as many.

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Desktop 14 – Everybody Hates Podcasting (with special guest Kyle Marshall)

Rob & Mike Attrell — Sat, 31 Mar 2018 00:00:00 +0000

In Rob’s absence, Kyle Marshall of Media Lab joins Mike to chat about audio technology and how it’s evolved, followed by a discussion about turning a passion of technology into a business.

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Desktop 13 – I Have the Longest Arms

Rob & Mike Attrell — Sun, 04 Mar 2018 00:00:00 +0000

In Rob’s last episode before he goes on ‘paternity leave’, our duo discusses revisiting old programming projects with new skills, online storage wars, and the idea of ‘you get what you pay for’ in tech.

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Desktop 12 – Flip Flop Fridays

Rob & Mike Attrell — Sun, 04 Feb 2018 00:00:00 +0000

Mike and Rob discuss the latest in printers and Twitter tech support, followed by an in-depth discussion about monetization of creative projects and YouTube, from the side of a couple of micro-creators.

Links:

Unwind Media – We Want You (in case you’re looking to start your own creative project!)

You can check out the episode on YouTube too, if that’s your thing.

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Desktop 11 – State of Some Apps 2018

Rob & Mike Attrell — Sun, 07 Jan 2018 00:00:00 +0000

To kick off 2018, Mike and Rob go through the apps they use the most, comparing and contrasting how they’ve changed over the years.

Links:

Cortex – State of the Apps 2018
Rob’s Favourite Things 2014 (sorry for the years-old CSS/trip down memory lane)

Noteworthy Apps:

Social Media/News/Entertainment (Twitter | Reddit/Reddit is Fun | Facebook | LinkedIn)
Video (YouTube |Netflix |Facebook | Google Home w/ Chromecast)
Podcasts (Pocket Casts | Overcast)
Music (Spotify | Apple Music)
Mobile Video Production (Filmic Pro | Wireless Transfer)
Storage/Backup (Google Drive/Photos | Microsoft OneDrive | iCloud Drive/Backup)
Productivity (Creative Cloud | Office 365 | Google Drive Suite)
To-Do/Reminders ( OneNote | Google Calendar/Keep/Inbox | Outlook | S Note)
Email (Google Inbox | Outlook)
Games (Pokemon Go | Breath of the Wild)
Misc. Mike (IFTTT | LastPass | Google Maps | Twilight | RealCalc | Samsung Health | Stocard)
Misc. Rob (Gboard | BackBlaze | DigitalOcean | Apple Wallet | Transit | WordPress)
Facebook Messenger (So Good!)

You can check out the episode on YouTube too, if that’s your thing.

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Desktop 10 – The ‘X’ is Right There

Rob & Mike Attrell — Sun, 03 Dec 2017 00:00:00 +0000

This episode dives in to what Rob and Mike are looking for in their next smartphones in 2017/18, the worsening ecosystem problem with wearables, and a renewed PSA about getting your cell phone unlocked.

iTunes is coming to the Windows Store
Fido Unlocking FAQs

You can check out the episode on YouTube too, if that’s your thing.

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Desktop 9 – Not Intentionally Hinting At Anything

Rob & Mike Attrell — Sun, 05 Nov 2017 00:00:00 +0000

Mike and Rob officially join the Alberta Podcast Network, and they discuss time and task management, with a lengthy tangent on background app data in the middle there.

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Desktop 8 – Expectations Are ‘Zero’

Rob & Mike Attrell — Sun, 22 Oct 2017 00:00:00 +0000

Rob and Mike forget they’re doing a show other people are supposed to like, and instead do a deep dive on how they’ve been using work to teach themselves to program.

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Desktop 7 – I Don’t Engage With Paywalls

Rob & Mike Attrell — Sun, 24 Sep 2017 00:00:00 +0000

After 3 long months, our hosts return to the media landscape to discuss their consumption of media, and how paying for media continues to change over recent years.

Links:

Unwind Media – We Want You(r Stories)

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Desktop 6 – The Nostalgia Factor

Rob & Mike Attrell — Sun, 25 Jun 2017 00:00:00 +0000

Rob and Mike revisit how social and new media is affecting how they feel about politics, and then do a deep dive on their respective gaming histories, culminating in a discussion about how Pokemon Go is the cutting edge of modern gaming (at least until VR goes mobile).

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Desktop 5 – I’ve Got My Gold Hidden Underground

Rob & Mike Attrell — Sun, 16 Apr 2017 00:00:00 +0000

Rob returns to the show, and our intrepid duo talks about making friends on the internet, bringing online activism into the real world, and some real talk about political and civil values, and trying to figure out what’s happening to democracy.

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Desktop 4 – So Many USB Ports (with special guest Daniel Keer)

Rob & Mike Attrell — Mon, 20 Mar 2017 00:00:00 +0000

Mike is joined by special guest Daniel Keer (@theDXT) in Rob’s absence. Dan and Mike spend the episode talking about building PCs, YouTube and the Internet in general.

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Desktop 3 – Just Another Smartphone

Rob & Mike Attrell — Sun, 05 Mar 2017 00:00:00 +0000

Mike and Rob compare Android and iOS as they know them today, and discuss how we seem to have hit peak smartphone recently.

Links:

Mike and Rob’s Widgets

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Desktop 2 – YouTube-Sized Hole

Rob & Mike Attrell — Sun, 12 Feb 2017 00:00:00 +0000

Mike and Rob take a week off from Future Chat to discuss how technology might affect the next generation growing up with what was developed in our lifetimes. We also chat about how we currently consume media and how’s that’s changing as technology moves forwards.

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While you’re at it, Unwind Media has a brand new site, so go explore . We all hope you like it!

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Desktop 1 – The Pilot

Rob & Mike Attrell — Mon, 02 Jan 2017 00:00:00 +0000

A new podcast about everyday technology from Unwind Media, coming to you from the intersection of touchy-feely and nitty-gritty.

If you like the show, let us know at admin@unwindmedia.com, or on Twitter.

Mike: twitter.com/ma_YYC Rob: twitter.com/RobAttrell

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