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78: Fleece the Whales

 

00:00:00   How do we always have this much talk about even when we have nothing to talk about. [TS]

00:00:04   Blabber mouth and that's where you can get more out of your system I guess [TS]

00:00:08   and you won't have much to say here because I'm definitely don't want to bow guarding the mike of the three of us. [TS]

00:00:13   It's John and he was always my job because you invented fart is not really that big of a surprise. [TS]

00:00:23   I put all this all up you guys can provide all been to you know you know we don't believe in following up on things [TS]

00:00:28   because we're just always right. Undo is being right. Adding additional information. [TS]

00:00:36   People ask on the like on the earning calls Come get some more color on that would provide more. [TS]

00:00:42   First item is that new reversible U.S.B. [TS]

00:00:46   Connector that we talked about many many many shows ago they have a report of the final at the spec [TS]

00:00:52   and released a bunch of images of what the connector is supposed to look like if you look mission out you can see it. [TS]

00:00:58   We have like mock ups before we already knew that it wasn't going to be like lightning it wasn't going to be a solid [TS]

00:01:03   metal thing with contacts on the top and bottom but rather was going to be more like an existing U.S.B. [TS]

00:01:09   Connector is worth it. [TS]

00:01:10   Some kind of shaped metal shell and then inside the little metal shell is all [TS]

00:01:16   but inside there has been a picture of the innards is like a little hole [TS]

00:01:19   and then in the thing you plug it into There is a little board with contacts on top and bottom [TS]

00:01:25   and anyway it's difficult to explain look at pictures in the show notes you can see what it looks like it's not very [TS]

00:01:30   exciting to look at I guess I mean it's got to it's basically like a rectangle around and caps on the right [TS]

00:01:37   and left side that I guess is not much more to say about except there's one comment on the art I think a story which [TS]

00:01:46   will link from PETER BRIGHT who is known for being wrong about everything all the time. [TS]

00:01:53   Yeah that's kind of his reputation. Way to put it gently How do you really feel in a pleasant way. [TS]

00:02:00   Not even on the form that he knows lots of things [TS]

00:02:03   but one of those whenever there's a choice to make one decision other based on subjective criteria he chooses wrong. [TS]

00:02:08   It's this like the John Surtees equivalent of bless his heart now. Anyway he wrote in the comments. [TS]

00:02:16   The big question is Where are the sprung parts U.S.P. [TS]

00:02:19   Traditionally get this right putting them in the cable which is cheap and easy to replace. [TS]

00:02:22   Apple did it wrong putting them in the port which is expensive endeavor to replace when he's talking about is [TS]

00:02:27   when you have a connector were two contacts pressed up against each other one of them has that one [TS]

00:02:31   or both of them have to have some give to them otherwise you would have to if they were both completely rigid you'd [TS]

00:02:35   have to have a perfectly aligned [TS]

00:02:36   and you had to have these little you know metal things touching each other exactly one of them you want to be kind of [TS]

00:02:40   like a spring so it is a little bit of what's going on you know. [TS]

00:02:45   Then they move back and forth the spring will account for that motion by staying in contact with the thing. [TS]

00:02:50   And traditionally it is like one rigid part [TS]

00:02:52   and one springy part of I suppose you could do to spring apart to work the same and Lightning connector. [TS]

00:02:56   The little thing you plug in is Steph you can look at the little metal solid metal thing with contacts on top [TS]

00:03:01   and bottom [TS]

00:03:03   but inside the connector are these little kind of springy finger things that are with no connectors in it they are [TS]

00:03:10   closer together than the connector than the within the connector [TS]

00:03:13   when you shove the connector in it presses the springy things apart so that [TS]

00:03:16   when it's inserted in there the connectors are pressing against the contact areas of the Lightning connector with a [TS]

00:03:23   little bit thing staying contact with each other. And Peter is saying that in U.S.B. [TS]

00:03:30   The little springy things are inside the connectors so if they get on springy or they start to get loose [TS]

00:03:34   or whatever fine you throw it out the cable you get a new one [TS]

00:03:36   and enlightening the little springy things are inside the connector itself so the cable doesn't matter if those little [TS]

00:03:42   springy things get loose you need to replace the thing that the cable connection to which makes some sense [TS]

00:03:48   but the big question always is what is the expected lifetime of those friendly things at the expected lifetime of the [TS]

00:03:55   little springy things exceed the expected lifetime of the device then you're fine. [TS]

00:04:00   If it doesn't then you have problems presumably Apple took us into account. [TS]

00:04:02   I like the idea as if I could run the patches that the Lightning connector is you know is very physically robust it is [TS]

00:04:09   a solid little [TS]

00:04:10   and good of metal that does have very fine connect contacts on it which I guess is just the price of being small [TS]

00:04:16   and having you know you need like what is it for connectors there. [TS]

00:04:20   Forget how many are lighting I guess again they are this thing look older than eight. [TS]

00:04:23   I think they had any side room yeah. [TS]

00:04:26   Anyway it's a lot of characters in a small place [TS]

00:04:28   but the connector itself like there's nothing to snag on anything you can bang it around and it will probably be OK. [TS]

00:04:35   It seems more robust to me than a similarly sized connector the U.S.B. Three you know U.S.B. [TS]

00:04:41   Type signature is bigger than lightning [TS]

00:04:42   but not that much I think we went over the exact size in the meters on the previous episode [TS]

00:04:47   but it's hollow so it's got this really skinny shell [TS]

00:04:50   and inside the little shells a little gap where the thing plugged into it [TS]

00:04:53   and I'm not sure how durable that will be compared as now. [TS]

00:04:56   He's right there's like well if you have to replace something [TS]

00:04:58   when you rather replace the cheap cable then replace buildings of you have if you had something fragile into your cable [TS]

00:05:04   like your connectors are fragile and you I think you know stepped on them or they got dropped inventor [TS]

00:05:10   or whatever also what you buy a new cable. [TS]

00:05:14   So it's not so bad for the connectors to be fragile of the springy parts is a good point there I'm not quite sure how [TS]

00:05:19   that's going to work out in practice I don't think lightning has been in the market long enough for anyone to have a [TS]

00:05:24   Lightning connector device where the little springy things become and springy or get permanently bent up [TS]

00:05:30   or lose their spring. [TS]

00:05:31   Well what's interesting is that this actually might be a good design in Apple's part because it certainly seems from [TS]

00:05:37   the sound of people complaining when lightning came out that the cables might outlast people's use of the devices. [TS]

00:05:47   Well they still have the little you know little string really sleeves on the edge. [TS]

00:05:50   Sure yeah like those things those things always wear out [TS]

00:05:52   but I'm saying like I bet I bet that the average person who has more than one i Phone in their life they probably keep [TS]

00:05:58   cables around because I'm like. [TS]

00:06:00   Why do you like it was really annoying to me when I when I bought lightning cables when when F.M. [TS]

00:06:05   Five came out because I had accumulated so many dock able to over the years that I wanted to like you know at least [TS]

00:06:10   partially matched my collections so I could have all the convenience of having these things everywhere. [TS]

00:06:15   I bet that the head of cross somebodies mind at some point in an apple in a home center that actually you know most [TS]

00:06:22   people replace their i Phone every one to two years. Where are these cables might hang around for five years or more. [TS]

00:06:28   Well the thing about the cables I do I also have a lot of old cables hanging around [TS]

00:06:33   but I would imagine the part that fails in the cables I guess that is not the connector part of the unwinding [TS]

00:06:37   or even the dock connector which is crazy wide thing with very weird you know tiny contacts in there. [TS]

00:06:43   I'm still amazed at the connector ever worked. [TS]

00:06:45   Yeah I know still using a map [TS]

00:06:49   but it said it's the the wire itself especially the strain relief parts for people who are not delicate with their [TS]

00:06:55   devices [TS]

00:06:55   and yank it out eventual ie the part where the wire goes into the connector starts to fray one side goes doesn't matter [TS]

00:07:01   that your Connector is still fine the whole wire is dead. You could be right especially for phones. [TS]

00:07:06   Unlike a two year replacement cycle contracts in the US that the cable my out of the thing the thing about I mean I [TS]

00:07:12   said lighting hasn't been around for a while for a long enough for us to know if the little springy things are a [TS]

00:07:16   problem. [TS]

00:07:17   We do know that in all connectors dock port lightning anything with any portable device that you carry around pockets [TS]

00:07:23   and stuff lint is an issue if there's a hole in a vise and you're carrying around your pocket or in your purse. [TS]

00:07:29   Lint will get in there and I know many people who have had to either had to go to the Apple Store [TS]

00:07:33   or sort of done surgery on their own with like an artistic and dental tools [TS]

00:07:37   or something to remove big wads of lint from because like you mentioned if you pack in enough lint in your thing [TS]

00:07:43   and try to put the light in character [TS]

00:07:44   and it won't go all the way in it will basically be prevented from from seating [TS]

00:07:47   and you know there's too little dents in the side of lightning connection of these other these other two little springy [TS]

00:07:52   things grab onto it [TS]

00:07:54   and then you know it's probably seeded that's why you get that little click if you had enough crap inside that you can [TS]

00:07:59   even get it seated. [TS]

00:08:00   That's there's not much I think that connector can do about that except maybe not having it open on being more like Mag [TS]

00:08:07   safe or that has its own set of problems but anyway I'm glad U.S.B. [TS]

00:08:10   Is getting reversible I think the connector looks OK would've preferred if it looked to work like lightning [TS]

00:08:15   but there is an open question about durability for both of them because neither one has existed long assed know long [TS]

00:08:20   enough for us to know and I'm just proud of them for finally making possibly maybe just maybe a micro U.S.B. [TS]

00:08:28   Connector that isn't totally infuriating to insert a remove. Let's not go too far. [TS]

00:08:34   Join the eight bazillion other kinds of U.S.B. [TS]

00:08:37   Connectors that are out there in this thread on our stepping on the common thread about this connector. [TS]

00:08:42   Got a million people posted the X K C comic about you know competing standards [TS]

00:08:47   and how the you know to many standards I know make one standard that everyone can use now you just created one more [TS]

00:08:52   standard. [TS]

00:08:53   That's the history of Us speak like that just get creating a connector as a connector there are so many of them [TS]

00:08:59   and so many different shapes and sizes plus the weird proprietary ones that occasionally people come out with it [TS]

00:09:03   or only appear on one or two devices. [TS]

00:09:07   Hopefully this new reversible one will sweep away all the old ones at the very least I hope it replaces everything on [TS]

00:09:14   P.C. Laptops and desktops. [TS]

00:09:17   I don't really care so much about like cameras [TS]

00:09:19   and stuff like that because I think there is going to do their own thing but anyway I welcome my new U.S.B. [TS]

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00:13:31   What else is in follow up John. [TS]

00:13:34   Yeah you wonder the next one just pasted in there but I have no particular tied to it more than anyone else does. [TS]

00:13:42   Well I don't know which parts in particular you want to talk about [TS]

00:13:45   but this is from Gavin regarding arm Max And again there's like three hundred words here I don't know which particular [TS]

00:13:53   words you felt were important. You're failing as a summary. [TS]

00:14:00   You know I think this is the one Austin where you can select a bunch of text and ask it to summarize it for you. [TS]

00:14:05   Back in the day that was that was created that did the news article only. [TS]

00:14:10   Yeah all right anyway this this is from Gavin [TS]

00:14:12   and he asked a question about our Max's ideas what about instead of an R Mac. [TS]

00:14:19   What about a traditional mac form factor device but with an ARM C.P.U. [TS]

00:14:25   Running I a less and not owe us ten I think that's essentially what he's asking about here. What would that accomplish. [TS]

00:14:32   That like one of those silly logic tech keyboard covers doesn't other than the fact that it would be less silly. [TS]

00:14:38   Well I think the idea is that like I was the neuro US IOW US has less annoying stuff [TS]

00:14:43   and it is easier for people to use. Why should a laptop to be stuck with the more complicated O. [TS]

00:14:49   Us why can't we make a laptop form factor but have run i OS [TS]

00:14:52   and I think the obvious answer to that is that you know what to do to touch screen [TS]

00:14:59   or not because that's the question first question oh that's right I was running I was I was doesn't work with a mouse [TS]

00:15:04   pointer It's a touching thing so I might get me touching the screen of my laptop. [TS]

00:15:10   No you use the same malice and keyboard combinations that the eye was simulator uses because those are super fun [TS]

00:15:19   and there's still no shortcut to adjust in any text size does not feel like the exact one about a laptop a wimp a [TS]

00:15:26   version of I O. As you know so the saying is going to Windows What is one point does something internal fuel P.H.P. [TS]

00:15:36   Pointer whatever a thing is going to have a competitive Chromebook basically So the idea is instead of you know having [TS]

00:15:42   having I was go down market for the like that [TS]

00:15:45   and the other the other part of the you know as one of you had something that was like an Intel computer in the house [TS]

00:15:51   which goes the truck but each person has their own like I was device that either docks with or connects with bad [TS]

00:15:59   and you don't. Never a place to begin till computer few years. [TS]

00:16:02   But to replace the IOA things more frequently and [TS]

00:16:05   when I read this part I thought it seems like well I don't know their place in cycles [TS]

00:16:09   but it seems like the replacement cycle for private in particular is not particularly frequent like they are hanging [TS]

00:16:16   around a way longer I know they hang around longer than Macs are [TS]

00:16:19   but they certainly hang around for a long time because they're not tied to a contract There's nothing artificial making [TS]

00:16:23   your crit so I know so so many people who still have i Pad ones being used in the house. [TS]

00:16:28   Granted kids but like you cannot kill these things like if you don't physically break it [TS]

00:16:33   and it still runs the same five apps [TS]

00:16:34   and it was running before I guess at a certain point maybe like if you can't view youtube on it anymore of the browser [TS]

00:16:40   become so all that you can use most Web sites that will kill it but well you haven't answered this question. [TS]

00:16:45   Kind of trying to show underscore David Smith just updated his version stats page to include the average device age [TS]

00:16:56   which for an i Pad is eight hundred eighty three days. [TS]

00:17:00   And by comparison an i Phone is eight hundred four days so a difference of what is an eighty days some like thirty [TS]

00:17:06   about eighty days. [TS]

00:17:07   Yeah I thought I saw the stats [TS]

00:17:08   and I was surprised that they were so similar you would think the upgrade cycle on phones would make them last longer [TS]

00:17:14   but anyway. [TS]

00:17:16   The thing the problem with the underscore of underscores that is I don't know if he has a broad enough cross-section of [TS]

00:17:23   the user base I think a lot of the people who used apps or know about them might be in a nerd circle [TS]

00:17:28   and could be skewing things a bit but well this is all from audiobooks alone I thought. [TS]

00:17:33   Which is a little bit more mainstream. [TS]

00:17:36   Yeah I suppose [TS]

00:17:36   and then you know now that I think about it like in the same way that i Pads get handed down I do know a lot of cousins [TS]

00:17:43   for example who have old versions of their parents' phones so I don't know. [TS]

00:17:48   Print Also not everyone is on a two year cycle. [TS]

00:17:50   You know that that from what I gather is maybe not a uniquely American thing but a particularly American thing. [TS]

00:17:56   Yeah so I'm not sure about Gavin's theory here I think. [TS]

00:18:00   I've got a lot of issues in terms of the input for the you know Iowa's power to Chromebook type thing. [TS]

00:18:08   I like the idea of trying to get rid of the legacy concerns of the back [TS]

00:18:12   but we don't have we're not anywhere close to having a replacement for all the functionality that a mac provides an [TS]

00:18:18   interest make Iran go ice and solve all these problems. [TS]

00:18:23   Yeah I don't think any sort of dock like thing would make much sense. [TS]

00:18:27   I understand he's driving out with a Chromebook [TS]

00:18:29   and I don't know the Chromebook to me on paper I don't understand why it's appealing [TS]

00:18:35   but I know Ben Thompson Street tech or e because it used to be strategic or e now it's trajectory. [TS]

00:18:41   I know he swears by his and I've heard from others so I can remember who that they love they are. [TS]

00:18:47   But having never used one I don't get it but then again I said the same thing about my pad [TS]

00:18:51   and I love my pad so I don't know if on paper you don't get it on paper is exactly where I get it. [TS]

00:18:57   Like Conceptually it conceptually [TS]

00:18:59   and in theory all the things that they're doing I think are great is just in practice the actual devices. [TS]

00:19:04   I have not found appealing although maybe I just need use of available ideas like throw it in a river who cares. [TS]

00:19:11   All your stuff somewhere else you just sign and everything sinks nothing is local. [TS]

00:19:14   Everything local is just the cash everything's in the cloud all your applications or web applications [TS]

00:19:19   or similar like that concept you know. [TS]

00:19:22   Don't worry about backups don't worry about a local device management don't worry about anything it's just like you [TS]

00:19:28   know it's not a dumb terminal it's a smart terminal you know like you have you have local disk local cache memory [TS]

00:19:34   G.P.U. [TS]

00:19:35   All that good stuff that you want what you don't have is local state [TS]

00:19:38   but you where you've eliminated all the stupid concerns that make us have difficult tech support calls with relatives [TS]

00:19:45   about how to deal with computing and just you know take away all those concerns [TS]

00:19:48   but in practice what are the applications. [TS]

00:19:51   How do you use it how is the experience how was the hardware What is the pricing and performance like [TS]

00:19:56   and those things aren't quite worked out so well should all be on clay. [TS]

00:20:00   It will be perfect but school is a better job than I thought. [TS]

00:20:03   But yeah we're not there yet [TS]

00:20:05   but like if anyone's going to get there first it's going to be Google so I keep my eye on the chrome book space to see [TS]

00:20:11   how it's going but so far it's not has not impressed me. Yeah right. So we also have some follow up. [TS]

00:20:19   This was sent specifically to us right from Jared Sinclair. Yes Thank you. Don't you read your e-mail. [TS]

00:20:25   Yeah just what I wanted to make sure that makes one of us. [TS]

00:20:29   So he says in an e-mail to the three of us in my post I was very careful not to assign blame to anyone else for unread [TS]

00:20:36   failure. [TS]

00:20:37   Not even to Apple the main purpose of my article was not to assign blame [TS]

00:20:40   but simply to make my failure a matter of public record. [TS]

00:20:43   Here's why in response to Brent Simmons recent post about who are the Indian I was developers numerous people on [TS]

00:20:48   Twitter responded mentioning my name with a high profile reviews of unread [TS]

00:20:52   and several app store features I could see why an outside observer might assume that unread was earning me a [TS]

00:20:58   sustainable living. [TS]

00:21:00   I don't want someone to take my silence as a test approval of that notion more importantly I don't want someone to [TS]

00:21:05   consider scare quotes going indie to make that career change without hearing about how easy it is to fall to fail [TS]

00:21:12   excuse me in the App Store. [TS]

00:21:14   The scale of the App Store with over one hundred million credit cards can make it seem like any given issue is big [TS]

00:21:19   enough for solo developer to earn a small but sustainable living. [TS]

00:21:22   The idea there is that great design and great reviews will be enough to carry you. [TS]

00:21:26   Reality often contradicts contradicts that wishful thinking. As I learned the hard way. [TS]

00:21:31   Maybe someone out there can learn from my mistakes and not repeat them. [TS]

00:21:35   So I thought that was pretty interesting and well phrased and similar in kind of relatedly sometime in the last week [TS]

00:21:42   or so Jared actually took a full time position with someone I say as I stall [TS]

00:21:49   but it doesn't really matter what someone he talked about it actually on good punk that's called release notes that you [TS]

00:21:55   should listen to it. If you're a developer especially if you listen to the show that will be relevant to you. [TS]

00:22:00   It's a very good show and they had him on last week in this way to talk more about it. [TS]

00:22:04   And yeah it's going to mean we I mean we can talk about this for episodes [TS]

00:22:10   and episodes we probably shouldn't we probably will. [TS]

00:22:14   And Ed really quickly a realtime follow up its blog was in that he is joining. Cool. Yes So I mean I don't know. [TS]

00:22:23   There's so many angles to to this whole thing first of all I don't think it's worth anybody trying to figure out what [TS]

00:22:30   Indy should mean the definition of the word indie doesn't really matter for the purposes of this argument I don't think [TS]

00:22:37   that's really a discussion that needs to happen. [TS]

00:22:40   I don't think we need to care about how many people are there making their living soley on this [TS]

00:22:45   and you know again like you know what does that mean [TS]

00:22:47   and I think you can is look around to see you know is this that it's hard. There's a lot of people out there doing. [TS]

00:22:55   I was active element with the hopes of making money from it [TS]

00:22:58   and very few of them make a meaningful amount of money from it. [TS]

00:23:01   That to some degree has always been the case of our friend owners were David Smith did an episode develop in [TS]

00:23:06   perspective [TS]

00:23:06   but you should also be listening to during the very first week as we've been discussing a few weeks back where he [TS]

00:23:12   basically said it's always been hard and he's right I mean I've I've been in the answer since day one [TS]

00:23:18   and I was I was lucky that Instapaper on well I was actually like day two [TS]

00:23:23   or three technically because there was a huge backlog of submissions [TS]

00:23:28   and even though I submitted by the deadline that where they said you'd be there on day one I wasn't. [TS]

00:23:33   No and I'm not bitter about that. I've been there since roughly day two or three. [TS]

00:23:37   And yet the fact is it's always been hard. I was lucky that my app was very popular from the start. [TS]

00:23:45   Relatively speaking. [TS]

00:23:47   But even that was not that easy to stay to sustain [TS]

00:23:52   and I've had you know other efforts since then that were not that successful and I saw the side of it too. [TS]

00:24:00   At some point I want to do a big blog post about marketing and what that actually means. [TS]

00:24:04   Which is funny coming from me [TS]

00:24:05   and I would probably would probably include me talking about brands because it's actually relevant you have to think [TS]

00:24:13   about marketing from the start. [TS]

00:24:15   Like when I when I meet overcast when it [TS]

00:24:18   when I decided to start making the very first thing I did after deciding OK I'm going to take this little prototype [TS]

00:24:24   and I haven't make it into an actual app. [TS]

00:24:26   The very first thing I did was definitely their pockets out so I could find [TS]

00:24:29   and make a folder of my phones I could keep tabs on them and see what they had and see what they did [TS]

00:24:33   and see what they were going to see what they were good at [TS]

00:24:35   and I took screenshots of all of them I did like a little tour of each app [TS]

00:24:40   and took a screenshot to say you know here's here's how this applicant may fold [TS]

00:24:44   or saying you know this is down Cass's unstick as there's a party and like all the all the apps. [TS]

00:24:48   Here's how they look here they're setting screen here the playback screen here's their list screen here's the options [TS]

00:24:53   you know that they have and whatever I did all this so that I could have like this portfolio of info [TS]

00:25:01   and then I made a list saying here's what I plan to do with my app. [TS]

00:25:05   How will it be better than or worse than these apps and what you know in what regards Will I be better than this [TS]

00:25:10   and then you know for each app I had an entry in a big text file saying here's the pros over Casper to the seven here's [TS]

00:25:17   the cons of ever got up and I did all this not because I'm good at doing research [TS]

00:25:24   or homework because that's not even close to being true. [TS]

00:25:28   I did all this because I want to make sure that I had a chance [TS]

00:25:32   and not a chance of being you know being like a minor success for a week or two. [TS]

00:25:37   I wanted this app to be to be successful enough that I could develop it for years because that's what I want to do I [TS]

00:25:43   want to keep working on this I don't like. Now it's out. I've actually there is an update which I get to I guess later. [TS]

00:25:50   I've I've already fixed many of the known bugs if I if I want to get to bed in this app move I could probably have been [TS]

00:25:56   about another two months but I don't want to do that I want to be working on. [TS]

00:26:00   So far I will be able to you know it's selling well enough that so far I can do that [TS]

00:26:05   but I did all this research up front and all this planning to to really know like what. [TS]

00:26:10   What am I really going to be adding to this market [TS]

00:26:14   and you know Jared points out there's this idea that you know he says idea that great designing your views will be [TS]

00:26:21   enough to carry you. [TS]

00:26:23   And that's not and he points out rightly that's that's wishful thinking that's you know that doesn't fit reality. [TS]

00:26:30   Because the fact is you can have the best launch in the world and be all over Daring Fireball mac stories [TS]

00:26:35   and I mourn all the great sites that review this stuff. [TS]

00:26:38   But what you have to look at is an absolute buyer who is just browsing the app store who has searched for the kind of [TS]

00:26:47   app that you have. They typed in pod cast into the App Store. [TS]

00:26:52   They get a list of the pod cast apps and they're going to look at the first few [TS]

00:26:56   and make a decision you have to ask yourself before you even start any work at all you have to ask yourself will that [TS]

00:27:03   will people meaningfully in meaningful numbers will people buy my app in that situation. [TS]

00:27:08   They're not going to go to Max Tories. They're not going to Daring Fireball. [TS]

00:27:12   They're going to go to the app store and look down the list [TS]

00:27:14   and they're going to they're going to make a few comparisons probably first you look at price [TS]

00:27:18   and they're in a look at the very first look to see if there's a free one that fits their needs [TS]

00:27:23   and if they if there is great they're going to stop there and that's it [TS]

00:27:27   and they judge you based on the icon the title The screen shots. [TS]

00:27:30   If you're lucky and no one ever ever ever reads the description text I read I read some of it. [TS]

00:27:37   You're the only person who reads. [TS]

00:27:38   Yeah I read it too but you know I also read emails so it was like three words visible as different. Yeah. [TS]

00:27:44   OK two or three words a period you know I knew line one word newline tab for more. [TS]

00:27:50   Exactly [TS]

00:27:51   and no one ever Apple Apple there is designing for what people actually do like it used to be more text visible. [TS]

00:27:58   And over time they've shrunk it big. Presumably because nobody reads it and they can use that space for other things. [TS]

00:28:04   So you know people have to you have to plan from the start. [TS]

00:28:08   This is this is marketing this is part of marketing is figuring out where you fit in the market [TS]

00:28:14   and making sure you're going to fit somewhere that there actually is a market for its marketing from the very beginning [TS]

00:28:20   it's thinking about the stuff from the very beginning. [TS]

00:28:22   You have to be able to think you know you have to will make a good case for your app based on no reviews having been [TS]

00:28:28   read no research having been done. [TS]

00:28:30   Usually not even people trying trials are different after usually stick with whatever they use first. [TS]

00:28:36   So in that list when they do they have to be asked or circular browsing a list is you're apt to be compelling enough [TS]

00:28:43   and the fact is because there are so many apps in the store it's hard to be compelling [TS]

00:28:48   and especially the model of paid up front. [TS]

00:28:51   It's the reason it's so hard is because of how people browse the reason the race to the bottom happened is because of [TS]

00:28:58   that it's because most people are buying apps not from their desktop reading reviews and clicking the link to go to. [TS]

00:29:04   I do not have the apps and for most people are buying outright from the phone in the App Store app period [TS]

00:29:09   and probably have to do a search field we don't know for sure yet [TS]

00:29:12   but I have it once we have better analysts will find it out pretty quickly probably through through browsing topless [TS]

00:29:17   first and searching for terms a distant second. [TS]

00:29:21   And you know most people are going to be on the top list so you know your hope is searching for terms [TS]

00:29:26   when they browse the list and they see that one of the apps is free or that like three or four of them are free [TS]

00:29:32   and there's your apps and there are four bucks you don't stand a chance. You just don't. [TS]

00:29:38   If people if people hear about your app in some other way [TS]

00:29:41   and they you know if a friend told them that they read a review [TS]

00:29:45   and Europe's four bucks that's fine you have a decent chance there but the average person browsing [TS]

00:29:50   and this I know there are specialty app types that for which this is not true. [TS]

00:29:55   That's fine but for general audience apps general purpose apps that are not being used. [TS]

00:30:00   Some kind of specialty business role or anything like that. [TS]

00:30:02   General audience that this is how people browse they look for what they want. They find one hopefully that's free. [TS]

00:30:08   They download it and they stop looking. That's it. [TS]

00:30:11   And so paid up front apps as they don't really stand a chance in this model. [TS]

00:30:17   This is why overcast is not paid up front in tape or is paid up front the whole time. I saw the challenges. [TS]

00:30:22   It worked for a long time. [TS]

00:30:24   Then it's not working very well and it's hard for developers to accept this because paid up front is easy. [TS]

00:30:30   It's really easy to just make an apple or everything's always enabled [TS]

00:30:34   and you don't have to worry about trying to manage purchases or anything like that you just make a great app [TS]

00:30:39   and you put a price tag on it and you're done and you don't have to deal with refunds [TS]

00:30:43   or anything like that because Apple does that for you and you don't have to deal with limiting things and trials [TS]

00:30:48   and demos and working with a number limitations and rules for that and all that stuff you just put it up there [TS]

00:30:53   and you're done. It's a great story. It worked for a long time. It stopped working. It doesn't work now. [TS]

00:31:00   Now you have a lot more work into it. You know now you have to actually figure out well what can I. [TS]

00:31:05   How can I wage a free trial type thing into the system. [TS]

00:31:09   What can I get paid for in this app if anything [TS]

00:31:12   and then you have to implement that you have to say All right well you have to like like it overcast I mean these like [TS]

00:31:16   little demo modes where you can demo the effects for five minutes and you know before you buy them that's all dish [TS]

00:31:21   or no work I had to have an interface for buying things that have a screen explaining that what you get [TS]

00:31:26   when you buy things you have to have all these different states just in the app you have to [TS]

00:31:29   when I was eight years to deal with delayed purchases all this stuff this is just the reality of the market now you [TS]

00:31:35   have to think this way you have to do more work. [TS]

00:31:38   You probably if you want a general audience app you probably have to do free with that purchase to make any money [TS]

00:31:43   and that's just the reality of it you know what Jared was doing with on Red was appealing to us appealing to people [TS]

00:31:52   like you and me. But that's not the market. That's a very small part of the market. [TS]

00:31:56   And he got that part of the market but it just wasn't enough. [TS]

00:32:00   Do you think you would have had maybe the bravery is the best way to phrase it to release overcast had you not already [TS]

00:32:07   proven your success in the App Store with Instapaper [TS]

00:32:11   and I'm not saying like the other people do you think internally you would have had the bravery again for like a better [TS]

00:32:17   word to jump into the App Store in today's App Store had you not already lived through two thousand a tap store I [TS]

00:32:26   probably would have been stupid enough to do it and I mean I and I don't want discourage people from doing it. [TS]

00:32:32   Just have reasonable expectations. [TS]

00:32:34   You know and and the fact is like in two thousand [TS]

00:32:38   and eight you could put anything up there I mean God forbid if you actually see screenshots of his behavior one point [TS]

00:32:43   oh it's a disaster and I actually didn't have I didn't have a paid app on day one my first app was free [TS]

00:32:49   and I made super pro about two months in that was the paid app so about two months [TS]

00:32:53   and I started getting paid revenue and even even that version a look at the screenshots it's just a disaster. [TS]

00:32:59   It's it's awful looking and I charge ten dollars for it and it sold well. [TS]

00:33:05   It's crazy and the fact is Stanford is much lower back then there was a lot less in the store these days. [TS]

00:33:12   Every category already has ten apps and it at least specially got some some categories have thousands. [TS]

00:33:19   You are competing against a massive massive market now. [TS]

00:33:24   It's not the same game anymore and you have to adapt to the new reality of it [TS]

00:33:29   and you can't really depend you know Jared's right you know it's not it's not really ascribe blame to Apple on this [TS]

00:33:35   because you know I wrote this post a couple weeks ago called apparat [TS]

00:33:38   and this post was a failure of mine as a writer I had about three different ideas I wanted to express. [TS]

00:33:45   They should have been three different posts. [TS]

00:33:48   I was lazy one night I made one post I've been sitting on these ideas for months [TS]

00:33:51   and I just couldn't get him out it didn't have the motivation [TS]

00:33:54   and people misinterpret it to mean a lot of different things because I try to conflate these different things. [TS]

00:34:00   Put into one post. Apple is not really at fault at all here for this for this part of the market failure. [TS]

00:34:07   They have other things they could do to make the market better [TS]

00:34:10   but this is not Apple's fault this is not because you don't have trials [TS]

00:34:13   or any point that this is an overpaid upgrade you know this is simply the result of the market having a ton of people [TS]

00:34:19   in it a ton of developers do this as talked about last week so you know it's there's not much Apple can do to fix this [TS]

00:34:27   problem. [TS]

00:34:28   There's something they need to fix other problems like like I mentioned getting rid of the top lists that won't fix [TS]

00:34:33   this problem it will fix other problems or reduce them [TS]

00:34:37   but this problem is here to stay because the market is just this big kind of the same way it was with like with just [TS]

00:34:43   companies in general of the dot com thing right where you know it started out if you were an Internet company [TS]

00:34:50   and you had a Web site you had a reasonable shot but then all the Web sites got better [TS]

00:34:53   and very quickly one of all because the business model where you get as much venture capital as you can you try to get [TS]

00:35:00   as many users as you can by giving away everything you can for free and then figure out how to monetize it later [TS]

00:35:04   and the App Store. [TS]

00:35:05   We're not really in the figure out how to monetize it later [TS]

00:35:08   but we are in the part where like the goal is to get every single human being with an I.R.S. [TS]

00:35:12   Device download this application [TS]

00:35:14   and have within this application a way to get money from the already there like you know people don't have to use it [TS]

00:35:19   whether it's like buying magic coins or paying for energy to play your game [TS]

00:35:23   or one of the hell it is like the monetization thing is already in there [TS]

00:35:26   and I respect it's better than a dot com where they're just like I will figure out later we didn't get as many people [TS]

00:35:30   but that strategy of obs quickly of like growth over everything get as many use just possible that is the number one [TS]

00:35:37   goal. [TS]

00:35:38   I don't care how many people I don't care of our conversion rate is point oh one percent if we get just millions [TS]

00:35:43   and millions of users still serious money and when that happened in the dot com world [TS]

00:35:50   and continues to happen you know argue they were like What the hell was that one nine hundred billion dollars It was [TS]

00:35:57   whatsapp or whatever. Oh yeah the messaging app. [TS]

00:36:00   Still a viable strategy like no one is buying whatsapp if they want that pursued the strategy of just just you know get [TS]

00:36:06   as many as possible become super valuable Instagram too for that matter to Graeme's now to be fair it's a really really [TS]

00:36:12   good business model to freak out Facebook. [TS]

00:36:15   Well that's possible because none of this entire industry in the entire Take industry just freaked out Facebook [TS]

00:36:20   and you'll get billions. [TS]

00:36:21   Well see the others like the old strategy before they were big companies like Facebook to buy you for too much money. [TS]

00:36:28   I mean there are always companies survivor too much money [TS]

00:36:30   but like not like it is today where there's a few vacuum everything [TS]

00:36:33   but the Obama's will just get a bazillion users our growth curve will look like a hockey stick and will I.P.O. [TS]

00:36:39   and Everyone who has a stake in the company will get rich off the I.P.O. [TS]

00:36:41   In the company [TS]

00:36:42   but on the tubes you know like in other was no one would buy us we never will figure out how to make money [TS]

00:36:47   but everyone invest in the company made out like a bandit on the I.P.O. [TS]

00:36:49   So with our cares and it eventually goes down and somebody buys the scraps [TS]

00:36:52   or someone you know the new strategy is get as many users possible you know that freak out Facebook [TS]

00:36:57   or become so big like this the next big thing get someone to buy you [TS]

00:37:00   and that's how you get your big payday down from the idea over from the acquisition and then you know whatever. [TS]

00:37:05   After that nobody cares right. Wells on the App Store. Same strategy. [TS]

00:37:11   Get it get big really really fast but just like in business today even though that is still a viable strategy [TS]

00:37:18   and happens a lot. [TS]

00:37:20   The other strategies evolve along with it not every company that has you know not every sort of online focused company [TS]

00:37:26   decides that its strategy is going to be getting many people as possible so it's possible I'm not sure where the [TS]

00:37:32   breakdown is like are there more sort of you know technology based startups are trying to get as many users as possible [TS]

00:37:39   c'est possible than they are trying to like sell a product. [TS]

00:37:42   I mean obviously [TS]

00:37:43   when you get into physical goods it gets different like Nest the strategy of the nest company was not to get users [TS]

00:37:49   puzzles as ball I don't know how many thermostats and smoke detectors they sold [TS]

00:37:55   but it was not like you know whatsapp type numbers but they made a quality product. [TS]

00:38:00   A charge people for it and it was enough to get them acquired by somebody who wanted the talents they had [TS]

00:38:04   and I you know that were government but they didn't pursue that strategy and it was still successful. [TS]

00:38:08   So you mentioned for applications where all the specialty Apple doesn't apply to you if you want to go to the mass [TS]

00:38:14   market. [TS]

00:38:16   I think there is a spectrum where I think an application like a PO where it's it's not like a super specialty app like [TS]

00:38:23   something for you know someone and very specific field to use tons of musicians musicians is a big market [TS]

00:38:30   but it's not mass market. [TS]

00:38:32   Not everyone is a musician Certainly not everyone is looking for an application to help them with their music creation [TS]

00:38:37   process but it's much broader than you know yet. [TS]

00:38:41   Last week dental office software [TS]

00:38:44   but musicians are willing to pay for things that help them make music better like especially if your application in [TS]

00:38:51   these types of cases replaces lots of other much more expensive equipment suddenly your ten dollar app seems like a [TS]

00:38:56   bargain compared to the two hundred dollars for the equipment it's replacing. [TS]

00:39:01   That is a very viable thing to do or even like a drying application not everyone needs an application like a car [TS]

00:39:06   or something right. [TS]

00:39:07   But the people who do are actually willing to pay money for it [TS]

00:39:10   and is that mass market was not as mass market is as an instant messaging app or even a podcast I think [TS]

00:39:17   but it's much more mass market than some very narrowly defined out they could maybe command hundred dollars [TS]

00:39:22   or whatever so we're really going to feel like the breakdown. [TS]

00:39:25   How many you're doing that crazy get as many people as possible [TS]

00:39:28   and then fleece the whales for some percentage of revenue. [TS]

00:39:32   To us it seems like that's big like it seems like Oh that's the entire story because all we see the downy the topless. [TS]

00:39:37   It pisses us off because we think it's not like a sort of a a constructive an honorable way to make money [TS]

00:39:43   and so to us it seems like that's bigger than it is [TS]

00:39:46   but I wonder how it compares to that middle ground of people selling applications like you know that charge money [TS]

00:39:54   upfront not the mass market but also not to like. [TS]

00:40:00   Just a couple hundred people and that works out for them [TS]

00:40:04   and I I think our impression of the market is correct that it's mostly those people you know doing tons of dust because [TS]

00:40:11   you know the numbers don't lie. [TS]

00:40:13   They are they do dominate the topless but there's to be three applications with an apparatus and everything [TS]

00:40:18   but I hope that over time just like in the dotcom things I hope over time that that crazy frenzy getting many people's [TS]

00:40:25   possible thing will sort of not run its course but simmer down a little bit [TS]

00:40:30   and we will get a healthier kind of middle part of the market from people making applications [TS]

00:40:36   and selling them to people who actually want to pay money for software because in the end that's what you know this is [TS]

00:40:41   a business of people paying money for software right [TS]

00:40:45   and we all continue to think that that is the thing that people are going to do because software provides value to be [TS]

00:40:50   true so you know even even though the free applications like people are paying for software that is paying for you know [TS]

00:40:58   virtual currency within software like they're paying they're not getting anything for like you [TS]

00:41:02   and I getting physical goods they're putting money in where the getting out is an experience. [TS]

00:41:05   So it's like buying a ticket to a movie buying a level for a game [TS]

00:41:09   or paying money to be able to tap the screen sooner than you could previously tap the screen like they're paying money [TS]

00:41:15   for essentially nothing. And even the big scary gross top end of the market shows that people are willing to do that. [TS]

00:41:23   It should be [TS]

00:41:24   and not outside the realm of possibility to get people to pay money for things that give them value in ways other than [TS]

00:41:30   entertainment is just going to be a smaller market. [TS]

00:41:33   I don't know if the equilibrium is but I think we're not what I'm saying is I think we're not there yet. [TS]

00:41:37   I think we are now tilted still way over into the candy crush is of the world [TS]

00:41:41   and there still needs to be a little bit more rocking back towards the middle. [TS]

00:41:46   We're also sponsored this week by our friends at hover hover is the best way to buy a managed to main aims. [TS]

00:41:53   You know I had a few people on Twitter bother me about unless you weeks about how I pronounce hover How are you [TS]

00:41:58   supposed to pronounce it. [TS]

00:42:00   Right as I don't know if there is a new sprouts like it was fun to say however you know you're not. [TS]

00:42:05   However maybe if you emphasize the new sound over just keeps just keep saying over [TS]

00:42:10   and sign you pronounce something's weird like query instead of query but hover you get right. Yeah I don't. [TS]

00:42:17   I'm wondering what please listeners who criticize my pronunciation of cover please record an audio file of yourself [TS]

00:42:24   saying it properly [TS]

00:42:25   and send it to me because I honestly don't know how I'm supposed to be saying it differently than this cover is that [TS]

00:42:29   I'm a mega star that's awesome basically you know we I don't need to explain to you as a domain names are I can just [TS]

00:42:35   tell you what her is is really good at. So first of all their interface is awesome. [TS]

00:42:41   It's nice it's clean it's quick to do things I've used many other registrars control panels before and hovers is. [TS]

00:42:50   And yeah I can simply say it's the best one I've used it's because I use a lot [TS]

00:42:53   and they're almost always universally awful [TS]

00:42:57   and however that's good that's I mean that's that alone is a reason you should you should go at them. [TS]

00:43:01   But is more reason to do so first of all they have amazing customer support you can call them on the phone if you want [TS]

00:43:06   to any human being picks up the phone I can help you. There's no hold no weight no transfer phone support. [TS]

00:43:12   You can also of course email and you know do my months of you want to [TS]

00:43:15   but that option is always there for you can just call them. [TS]

00:43:18   They'll have great prices in fact so there's all these new domain names like all these crazy new things like da [TS]

00:43:24   plumbing and all this crazy stuff. Most of these new domain names are on sale. [TS]

00:43:28   Big sale in in the month of August so if you look at this in time you should be able to catch the sale if you want [TS]

00:43:35   eighty's new demands. Check out however they're on sale for often up to fifty percent off their deeply discounted. [TS]

00:43:40   Maybe even more than that [TS]

00:43:41   and some of them check it out if you want like you know you can get Dot ninja dot Gurudas all sorts of horrible ones [TS]

00:43:48   and a few good ones that you can get so I check that out too. [TS]

00:43:51   However includes things for free that other people make you pay for for example you get who is privacy on every domain [TS]

00:43:58   for free you can. There's all sorts of stuff you can do with it. [TS]

00:44:02   They have email hosting they have Google Apps for your domain hosting. [TS]

00:44:06   They also have this really cool service we had talked a little bit about last time called Valley transfers where if you [TS]

00:44:12   want to transfer a domain name into cover from another registrar you can do the normal way if you want to [TS]

00:44:17   but there's a very good chance when you transfer to me names that you're going to something up. Usually it's the N.S.A. [TS]

00:44:23   Things stuff like that. [TS]

00:44:24   If you want to optional you hover will notice an all charge log in to your old record store you've given the [TS]

00:44:31   credentials they will log in to your old registrar and do the transfer for you [TS]

00:44:35   and you can often do this with a very large number of domain names I don't think you have too many because they'll [TS]

00:44:40   still do it. It's pretty impressive. So that's and I don't know of any of the Metro have that service. [TS]

00:44:45   So give her a try. We have a new coupon code this week one for this week is vinyl sounds better. [TS]

00:44:57   But if you go to hover dot com [TS]

00:44:59   and use coupon code vinyl sounds better all one word to you I assume you can spell vinyl sounds better. [TS]

00:45:06   You will get ten percent off your first purchase however [TS]

00:45:09   and really again I can't recommend them enough there are two main register of DOS [TS]

00:45:12   and basically that's all you can tell you guys you guys you know this is about you can get so many demands these days [TS]

00:45:19   you can get them for here where you can get them for business you get them for your own personal site [TS]

00:45:23   or e-mail address you know if your blog is like something that wordpress dot com That doesn't look very good like you [TS]

00:45:28   know just get your own domain manage it manage your identity. There's tons of reasons to buy domain names these days. [TS]

00:45:33   If you're drunk and have a funny idea for a domain name [TS]

00:45:35   or an app just by the name Great go to have tons of reasons to buy domain names [TS]

00:45:39   and if you're going to buy ever you should buy or cover so thanks a lot to cover for sponsoring our show once again. [TS]

00:45:44   Don't forget to use coupon code. Vinyl sounds better for ten percent off. [TS]

00:45:48   I love that they basically forced you to admit that vinyl doesn't sound better.. [TS]

00:45:54   Also I'd like to add before anyone jumps on me that earlier today I notice that B.M.W. [TS]

00:46:00   So a top level domain now and I did not mention or anything hover in that tweet [TS]

00:46:06   and they replied to my tweet with the following. It says that Casey lift up B.M.W. Is being operated as a closed T.L.B. [TS]

00:46:15   So not available to the public. No white dot B.M.W. [TS]

00:46:18   For you and then they had a link to the actual registrar page which I thought was hysterical. [TS]

00:46:24   So even when they're kind of sort of trolling there super nice people [TS]

00:46:27   and their fans of ours too so you know they're good people who know how they're going to be if you like the show. [TS]

00:46:32   Let's move on to Tivo. Apparently there's been an update. They're still business. Who knew. [TS]

00:46:40   I've been waiting for this update for a while since I read about it [TS]

00:46:43   but they do like the sort of staged roll out I think I don't know how they determine the stages [TS]

00:46:47   but anyway I finally got it on my table. [TS]

00:46:49   But then with Evo I've been complaining for many years that a user interface is not as responsive that should be [TS]

00:46:54   especially after they went to high definition at first they didn't have their menu ing individuals in high definition [TS]

00:47:01   even though the video was. [TS]

00:47:03   Then they added a high definition menu NG interface written in Flash and it was super duper slow and terrible [TS]

00:47:09   and it just made me sad [TS]

00:47:12   and that was the case until my current Tivo which the Tivo Romeo which has a much more responsive use interface much [TS]

00:47:20   more responsive than the previous ones. [TS]

00:47:23   There's still some standard def and use in there which is shameful in this late stage [TS]

00:47:26   but anyway least they made the main integrated use faster well so this update supposedly was going to make the older [TS]

00:47:34   Tivo does have the same interface as the most recent models look the same and it was supposedly much much faster [TS]

00:47:42   and I wish I could find was the show it actually spent a while looking for it. [TS]

00:47:47   Couple days ago maybe someone in the chat room will know they stopped using Flash for their interface. So good on them. [TS]

00:47:54   Whether that was why it was slow or just a side effect of something else. [TS]

00:47:57   Bottom line is the flash interface on the old. [TS]

00:48:00   He those terribly slow this new interface uses something to replace flash [TS]

00:48:03   and I can't believe me remember what the hell the name of the technology is not something you've heard of like a weird [TS]

00:48:08   name it's not swift always that's popping into my head because of language things maybe it started with an S. [TS]

00:48:13   or Something [TS]

00:48:13   but even the chat room knows what they're using instead of Flash because there was this big presentation from the Tivo [TS]

00:48:18   people that said here is how we evaluated this new technology [TS]

00:48:23   and here's how we sort of poured in our existing infrastructure over to it [TS]

00:48:26   and figured out what the issues were in terms of you know C.P.U. [TS]

00:48:29   Performance and memory usage and also the stuff was interesting presentation that I of course read [TS]

00:48:33   and just completely lost track of [TS]

00:48:35   and it's no where in any of my browser history there were no a search for a bottom line this update came I got it on my [TS]

00:48:41   Tivo for mayor that I moved up stairs when I got the duty of a room you're downstairs. [TS]

00:48:46   It does look like the new interface [TS]

00:48:47   and it is way way faster it is not assessed it is as it is on the Romeos I feel like [TS]

00:48:51   but it is much faster so if you have an old Tivo for mayor it is no longer embarrassingly disgustingly slow if you have [TS]

00:48:58   the latest version of the software which is free updates every day so that's kind of good news like if you if you [TS]

00:49:04   happen to buy one and didn't know how slow it was [TS]

00:49:07   or if you were holding off buying a used one because they're all slowing gross they've actually made their harbor [TS]

00:49:12   faster with software and I give a big comes up. [TS]

00:49:17   Really quickly before we move on to topics because we haven't gone on long enough follow up this is still fun. [TS]

00:49:22   Yeah sort of. [TS]

00:49:23   How's the review John you can ask this every week if I touch [TS]

00:49:27   or think this is me encouraging you to accomplish the review as quickly as possible. [TS]

00:49:33   Yeah so this weekend my wife was nice enough to take the kids out to do various activities [TS]

00:49:39   and I got a lot of stuff done which only serves to remind me how much more I have to do is like I feel all competition [TS]

00:49:44   I like a road an entire section a half my grade only like nine more to go just do that nine more times [TS]

00:49:50   when you look at the calendar and you think about the possibility of that when you know that. [TS]

00:49:56   OK On that happy note Mark or do you want to quickly talk. About the overcast update that is pending is that correct. [TS]

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00:53:42   That's a tell us about this overcast update. [TS]

00:53:45   I've been preparing the the one to update for a few weeks now it's been a little while and it's mostly bug fixes [TS]

00:53:51   and minor improvements and then a few days ago I got a notice in the apps or rejection center. [TS]

00:54:00   What if we call the resolution center. Yes really post rejection messages now. [TS]

00:54:04   So I got a notice in the rejection Center saying upon reevaluation I hadn't even submit an update at this point they [TS]

00:54:11   are just out of the blue said upon revaluation we've decided that you're in violation of this rule seventeen point two [TS]

00:54:17   which means which is the rule that basically says you can't require an account based logons of personal information for [TS]

00:54:25   things that basically shouldn't require a logon. [TS]

00:54:29   So I responded first of all saying well there really aren't any features in my abs that don't need the account the [TS]

00:54:34   entire app is account based and oh and they said you need to submit a bill that fixes this within two weeks [TS]

00:54:41   or a police officer or Basically they said it nicer but that's that's that's the gist of it. [TS]

00:54:46   I first responded you know with my thing saying well trying to trying to explain my way out of it. [TS]

00:54:51   The reason why I didn't explain all this was the reason why I didn't have a cow an account free option at the beginning [TS]

00:54:58   and I explain this a little bit before I think. [TS]

00:55:01   But the main reason why is that you think the situation where suppose somebody has a an anonymous account kind of like [TS]

00:55:10   on the back and so these anonymous accounts then they at some point they launch their i Pad [TS]

00:55:17   or whatever they launch a device and I don't see happen different vice and they see a logon screen [TS]

00:55:22   and they assume mistakenly that they've created an account. [TS]

00:55:25   So they type in a username password they ignore the text in the box it says this account doesn't exist you want to [TS]

00:55:32   create it [TS]

00:55:33   and they just click yes because most people do then they are presented with this newly created account that is blank [TS]

00:55:40   and then the e-mail me saying I can't believe you deleted all my stuff it's all gone. [TS]

00:55:45   Oh my God you suck one star refund. Everything's horrible you through my life. [TS]

00:55:50   I saw this happen so many hundreds to paper. This is how people actually behave. Trust me it's like this will happen. [TS]

00:55:58   And because people you know. Don't read text on screens and they don't remember. [TS]

00:56:02   Understandably because of so many things out there they don't remember what they made account for what they haven't. [TS]

00:56:07   They often will do it two different email addresses not not much I can do about that. [TS]

00:56:11   So I want to avoid this support issue of what do you do with you know with it with this kind of situation. [TS]

00:56:18   It's not good if those people write in [TS]

00:56:21   and I can I can explain to them Well you know you have this other account here if I can find it if I if I can figure [TS]

00:56:26   out who it is which I probably can't with anonymous stuff [TS]

00:56:29   but you know you could try with support of the problem is most people won't even e-mail [TS]

00:56:33   and support those you'd assume that I'm a terrible person and an incompetent programmer I lost everything of theirs [TS]

00:56:38   and they will just be angry and they were buying stuff again. [TS]

00:56:40   They'll tell their friends how much it sucks or the poster of you are they going to refund from Apple. [TS]

00:56:44   All of which sucks for me so I really did not want to go down that route. [TS]

00:56:50   So that's why I said you know let me just required at the beginning it was just the e-mail account you know no use [TS]

00:56:55   names that I even answer that part in the fact because I'm like no usernames necessary for this because you know I had [TS]

00:57:02   it with a taper first where it was at first you could enter anything for either name email [TS]

00:57:05   or not just any string of characters would work [TS]

00:57:08   and I had the problem again of people would lock into device type in an email address [TS]

00:57:12   when they'd use the username before vice versa and create a new account by mistake and think everything was gone. [TS]

00:57:18   So all that stuff sucks I want to avoid it. [TS]

00:57:21   So that's why I did it the way that was here and I mentioned earlier you know [TS]

00:57:25   when I launched I believe are on the long show here [TS]

00:57:29   when we talk with I believe I said something like half of all people who downloaded it were actually creating accounts. [TS]

00:57:35   If I ever want to raise that rate I would have to add an option like this I was considering it [TS]

00:57:39   but I want to avoid support issues. [TS]

00:57:41   So anyway back to modern day Apple tells me a few days ago you have to do this within two weeks [TS]

00:57:47   and I explain my way out of it. Maybe but Apple doesn't respond quickly to those things. [TS]

00:57:53   I offered in the thing I said you know what if you want you can call me [TS]

00:57:56   and we can talk about on the phone like two two days later and. [TS]

00:58:00   There are two or three later they tell me we will schedule a call within three days and I have a two week deadline [TS]

00:58:06   and I'm sitting on this bug fix updates that I really need to get out there because there's one [TS]

00:58:10   or two fix some pretty important bugs and I'm thinking you know what this is too long. I can fight this now. [TS]

00:58:17   I might not win if I don't win I'll be down a whole week at least. [TS]

00:58:22   Probably longer so that I have to really rush out a fix. [TS]

00:58:26   Furthermore if I do win this argument there's you know if I'm living on the edge of a rule I tell people this all the [TS]

00:58:32   time. [TS]

00:58:32   Don't rely on living on the edge of a rule in the after guidelines if I lose it [TS]

00:58:37   or if I win this argument down convince them it's OK for me to not to require accounts now there is nothing [TS]

00:58:44   guaranteeing them far from something here and here in T.N. [TS]

00:58:48   I will always be exempt from this rule and so I could at some point in the future. [TS]

00:58:53   Some really important I think is a really important bug [TS]

00:58:55   and have to be held up in review because they're going to get there and get minute rule again. [TS]

00:59:00   It's a it's a terrible situation to try to always assume I'll be able to get around this rule. [TS]

00:59:05   So I decided even before I heard back from them [TS]

00:59:07   and I still haven't heard back from them I decided you know what let me just I'll just do it you know I was I was on [TS]

00:59:12   the fence about doing this at all to begin with. [TS]

00:59:15   You know it was like I was always totally against it and so I just want to minimize the issues [TS]

00:59:18   but like you know let me just do this I'll probably get more users and it'll be all right fine. [TS]

00:59:23   So I did it and I submitted. I tested it for a few. [TS]

00:59:27   I I did the whole thing of about four days in the Haitian to submission. [TS]

00:59:33   I submitted it today at noon it was approved today at eight P.M. Wow this is remarkable. [TS]

00:59:42   I assume that if you have one of these open issues and you're on your app which you know it's marked and i Tunes [TS]

00:59:48   and everything I assume that any update you submit gets bum to the front of Hugh because it's to fix that you know it's [TS]

00:59:56   funny you say that because front of the show Daniel was saying. [TS]

01:00:00   Earlier today to somebody on Twitter I think about it and Brianna Rue from giant space cat [TS]

01:00:06   but yeah that that corroborates his theory as well. [TS]

01:00:09   And the funny thing was I was I was very upset when they [TS]

01:00:12   when I first got this because I was like I was literally about to submit one or two then [TS]

01:00:16   and I was like a day away from spinning I was just in final beta testing [TS]

01:00:20   and I was so mad like now I'm going to be delayed. [TS]

01:00:22   All these bugs think it's going to delayed you know because I have to do this and test this [TS]

01:00:26   and everything turns out that was about a week ago. [TS]

01:00:30   Review times recently have been about a week I think it was kind of a blessing in disguise that you know I had to do [TS]

01:00:37   this yes and that it's a better product for it for the most part. There are going to be supportive shoes. [TS]

01:00:44   I'm I'm going to be annoyed to deal with them. [TS]

01:00:45   People are going to be upset but it is overall I think probably the game will see [TS]

01:00:53   and it is nice that you know because that jumping the queue thing. [TS]

01:00:58   This was released today which was probably going to be roughly [TS]

01:01:01   when one of two would've been released if I submitted it at a normal time anyway so it's been a busy week it's been a [TS]

01:01:09   little bit of a stressful evening because I I didn't have enough time to test this and compare what you usually do [TS]

01:01:16   and I assume that I'd be able to test it during the app review process a little bit more [TS]

01:01:21   and you know you could you have just a binary if it's if it's broken [TS]

01:01:25   and you should make a habit of doing that all the time [TS]

01:01:27   but it's nice to have that extra week of testing just in case I had eight hours of extra testing this time so. [TS]

01:01:35   But yeah that's that's what's going on. Anyway that's about it. But what else is new. [TS]

01:01:41   Someone in the chat room did find out what technology Tivo is using instead of flash it is called Ha which I'm going to [TS]

01:01:47   say is your hacks are hicks friends however it is open to international threats like a cross-platform toolkit. [TS]

01:01:57   Flash cross compiler. I think you can write. [TS]

01:02:00   Code in their language their high level language [TS]

01:02:01   and generate code for all sorts of other platforms as an open source thing anyway. [TS]

01:02:06   Bottom line is it's way faster than flash. [TS]

01:02:08   Way faster than Tivo slash implementation [TS]

01:02:11   and there's an article also got in the show notes from Slash here talking about how distinct flash could mean that you [TS]

01:02:17   could put the Tivo into various other devices like X.-Box and Fire T.V. [TS]

01:02:22   and I don't see how that wouldn't of Impossibles over their gross license interface are also saying by the way that he [TS]

01:02:29   was interface like they would probably kill to have. [TS]

01:02:33   Like you I kid dropped upon them they didn't want to make you a user interface in this like sort of you know mature [TS]

01:02:40   idea well established A.P.I. [TS]

01:02:42   That [TS]

01:02:43   when done correctly make extremely perform because like want to Tivo it it's a bunch of text lists like the video part [TS]

01:02:49   of the video carpentering going through menus is just like big long scrolling lists of text with various options [TS]

01:02:54   and you can do to each like to guide him and menus like it's not rocket science [TS]

01:03:00   and you know I probably need a more powerful C.P.U. [TS]

01:03:02   To to run you like it in there but anyway I don't think headaches [TS]

01:03:08   or hacks is the end all of interface things I just I'm glad that my Tivo got faster. [TS]

01:03:15   This is a remarkably positive from you want people to know John are you OK. [TS]

01:03:19   I always well I want them I think this is part of the show I don't understand why that I mean I know I complain about [TS]

01:03:24   them all the time but I continue to buy them and [TS]

01:03:26   when I buy them I buy whatever the most expensive one is that they sell and I keep doing that year after year [TS]

01:03:30   but I still think it's the best and so on and argument I don't know what is. [TS]

01:03:34   Yeah I have complaints but I have complaints [TS]

01:03:36   but everything they should sponsor the show the strong Syracuse endorsement I buy this even though I hate it. [TS]

01:03:43   Well thanks what were three sponsors this week. Automatic Lynda dot com and hover and we will see you next week. [TS]

01:03:53   Now that's a downturn. John thank you for giving birth to a sister that the Iraqi government thing. [TS]

01:04:35   I got it well I actually looked it up in the dictionary just to make sure we're not all we're not it's. [TS]

01:04:59   It's the same little upside down E. Is that being the word other of or other. Yeah. [TS]

01:05:03   Honestly I want people to record an audio file [TS]

01:05:06   and send it to me of how they think I should be saying it where people use by people you mean like the three people who [TS]

01:05:11   are crazy about this. [TS]

01:05:13   It's all like Australians [TS]

01:05:14   or something because they have a tendency to pronounce things just completely wrong like Keisha instead of cash for [TS]

01:05:19   example. [TS]

01:05:21   So we're just we're confining ourselves to American English [TS]

01:05:25   and we're going to go to like a debatable what is unaccented American English is there such a thing [TS]

01:05:31   or is there not that's a good question. [TS]

01:05:33   Well there's like there's like the newscaster accent right it's the kind of kind of Midwestern kind of an average you [TS]

01:05:41   know [TS]

01:05:42   but that's just defined by the newscasters who were famous in those roles for a long time like the Dan Rather have the [TS]

01:05:49   accent because he was famous for a long time. [TS]

01:05:53   We say oh that's that's the news or Walter Cronkite. [TS]

01:05:56   or whatever like if you individual people from actual places in the country with X. [TS]

01:06:00   So I kind of hiding under the newscaster in this anyway. Tougher. What else. [TS]

01:06:09   I can't it's not even the chance of pointed out was this all follow up as it was [TS]

01:06:15   but like I mean there it's fine to have that because like talking about overcast it's always is it always going to be [TS]

01:06:20   fought because we've talked about overcast before therefore every time you talk about overcast again it is follow up [TS]

01:06:26   you know we to follow up on last week's Apple news that this week's Apple means [TS]

01:06:29   and the jury think liar thing it didn't emphasize that I think this was sent because I know a lot of people who like [TS]

01:06:35   one or two emails or tweets that thought we were trying to say that Jared's post was blaming Apple [TS]

01:06:40   and I listened back to the show but didn't actually say that but the the the word Jared and [TS]

01:06:46   and the phrase someone to blame where [TS]

01:06:48   and cause an approximate to how people could have made that mistake as I'm sure but it like it was [TS]

01:06:53   and possibly all Rampal don't talk in complete sentences or maybe just me. [TS]

01:06:56   Anyway lots of posts about this whole app store stuff and a lot of them are looking for someone or something to blame. [TS]

01:07:05   And then there was Jared's poster not necessarily saying that Jared was trying to either because what he wrote in to [TS]

01:07:09   clarify I'm glad he did because this explanation [TS]

01:07:11   and this is the this is the magic writing technique that I try to use on myself and my children. [TS]

01:07:16   You learn your children now that show you the trick at my job and so you write something [TS]

01:07:21   and you think you've said what you want to say but then people who read it like misinterpreted or whatever [TS]

01:07:27   and then you you know that the next task is explained to someone who is misunderstanding what you wrote explain what [TS]

01:07:34   you actually meant. Right and when you do that then you say why and just read that in the first place. [TS]

01:07:39   I mean obviously that's you know a little glib [TS]

01:07:41   but this little introductory thing of saying here's why here's why I wrote this it was you know Brent said this lot of [TS]

01:07:49   people look at me and I'm one of the people to know. [TS]

01:07:52   Actually I'm not a good example of that because here is why I need that in the post it's in there. [TS]

01:07:57   But like when you find yourself having to explain to somebody. [TS]

01:08:00   Read what you wrote instilled an understanding and explain it again like more clearly. [TS]

01:08:05   You know emphasizing the parts that they're getting wrong that makes for stronger writing so in the same way as I get [TS]

01:08:11   having to explain something to somebody makes you understand it better. [TS]

01:08:15   Doing is exercising doing it all before you actually publish anything useful like a you know one [TS]

01:08:20   when someone's having trouble writing something whether it's my children [TS]

01:08:25   or someone else's I don't write anything just explain to me what you want to say and a lot of people can do that. [TS]

01:08:30   Likewise what I want to say is blah blah blah blah blah. [TS]

01:08:32   If you just write down everything they say during that part put in front of them you say or type this I just. [TS]

01:08:39   Me It's not a random note. [TS]

01:08:42   Tell me that I shouldn't sell my privacy slash soul to get symmetric fire service so what are they asking you to do [TS]

01:08:51   exactly. [TS]

01:08:52   I'm not clear what you have to give up so I know you have a child on the way so that's what you have been spending so [TS]

01:08:59   much damn time on Babies R Us dot com Now they know you have a child so they wanted your first born. [TS]

01:09:05   Well that's all you know of it worth it. No I wouldn't buy a baby. [TS]

01:09:14   One is not actually from if you know you never saw them [TS]

01:09:18   or I don't I think the title match I remember the title that movie feels I think get it while they're doing that I [TS]

01:09:26   thought it was that bird talking about this earlier I forget who it was [TS]

01:09:31   but I'm looking at so there's a link that I put in the chat that's a public link where it doesn't really say anything [TS]

01:09:39   about getting increased speed but behind my private page relate my account information. [TS]

01:09:48   My rewards plus sharing online just got faster. [TS]

01:09:50   Great news you're eligible for and upload speed to equal your current download speed at no additional cost to you. [TS]

01:09:56   Simply click here and Roland are my rewards Plus program it's easy and free. Just. [TS]

01:10:00   Our way of thanking you for being a well rising customer faster upward speeds means better sharing experiences. [TS]

01:10:04   That's powerful. [TS]

01:10:06   And I guess they like Snoop your stuff [TS]

01:10:08   and you get seventy four I would have seventy five seventy five instead of seventy five thirty five. [TS]

01:10:15   I'm trying to figure out what exactly this is. [TS]

01:10:17   That's the thing is it's unclear to me what exactly they're doing particularly Snoop your stuff right. [TS]

01:10:24   But is it is this is what they're going to start sending you a gift card crap promos [TS]

01:10:28   and stuff like that I mean I think because I already get spam from horizon in the mail almost every day trying to grade [TS]

01:10:37   me to a higher plan that includes T.V. [TS]

01:10:40   and Stuff because I just have the Internet and phone [TS]

01:10:42   and I called them like there's no way to opt out of this is no way to get them to stop bugging me. [TS]

01:10:47   I would imagine they're probably already doing creepy things like selling my information to Starbucks [TS]

01:10:51   and everything else like I think that's actually exactly what they're doing because it's talking about all these [TS]

01:10:56   particular vendors like Target an Exxon Mobile and Amazon and Dunkin Donuts and Starbucks and Panera Bread [TS]

01:11:01   and Visa prepaid card in law [TS]

01:11:05   but so they're saying apparently this is a system where you gather points to do something [TS]

01:11:10   and the way you can gather points is to like them on Facebook to go to their Web site to refer for [TS]

01:11:16   and celebrate your birthday. [TS]

01:11:18   Well I still remember they every year they track [TS]

01:11:20   and that's a renter by on demand movie I mean so what is this you know you can usually I don't know the specifics of [TS]

01:11:30   this deal but you can usually take whatever service they want [TS]

01:11:35   and then use it in such a way that you don't have any interaction with them I'm really close to not having any [TS]

01:11:40   interaction with Verizon at all because I don't have any of their boxes I don't use their router I don't have video on [TS]

01:11:46   demand like all the services they want to sell me everything I don't see the only one they still got me on assisted the [TS]

01:11:52   D N A S because of use Google the N.S.A. [TS]

01:11:54   or Something you don't get a good Geo IP routing you know Google says you're supposed to in practice is shown me that [TS]

01:11:59   if I use. Google's I.P.O. Opened Gouldian us are open to something like that. [TS]

01:12:04   I get worse speeds from like downloading you know Apple software [TS]

01:12:07   or I should be pulling it from aka my across the river and I'm not visiting some someplace else so I can't entirely [TS]

01:12:13   and rising waters rising there with the N.S.A. [TS]

01:12:15   Give them an inch like you type in the wrong you around you get some big stupid advertising parkade [TS]

01:12:19   and Horizon Diaz's super slow and crappy I don't like it so [TS]

01:12:23   but I'm really close to getting it so it seems like if you opt into this thing [TS]

01:12:26   and you did a similar scenario where you got rid of everything didn't have any boxes didn't use the router didn't use [TS]

01:12:31   their D.N.A. As the news or anything like that didn't have video on demand. [TS]

01:12:35   I guess like what's left like like Marco sat there [TS]

01:12:37   or he believe me they're already selling every ounce of your information to somebody like they're horrible company like [TS]

01:12:43   everything about horizon of the company is just horrible. [TS]

01:12:46   Well [TS]

01:12:46   but everybody sells all your rights like any information you give them of course they're selling it to everybody it's [TS]

01:12:51   like there's no more giving away of your information that they could be doing they're already doing as hard as they can [TS]

01:12:56   so unless they can make you interact like oh if you take the survey to tell me what you thought of the detergent brand [TS]

01:13:01   unless they have some way to get you like you'll be using your computer all the sudden you go to a site instead of [TS]

01:13:06   going to the site you see the stupid survey that comes up they want you to rank the movies you've seen recently some [TS]

01:13:10   crazy thing like that like that seems like the only way they can get you [TS]

01:13:13   but I don't know I guess I would want to be the one to experiment with this [TS]

01:13:16   and find out because downgrading Firman to getting rid of it is probably a super pain to my rewards plus points are [TS]

01:13:23   easy to get the only hard part will be deciding which rewards you want. [TS]

01:13:27   This includes options such as use the My Fire Brigade should trademark app connect to us through Facebook. [TS]

01:13:34   Like us on Facebook. Order new equipment. Try Verizon's in home agent. [TS]

01:13:40   Rent [TS]

01:13:40   or buy a fire with trademark on demand movie oh my God these are some I cannot decide which of these things to start [TS]

01:13:47   with these all sound so appealing. [TS]

01:13:49   Also you know you don't have to do any of those like that's kind of like the free light free antivirus software I get [TS]

01:13:54   as part of my thing a free on line backup like Joe I just never do those ever look. [TS]

01:14:00   So if you never do any of those things you never liked on Facebook you never download their app never download their [TS]

01:14:04   free antivirus software like they will email me [TS]

01:14:06   and say hey I've noticed you've had the service for seven years that I've never downloaded a free online [TS]

01:14:10   but I don't so I think it's good that you noticed that whatever life there are always going to spam you there really [TS]

01:14:17   isn't used to be cards in the mail you go right into the recycle bin. [TS]

01:14:21   But I don't think they can make you do anything unless I start getting interested like the D.N.I. [TS]

01:14:24   Thing is literally interest like you mistype your own you're look at a bunch of writing crap that is intrusive which is [TS]

01:14:29   why I wish to get rid of it but everything else you can just simply not to use. [TS]

01:14:33   I suppose now I mean it seems to me like dirty snooping everything anyway I'm ready [TS]

01:14:38   and spammed anyway why not just get seventy five seventy five [TS]

01:14:41   but I need you guys are supposed to convince me not to do this you know it's most going to be do it well. [TS]

01:14:45   When they announced these plans a few weeks ago they said they would be rolled out automatically for free. [TS]

01:14:51   That's not true now that see if they're actually requiring this. Then that was B.S. [TS]

01:14:57   and It wouldn't surprise me if that was B.S. Because there there are giant I.S.P. [TS]

01:15:00   and They're a horrible company like all giant I.S.P. [TS]

01:15:02   Is so surprising however that was if if this is indeed what's required to get this that is complete B.S. [TS]

01:15:11   By the way the movie was a cry in the dark one hundred eighty eight starring Meryl Streep that isn't originally like a [TS]

01:15:18   dingo ate my baby or something like this. People know it from Seinfeld but yes. [TS]

01:15:24   So what I'm hearing is I should be getting taken do this. Now you know you move. [TS]

01:15:33   Yes because that's totally an easy solution to this problem. [TS]

01:15:36   Where in the post office sells your information to everyone else and you move even in their one direction anyway. [TS]

01:15:42   Fun stuff and I never have enough going to want to titles the sprung part is pretty good. [TS]

01:15:49   Some of the show is about to leave the whales the whale says more about the show is about than perhaps well I'm biased [TS]

01:15:55   but I did like fleas whales that is freedom. They said that many times before. [TS]

01:16:00   Just like it or like something or making up I think it's a funny concept to somehow combine flails and fleas. [TS]

01:16:07   Like I never liked the term whales anyway [TS]

01:16:10   but it's I don't know where it got started I first heard it didn't like casino. [TS]

01:16:15   Yeah exactly and you know yet if a certain boiler room. [TS]

01:16:20   It's definitely like you know it got it started in businesses that don't respect people for sure as anything a variety. [TS]

01:16:29   It's definitely not a respectful term which is why Zynga uses it [TS]

01:16:32   and all these stupid free to play games that try to abuse people's psychology to pay them more money. [TS]

01:16:37   Yeah it's not it's not a great term. It's like eyeballs. [TS]

01:16:41   Well it's not that it's disrespectful if anything is disrespectful to the people who aren't well because it's like none [TS]

01:16:47   of our customers matter except for these five people [TS]

01:16:49   and so the I mean please for casinos these five high rollers get everything right and everyone else. [TS]

01:16:54   You don't matter because the bottom line is we know it was our money from these very high rollers not five people who [TS]

01:16:59   were never like such a small and everyone else is just there kind of like to fill seats right. [TS]

01:17:04   It's all about the whales. Well it's a kind of insult whales. [TS]

01:17:08   Well I mean they're they're treated well they're considered important. [TS]

01:17:12   Does I mean you wouldn't talk to them [TS]

01:17:15   and tell them that they're whales because then they would feel like wait a second you know what this means is that my [TS]

01:17:21   money is leaving my pocket and going into your pocket. [TS]

01:17:23   I mean especially with gambling it's like you know maybe that's like they understand that like they know [TS]

01:17:29   when they go to Las Vegas with two million dollars and come back with zero dollars. They had a good time. [TS]

01:17:34   That's worth two million dollars them whatever I don't I don't understand what they're thinking. [TS]

01:17:38   But anyway the single whales probably worse because I feel like playing these games [TS]

01:17:45   or buying in our purchases there is no opportunity to win. [TS]

01:17:48   Like even in a casino the House is going to win almost certainly [TS]

01:17:52   but at least there's some slim possibility that you can get lucky once [TS]

01:17:55   and you're never going to become a millionaire playing candy crush. So it's like a zero percent versus point. [TS]

01:18:00   No one present the point oh one feels better. [TS]

01:18:04   You get some excitement even if you know when you feel like during that period of time [TS]

01:18:08   when I last there was a chance I could have won and that was exciting and I paid for that. I don't I don't gamble. [TS]

01:18:15   I really guess I am so surprised by that statement of I did gamble I would do. [TS]

01:18:22   You guys are watching left overs Never mind I can't. I would do with that style of give. [TS]

01:18:29   There was a silly gambling sequence where someone goes to rely on the time read three times in a row [TS]

01:18:36   and those type of odds I can figure out like pence on paper and fractions like a ferret. [TS]

01:18:40   Well I can calculate these odds more in many ways. [TS]

01:18:44   Did he say it will land on red three times in a row and then make that the day it was there were pigeons involved [TS]

01:18:51   and premonitions and yeah it's a television show about a real [TS]

01:18:57   but the whole point is like you know so he doubled his money and that you know the next time it comes around. [TS]

01:19:03   If you put all your money back on for another fifty fifty shot you know [TS]

01:19:07   and just do that several times you can you know the math through the magic of doubling if you keep winning [TS]

01:19:11   but then the odds of it being anywhere but that's what I would do. [TS]

01:19:16   So it means I would immediately lose most of the time. [TS]

01:19:21   Or I mean they went and then you know had to sit there and do anything that's skill based or complicated [TS]

01:19:26   or takes a long time. [TS]

01:19:28   So your goal with this activity that most people do for entertainment value would be to get it over with quickly as [TS]

01:19:34   possible and just leave. [TS]

01:19:36   Well so the whole thing like people go to Vegas like I'm going to Vegas like five hundred dollars [TS]

01:19:39   and like I don't care if I come on the zero five hundred dollars my entertainment budget which is the way the way you [TS]

01:19:43   should do it if you're not addicted to gambling right you just go there you say there's a lot of money. [TS]

01:19:47   I'm going to spend and I fully recognize that I can come home with zero [TS]

01:19:51   but that's fine I'm willing to pay five hundred dollars for a fun weekend. [TS]

01:19:54   But the excitement of the possibility of winning over never. [TS]

01:19:57   But if you don't like actually playing the games if you don't like black. [TS]

01:20:00   JAKRAPOB [TS]

01:20:00   or poker any of these games like you don't enjoy the actual playing of the game you get the part over really fast for [TS]

01:20:06   five hundred dollars on Black spin [TS]

01:20:08   and then you enter your last if you won you leave if you lost you didn't if you're ducking like five minutes thinking [TS]

01:20:13   this I don't know and he'd tell I never been to Vegas. [TS]

01:20:20   Oh yes I love that you're out of my thing for looks and the fun as quickly as possible [TS]

01:20:24   but it's not fun like a slave is no fun to be had if you don't like playing blackjack [TS]

01:20:27   or you don't like sitting in a bar if you don't like playing poker if you don't like any of the things that's not the [TS]

01:20:31   fun part the only fun part is the brief moment when you might win or when you might gain money [TS]

01:20:36   or lose money you get it over with really quickly like well I won yeah I'm happy Well I lost no I didn't [TS]

01:20:40   and you did have that brief moment of excitement and that was it. [TS]

01:20:43   Want to just do it online save yourself a flight that's true although on line gambling is illegal in the US So you know [TS]

01:20:50   to do one of those offshore things and it's really pain to get money out of those things. [TS]

01:20:54   How do you know I was the same not to you would know I work for an online gaming company many years ago we didn't take [TS]

01:21:01   us play because it's illegal. I was released in the US. [TS]

01:21:06   Yeah well I mean the the actual servers were an Indian reservation in Canada as they have to be blah blah blah. [TS]

01:21:12   They wanted to see land. [TS]

01:21:16   But yeah now that we were we were crushed by competitors who took us play because they were based in the Bahamas [TS]

01:21:21   and didn't have any US resident boys. [TS]

01:21:24   Because people united states surprise want to gamble online and if you don't take their business someone else will [TS]

01:21:28   and that someone else will get much bigger faster than you so you don't realize you worked in the gaming market as well [TS]

01:21:34   because my first job out of college was Indian casinos in Oklahoma [TS]

01:21:38   or Native American casinos whatever the you know the slot machine things right always being go [TS]

01:21:44   but we had reels on the machine so you thought you were playing a slot machine but really you're playing bingo [TS]

01:21:50   and plan on pragmatic right about how like it was either that or debug one of the other. [TS]

01:21:57   Oh yeah yeah yeah he was dealing right sometimes. [TS]

01:22:00   How do you have like this type of giving with a loudness to beginning wasn't allowed so you did something that was [TS]

01:22:04   technically allowed even though it looked like a slot machine right current and you know it wasn't a skill game [TS]

01:22:11   and so poker blackjack etc were considered skill games I don't know why a straight up slot machine wasn't allowed I [TS]

01:22:18   think because it had to be multiplayer [TS]

01:22:20   and so the bingo was strictly speaking multiplayer so all these all these stops machines had like some sort of T.C.P. [TS]

01:22:27   Networking that we're going to I think a Windows server that would issue the bingo cards [TS]

01:22:32   and poll the same numbers for everyone on the floor. It was weird there. [TS]

01:22:37   So we don't with fleece Wales yet and we have to it's good enough. [TS]

01:22:43   So it's going to anything here I try to squeeze in the thing in thirty seconds. [TS]

01:22:48   Not really sure payment really drudgery to describe the tweet sequence Marca. So Patrick Thornton P.W. [TS]

01:22:55   Thornton on Twitter said also you talk about how the way you quietly became the next gen system with by far the best [TS]

01:23:02   games I replied saying could be the topic that we use the only next generation system. [TS]

01:23:08   I've been tempted to try because of its games and it's true. [TS]

01:23:12   Basically you know I mostly with everyone raving about how good Mario Kart is the only next gen system that I know that [TS]

01:23:20   I'm tended to try. [TS]

01:23:22   However I still haven't bought one because I keep reminding myself that I will probably never actually play it in [TS]

01:23:28   practice because I'm not a very good gamer. [TS]

01:23:31   Patrick's tweet is just an accurate description of the current situation [TS]

01:23:35   and not a revelation about a reality that people don't realize. [TS]

01:23:39   Yes that we does have some games that are reviewed well that people like but it doesn't change how many we use [TS]

01:23:45   when the market does not change the cat the size of the game catalog does not change the pipeline of upcoming where you [TS]

01:23:51   came to not change the fact that pretty much every anticipated or currently popular AAA title is A over. P.C. X. [TS]

01:24:00   Plus one a Play Station four and not the way you are because you can't run them [TS]

01:24:03   and it has a small install base like all these things. They'll continue to be true. [TS]

01:24:09   As I was going to work cut out for it it's that that's why I thought this was like who the people are surprised to [TS]

01:24:14   learn that the third place game console that nobody wants. Has some good games of course I mean it. [TS]

01:24:23   People think people buy that stinks now it's like [TS]

01:24:26   when the news comes out of the way you I fully expect that it will be highly satisfying to rabid Zelda fans like myself. [TS]

01:24:33   I doesn't make the system more successful that doesn't make it all usually by well you know because at least three good [TS]

01:24:39   really awesome games [TS]

01:24:40   and people play it was nothing I really want to play in the Playstation four I don't have a Playstation four yet either [TS]

01:24:45   because there's nothing I really want to play on it but I know that the games pipeline [TS]

01:24:48   and the upcoming games are going for the Playstation four is crazily big and good [TS]

01:24:52   and has exciting things in it including a game that I've been waiting for for seven years which may never be released. [TS]

01:24:59   The way you game pipeline looks like a desert and it's sad and it makes me sad. [TS]

01:25:04   So I do have a you I don't know Playstation four but over the long haul in this generation and last intended [TS]

01:25:10   or something drastic to turn it around they're going to continue to not get the popular AAA games and every year [TS]

01:25:15   or two they're going to come out with one or two gems because they're really good at making games [TS]

01:25:18   but that's not going to be enough to make a difference [TS]

01:25:20   and say Mike Yeah I mean I kind of felt like like the reason why the way you seem interesting to me is not because it's [TS]

01:25:30   a great game system it's because I kept hearing about these games for it [TS]

01:25:35   and you know if I wanted to academically by the best game system I'd probably buy the P S four. [TS]

01:25:41   I don't think it would be much of a decision but I don't care much about games [TS]

01:25:46   and so all the games that are not there are coming out that are big blockbusters that are not going to be available in [TS]

01:25:51   the way you are very likely to games I'm not going to play anyway or not care about anyway. [TS]

01:25:57   The problem is because I'm so. Nonchalant and not involved with gaming. [TS]

01:26:03   I'm probably not even involved enough to only you and probably play Mario Kart for a few days [TS]

01:26:08   and played Mario Super three D. [TS]

01:26:09   Robot ever for another few days and I never thought never looked up again so that's why I'm not going to get it [TS]

01:26:15   but if you don't hear anybody talking about the great games on the P S four or the X. Box one. [TS]

01:26:21   Well you do if you read gaming sites because I mean parents like my destiny [TS]

01:26:25   and they're that's the cross-platform game everywhere for the way you of course [TS]

01:26:31   but that is a really highly anticipated sure to be almost certainly going to be popular game if you don't read about [TS]

01:26:39   people being excited about that [TS]

01:26:40   or because you're not writing game console gamer like early in any consuls life the launch games are usually crap [TS]

01:26:48   and then it takes a while for things to get up to speed and then wanted to gems come in [TS]

01:26:51   and this is actually a nice generation in that the indie game is very quickly like you got any reports of games they've [TS]

01:26:57   already knew were good that you burble there are now they'll win the consul's because they all have online stores [TS]

01:27:02   and a couple of the post-launch games haven't been that bad but like a console generation it's [TS]

01:27:10   but they're in it for the long haul and the catalog [TS]

01:27:13   and the upcoming game releases all the good all highly anticipated by people who like Playstation four [TS]

01:27:19   and Sony just announced their sales numbers of some gaming [TS]

01:27:24   but they held a press conference some gaming convention in Europe. [TS]

01:27:27   They said they had their installed base is ten million now it's pretty good. The future is good right. [TS]

01:27:32   It's been out for nine months ten million roughly a million a month that it's growing it's selling faster than the P S [TS]

01:27:39   three did it just not that much of a field because the P S three was like six hundred bucks and had a slow start [TS]

01:27:44   but you know they're doing well. And Tendo is not selling a million we use them. Now I want to try Mario Kart. [TS]

01:27:51   We you whatever it's called the American Art bubble that is still better and they're in play that [TS]

01:27:57   when you have never fully double dash and I've never. [TS]

01:28:00   Or Sina we you in the wild outside of like a Target store in your house. [TS]

01:28:04   Yeah yeah it is interesting I think that I think of both of you gun and tender land [TS]

01:28:09   and played through all the things you would have game experiences that you had never had before [TS]

01:28:13   but there are one thousand [TS]

01:28:14   and ten don't land that's the thing that like has a bunch of mini games that show different mechanics for the [TS]

01:28:18   controllers. [TS]

01:28:20   It's a good demo of like here's all the things you can do with this crazy stupid tablet game pad thing that we gave you [TS]

01:28:26   and you can do lots of interesting things things that you have not done and i O. S. [TS]

01:28:29   Are on a mag or like they are interesting [TS]

01:28:31   and some of them had to have sustainable value like my my son's friends come over they still play the Metroid blast [TS]

01:28:39   mini game which I think does not have that much depth in it [TS]

01:28:41   but they love it they love the you know the asymmetrical play where one person has to be to ship the other people [TS]

01:28:47   or they get to be the people and they can you know that the ship sees a different perspective [TS]

01:28:52   and they're all honest you know it it's not these are all flight games and you know there are many games [TS]

01:28:56   but it's a good demonstration of all the different things you can do with it [TS]

01:29:00   but if you're not interested in an academic sense of like oh your new gaming experiences like you know kind of like of [TS]

01:29:05   the R.M. I like when you want to try that when she want to try the Oculus Rift just to see what it's like. [TS]

01:29:09   Yeah I did get that out of the way you do [TS]

01:29:11   but that's not something like OK well now that I've seen what's possible do I want to keep you guys just aren't gamers [TS]

01:29:17   feel I do have one stuff goes through my sort of back catalogue of must play games that you can already play maybe I'll [TS]

01:29:22   recommend a game and then you have to buy one because you'll need to play something out of it right now. [TS]

01:29:28   I mean America looks great. [TS]

01:29:30   It's extremely well done game I have some complaints about it I think that we're driving double dash was still better [TS]

01:29:37   but you know if you play America you play America it's America. [TS]

01:29:42   Last one I played was sixty four [TS]

01:29:44   and they've gotten much difference in centers of business in the end we was pretty good. [TS]

01:29:48   I mean basically the same though the driving has gotten feels very different than it is in the [TS]

01:29:53   and sixty four version [TS]

01:29:54   and the graphics are just like you know obviously phenomenally better because I was a million years ago. [TS]

01:29:59   If you saw it you'd be in. [TS]

01:30:00   But in the end you're driving around on carts getting little presents shooting shells at people [TS]

01:30:04   and do all sorts of business and are interesting in what at the bottom. [TS]

01:30:10   How can how much can it possibly change to go around courses in the person who gets there first wins. [TS]

01:30:16   How much result possibly change a lot more I know I'm messing with you [TS]

01:30:21   but still I mean it's a pretty similar concept every time is a not so veiled is a is a more broad concept because like [TS]

01:30:30   it's raising is just you know you go around a circuit in the furthest I first went [TS]

01:30:35   and know that you're playing through a narrative more or less [TS]

01:30:38   and the narratives like they all have a similar structure. Just you know a bad guy a good guy. Battle against evil. [TS]

01:30:46   But there's different characters involved different events take place in a need to delve that they try to come up with [TS]

01:30:49   some new gameplay mechanic that you know uses the controller whether it's swing in the little wee moat around to use [TS]

01:30:55   your sword or riding on a horse or travelling by boat you know and different different combat systems [TS]

01:31:03   and so in the overall yeah you're playing through some story of the some fight against evil in the end you win [TS]

01:31:10   but in that range is much more than you can do you know make sense playing one playing one awake [TS]

01:31:15   or complain compared to playing time Princess. [TS]

01:31:17   Even though you could graph them all out [TS]

01:31:19   and so they all the same thing they have done did you get a weapon uses a weapon to defeat the boss at the end of the [TS]

01:31:24   dungeon you get more power like they all do exactly the same things. [TS]

01:31:27   The experience of playing the suit games feels very different they look entirely different they feel different. [TS]

01:31:33   Whereas American art it's like and every game Igor [TS]

01:31:35   and of course various Marlice looks the same it's not like in one you know they can add motorcycles [TS]

01:31:40   and other type of things [TS]

01:31:41   but it's like wheeled vehicles you know they can make a high wipeout it would still be America like you're still [TS]

01:31:46   thought raising it was much more freedom [TS]

01:31:48   and then this upcoming Zelda game supposedly is going to finally throw away a lot of the conventions they've been [TS]

01:31:53   leaning on soldering of time to actually change the gameplay so that if you did a graphic on a white board it would [TS]

01:31:59   look different like. [TS]

01:32:00   Not a linear progression of dungeons [TS]

01:32:01   and it's not done in weapon you can go to anything anytime you are presumably the old version of. So that way you can. [TS]

01:32:08   If you discover it you can go do it even if you're not ready for the needle to get killed anywhere we not run terribly [TS]

01:32:12   sure but the result is going to be like but they have said they're going to break some conventions. [TS]

01:32:19   Roughly one is that oh I don't know like twenty fifteen twenty sixteen somewhere they could just make it require like a [TS]

01:32:26   sixty dollar an on controller to help their financial problem [TS]

01:32:29   but yeah I mean let's talk about you know what if you just felt a small number of people who are willing to play money. [TS]

01:32:34   Yeah I wonder about like when he couldn't make a pitch to someone who's only aim for three hundred dollars. [TS]

01:32:40   Yeah I mean I don't buy it. [TS]

01:32:44   Right there are a lot of the fans [TS]

01:32:47   but I think that the whatever the economic term is for the the market for Zelda games is not it is not that alas there [TS]

01:32:56   are not that inelastic but I've never taken a mouse course I don't know which one of those things is the correct term. [TS]