How sycophantic we want our chatbots to be, Google ending Nest support, what we've learned from Reddit recently, and whether developer conferences are still about developers. Guest Starring: Paul Kafasis and Florence Ion Links and Show Notes: Support Clockwise with a Relay FM Membership Submit Feedback…

Interest in a humanoid home robot and its role, who we'd want to own Chrome if Google sells it and what they'd do with it, the streaming service we'd cancel first, and our favorite go-to site for inspiration, nostalgia, or feel-good vibes. This episode of Clockwise is sponsored by: 4Geeks Academy: Full stack development courses. Explore online, hyb…

Simple solutions to complex tech problems, whether iPadOS 19 can solve its power user problem, if we look forward to Siri knowing what's on our screen, and OpenAI's prospective social media network. This episode of Clockwise is sponsored by: Grist: A modern, open source spreadsheet that goes beyond the grid. Try it for free today. Guest Starring: J…

Whether we use a docking device with our main PC or Mac, feelings of algorithm fatigue and if it's enough to leave Spotify, the software we geek out over like Numbers, and if rising prices due to tariffs might stop us from buying a new phone this year. This episode of Clockwise is sponsored by: BBEdit: The leading professional HTML and text editor …

Nintendo's Switch 2 announcement, what we actually use AI for, how we learn new skills, and the old gadgets we'll never give up. This episode of Clockwise is sponsored by: ExpressVPN: High-Speed, Secure & Anonymous VPN Service. Get an extra three months free. Grist: A modern, open source spreadsheet that goes beyond the grid. Try it for free today.…

A household appliance we’d improve with modern tech, a ridiculous tech solution to a silly problem we’ve had, the iOS or app interface we most want redesigned in iOS 19, and a pie-in-the-sky Apple Intelligence feature that would truly excite us. Guest Starring: Stephen Robles and Kathy Campbell Links and Show Notes: Support Clockwise with a Relay F…

What we carry in our wallets, do we want dumb phones, how we feel about the new Pebble smartwaches, and whether we'd be interested in a cellular MacBook. This episode of Clockwise is sponsored by: Grist: A modern, open source spreadsheet that goes beyond the grid. Try it for free today. Guest Starring: Simone De Rochefort and Casey Liss Links and S…

How we maintain battery health, thoughts on Discord’s IPO and if any tech company improved post-IPO, the must-have and leave-behind tech for trips, and how to protect non-tech-savvy older adults from scams like the 'Grandparent scam.' This episode of Clockwise is sponsored by: Vitally: A new era for customer success productivity. Get a free pair of…

Apple's latest hardware updates, smart clothing, how we transfer money between friends, and the latest on UK encryption. This episode of Clockwise is sponsored by: Grist: A modern, open source spreadsheet that goes beyond the grid. Try it for free today. Guest Starring: Jeff Carlson and James Thomson Links and Show Notes: Support Clockwise with a R…

Where we prefer to edit photos, thoughts on VC investment vs. a level 14 round boi, our use of voice assistants and what improvements might make Alexa AI worthwhile, and the frustration of new USB-C products still requiring USB-A cables for charging. This episode of Clockwise is sponsored by: Pika: Start your happy blog. Get 20% off Pika Pro with c…

Thoughts on the iPhone 16e, our morning beverage tech, whether we're interested in smart rings, and how we use tech to de-stress. This episode of Clockwise is sponsored by: Vitally: A new era for customer success productivity. Get a free pair of AirPods Pro when you book a qualified meeting. Grist: A modern, open source spreadsheet that goes beyond…

Improvements we’d like in Apple’s Photos app after acquiring Pixelmator and Photomator, thoughts on Apple renaming the Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America on Maps, a realistic task for a robot, and whether we use AI tools and which ones. This episode of Clockwise is sponsored by: Vitally: A new era for customer success productivity. Get a free pair o…

Weird apps Apple should make, the strangest looking tech we own, what will it take for Vision Pro to go mainstream, and the discontinued tech products we'd revive. This episode of Clockwise is sponsored by: Grist: A modern, open source spreadsheet that goes beyond the grid. Try it for free today. Guest Starring: Zac Hall and Rosemary Orchard Links …

The how often we use our non-default smartphone cameras, the tech or techniques we use to stay focused at work, where we buy and read ebooks and whether supporting indie bookstores appeals to us, and our least favorite thing to troubleshoot. This episode of Clockwise is sponsored by: Vitally: A new era for customer success productivity. Get a free …

Apple enabling Apple Intelligence features by default, the AI summaries that work for us, Samsung's boring new phones, and our cable management predilections. This episode of Clockwise is sponsored by: Grist: A modern, open source spreadsheet that goes beyond the grid. Try it for free today. Guest Starring: Lisa Schmeiser and Christopher Phin Links…

Our use of CarPlay, Android Auto, or other systems for navigation; creative AI problem-solving cases we’ve encountered; thoughts on Sonos’s struggles and future as a customer; and whether we use TikTok amid its potential US shutdown. This episode of Clockwise is sponsored by: Vitally: A new era for customer success productivity. Get a free pair of …

Meta ditches third-party fact-checking, making unsightly TVs more attractive, the tyranny of always-on phone displays, and the robot vacuum of your nightmares. This episode of Clockwise is sponsored by: Grist: A modern, open source spreadsheet that goes beyond the grid. Try it for free today. Guest Starring: Meg Marco and Anže Tomić Links and Show …

Our likelihood of investing in smart home tech with Apple's entry, our technology goals for 2025, our end/start of year tech rituals, and predictions for how technology will improve the world in 2025. This episode of Clockwise is sponsored by: Vitally: A new era for customer success productivity. Get a free pair of AirPods Pro when you book a quali…

Rumors of a foldable iPad, spatial computing on the Mac, how often we use Street View-like features, and the iOS 18 features we've turned off. This episode of Clockwise is sponsored by: Vitally: A new era for customer success productivity. Get a free pair of AirPods Pro when you book a qualified meeting. Coda.io: Your all-in-one collaborative works…

Our interest in current smart glasses, the smart tech we use to monitor our homes and pets, our thoughts on iOS 18.2 features like Genmoji and Image Playground, and how we organize and manage holiday gift-giving lists for ideas and tracking. This episode of Clockwise is sponsored by: Ooni Pizza Ovens: Bring restaurant quality pizza to your home. Di…

Our family tech support travails, tech gift recommendations under $50, smart home decorations, and seasonal music recommendations. This episode of Clockwise is sponsored by: Oracle: Oracle Cloud Infrastructure is a single platform for your infrastructure, database, application development, and AI needs. Ecamm: Powerful live streaming platform for M…

Our tech use with family and friends during the holidays; gadgets we'd bring for a long, power-limited day trip like attending a Supreme Court rally; seeking or avoiding Black Friday tech deals; and the apps we use for recipe discovery and management. This episode of Clockwise is sponsored by: Vitally: A new era for customer success productivity. G…

How we deal with physical media, the most tech heavy restaurants we've patronized, tech that ended up disappointing us, and the social media networks of yesteryear that we'd bring back. This episode of Clockwise is sponsored by: Vitally: A new era for customer success productivity. Get a free pair of AirPods Pro when you book a qualified meeting. G…

How we read (with or without tech), our favorite pet tech, whether we'd get a HomePod with a screen, and the small cute tech we like. This episode of Clockwise is sponsored by: Ooni Pizza Ovens: Bring restaurant quality pizza to your home. Discount automatically applied at checkout. Guest Starring: Emily Forlini and Aleen Simms Links and Show Notes…

Our default apps on iOS, how we feel about Genmoji, our favorite end-to-end encrypted messaging platforms, and whether we use Live Activities for news and sports. This episode of Clockwise is sponsored by: Oracle: Oracle Cloud Infrastructure is a single platform for your infrastructure, database, application development, and AI needs. Ecamm: Powerf…

Our use of tech in Halloween celebrations; the smallest tech we regularly use and the small gadget that wowed us; which Apple Intelligence features we're using and looking forward to next; and the one item we'd give up this week, tech or non-tech. This episode of Clockwise is sponsored by: Tiptop: The first payments provider that lets you accept tr…

All the Apple devices we use, the risks of switching to the Apple Password app, the games we play on our phones, and whether tech plays a part in our hobbies. This episode of Clockwise is sponsored by: Vitally: A new era for customer success productivity. Get a free pair of AirPods Pro when you book a qualified meeting. Guest Starring: Christopher …

Our experiences with Passkeys and thoughts on their upcoming portability, opinions on Threads showing online status by default, views on Amazon's new Kindle lineup including the color model, and our preferred methods and platforms for consuming news. This episode of Clockwise is sponsored by: Ooni Pizza Ovens: Bring restaurant quality pizza to your…

How we prepare our tech for emergencies, the headphones we like best, our file organization systems, and outfitting our home theaters for spooky season. This episode of Clockwise is sponsored by: Oracle: Oracle Cloud Infrastructure is a single platform for your infrastructure, database, application development, and AI needs. Ecamm: Powerful live st…

Our preferred devices for listening to music out loud, recent frustrating tech-related customer service experiences, current social media habits, and examples of technology that have recently impressed us. This episode of Clockwise is sponsored by: Vitally: A new era for customer success productivity. Get a free pair of AirPods Pro when you book a …

Which Apple Watch faces we use, our feelings on Apple tying the new iPhone to AI features, where we get our phone wallpapers, and how we're using the Action button. Guest Starring: Lex Friedman and John Voorhees Links and Show Notes: Relay for St. Jude 2024 Support Clockwise with a Relay FM Membership Submit Feedback…

Our view on Instagram's new "Teen Accounts" and their direction, thoughts on Qi2, charging speeds, and MagSafe, our favorite new feature in Apple's latest platform updates, and the update we like least or will need time to adapt to. This episode of Clockwise is sponsored by: Vitally: A new era for customer success productivity. Get a free pair of A…

How we open our phone cameras, our post-Apple event spending plans, whether we want a robotic smart speaker, and what a new iPhone button of our dreams would do. This episode of Clockwise is sponsored by: Ooni Pizza Ovens: Bring restaurant quality pizza to your home. Discount automatically applied at checkout. Guest Starring: Anže Tomić and Aleen S…

Our preferred external storage solutions, favorite collaboration tools, motivations for smartphone upgrades, and thoughts on the potential for a Skynet-level AI scenario in our lifetime. This episode of Clockwise is sponsored by: Ecamm: Powerful live streaming platform for Mac. Get one month free. Oracle: Oracle Cloud Infrastructure is a single pla…

How we purchase and read e-books, pet tech we've tried, our favorite accessibility features, and the tech features we'd add or remove with our magic wands. Guest Starring: Karissa Bell and Casey Liss Links and Show Notes: Relay for St. Jude 2024 - Donate today to support the lifesaving mission of St. Jude! Support Clockwise with a Relay FM Membersh…

A third-party app we consider essential for everyone, the first app we use in the morning, a piece of tech in our lives that needs an upgrade, and a tech product or concept we initially doubted but which later became successful. This episode of Clockwise is sponsored by: Vitally: A new era for customer success productivity. Get a free pair of AirPo…

A smaller Mac mini, Apple vs. Patreon, our notification habits, and the future of CarPlay. This episode of Clockwise is sponsored by: Ooni Pizza Ovens: Bring restaurant quality pizza to your home. Discount automatically applied at checkout. Guest Starring: Stephen Hackett and Shelly Brisbin Links and Show Notes: Support Clockwise with a Relay FM Me…

The tech everyone should have, our device strategies for planes, Apple's new Distraction Control feature, and the apps we want to control via Siri. This episode of Clockwise is sponsored by: Ecamm: Powerful live streaming platform for Mac. Get one month free. Oracle: Oracle Cloud Infrastructure is a single platform for your infrastructure, database…

If and how we use Find My, the tech we haven't upgraded, how Apple Intelligence will impact our Siri usage, and our latest tech travel tips. This episode of Clockwise is sponsored by: Oracle: Oracle Cloud Infrastructure is a single platform for your infrastructure, database, application development, and AI needs. Guest Starring: Jean MacDonald and …

Our experiences with purchasing tech insurance like AppleCare and its benefits, our approach to managing battery levels and charging devices, the tools and apps we use for iPhone photography, and a non-Apple tech gadget we’ve enjoyed. This episode of Clockwise is sponsored by: Vitally: A new era for customer success productivity. Get a free pair of…

Where we primarily do our text entry (smartphone, tablet, or computer), our involvement with user groups either as speakers or attendees, the apps we keep in our iPhone dock and why, and how we use Apple Pay. This episode of Clockwise is sponsored by: ScriptRunner for Jira: The ultimate Jira automation and customisation toolset. Get 6 months free. …

Our interest in the new Amazon Echo Spot, our current charging setup and thoughts on Nomad's new 65W GaN charger, thoughts on a HomePod with a display, and which dead property we'd like to see AI revive from any medium. This episode of Clockwise is sponsored by: Oracle: Oracle Cloud Infrastructure is a single platform for your infrastructure, datab…

Our app routines, how we feel about smart rings, the smartest other tech gadgets in our homes, and how we stay informed without spiraling into doom. This episode of Clockwise is sponsored by: Ecamm: Powerful live streaming platform for Mac. Try it for free today. ScriptRunner for Jira: The ultimate Jira automation and customisation toolset. Get 6 m…

Reliable features of voice-based virtual assistants, our hypothetical U.S. internet legislation, the impact of Apple's new Passwords app on our password management, and our comfort level with sharing intimate thoughts with an LLM. This episode of Clockwise is sponsored by: Wildgrain: Get FREE croissants in every box and $30 off your first box. Scri…

Apple's planning a cheaper Vision Pro, how we feel about covering CG advertising, managing subscriptions, and our favorite emoji. This episode of Clockwise is sponsored by: Jam: Developer-friendly bug reports in 1 click. Ecamm: Powerful live streaming platform for Mac. Try it for free today. Guest Starring: Lex Friedman and Meg Marco Links and Show…

Our favorite features of Apple Intelligence, the biggest missed opportunity at WWDC 2024, our most anticipated iOS 18 feature announced, and our reactions to the lackluster iPadOS announcements. This episode of Clockwise is sponsored by: Jam: Developer-friendly bug reports in 1 click. Ooni Pizza Ovens: Bring restaurant quality pizza to your home. D…

What we're excited about at WWDC, the oldest tech we have in use, how we store our digital photos, and whether we journal. This episode of Clockwise is sponsored by: Jam: Developer-friendly bug reports in 1 click. Ecamm: Powerful live streaming platform for Mac. Try it for free today. Guest Starring: Shelly Brisbin and Zac Hall Links and Show Notes…

Our video gaming preferences and habits, thoughts on Nomad's new thin Qi-rechargeable tracking card with Find My, how we connect non-iPhone devices on the go, and our top three software wishes for the upcoming WWDC. This episode of Clockwise is sponsored by: Jam: Developer-friendly bug reports in 1 click. Guest Starring: Aleen Simms and Chris Lawle…

Do we multitask on our iPads? What AI uses do we actually find helpful? Plus, the email apps we use and whether we've experimented with cloning our voice. This episode of Clockwise is sponsored by: Wildgrain: Get FREE croissants in every box and $30 off your first box. Jam: Developer-friendly bug reports in 1 click. Guest Starring: Christopher Phin…

Our Apple Watch interaction frequency, thoughts on Spotify's "Daylists" and our ideal playlist name, interest in Google's AI features at Google I/O, and essential travel tech for "One Bag Travel." This episode of Clockwise is sponsored by: Jam: Developer-friendly bug reports in 1 click. Guest Starring: Doc Rock and Kathy Campbell Links and Show Not…